{"id":51809,"date":"2026-01-12T06:15:18","date_gmt":"2026-01-12T06:15:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europeanfilmawards.eu\/?p=51809"},"modified":"2026-01-12T09:52:59","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T09:52:59","slug":"european-film-awards-2026-celebrating-european-cinema","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europeanfilmawards.eu\/european-film-awards-2026-celebrating-european-cinema\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Days to go:\u00a0European Film Awards 2026\u00a0celebrating the best of European Cinema in Berlin\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"51809\" class=\"elementor elementor-51809\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d6a3208 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"d6a3208\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1cbedee elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1cbedee\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"6\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">1.000 international guests<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559740&quot;:293}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li><\/ul><ul><li aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"6\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"2\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">88 nominees in 22 categories<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559740&quot;:293}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li><\/ul><ul><li aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"6\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"3\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">46 broadcast and livestream partners in 27 countries<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559740&quot;:293}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li><\/ul><ul><li aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"6\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"4\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Livestream on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.europeanfilmawards.eu\/\">www.europeanfilmawards.eu<\/a><\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559740&quot;:293}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li><\/ul><p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The 38th European Film Awards will take place this Saturday, 17 January 2026, at the iconic Haus der Kulturen der Welt (HKW) in Berlin, where\u00a01.000 international guests are expected to gather for the festive gala celebrating European cinema. 88 nominees are in the running in 22 categories. The evening will bring together leading filmmakers, actors and industry professionals for a celebration of artistic excellence, creativity and the shared passion for film. The red carpet (starting at 4pm <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">CET<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">) and the award ceremony (starting at 6pm <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">CET<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">) will be streamed live on <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.europeanfilmawards.eu\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">www.europeanfilmawards.eu<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, reaching audiences worldwide through 46 broadcast and livestream partners from 27 countries across Europe.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559740&quot;:293}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Irish-Scottish filmmaker <a href=\"https:\/\/www.europeanfilmawards.eu\/talent\/mark-cousins\/\">Mark Cousins<\/a> has joined the creative team preparing this year&#8217;s award ceremony. The appointment followed the wish of the Academy to create more impact with its annual ceremony, and steer away from generic scripts dominated by award categories and acceptance speeches. Instead, the annual award show for European cinema, now taking place more prominently in the international awards season just after the Golden Globes and during the Oscar nomination voting period, will ask \u201cwhy do we love cinema?\u201d and be an artistic experience in itself. Mark Cousins is joined by German film composer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.europeanfilmawards.eu\/talent\/dascha-dauenhauer\/\">Dascha Dauenhauer<\/a>, who has signed responsible for the musical concept of the event, and theatre director Robert Lehniger, who acts as stage director and oversees the award ceremony.\u202f<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559740&quot;:293}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Mark Cousins: \u201cI love playing with the form of film events, so I jumped at the chance to be part of the European Film Awards\u2019 evening.\u202f We hope to have some surprises. We\u2019ll try to conjure cinematic images, emotions and ideas. I\u2019m honoured to work with Robert, Dascha and the Academy team, in a building I\u2019ve long admired.\u201d\u202f\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559740&quot;:293}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Dascha Dauenhauer: \u201cWith the musical concept for this year&#8217;s European Film Awards, I deliberately wanted to create something that departed from the expected, while also following a &#8220;back to the roots&#8221; principle. Just as the entire show is very closely tied to cinema, the music should revolve around the most intimate and purest instrument there is: the voice. In the wonderful singers Heidi Heidelberg, Zola Mennen\u00f6h, and Emilia M\u00e5rtensson, I found an ensemble that forms the foundation for a diverse compositional concept \u2013 comprising experimental, poppier, and emotional pieces. As diverse and pure as European cinema itself.