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

Best EUROPEAN FILM

Sentimental Value • NEON

(Norway, France, Denmark, Germany, Sweden)

Joachim Trier | Director
Maria Ekerhovd, Andrea Berentsen Ottmar | Producers


Afternoons of Solitude, dir. Albert Serra
Arco, dir. Ugo Bienvenu
Dog of God, dir. Raitis Ābele and Lauris Ābele
Fiume o Morte!, dir. Igor Bezinović
It Was Just an Accident, dir. Jafar Panahi
Little Amelie, dir. Maïlys Vallade and Liane-Cho Han
Olivia and the Invisible Earthquake, dir. Irene Iborra Rizo
Riefenstahl, dir. Andres Veiel
Sirāt, dir. Oliver Laxe
Songs of Slow Burning Earth, dir. Olha Zhurba
Sound of Falling, dir. Mascha Schilinski
Tales From the Magic Garden, dir. David Súkup, Patrik Pašš, Leon Vidmar, and Jean-Claude Rozec
The Voice of Hind Rajab, dir. Kaouther Ben Hania
With Hasan in Gaza, dir. Kamal Aljafari

BEST European Director

Joachim Trier
Sentimental Value • NEON

Maria Ekerhovd, Andrea Berentsen Ottmar | Producers


Yorgos Lanthimos – Bugonia
Oliver Laxe – Sirāt
Jafar Panahi – It Was Just an Accident
Mascha Schilinski – Sound of Falling

BEST European Screenwriter

Sentimental Value • NEON

Written by Eskil Vogt & Joachim Trier

Joachim Trier | Director
Maria Ekerhovd, Andrea Berentsen Ottmar | Producers


It Was Just an Accident – Jafar Panahi
La Grazia – Paolo Sorrentino
Sirāt – Santiago Fillol and Oliver Laxe
Sound of Falling – Mascha Schilinski and Louise Peter

BEST European Documentary

Fiume O Morte! • Icarus Films

(Croatia, Slovenia, Italy)

Igor Bezinović | Director
Vanja Jambrović, Tibor Keser, Erica Barbiani & Marina Gumzi | Producers


Afternoons of Solitude, dir. Albert Serra
Riefenstahl, dir. Andres Veiel
Songs of Slow Burning Earth, dir. Olha Zhurba
With Hasan in Gaza, dir. Kamal Aljafari

BEST European Animated Feature Film

Arco • NEON

(France)

Ugo Bienvenu | Director
Félix De Givry, Sophie Mas, Natalie Portman & Ugo Bienvenu | Producers


Dog of God, dir. Raitis Ābele and Lauris Ābele
Little Amelie, dir. Maïlys Vallade and Liane-Cho Han
Olivia and the Invisible Earthquake, dir. Irene Iborra Rizo
Tales From the Magic Garden, dir. David Súkup, Patrik Pašš, Leon Vidmar, and Jean-Claude Rozec

BEST European Short Film | PRIX VIMEO

CITY OF POETS • Near/by Film

(Netherlands)

Sara Rajaei | Director
Manon Bovenkerk | Producer


Being John Smith
L’Avance
Man Number 4
The Flowers Stand Silently, Witnessing

European Discovery | Prix Fipresci

On Falling • BBC Film

(United Kingdom, Portugal)

Laura Carreira | Director
Jack Thomas-O’Brien, Mário Patrocínio | Producers


Little Trouble Girls, dir. Urška Djukić
My Father’s Shadow, dir. Akinola Davies Jr
One of Those Days When Hemme Dies, dir. Murat Fıratoğlu
Sauna, dir. Mathias Broe
Under the Grey Sky, dir. Mara Tamkovich

BEST European Actress

Renate Reinsve
Sentimental Value • NEON

Joachim Trier | Director
Maria Ekerhovd, Andrea Berentsen Ottmar | Producers


Leonie Benesch – Late Shift
Valeria Bruni Tedeschi – Duse
Léa Drucker – Case 137
Vicky Krieps – Love Me Tender

