Vera Drake up for European prize
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Vera Drake and Bad Education are among the nominees for the European Film Academy Awards.
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Trainer Lee Freedman wants to take on the world with yesterday&#39;s Melbourne Cup winner Makybe Diva. At least the race that Freedman believes is the centre of the thoroughbred world, the Prix de l&#39;Arc de Triomph in Paris.
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"The Aviator" soared Saturday at the British Academy Film Awards, taking four prizes including best film. The abortion drama "Vera Drake" won three, including best director for Mike Leigh.
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A German film that sparked a scandal over its star's porn movie past and a Spanish yarn of gay friends traumatised by childhood sexual abuse head the field in Saturday's European Film Awards competition.
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Mike Leigh's abortion film Vera Drake wins six prizes at the British Independent Film Awards.
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French Edith Piaf biopic, La Vie En Rose, wins the most Baftas including best actress for Marion  Cotillard while Atonement wins best picture
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Film maker Oliver Stone, whose latest movie Alexander has been panned by US critics, thinks the three hour epic will get a better welcome in Europe.
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La 61ma Mostra ha premiato &#39;Il segreto di Vera Drake&#39;, film inglese sul tema dell&#39;aborto, e &#39;Mare dentro&#39;, che affronta l&#39;argomento eutanasia. Delusione per gli italiani, a partire da &#39;Le chiavi di casa&#39; di
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Actress Kate Winslet will be competing with herself at Britain's prestigious film awards next month, winning two nominations for best actress for "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind" and "Finding Neverland."
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The long-anticipated and controversial show opens on Saturday January 26 at the Royal Academy, bringing together an eclectic collection of European masterpieces and Russian works
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Dame Helen Mirren is among the favourites to pick up an award at the Bafta ceremony in London later.
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Mike Leigh&#39;s &quot;Vera Drake,&quot; a film about a housewife in 1950s England who secretly performs abortions, won the Golden Lion for best picture at the end of the Venice Film Festival.
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The 61st Venice Film Festival ended with a big roar of approval for   Vera Drake.
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Dame Helen Mirren is among the favourites to pick up an award at the Bafta ceremony in London on Sunday.
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Penelope Cruz was named Europe's best actress of 2006 for her role in Pedro Almodovar's movie &quot;Volver&quot; at the continent's version of the Oscars.
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VENICE (Italy) Sept 12 - A foreign clean sweep of the top awards at the 61st Venice International Film Festival, including the Golden Lion for British film ``Vera Drake&#39;&#39;, disappointed Italian critics who had campaigned for the first ``home&#39;&#39; Golden Lion
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&quot;Vera Drake,&quot; Mike Leigh&#39;s tough tale of a working-class mother who is caught performing illegal abortions in 1950s England, scooped up the prizes at the Venice Film