38th European Film Awards

38th European Film Awards
Date	17 January 2026 (2026-01-17)
Site	Berlin, Germany
Organized by	European Film Academy
Official website	europeanfilmawards.eu
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The 38th European Film Awards, presented by the European Film Academy to recognize achievements in European filmmaking, will take place 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 – Dominik Moll ( France)
• Christy – Brendan Cantry ( Ireland, United Kingdom)
• Deaf – Eva Libertad ( 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 – Pedro Pinho ( 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 – Urška Djukic ( Slovenia, Italy, Croatia, Serbia)
• Love Me Tender – Anna Cazenave Cambet ( France)
• The Love That Remains – Hlynur Pálmason ( Iceland, Denmark, Sweden, France)
• Loveable – Lilja Ingolfsdottir ( Norway)
• Maspalomas – Jose Mari Goenaga, Aitor Arregi ( Spain)
• Milk Teeth – Mihai Mincan ( 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 – Laura Carreira ( 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 – Murat Fıratoğlu ( 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 – Guillermo Galoe ( 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 – Frédéric Hambalek ( 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 ( Spain,  France)
• An American Pastoral – Auberi Edler ( France)
• Ancestral Visions of the Future – Lemohang Jeremiah Mosese ( France,  Lesotho,  Germany,  Qatar,  Saudi Arabia)
• Fiume o morte! – Igor Bezinović  [ fr ] ( Croatia,  Slovenia,  Italy)
• Flophouse America – Monica Strømdahl ( Norway,  Netherlands,  United States)
• Good Valley Stories – José Luis Guerin ( Spain,  France)
• Hair, Paper, Water... – Nicolas Graux, Minh Quý Trương ( Belgium,  France,  Vietnam)
• Listen to the Voices – Maxime Jean-Baptiste ( Belgium,  France)
• Memory – Vladlena Sandu ( France,  Netherlands)
• Militantropos  [ de ] – Yelizaveta Smith, Alina Gorlova, Simon Mozgovyi ( Ukraine,  Austria,  France)
• Riefenstahl – Andres Veiel ( Germany)
• Songs of Slow Burning Earth – Olha Zhurba ( Ukraine,  France,  Denmark,  Sweden)
• The Shards – Masha Chernaya ( Georgia,  Germany)
• TWST / Things We Said Today – Andrei Ujică ( France,  Romania)
• With Hasan in Gaza – Kamal Aljafari ( Germany)

Animation

The selection of 8 animated feature films was announced on 14 October 2025. ^[2]

• Arco – Ugo Bienvenu ( France)
• Balentes – Giovanni Columbu  [ it ] ( Italy,  Germany)
• Checkered Ninja 3  [ da ] – Anders Matthesen, Thorbjørn Christoffersen  [ da ] ( Denmark)
• Dandelion's Odyssey  [ fr ] – Momoko Seto  [ fr ] ( France)
• Dog of God – Raitis Abele, Lauris Abele ( Latvia,  United States)
• Little Amélie or the Character of Rain – Maïlys Vallade & LianeCho Han ( France)
• Olivia and the Invisible Earthquake – Irene Iborra Rizo ( Spain,  France,  Belgium,   Switzerland,  Chile)
• Tales from the Magic Garden – David Súkup, Patrik Pašš, Leon Vidmar, Jean-Claude Rozec ( Czechia,  Slovakia,  Slovenia,  France)

Winners and nominees

The nominees for Best European Short Film (Prix Vimeo) were announced on 31st October 2025. ^[3]

Best European Film	Best European Director
Best European Actor	Best European Actress
Best European Screenwriter
Best European Documentary	Best European Animated Feature Film
Best European Casting Director	Best European Cinematographer
Best European Composer (Original Score)	Best European Costume Designer
Best European Editor	Best European Make-Up & Hair Artist
Best European Production Designer	Best European Sound Designer
European Discovery - Prix FIPRESCI	Best European Short Film - Prix Vimeo Being John Smith - John Smith, director City of Poets - / Sara Rajaei, director L'Avance - Djiby Kebe, director Man Number 4 - Miranda Pennell, director The Flowers Stand Silently, Witnessing - Theo Panagopoulos, director

Honorary Awards

EFA Lifetime Achievement Award	European Achievement in World Cinema	Eurimages International Co-Production Award
Liv Ullmann [4]

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. ^[5]

English title	Original title	Director(s)	Country
Christy		Brendan Canty	UK, Ireland
Deaf	Sorda	Eva Libertad	Spain
It Was Just an Accident	یک تصادف ساده	Jafar Panahi	Iran, France, Luxemburg
Love Me Tender		Anna Cazenave Cambet	France
Sentimental Value	Affeksjonsverdi	Joachim Trier	Norway, Denmark, Sweden, Germany, France

References

1. "Mark Cousins to curate the ceremony of the 38th European Film Awards". Cineuropa . 22 October 2025. Retrieved 22 October 2025.
2. 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.
3. Arabella (31 October 2025). "The European Film Academy announces the nominations in the category "European Short Film – Prix Vimeo"". European Film Academy. Retrieved 31 October 2025.
4. Roxborough, Scott (9 October 2025). "Liv Ullmann to Receive European Film Academy Lifetime Achievement Award". The Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved 15 October 2025.
5. 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.

External links

• Official website