2026 awards ceremony
The 38th European Film Awards , presented by the European Film Academy to recognize achievements in European filmmaking, will take place at the Haus der Kulturen der Welt in Berlin on 17 January 2026.
Mark Cousins will curate the award ceremony alongwith the musical concept incharge German composer Dascha Dauenhauer, and the German stage director Robert Lehniger , who also oversees the award ceremony.[1]
Selection
Feature Film
The selection of feature films was announced on 14 October 2025.[2]
Bearcave – Krysianna B. Papadakis, Stergios Dinopoulos (Greece , United Kingdom )Bugonia Yorgos Lanthimos (United Kingdom , United States , South Korea )Case 137 France )Christy Ireland , United Kingdom )Deaf Spain )Die My Love Lynne Ramsay (United Kingdom , United States , Canada )Dreams (Sex Love) Dag Johan Haugerud (Norway )Duse Pietro Marcello (Italy , France )Father Tereza Nvotová (Slovakia , Czechia , Poland )Franz Agnieszka Holland (Czechia , Germany , Poland )Fuori Mario Martone (Italy , France )I Only Rest in the Storm Portugal , France , Brazil , Romania )It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi (France , Iran , Luxembourg )La grazia Paolo Sorrentino (Italy )The Last Viking Anders Thomas Jensen (Denmark , Sweden )Late Shift Petra Volpe (Switzerland , Germany )The Little Sister Hafsia Herzi (France , Germany )Little Trouble Girls Slovenia , Italy , Croatia , Serbia )Love Me Tender Anna Cazenave Cambet (France )The Love That Remains Hlynur Pálmason (Iceland , Denmark , Sweden , France )Loveable Norway )Maspalomas Spain )Milk Teeth Romania , France , Denmark , Greece , Bulgaria )Mirrors No. 3 Christian Petzold (Germany )Mother Teona Strugar Mitevska (North Macedonia , Belgium )The North – Bart Schrijver (the Netherlands )On Falling United Kingdom , Portugal )Once Upon a Time in Gaza Tarzan and Arab Nasser (France , Palestine , Germany , Portugal , Qatar , Jordan )One of Those Days When Hemme Dies Turkey , Germany )Palestine 36 Annemarie Jacir (Palestine , United Kingdom , France , Denmark , Norway )Pillion Harry Lighton (United Kingdom )Romería Carla Simón (Spain , Germany )Sentimental Value Joachim Trier (Norway , France , Denmark , Germany , Sweden )Silent Friend Ildikó Enyedi (Germany , France , Hungary )Sirāt Oliver Laxe (Spain , France )Sleepless City Spain , France )Sound of Falling Mascha Schilinski (Germany )The Stranger François Ozon (France )Sundays Alauda Ruiz de Azúa (Spain )Two Prosecutors Sergei Loznitsa (France , Germany , the Netherlands , Latvia , Romania , Lithuania )The Voice of Hind Rajab Kaouther Ben Hania (France , Tunisia )What Marielle Knows Germany )Yes! Nadav Lapid (France , Israel , Cyprus , Germany )Young Mothers Jean-Pierre Dardenne & Luc Dardenne (Belgium , France )
Documentary
The selection of 15 documentary films was announced on 14 October 2025.[2]
Afternoons of Solitude Albert Serra (An American Pastoral – Auberi Edler (Ancestral Visions of the Future Lemohang Jeremiah Mosese (Fiume o morte! [fr] (Flophouse America – Monica Strømdahl (Good Valley Stories José Luis Guerin (Hair, Paper, Water... Minh Quý Trương (Listen to the Voices – Maxime Jean-Baptiste (Memory – Vladlena Sandu (Militantropos [de] – Yelizaveta Smith, Alina Gorlova , Simon Mozgovyi (Riefenstahl Andres Veiel (Songs of Slow Burning Earth The Shards – Masha Chernaya (TWST / Things We Said Today Andrei Ujică (With Hasan in Gaza Kamal Aljafari (
Animation
The selection of 8 animated feature films was announced on 14 October 2025.[2]
Arco Balentes – Giovanni Columbu [it] (Checkered Ninja 3 [da] – Anders Matthesen , Thorbjørn Christoffersen [da] (Dandelion's Odyssey [fr] – Momoko Seto [fr] (Dog of God Little Amélie or the Character of Rain Olivia and the Invisible Earthquake Tales from the Magic Garden – David Súkup, Patrik Pašš, Leon Vidmar, Jean-Claude Rozec (
Winners and nominees
The nominees for European Short Film – Prix Vimeo were announced on 31 October 2025.[3] The nominations were announced on 18 November 2025 at the Alcázar of Seville , following the 22nd Seville European Film Festival .[4] [5] The nominations in Excellence categories were announced on 26 November 2025.[6]
English title
Original title
Director(s)
Producer(s)
It Was Just an Accident یک تصادف ساده
Jafar Panahi
Philippe Martin, Jafar Panahi , Christel Hénon, Sandrine Dumas
Sentimental Value Affeksjonsverdi
Joachim Trier
Maria Ekerhovd, Andrea Ottmar, Nathanaël Karmitz , Juliette Schrameck, Sisse Graum Jørgensen , Lizette Jonjic, Janine Jackowski, Jonas Dornbach, Lars Thomas Skare, Atilla Yücer
Sirāt Oliver Laxe
Domingo Corral, Oliver Laxe , Xavi Font, Pedro Almodóvar , Agustín Almodóvar , Esther García , Oriol Maymó, Mani Mortazavi, Andrea Queralt
Sound of Falling In die Sonne schauen
Mascha Schilinski
Maren Schmitt, Lucas Schmidt, Lasse Scharpen
The Voice of Hind Rajab صوت هند رجب
Kaouther Ben Hania
Nadim Cheikhrouha, Odessa Rae , James Wilson
Films nominated for European Documentary and European Animated Feature Film are also considered as candidates for the category of European Film.