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559740&quot;:293}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Presenting the award categories throughout the evening will be a diverse group of artists and filmmakers from across Europe, including Spanish actors, writers &amp; directors Javier Calvo and Javier Ambrossi, Turkish screenwriter, photographer and production designer <\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">Ebru Ceylan, Spanish <\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">actor<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\"> Carlos Cuevas, <\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">Oscar-winning<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\"> British director Asif Kapadia, <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">German-Romanian director<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\"> Alexander Nanau, Greek actress Angeliki Papoulia, Norwegian filmmaker <\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">and European Film Award winner<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\"> Halfdan Ullmann T\u00f8ndel.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">This year\u2019s awards will also welcome an outstanding lineup of internationally renowned filmmakers, actors, and cultural voices. Among the other attending guests are <\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">Lebanese-German cinematographer Christopher Aoun, German-Iranian actress Banafshe Hourmazdi,\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">French actress and Academy president Juliette Binoche, <\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">German actor Jerry Hofmann, Polish director Agnieszka Holland, German actresses Juliane K\u00f6hler and Caroline Peters, <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Italian actress Alba Rohrwacher,<\/span> <span data-contrast=\"none\">German director Volker Schl\u00f6ndorff, German actress Maria Schrader,<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">Palestinian director Elia Suleiman as well as German director Wim Wenders <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">and many more.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559740&quot;:293}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Among the attending international nominees at the 38th European Film Awards are<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> Palestinian director <a href=\"https:\/\/www.europeanfilmawards.eu\/talent\/kamal-aljafari\/\">Kamal Aljafari<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.europeanfilmawards.eu\/efa-movie\/with-hasan-in-gaza\/\">WITH HASAN IN GAZA<\/a>), <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Tunisian-French<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> director <a href=\"https:\/\/www.europeanfilmawards.eu\/talent\/kaouther-ben-hania\/\">Kaouther Ben Hania<\/a>, <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">German actress <a href=\"https:\/\/www.europeanfilmawards.eu\/talent\/leonie-benesch\/\">Leonie Benesch<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.europeanfilmawards.eu\/efa-movie\/late-shift\/\">LATE SHIFT<\/a>), French director and animator <a href=\"https:\/\/www.europeanfilmawards.eu\/talent\/ugo-bienvenu\/\">Ugo Bienvenu<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.europeanfilmawards.eu\/efa-movie\/arco\/\">ARCO<\/a>), Italian-French actress <a href=\"https:\/\/www.europeanfilmawards.eu\/talent\/valeria-bruni-tedeschi\/\">Valeria Bruni Tedeschi<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.europeanfilmawards.eu\/efa-movie\/duse\/\">DUSE<\/a>), French actress <a href=\"https:\/\/www.europeanfilmawards.eu\/talent\/lea-drucker\/\">L\u00e9a Drucker<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.europeanfilmawards.eu\/efa-movie\/case-137\/\">CASE 137<\/a>), Luxembourgish-German actress <a href=\"https:\/\/www.europeanfilmawards.eu\/talent\/vicky-krieps\/\">Vicky Krieps<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.europeanfilmawards.eu\/efa-movie\/love-me-tender\/\">LOVE ME TENDER<\/a>), Spanish director <a href=\"https:\/\/www.europeanfilmawards.eu\/talent\/oliver-laxe\/\">Oliver Laxe<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.europeanfilmawards.eu\/efa-movie\/sirat\/\">SIR\u0100T<\/a>), Spanish actor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.europeanfilmawards.eu\/talent\/sergi-lopez\/\">Sergi L\u00f3pez<\/a> (SIR\u0100T), Danish actor<a href=\"https:\/\/www.europeanfilmawards.eu\/talent\/mads-mikkelsen\/\"> Mads Mikkelsen<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.europeanfilmawards.eu\/efa-movie\/the-last-viking\/\">THE LAST VIKING<\/a>),<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> Iranian director <a href=\"https:\/\/www.europeanfilmawards.eu\/talent\/jafar-panahi\/\">Jafar Panahi<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.europeanfilmawards.eu\/efa-movie\/it-was-just-an-accident\/\">IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT<\/a>), <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Norwegian actress <a href=\"https:\/\/www.europeanfilmawards.eu\/talent\/renate-reinsve\/\">Renate Reinsve<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.europeanfilmawards.eu\/efa-movie\/sentimental-value\/\">SENTIMENTAL