Triangle of Sadness was the big winner at this year's European Film Awards ceremony in Iceland, with Ruben Östlund's pitch-black comedy winning four major awards on the night, including the Best Film prize.
Swedish filmmaker Östlund also took the best director and best screenwriter trophies - adding to six EFA awards won in 2017 for his art-world satire The Square.
The film is tipped for a 2023 Oscar nomination for Best Foreign Film.
In Triangle Of Sadness, a cruise for the super-rich sinks, leaving the survivors trapped on an island, where the power struggle between the haves and the have nots continues, with hilarious and disastrous consequences. Veteran Croatian-Danish actor Zlatko Burić scooped the Best Actor gong for his memorable role as a Russian fertiliser magnate turned unlikely revolutionary.
Irish cinematographer Kate McCullough won the Best Cinematography Award for her work on celebrated Irish language drama An Cailín Ciúin, with other Irish nominees on the night including documentarian Mark Cousins for his film on Italian cinema, The March On Rome, and Kenneth Branagh, for his autobiographical drama Belfast.
Elsewhere, Phantom Thread star Vicky Kreips won the Best Actress prize for her performance as 19th century royal Elisabeth of Austria in Coursage, and the Best Documentary prize went to Mariupol 2, a portrait of the conflict in Urkraine, whose Lithuanian director Mantas Kvedaravičius was allegedly killed by Russian forces in April. Accepting the award on his behalf, his daughter received a standing ovation.
German filmmaker Margarethe von Trotta, who began her career as an actor working with the legendary Rainer Werner Fassbinder, was a popular winner of the European Lifetime Achievement Award, dedicating her trophy to the inaugural winner of the accolade, Swedish director Ingmar Bergman. Palestinian filmmaker Elia Suleiman also received an award for European Achievement in World Cinema
The 35th European Film Awards took place in December as a physical event after two years of virtual ceremonies at the Harpa Concert Hall in Reykjavík, welcoming a gathering of film dignitaries from across Europe for a colourful awards ceremony celebrating the finest filmmaking from across Europe.
The event was followed by a lively afterparty that featured a surprise DJ set from Icelandic icon Bjork.
Björk DJing at the #EuropeanFilmAwards pic.twitter.com/QOqB1Zv7rB
— Patrick Heidmann (@patrickheidmann) December 10, 2022
Watch the 2022 European Film Awards ceremony in full here.
