In Berlin on Saturday the European Film Awards – voted on by 2,500 members of the European Film Academy – offered its year-end prizes. “Melancholia,” from the Danish director Lars von Trier, was named best picture; it also earned awards for cinematography and production design. Mr. von Trier sent his wife, Bente Froge, to accept the award on his behalf. She said Mr. von Trier had taken a vow of silence since he stirred up a hornet’s nest at the Cannes Film Festival with his comments about Nazis and then later to the press.
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