VALUE<\/a>), <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">German director <a href=\"https:\/\/www.europeanfilmawards.eu\/talent\/mascha-schilinski\/\">Mascha Schilinski<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.europeanfilmawards.eu\/efa-movie\/sound-of-falling\/\">SOUND OF FALLING<\/a>), <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Italian actor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.europeanfilmawards.eu\/talent\/toni-servillo\/\">Toni Servillo<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.europeanfilmawards.eu\/efa-movie\/la-grazia\/\">LA GRAZIA<\/a>), <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Swedish<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> actor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.europeanfilmawards.eu\/talent\/stellan-skarsgard\/\">Stellan Skarsg\u00e5rd<\/a> (SENTIMENTAL VALUE), Norwegian director <a href=\"https:\/\/www.europeanfilmawards.eu\/talent\/joachim-trier\/\">Joachim Trier<\/a> (SENTIMENTAL VALUE), German director <a href=\"https:\/\/www.europeanfilmawards.eu\/talent\/andres-veiel\/\">Andres Veiel<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.europeanfilmawards.eu\/efa-movie\/riefenstahl\/\">RIEFENSTAHL<\/a>), Norwegian screenwriter Eskil <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Vogt (SENTIMENTAL VALUE), <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">German actor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.europeanfilmawards.eu\/talent\/idan-weiss\/\">Idan Weiss<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.europeanfilmawards.eu\/efa-movie\/franz\/\">FRANZ<\/a>).<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559740&quot;:293}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Already announced winners attending the ceremony include German producers <a href=\"https:\/\/www.europeanfilmawards.eu\/talent\/maren-ade\/\">Maren Ade<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.europeanfilmawards.eu\/talent\/janine-jackowski\/\">Janine Jackowski<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.europeanfilmawards.eu\/talent\/jonas-dornbach\/\">Jonas Dornbach<\/a>, recipients of the EURIMAGES INTERNATIONAL CO-PRODUCTION AWARD, Italian director <a href=\"https:\/\/www.europeanfilmawards.eu\/talent\/alice-rohrwacher\/\">Alice Rohrwacher<\/a> (EUROPEAN ACHIEVEMENT IN WORLD CINEMA), and Norwegian actress and filmmaker <a href=\"https:\/\/www.europeanfilmawards.eu\/talent\/liv-ullmann\/\">Liv Ullmann<\/a> (LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD).<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559740&quot;:293}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"none\">The ceremony will be streamed live on <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.europeanfilmawards.eu\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">www.europeanfilmawards.eu<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"none\">.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559740&quot;:319}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Please find an overview of <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.europeanfilmawards.eu\/awards-ceremony\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">all broadcasting and streaming partner<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"none\">.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559740&quot;:319}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Please find more information on all <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.europeanfilmawards.eu\/award-edition\/awards-2026\/?tab=nominations\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">nominees<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"none\"> and already announced winners (<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.europeanfilmawards.eu\/award-edition\/awards-2026\/?tab=nominations\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">European Lifetime Achievement Award<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"none\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.europeanfilmawards.eu\/award-edition\/awards-2026\/?tab=nominations\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">European Achievement in World Cinema Award<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"none\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.europeanfilmawards.eu\/award-edition\/awards-2026\/?tab=nominations\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Eurimages International Co-Production Award<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"none\">).<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559740&quot;:293}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The annual Academy Selection is based on and reflects the excellent quality of each film. <\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">The selection is taking into account the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.europeanfilmacademy.org\/industry\/diversity-and-inclusion\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Diversity &amp; Inclusion Standards<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"none\"> of the European Film Academy.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559737&quot;:-2,&quot;335559740&quot;:346}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"none\">The ceremony of the European Film Awards is presented by the European Film Academy and European Film Academy Productions gGmbH.<\/span><span 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