‘Toni Erdmann’ sweeps European film awards  

Maren Ade’s father-daughter relationship dramedy, Toni Erdmann, scored a clean sweep at the European Film Awards tonight in Wroclaw, Poland.

The movie, which is also Germany’s entry for the Foreign Language Film Oscar, won in each of its categories: Best European Film, Director, Actor (Peter Simonischek), Actress (Sandra Huller) and Screenplay. In accepting the Film award, Ade noted this is the first time in EFA history that a movie directed by a woman has won the top prize.