Joachim Trier’s family drama Sentimental Value, which won the Cannes Grand Prix in May, has come out as the frontrunner in key categories at the nomination stage for the European Film Awards.
The work has been nominated for Best European Film, Best European Director and Best Screenplay while co-stars Renate Reinsve and Stellan Skarsgard have been nominated for Best European Actress and Actor respectively.
Further frontrunners include Oliver Laxe’s Morocco-set drama Sirāt with four nominations, followed by Mascha Schilinski’s debut film Sound of Falling and Jafar Panahi’s It Was Just An Accident with three nominations each.
The European Film Academy, which oversees the awards, unveiled nominees for nine key categories on Tuesday in Spain at the Seville European Film Festival including for Best European Animated Feature and European Documentary
The nominations are based on the votes of 5,400 members of the European Film Academy who have been watching the films included in the annual Academy Shortlist.
Further nominations will be announced next week and the winners will be unveiled at the European Film Award awards ceremony on 17 January, 2026 in Berlin.
Nomination Lists
Best European Film
AFTERNOONS OF SOLITUDE (Spain, France) doc
Directed by Albert Serra
ARCO (France) animation
Directed by Ugo Bienvenu
DOG OF GOD (U.S) animation
Directed by Raitis Ābele & Lauris Ābele
FIUME O MORTE! (Croatia, Slovenia, Italy) doc
Directed by Igor Bezinović
IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT (UN SIMPLE ACCIDENT) (France, Iran, Luxembourg)
Directed by Jafar Panahi
LITTLE AMELIE animation
Directed by Maïlys Vallade & Liane-Cho Han
OLIVIA AND THE INVISIBLE EARTHQUAKE animation
Directed by Irene Iborra Rizo
RIEFENSTAHL (Germany) documentary
Directed by Andres Veiel
SENTIMENTAL VALUE (Norway, France, Denmark, Germany, Sweden)
Directed by Joachim Trier
SIRÂT (Spain, France)
Directed by Oliver Laxe
SONGS OF SLOW BURNING EARTH (Ukraine, France, Denmark, Sweden) documentary
Directed by Olha Zhurba
SOUND OF FALLING (Germany)
Directed by Mascha Schilinski
TALES FROM THE MAGIC GARDEN (Czech Republic, Slovakia, Slovenia, France) animation
Directed by David Súkup, Patrik Pašš, Leon Vidmar & Jean-Claude Rozec,
THE VOICE OF HIND RAJAB (France, Tunisia)
Directed by Kaouther Ben Hania
WITH HASAN IN GAZA (Germany) documentary
Directed by Kamal Aljafari
Best European Documentary
AFTERNOONS OF SOLITUDE (Spain, France)
Directed by Albert Serra
FIUME O MORTE! (Croatia, Slovenia, Italy)
Directed by Igor Bezinović
RIEFENSTAHL (Germany)
Directed by Andres Veiel
SONGS OF SLOW BURNING EARTH (Ukraine, France, Denmark, Sweden)
Directed by Olha Zhurba
WITH HASAN IN GAZA (Germany)
Directed Kamal Aljafari
Best European Animated Feature Film
ARCO (France)
Directed by Ugo Bienvenu
DOG OF GOD (Latvia, United States)
Directed by Raitis Ābele & Lauris Ābele
LITTLE AMELIE (France)
Directed by Maïlys Vallade & Liane-Cho Han
OLIVIA AND THE INVISIBLE EARTHQUAKE (Spain, France, Belgium, Switzerland, Chile)
Directed by Irene Iborra Rizo
TALES FROM THE MAGIC GARDEN (Czech Republic, Slovakia, Slovenia, France)
Directed by David Súkup, Patrik Pašš, Leon Vidmar & Jean-Claude Rozec
Best European Director
Yorgos Lanthimos for BUGONIA
Oliver Laxe for SIRĀT
Jafar Panahi for IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT
Mascha Schilinski for SOUND OF FALLING
Joachim Trier for SENTIMENTAL VALUE
European Actress
Leonie Benesch in LATE SHIFT
Valeria Bruni Tedeschi in DUSE
Léa Drucker in CASE 137
Vicky Krieps in LOVE ME TENDER
Renate Reinsve in SENTIMENTAL VALUE
European Actor
Sergi López in SIRĀT
Mads Mikkelsen in THE LAST VIKING
Toni Servillo in LA GRAZIA
Stellan Skarsgård in SENTIMENTAL VALUE
Idan Weiss in FRANZ
European Screenwriter
Santiago Fillol & Oliver Laxe for SIRĀT
Jafar Panahi for IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT
Mascha Schilinski & Louise Peter for SOUND OF FALLING
Paolo Sorrentino for LA GRAZIA
Eskil Vogt & Joachim Trier for SENTIMENTAL VALUE
European Discovery – Prix FIPRESCI
LITTLE TROUBLE GIRLS (KAJ TI JE DEKLICA) (Slovenia, Italy, Croatia, Serbia)
Directed by Urška Djukić
MY FATHER’S SHADOW (United Kingdom, Nigeria)
Directed by Akinola Davies Jr
ON FALLING (United Kingdom, Portugal)
Directed by Laura Carreira
ONE OF THOSE DAYS WHEN HEMME DİES (Turkey, Germany)
Directed by Murat Fıratoğlu
SAUNA (Denmark)
Directed by Mathias Broe
UNDER THE GREY SKY (Poland)
Directed by Mara Tamkovich
European Young Audience Award
ARCO (France)
Directed by Ugo Bienvenu
I ACCIDENTALLY WROTE A BOOK (Hungary, Netherlands)
Directed by Nóra Lakos
SIBLINGS (Italy)
Directed Greta Scarano
