Accreditation Form

34th European Film Awards
Berlin

PLEASE NOTE:

Accreditation to the European Film Awards is limited to people who have been fully vaccinated against Covid-19 or who have recovered after a Covid-19 infection – provided they do not show typical Covid-19 symptoms.

A proof of vaccination or recovery must be digitally verifiable with an EU Digital COVID Certificate – printed QR codes are also digitally verifiable.

The mask requirement and the requirement to maintain a minimum distance will then no longer apply indoors.

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1. Personal data

Are you a EFA Member?

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First name

Last name

Phone

E-mail

CC to (editor, assistant) Optional

2. Represented media outlet

Name of media outlet

Section / programme Optional

Company address

Street address

Postal code

City

Contact

Phone

General e-mail

Media type and language

Other

Language(s)

Position

Other

Editor’s confirmation

I hereby confirm that the representative has been commissioned to report from the European Film Awards

Full name

Postal code

Phone

E-mail

Date

City

3. Type of accreditation

Photo TV Media

Additional comments

I agree to the following Terms and Conditions of the media accreditation procedure of the European Film Academy for the European Film Awards

By submitting the accreditation form, the media representative accepts and agrees to the following:

The entered and transmitted personal data will be stored in the European Film Academy database and used to contact you in connection with the accreditation process and for information purposes concerning the European Film Awards.

Representative’s name, media outlet and country may be passed on to other accredited media representatives, to our partners, sponsors and funding institutions, as well as to the agents of the nominees and winners of the European Film Awards. Furthermore, this information may be stored in order to fulfill our reporting obligations to the funding institutions and for other statistical evaluation.

Other personal data will be deleted as soon as the purpose for retaining such data ceases to apply, i.e. four weeks after the European Film Awards took place. Notwithstanding the generality of the foregoing, data may be stored if required by Union of Member State law to which we are subject.

Data will also be blocked or deleted if a retention period prescribed by laws and regulations expires, unless there is a need for further storage of the data for the conclusion of fulfillment of a contract.

Please note that during all official events of the EFA Weekend photo and video recordings are made, which may be used in digital and/or in printed media for press information and public relations. For details please see our Privacy Policy.

Participating in the European Film Awards implies the unconditional acceptance of the above conditions.

The data protection officer of European Film Academy e.V. is Rainer Pyls. He may be contacted using the contact details provided above as well as at privacy@europeanfilmacademy.org. For further information please see our Privacy Policy.

09 Mar 2026

Awards 2027: Early Bird Submission Now Open!

The European Film Academy looks forward to receiving your film submissions and would like to highlight the Early Bird opportunity by encouraging you to submit your films already in March.

We’re looking for bold stories, strong emotions, and films that resonate with audiences all over Europe. Fiction, animation or documentary – we can’t wait to discover your latest work!

Submitting early not only allows you to benefit from the reduced Early Bird fee of 80 EUR (instead of 100 EUR), but also ensures that our committees have sufficient time to give these wonderful films from across Europe the attention they truly deserve.

GENERAL

The 39th European Film Awards will be presented by the European Film Academy and European Film Academy Productions on 16 January 2027 in Athens/Greece.

ELIGIBILITY

Eligible films must have a European director, be intended for theatrical release and have had their first official screening (be it at a festival or at a regular cinema) between 1 October 2025 and 30 September 2026 and meet the particular criteria of the respective European Film Awards category.
Depending on the date of a film’s first official screening/world premiere, a film needs to be submitted within the respective submission period.

The main production country must be European; European, in the sense of the European Film Academy, means geographical Europe, both EU and non-EU, and includes Israel and Palestine (please refer to the list of eligible countries).

Eligible individuals for a nomination or an award must be born in Europe or hold a European passport. The Academy Board may consider non-Europeans provided they have a European refugee or similar status or have lived in Europe and worked in the European film industry for at least five consecutive years.

FILM SUBMISSION

For the selection and nomination procedure, full-length fiction, documentary and animated feature filmsneed to be made available to the Academy board and/or the members of the corresponding committee(s).

The early bird fee is now available for the rightsholders of films that had their premiere between 1 October 2025 and now: they can submit their films in March making use of the early bird discounted fee of 80 EUR (subject to VAT) available until 31 March 2026 (regular submission fee is 100 EUR).

Films with a premiere ahead in April and May can be submitted right after their premiere but no later than 31 May 2026.

For films which will premiere in the following months (June to September 2026) there will be a second submission period with the submission deadline of 15 September – please watch out for the respective Call for Submissions.

For more information on the individual categories and the full regulations, please refer to the Regulations of the European Film Awards.

If you would like to submit a film, please contact submit@europeanfilmawards.eu