38th European Film Awards
Berlin, Germany
Saturday, January 17, 2026

— 38th Annual European Film Awards —
EUROPEAN FILM
This category comprises five fiction film nominees as well as the nominated films from the categories
“European Documentary” and “European Animated Feature Film” which are also vying for the category “European Film”















Afternoons Of Solitude • Grasshopper Film
(Spain, France)
Albert Serra | Director
Albert Serra, Montse Triola, Pedro Palacios, Luís Ferrón, Ricard Sales & Pierre-Olivier Bardet | Producers
Arco • NEON
(France)
Ugo Bienvenu | Director
Félix De Givry, Sophie Mas, Natalie Portman & Ugo Bienvenu | Producers
Dog Of God • Cartuna
(Latvia, United States)
Raitis Ābele & Lauris Ābele | Directors
Raitis Ābele, Kristele Pudane & Giovanni Labadessa | Producers
Fiume O Morte! • Icarus Films
(Croatia, Slovenia, Italy)
Igor Bezinović | Director
Vanja Jambrović, Tibor Keser, Erica Barbiani & Marina Gumzi | Producers
It Was Just An Accident • NEON
(France, Iran, Luxembourg)
Jafar Panahi | Director
Philippe Martin, Jafar Panahi, Christel Henon & Sandrine Dumas | Producers
Little Amélie or the Character of Rain • GKIDS
(France)
Maïlys Vallade & Liane-cho Han | Directors
Edwina Liard, Nidia Santiago & Henri Magalon | Producers
Olivia And The Invisible Earthquake • Filmax
(Spain, France, Belgium, Switzerland, Chile)
Irene Iborra Rizo | Director
Mikel Mas Bilbao, Ramón Alòs, Irene Iborra Rizo, Eduard Puertas Anfruns, Jean-françois Le Corre, Mathieu Courtois, Hugo Deghilage, Vincent Tavier, Nicolas Burlet & Bernardita Ojeda | Producers
Riefenstahl • Kino Lorber
(Germany)
Andres Veiel | Director
Enzo Maaß & Sandra Maischberger | Producers
Sentimental Value • NEON
(Norway, France, Denmark, Germany, Sweden)
Joachim Trier | Director
Maria Ekerhovd, Andrea Berentsen Ottmar, Juliette Schrameck, Nathanaël Karmitz, Elisha Karmitz, Fionnuala Jamison, Sisse Graum Jørgensen, Lizette Jonjic, Janine Jackowski, Jonas Dornbach, Maren Ade, Atilla Salih Yücer & Lars Thomas Skare | Producers
Sirāt • NEON
(Spain, France)
Oliver Laxe | Director
Domingo Corral, Oliver Laxe, Xavi Font, Pedro Almodóvar, Agustín Almodóvar, Esther García, Oriol Maymó, Mani Mortazavi & Andrea Queralt | Producers
Songs Of Slow Burning Earth • Filmotor
(Ukraine, France, Denmark, Sweden)
Olha Zhurba | Director
Darya Bassel, Anne Köhncke & Kerstin Übelacker | Producers
Sound Of Falling • MUBI
(Germany)
Mascha Schilinski | Director
Maren Schmitt, Lucas Schmidt & Lasse Scharpen | Producers
Tales From The Magic Garden • Gébéka Films
(Czech Republic, Slovakia, Slovenia, France)
David Súkup, Patrik Pašš, Leon Vidmar & Jean-claude Rozec | Directors
Martin Vandas, Alena Vandasová, Juraj Krasnohorský, Henrieta Cvangová, Kolja Saksida, Jean-françois Le Corre & Mathieu Courtois | Producers
The Voice Of Hind Rajab • WILLA
(France, Tunisia)
Kaouther Ben Hania | Director
Nadim Cheikhrouha, Odessa Rae & James Wilson | Producers
With Hasan In Gaza • Kamal Aljafari Studio
(Germany)
Kamal Aljafari | Director
Kamal Aljafari & Flavia Mazzarino | Producers

— 38th Annual European Film Awards —
European Young Audience Award





Arco • NEON
(France)
Ugo Bienvenu | Director
Félix De Givry, Sophie Mas, Natalie Portman & Ugo Bienvenu | Producers
I Accidentally Wrote A Book • BIND
(Hungary, Netherlands)
Nóra Lakos | Director
Nóra Lakos, Claudia Sümeghy, Tamas Yvan Topolanszky | Producers
Siblings • Making Movies
(Italy)
Greta Scarano | Director
Kaarle Aho, Kai Nordberg | Producers

— 38th Annual European Film Awards —
European Discovery | Prix Fipresci
This Award Is Presented In Co-operation With Fipresci, The International Federation Of Film Critics,
To A Director For The First Full-length Fiction Film. A Committee Composed Of Fipresci Members And
Experts Appointed By The European Film Academy Board Decides Upon The Six Nominated Films.






