Brussels, 04/03/2014 (Agence Europe) - The commissioner for culture, Androulla Vassiliou, congratulated the Italian film director, Paolo Sorrentino, for winning the Oscar for best foreign language film at the recent Oscar awards ceremony on 2-3 March last. La Grande Bellezza is a Franco-Italian coproduction, which received funding from the MEDIA programme. The film has already won awards this year at the recent Golden Globes festival in Berlin and the British Academy Film Awards. (IL)