Coralie Fargeat body horror movie ArticleJacques Audiard’s Mexican crime musical Emilia Pérez and Magnus von Horn’s Danish period drama Pin Girl It was among the first winners of the 2024 European Film Awards, receiving the EFA Award of Excellence in the technical categories.

Benjamin Kračun won the award for best cinematographer for his use of lenses. ArticleA whimsical feminist tale starring Demi Moore as aging celebrity Elisabeth Sparkle, who takes a dangerous drug that promises to bring back her youth. The EFA jury praised Kračun’s use of “highly stylized lens distortions and manipulations” to investigate Sparkle’s physical and psychological death. “It’s loud and bright, but it also manages to create an unexpected intimacy and vulnerability. The audience is dragged into an excruciatingly painful and hilariously noisy ending.

Article it also received the EFA award for best visual effects for the team of Bryan Jones, Pierre Procoudine-Gorsky, Chervin Shafaghi and Guillaume Le Gouez, with the jury highlighting the “high-level visual effects in good combination with the prosthetics”. “If we step back when necessary, there’s a lot of great VFX that you don’t even notice.”

Pin GirlA dark drama about the vulnerability of pregnant women in Denmark in the 1920s, when abortion was illegal, it won best production design for Jagna Dobesz and best original score for Frederikke Hoffmeier at the EFA. The jury noted Dobesz’s “masterfully designed interiors alongside carefully selected exteriors” and Hoffmeier’s minimalist use of “distortion of acoustic sources and noisy electronic soundscapes.” Although it is a period film, the music also has a modern and bold approach, creating a timeless film. musical language.”

In the edit, Juliette Welfling was recognized for her work on: Emilia PérezThe jury praised Audiard’s seamless integration of musical sequences and narrative scenes in his “sultry musical adventure” starring Zoe Saldaña, Selena Gomez and Karla Sofia Gascón.

Tanja Hausner wins costume design award Devil’s BathA period psychodrama by Austrian directors Veronika Franz and Severin Fiala, the jury noted its precise and modern approach to period costumes.

For make-up and hair, Evalotte Oosterop was awarded for her creative work on Rúnar Rúnarsson’s silent Icelandic drama When the Light Breaks.

The sound team behind Boris Lojkine’s French film Souleymane’s Story — Marc-Olivier Brullé, Pierre Bariaud, Charlotte Butrak, Samuel Aïchoun and Rodrigo Diaz — received the EFA award for best sound for what the jury called “a modulated masterpiece of sound realism.”

EFA’s awards for excellence are comprised of industry professionals representing a variety of technical disciplines in film, including composer Dascha Dauenhauer, production designer Miljen Kreka Kljakovic, make-up artist Barbara Kreuzer, costume designer Katarzyna Lewinska, VFX supervisor Iñaki Madariaga, cinematographer Kate McCullough. evaluated by a panel. , editor Laurent Sénéchal and sound designer Joakim Sundström.

The awards for the main categories, including the best film, at the European Film Awards will be announced at a ceremony to be held in Lucerne, Switzerland, on December 7.