Romanians Win Top Prizes in Copenhagen

COPENHAGEN, Denmark - Romanian-born director Radu Mihaileanu won awards at the Copenhagen International Film Festival for best movie and best script for "Live and Become," a film about an Ethiopian boy who struggles to integrate into Israeli society.

Cristi Puiu, also of Romania, was given the Grand Jury Special Prize for his film "The Death of Mr. Lazarescu" at Sunday's Golden Swan ceremony.

Norwegian director Bent Hamer won best director for his film "Factotum."

Lili Taylor, ho stars in the film, was tapped best actress while the best actor title went to Ioan Fiscuteanu for his part in "The Death of Mr. Lazarescu."

More than 100 films and documentaries, most of them European, were screened during the 11-day festival, 10 of which competed for the Golden Swan awards.

During the festival, British director Niicolas Roeg and Greek-born director Constantin Costa-Gavras were given lifetime achievement awards. Roeg is known for his 1973 movie "Don't Look Now," while Costa-Gavras' political movie "Z" won an Oscar in 1970 for Best Foreign Language Film.

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