European Award Season 2026
November 2025 –
January 2026
European Award Season 2026
November 2025 –
January 2026
Kicking off with the announcement of the nominations for the European Film Awards in mid-November, the European Award Season celebrates the fantastic diversity of European film. Thanks to our partner Europa Cinemas, flagship cinemas across Europe and beyond, from Reykjavik to Athens, from Lisbon to Bucharest, but also in Hong Kong, Hanoi and Santiago de Chile, highlight European films, presenting special programmes, events and dedicated retrospectives. The program includes smalltowns and networks, festivals, cultural centres and cinematheques. At the same time, our partners MUBI and DAFilms present a special focus on European films, allowing film lovers around the world to participate. FestivalScope presents the short film candidates for the European Film Awards and Filmfriend brings on board a whole network of libraries. The European Award Season culminates in the celebration of the European Film Awards on 17 January 2026.
The European Award Season is supported by the Creative Europe MEDIA Programme of the European Union and EURIMAGES and co-operates with CICAE, Europa Cinemas and European Film Promotion. Media partners are Cineuropa and EBU.
European Award Season Partner Cinemas
ALBANIA
ALBANIA
Tirana: Agimi Artit Center
ARMENIA
ARMENIA
Yerevan: House Of Cinema
AUSTRIA
AUSTRIA
BELGIUM
BELGIUM
BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA
BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA
Sarajevo: Kino Meeting Point
BULGARIA
BULGARIA
Sofia: G8 Cultural Centre
CHILE
CHILE
Santiago de Chile: Centro de Cine y Creación
CROATIA
CROATIA
CYPRUS
CYPRUS
Limassol: Limassol Cinema Club
Nicosia: The Friends of Cinema Society
CZECH REPUBLIC
CZECH REPUBLIC
Hradec Králové: Bio Central
Prague: Szetozor & Kino Kavalirka
DENMARK
DENMARK
Copenhagen: Grand Teatret & Gloria Biograf
Frederikssund: Parkteatret
Kolding: Nicolai Biograf
Odense: Cafe Biografen
ESTONIA
ESTONIA
Kuressaare: Thule Kino
Tallinn: Kino Soprus
FINLAND
FINLAND
Helsinki: Cinema Orion
Vantaa: Kino Myyri
FRANCE
FRANCE
Dunkirk: Cinéma Le Studio 43
Hérouville: Café des Images
Mulhouse: Bel Air
Orléans: Les Carmes
Paris: L’Entrepôt
GEORGIA
GEORGIA
Tbilisi : Cavea Galleria
GERMANY
GERMANY
Berlin: Yorck Cinema Group
Cologne: Lichtspiele Kalk
Halle: Zazie
Hamburg: Abaton
Munich: Monopol
Potsdam: Thalia
Saarbrücken: Achteinhalb
GREECE
GREECE
Athens: CineTrianon
Thessaloniki: Olympion
HONG KONG
HONG KONG
HUNGARY
HUNGARY
Budapest: Tabán
Kecskemét: Otthon Mozi
ICELAND
ICELAND
Reykjavík: Bíó Paradís
IRELAND
IRELAND
ISRAEL
ISRAEL
ITALY
ITALY
Bologna: Cinema Odeon
Messina: Cineteatro LUX
Milan: Cinema Beltrade
Pordenone: Cinemazero
Rome: Don Bosco
KOSOVO
KOSOVO
Prishtina: Kino Armata
LATVIA
LATVIA
Riga: Splendid Palace
LIECHTENSTEIN
LIECHTENSTEIN
Schaan: Skino
LITHUANIA
LITHUANIA
Kaunas: Romuva
Vilnius: Kino Pasaka
LUXEMBOURG
LUXEMBOURG
MALTA
MALTA
Valletta: Cinema Spazju Kreattiv
MOLDOVA
MOLDOVA
Chișinău: Cineplex Loteanu
MONTENEGRO
MONTENEGRO
Bar: Cultural Center
Berane: Cultural Center
Bijelo Polje: Cultural Center
Danilovgrad: Cultural Center
Herceg Novi Cultural Center
Kotor: Cultural Centre
Mojkovac: Cultural Centre
Nikšić: Cultural Centre
Pljevlja: Cultural Centre
Pluzine: Cultural Centre
Podgorica: Montenegrin Cinematheque
Cetinje: Cultural Centre
Tivat: Cultural Centre
Žabljak: Cultural Centre
THE NETHERLANDS
THE NETHERLANDS
Amsterdam: Rialto De Pijp & Rialto VU
Deventer: MIMIK
NORTH MACEDONIA
NORTH MACEDONIA
NORWAY
NORWAY
Oslo: Vega Scene
POLAND
POLAND
Gdansk: Kameralne Café
Gdynia: Gdynia Film Centre
Krakow: Mikro
Łódź: Charlie
Poznań: Rialto
Sochaczew: Kino Odeon
Szczecin: Pionier1907
Warsaw: tbc
Wrocław: Kino Nowe Horyzonty
PORTUGAL
PORTUGAL
Lisbon: Cinema Ideal
Porto: Batalha Centro de Cinema
ROMANIA
ROMANIA
Cluj-Napoca: Arta
SERBIA
SERBIA
Belgrade: mts Dvorana
Gornji Milanovac: Kulturni Centar Mija Aleksić
SLOVAKIA
SLOVAKIA
Bratislava: Kino Lumière
Košice: Kino Usmev
SLOVENIA
SLOVENIA
Celje: Kino Union
Domzale: Mestni kino Domzale
SPAIN
SPAIN
Barcelona: Zumzeig
Burgos: Van Golem
Ferrol: Duplex Cinema
Madrid: Circulo de Bellas Artes
Santiago de Compostela: Cinema NUMAX
Sevilla: Avenida 5 cines
Zaragoza: Cine Cervantes
SWEDEN
SWEDEN
SWITZERLAND
SWITZERLAND
Bern: Quinnie Cinemas
Biel: Cinevital & Filmpodium Biel /Bienne
Delémont: Cinemont
Geneva: Les Scala
La Chaux-de-Fonds: Cinepel
Lausanne: Pathé Les Galeries
Lugano: LUX Art House
Neuchâtel: Cinepel
Zurich: Arthouse Kinos Zürich
TURKEY
TURKEY
Ankara: Kült Kavaklıdere
Istanbul: Sinematek/Sinema Evi
UK
UK
UKRAINE
UKRAINE
Kyiv: Zhovten