English title
Original title
Director(s)
Country
Arco France, United States
Dog of God Dieva suns
Latvia, United States
Little Amélie or the Character of Rain Amélie et la métaphysique des tubes
Belgium, France
Olivia and the Invisible Earthquake L'Olívia i el terratrèmol invisible
Belgium, Chile, France, Spain, Switzerland
Tales from the Magic Garden
Pohádky po babičce
Czechia, France, Slovakia, Slovenia
English title
Original title
Director(s)
Country
Arco France, United States
I Accidentally Wrote a Book
Véletlenül írtam egy könyvet
Hungary, Netherlands
Siblings La vita da grandi
Greta Scarano
Italy
Title
Director(s)
Country
Being John Smith John Smith United Kingdom
City of Poets Netherlands
L'Avance France
Man Number 4 United Kingdom
The Flowers Stand Silently, Witnessing United Kingdom
Excellence Awards
European Casting Director
Costume designer(s)
English title
Original title
Duse
Franz
Sound of Falling In die Sonne schauen
Make-up and hair artist(s)
English title
Original title
Bugonia
Franz
Sound of Falling In die Sonne schauen
Sound designer(s)
English title
Original title
Bugonia
Sirāt
The Voice of Hind Rajab صوت هند رجب
Films with multiple nominations
Honorary Awards
Special Awards
Lux European Audience Film Award 2026
The LUX Audience Award , presented by the European Parliament and the European Film Academy in partnership with the European Commission and Europa Cinemas, recognizes films that raise awareness about current social and political issues in Europe.[10]
References
^ "Mark Cousins to curate the ceremony of the 38th European Film Awards". Cineuropa . Retrieved 22 October 2025 . ^ a b c Ntim, Zac (14 October 2025). "'Bugonia', 'On Falling' & 'Sound Of Falling' Among Titles On The European Film Awards Nominations Shortlist". Deadline Hollywood . Retrieved 14 October 2025 . ^ "The European Film Academy announces the nominations in the category "European Short Film – Prix Vimeo"". European Film Academy . Retrieved 31 October 2025 . ^ "Here come the nominees for the European Film Awards 2026!". European Film Academy . Retrieved 18 November 2025 . ^ Roxborough, Scott (18 November 2025). "Nominations for the 2026 European Film Awards Unveiled". The Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved 18 November 2025 . ^ "European Film Awards 2026: The nominees in the Arts & Crafts categories!". European Film Academy . Retrieved 26 November 2025 . ^ Roxborough, Scott (9 October 2025). "Liv Ullmann to Receive European Film Academy Lifetime Achievement Award". The Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved 15 October 2025 . ^ "The European Film Awards honour Alice Rohrwacher with the European Achievement in World Cinema Award". Cineuropa . Retrieved 5 November 2025 . ^ Roxborough, Scott (10 December 2025). "'Sentimental Value,' 'Toni Erdmann' Producer Komplizen Film Wins European Co-Pro Honor". The Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved 22 December 2025 . ^ Goodfellow, Melanie (7 October 2025). "'Sentimental Value', 'It Was Just An Accident' & 'Deaf' Make Europe's LUX Audience Award Shortlist + Arab Critics For European Films Noms". Deadline Hollywood . Retrieved 15 October 2025 .
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