Selection
Feature Film
The selection of feature films was announced on 14 October 2025.[4]
- Bearcave – Krysianna B. Papadakis, Stergios Dinopoulos (
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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,
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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 (
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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 (
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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 (
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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.[4]
- 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 ( 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 – 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.[4]
- Arco – Ugo Bienvenu ( France)
- Balentes – Giovanni Columbu ( Italy, Germany)
- Checkered Ninja 3 – Anders Matthesen, Thorbjørn Christoffersen ( Denmark)
- Dandelion's Odyssey – Momoko Seto ( 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 European Short Film – Prix Vimeo were announced on 31 October 2025.[5] The nominations were announced on 18 November 2025 at the Alcázar of Seville, following the 22nd Seville European Film Festival.[6][7] The nominations in Excellence categories were announced on 26 November 2025.[8]
| English title |
Original title |
Director(s) |
Producer(s) |
|---|
| 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 |
| It Was Just an Accident |
یک تصادف ساده |
Jafar Panahi |
Philippe Martin, Jafar Panahi, Christel Hénon, Sandrine Dumas |
| 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 were also considered as candidates for the category of European Film. |
| English title |
Original title |
Director(s) |
Country |
|---|
| Arco |
Ugo Bienvenu |
France, United States |
| Dog of God |
Dieva suns |
Lauris Ābele
Raitis Ābele |
Latvia, United States |
| Little Amélie or the Character of Rain |
Amélie et la métaphysique des tubes |
Liane-Cho Han
Maïlys Vallade |
Belgium, France |
| Olivia and the Invisible Earthquake |
L'Olívia i el terratrèmol invisible |
Irene Iborra Rizo |
Belgium, Chile, France, Spain, Switzerland |
| Tales from the Magic Garden |
Pohádky po babičce |
Patrik Pašš
Jean-Claude Rozec
David Súkup
Leon Vidmar |
Czechia, France, Slovakia, Slovenia |
| English title |
Original title |
Director(s) |
Country |
|---|
| Siblings |
La vita da grandi |
Greta Scarano |
Italy |
| Arco |
Ugo Bienvenu |
France, United States |
| I Accidentally Wrote a Book |
Véletlenül írtam egy könyvet |
Nóra Lakos |
Hungary, Netherlands |
| Title |
Director(s) |
Country |
|---|
| City of Poets |
Sara Rajaei |
Netherlands |
| Being John Smith | John Smith | United Kingdom |
| L'Avance | Djiby Kebe | France |
| Man Number 4 | Miranda Pennell | United Kingdom |
| The Flowers Stand Silently, Witnessing | Theo Panagopoulos | United Kingdom |
Films with multiple nominations and awards
References
- ↑ "Mark Cousins to curate the ceremony of the 38th European Film Awards". Cineuropa. 22 October 2025. Retrieved 22 October 2025.
- ↑ Barraclough, Leo (17 January 2026). "European Film Awards: Winners List — Updating Live". Variety. Retrieved 17 January 2026.
- ↑ Pond, Steve (17 January 2026). "'Sentimental Value' Dominates European Film Awards". The Wrap.
- 1 2 3 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. 31 October 2025. Retrieved 31 October 2025.
- ↑ "Here come the nominees for the European Film Awards 2026!". European Film Academy. 18 November 2025. 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. 26 November 2025. 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. 5 November 2025. 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.
- ↑ Vourlias, Christopher (15 April 2026). "Spanish director Eva Libertad's 'Deaf' Wins Lux Audience Award". Variety. Retrieved 18 April 2026.
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