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    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

    Art Center in Albania

    ALBANIA

    The House of Cinema in Yerevan, Armenia

    ARMENIA

    Yerevan: House Of Cinema

    Top Kino Cinema in Austria

    AUSTRIA

    Feldkirch: GUK

    Graz: Schubertkino

    Salzburg: Mozartkino

    Vienna: Top Kino

    Cinema Vendôme in Brussels

    BELGIUM

    Brussels: Cinéma Vendôme

    Charleroi: Quai10

    Leuven: Cinema ZED

    Kino Meeting Point in Sarajevo

    BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA

    G8 Cultural Centre in Bulgaria

    BULGARIA

    CHILE

    Santiago de Chile: Centro de Cine y Creación

    Kino Valli in Croatia

    CROATIA

    Pula: Kino Valli

    Rijeka: Art-Kino

    Zagreb: Kinoteka

    Kino Aero Cinema in Czech Republic

    CZECH REPUBLIC

    Hradec Králové: Bio Central

    Prague: Szetozor & Kino Kavalirka

    Cinema Hall in Denmark

    DENMARK

    Copenhagen: Grand Teatret & Gloria Biograf

    Frederikssund: Parkteatret

    Kolding: Nicolai Biograf

    Odense: Cafe Biografen

    Kino Soprus in Estonia

    ESTONIA

    Kuressaare: Thule Kino

    Tallinn: Kino Soprus

    Orion Cinema in Finland

    FINLAND

    Helsinki:  Cinema Orion

    Vantaa: Kino Myyri

    Cinema Hall in France

    FRANCE

    Dunkirk: Cinéma Le Studio 43

    Hérouville: Café des Images

    Mulhouse: Bel Air

    Orléans: Les Carmes 

    Paris: L’Entrepôt

    Cinema Hall in Georgia

    GEORGIA

    Tbilisi : Cavea Galleria

    Cinema Hall in Germany

    GERMANY

    Berlin: Yorck Cinema Group

    Cologne: Lichtspiele Kalk

    Halle: Zazie

    Hamburg: Abaton

    Munich: Monopol

    Potsdam: Thalia

    Saarbrücken: Achteinhalb

    CineTrianon in Greece

    GREECE

    Athens: CineTrianon

    Thessaloniki: Olympion

    Cinema Hall in Hungary

    HUNGARY

    BudapestTabán

    Kecskemét: Otthon Mozi

    Bíó Paradís in Iceland

    ICELAND

    Reykjavík: Bíó Paradís

    Cinema Hall in Italy

    ITALY

    Bologna: Cinema Odeon

    Messina: Cineteatro LUX

    Milan: Cinema Beltrade

    Pordenone: Cinemazero

    Rome: Don Bosco

    Kino Armata in Kosovo

    KOSOVO

    Prishtina: Kino Armata

    Splendid Palace in Latvia

    LATVIA

    LIECHTENSTEIN

    Schaan: Skino

    Romuva Cinema in Lithuania

    LITHUANIA

    Kaunas: Romuva

    Vilnius: Kino Pasaka

    Ciné Utopia in Luxembourg

    LUXEMBOURG

    Cinema Spazju Kreattiv in Malta

    MALTA

    Cineplex Loteanu in Moldova

    MOLDOVA

    Chișinău: Cineplex Loteanu

    Cultural Center Bar in Montenegro

    MONTENEGRO

    Rialto De Pijp in Amsterdam

    THE NETHERLANDS

    Amsterdam: Rialto De Pijp & Rialto VU

    Deventer: MIMIK

    Konsertpaleet in Norway

    NORWAY

    Oslo: Vega Scene

    Cinema Hall in 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

    Cinema Ideal in Portugal

    PORTUGAL

    Cinema Elvire Popesco in Bucharest

    ROMANIA

    Cluj-Napoca: Arta

    Cinema Hall in Serbia

    SERBIA

    Belgrade: mts Dvorana 

    Gornji Milanovac: Kulturni Centar Mija Aleksić

    A group of people in a cinema hall in Slovakia

    SLOVAKIA

    Bratislava: Kino Lumière

    Košice: Kino Usmev

    SLOVENIA

    A group of people assisting at a film presentation in a cinema hall in 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

    Cinema Hall in Sweden

    SWEDEN

    Stockholm: Bio Skandia

    Sundbyberg: Bio Bristol

    Umeå: Folkets Bio

    Cinema Hall in 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

    Kült Kavaklıdere in Ankara

    TURKEY

    The Mockingbird in UK

    UK

    Bristol: Watershed

    Glasgow: Glasgow Film Theatre

    London: BFI

    Cinema Hall in Ukraine

    UKRAINE

    Kyiv: Zhovten

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