Little Trouble Girls • Kino Lorber
(Slovenia, Italy, Croatia, Serbia)
Urška Djukić | Director
Jozko Rutar , Miha Cernec | Producers
My Father’s Shadow • MUBI
(United Kingdom, Nigeria)
Akinola Davies Jr | Director
Rachel Dargavel, Funmbi Ogunbanwo | Producers
On Falling • BBC Film
(United Kingdom, Portugal)
Laura Carreira | Director
Jack Thomas-O’Brien, Mário Patrocínio | Producers
One Of Those Days When Hemme Di̇es • Luxbox
(Turkey, Germany)
Murat Fıratoğlu | Director
Murat Fıratoğlu, Sefer Fıratoğlu | Producers
Sauna • Breaking Glass Pictures
(Denmark)
Mathias Broe | Director
Mads-August Grarup Hertz | Producer
Under The Grey Sky
(Poland)
Mara Tamkovich | Director
Katarzyna Ocioszynska | Producer

— 38th Annual European Film Awards —
European Documentary





Afternoons Of Solitude • Grasshopper Film
(Spain, France)
Albert Serra | Director
Albert Serra, Montse Triola, Pedro Palacios, Luís Ferrón, Ricard Sales & Pierre-Olivier Bardet | Producers
Fiume O Morte! • Icarus Films
(Croatia, Slovenia, Italy)
Igor Bezinović | Director
Vanja Jambrović, Tibor Keser, Erica Barbiani & Marina Gumzi | Producers
Riefenstahl • Kino Lorber
(Germany)
Andres Veiel | Director
Enzo Maaß & Sandra Maischberger | Producers
Songs Of Slow Burning Earth • Filmotor
(Ukraine, France, Denmark, Sweden)
Olha Zhurba | Director
Darya Bassel, Anne Köhncke & Kerstin Übelacker | Producers
With Hasan In Gaza • Kamal Aljafari Studio
(Germany)
Kamal Aljafari | Director
Kamal Aljafari & Flavia Mazzarino | Producers

— 38th Annual European Film Awards —
European Animated Feature Film





Arco • NEON
(France)
Ugo Bienvenu | Director
Félix De Givry, Sophie Mas, Natalie Portman & Ugo Bienvenu | Producers
Dog Of God • Cartuna
(Latvia, United States)
Raitis Ābele & Lauris Ābele | Directors
Raitis Ābele, Kristele Pudane & Giovanni Labadessa | Producers
Little Amélie or the Character of Rain • GKIDS
(France)
Maïlys Vallade & Liane-cho Han | Directors
Edwina Liard, Nidia Santiago & Henri Magalon | Producers
Olivia And The Invisible Earthquake • Filmax
(Spain, France, Belgium, Switzerland, Chile)
Irene Iborra Rizo | Director
Mikel Mas Bilbao, Ramón Alòs, Irene Iborra Rizo, Eduard Puertas Anfruns, Jean-françois Le Corre, Mathieu Courtois, Hugo Deghilage, Vincent Tavier, Nicolas Burlet & Bernardita Ojeda | Producers
Tales From The Magic Garden • Gébéka Films
(Czech Republic, Slovakia, Slovenia, France)
David Súkup, Patrik Pašš, Leon Vidmar & Jean-claude Rozec | Directors
Martin Vandas, Alena Vandasová, Juraj Krasnohorský, Henrieta Cvangová, Kolja Saksida, Jean-françois Le Corre & Mathieu Courtois | Producers

— 38th Annual European Film Awards —
European Director





Yorgos Lanthimos
Bugonia • Focus Features
Ed Guiney, Andrew Lowe, Yorgos Lanthimos, Emma Stone, Ari Aster, Lars Knudsen, Miky Lee, Jerry Kyoungboum Ko | Producers
Oliver Laxe
Sirāt • NEON
Domingo Corral, Oliver Laxe, Xavi Font, Pedro Almodóvar, Agustín Almodóvar, Esther García, Oriol Maymó, Mani Mortazavi & Andrea Queralt | Producers
Jafar Panahi
It Was Just An Accident • NEON
Philippe Martin, Jafar Panahi, Christel Henon & Sandrine Dumas | Producers
Mascha Schilinski
Sound Of Falling • MUBI
Maren Schmitt, Lucas Schmidt & Lasse Scharpen | Producers
Joachim Trier
Sentimental Value • NEON
Maria Ekerhovd, Andrea Berentsen Ottmar, Juliette Schrameck, Nathanaël Karmitz, Elisha Karmitz, Fionnuala Jamison, Sisse Graum Jørgensen, Lizette Jonjic, Janine Jackowski, Jonas Dornbach, Maren Ade, Atilla Salih Yücer & Lars Thomas Skare | Producers

