Updated: Amour wins four European Film Awards

Amour won the four most prestigious prizes at tonight's European Film Awards in Valletta. The French, German and Austrian production took home the gongs for best director (Michael Haneke), actor (Jean-Louis Trintignant), actress (Emmanuelle Riva) and film. Some of the brightest stars of European cinema enjoyed the humorous 25th European Film Awards ceremony at the Mediterranean Conference Centre in Valletta. Oscar-winner Dame Helen Mirren, 67, picked up the European Achievement in World Cinema award. Earlier she had dazzled onlookers on the red carpet, turning heads as she chatted happily to the press. She said she was honoured to receive the award because she had grown up aspiring to be like the glamourous actresses of European cinema.  The stars started arriving on the red carpet from 6pm for the gala event, which is held outside Berlin every two years and was held in Malta for the first time. Mads Mikkelsen, who played Bond villain Le Chiffre in 2006 movie Casino Royale, joked that he would like to team up with Javier Bardem and be a Bond baddie again. He was nominated for the Best European Actor award for his leading role in Danish film The Hunt. "Of course, we all want to win...