BEST European Actor

Stellan Skarsgård
Sentimental Value • NEON

Joachim Trier | Director
Maria Ekerhovd, Andrea Berentsen Ottmar | Producers


Sergi López – Sirāt
Mads Mikkelsen – The Last Viking
Toni Servillo – La Grazia
Idan Weiss – Franz

European Young Audience Award

Siblings • Making Movies

(Italy)

Greta Scarano | Director
Kaarle Aho, Kai Nordberg | Producers


Arco, dir. Ugo Bienvenu
I Accidentally Wrote a Book, dir. Nóra Lakos

BEST EUROPEAN CASTING

SIRĀT • MUBI

Casting by Nadia Acimi, Luís Bértolo & María Rodrigo

Óliver Laxe | Director
Domingo Corral, Óliver Laxe, Xavi Font, Pedro Almodóvar, Agustín Almodóvar, Esther García, Oriol Maymó, Mani Mortazavi, Andrea Queralt | Producers


Sentimental Value – Yngvill Kolset Haga & Avy Kaufman
Sound of Falling – Karimah El-Giamal & Jacqueline Rietz

BEST EUROPEAN CINEMATOGRAPHY

SIRĀT • MUBI

Cinematography by Mauro Herce

Óliver Laxe | Director
Domingo Corral, Óliver Laxe, Xavi Font, Pedro Almodóvar, Agustín Almodóvar, Esther García, Oriol Maymó, Mani Mortazavi, Andrea Queralt | Producers


Sound of Falling – Fabian Gamper
The Stranger – Manu Dacosse

BEST European Editing

SIRĀT • MUBI

Editing by Cristóbal Fernández

Óliver Laxe | Director
Domingo Corral, Óliver Laxe, Xavi Font, Pedro Almodóvar, Agustín Almodóvar, Esther García, Oriol Maymó, Mani Mortazavi, Andrea Queralt | Producers


Bugonia – Yorgos Mavropsaridis
Die My Love – Toni Froschhammer

BEST European Production Design

SIRĀT • MUBI

Production Design by Laia Ateca

Óliver Laxe | Director
Domingo Corral, Óliver Laxe, Xavi Font, Pedro Almodóvar, Agustín Almodóvar, Esther García, Oriol Maymó, Mani Mortazavi, Andrea Queralt | Producers


Bugonia – James Price
Sentimental Value – Jørgen Stangebye Larsen

BEST European Costume Design

SOUND OF FALLING • MUBI

Costume Design by Sabrina Krämer

Mascha Schilinski | Director
Lucas Schmidt, Lasse Scharpen | Producers


Duse – Ursula Patzak
Franz – Michaela Horáčková Hořejší

BEST European Make-up & Hair

BUGONIA • Focus Features

Makeup & Hair by Torsten Witte

Yorgos Lanthimos | Director
Ed Guiney, Andrew Lowe, Yorgos Lanthimos, Emma Stone, Ari Aster. Lars Knudsen, Miky Lee | Producers


Franz – Gabriela Poláková
Sound of Falling – Irina Schwarz & Anne-Marie Walther

BEST European Original Score

SENTIMENTAL VALUE • NEON

Composed by Hania Rani

Joachim Trier | Director
Maria Ekerhovd, Andrea Berentsen Ottmar | Producers


Bugonia – Jerskin Fendrix
Sound of Falling – Michael Fiedler & Eike Hosenfeld

BEST European Sound

SIRĀT • MUBI

Sound by Laia Casanovas

Óliver Laxe | Director
Domingo Corral, Óliver Laxe, Xavi Font, Pedro Almodóvar, Agustín Almodóvar, Esther García, Oriol Maymó, Mani Mortazavi, Andrea Queralt | Producers


Bugonia – Johnnie Burn
The Voice of Hind Rajab – Gwennolé Le Borgne, Marion Papinot, Lars Ginzel, Elias Boughedir & Amal Attia

— 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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