— 38th Annual European Film Awards —
European Actress





Leonie Benesch
Late Shift • Music Box Films
Petra Biondina Volpe, Hansjörg Weißbrich | Directors
Reto Schärli, Lukas Hobi | Producers
Valeria Bruni Tedeschi
Duse • The Match Factory
Pietro Marcello | Director
Carlo Degli Esposti, Nicola Serra, Marco Grifoni, Benedetta Cappon | Producers
Léa Drucker
Case 137 • Film Movement
Dominik Moll | Director
Carole Scotta, Caroline Benjo, Barbara Letellier, Simon Arnal | Producers
Vicky Krieps
Love Me Tender • September Film
Anna Cazenave-cambet | Director
Raphaëlle Delauche, Nicolas Sanfaute | Producers
Renate Reinsve
Sentimental Value • NEON
Joachim Trier | Director
Maria Ekerhovd, Andrea Berentsen Ottmar, Juliette Schrameck, Nathanaël Karmitz, Elisha Karmitz, Fionnuala Jamison, Sisse Graum Jørgensen, Lizette Jonjic, Janine Jackowski, Jonas Dornbach, Maren Ade, Atilla Salih Yücer & Lars Thomas Skare | Producers

— 38th Annual European Film Awards —
European Actor





Sergi López
Sirāt • NEON
Oliver Laxe | Director
Domingo Corral, Oliver Laxe, Xavi Font, Pedro Almodóvar, Agustín Almodóvar, Esther García, Oriol Maymó, Mani Mortazavi & Andrea Queralt | Producers
Mads Mikkelsen
The Last Viking • Samuel Goldwyn Films
Anders Thomas Jensen | Director
Sisse Graum Jørgensen, Sidsel Hybschmann | Producers
Toni Servillo
La Grazia • MUBI
Paolo Sorrentino | Director
Annamaria Morelli, Paolo Sorrentino | Producers
Stellan Skarsgård
Sentimental Value • NEON
Joachim Trier | Director
Maria Ekerhovd, Andrea Berentsen Ottmar, Juliette Schrameck, Nathanaël Karmitz, Elisha Karmitz, Fionnuala Jamison, Sisse Graum Jørgensen, Lizette Jonjic, Janine Jackowski, Jonas Dornbach, Maren Ade, Atilla Salih Yücer & Lars Thomas Skare | Producers
Idan Weiss
Franz • Cohen Media Group
Agnieszka Holland | Director
Agnieszka Holland, Marek Epstein | Producers

— 38th Annual European Film Awards —
European Screenwriter





It Was Just An Accident • NEON
Jafar Panahi | Writer
Jafar Panahi | Director
Philippe Martin, Jafar Panahi, Christel Henon & Sandrine Dumas | Producers
La Grazia • MUBI
Paolo Sorrentino | Writer
Paolo Sorrentino | Director
Annamaria Morelli, Paolo Sorrentino | Producers
Sentimental Value • NEON
Eskil Vogt & Joachim Trier | Writers
Joachim Trier | Director
Maria Ekerhovd, Andrea Berentsen Ottmar, Juliette Schrameck, Nathanaël Karmitz, Elisha Karmitz, Fionnuala Jamison, Sisse Graum Jørgensen, Lizette Jonjic, Janine Jackowski, Jonas Dornbach, Maren Ade, Atilla Salih Yücer & Lars Thomas Skare | Producers
Sirāt • NEON
Santiago Fillol & Oliver Laxe | Writers
Oliver Laxe | Director
Domingo Corral, Oliver Laxe, Xavi Font, Pedro Almodóvar, Agustín Almodóvar, Esther García, Oriol Maymó, Mani Mortazavi & Andrea Queralt | Producers
Sound Of Falling • MUBI
Mascha Schilinski & Louise Peter | Writers
Mascha Schilinski | Director
Maren Schmitt, Lucas Schmidt & Lasse Scharpen | Producers

— 38th Annual European Film Awards —
European Lifetime Achievement

Liv Ullmann
Actress | Filmmaker
Best Known for:
“Persona”
“Cries & Whispers”
“Scenes from a Marriage”

Alice Rohrwacher
Film Director | Screenwriter | Editor
Best Known for:
“La chimera”
“Happy as Lazzaro”
“Le pupille”

The European Film Academy
Founded in 1988, the European Film Academy now unites 4,400 European film professionals with the common aim of promoting Europe’s film culture. Throughout the year, the European Film Academy initiates and participates in a series of activities dealing with film politics as well as economic, artistic, and training aspects. The programme includes conferences, seminars and workshops, and a common goal is to build a bridge between creativity and the industry. Some of the European Film Academy’s events have already become an institution for encounters within the European film community.







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