European Award Season 2027

November 2026 –
January 2027

Former editions: 2022 2023 2024 2026

The European Award Season is a Europe-wide celebration of European cinema, kicking off with the announcement of the European Film Awards nominations in November and running until the awards ceremony in January.

From 17 November 2026 to 16 January 2027, cinemas, festivals, cinematheques, cultural centres and film networks across Europe and beyond will present programmes dedicated to European film. Thanks to our partner Europa Cinemas, flagship cinemas in more than 150 cities – from Reykjavik to Athens, from Lisbon to Bucharest, as well as in cities such as Hong Kong, Hanoi and Santiago de Chile – will showcase the diversity and richness of European filmmaking through special screenings, contemporary programmes, events and dedicated retrospectives. The season reaches smaller towns and local cinema networks, bringing European films to audiences in a wide range of communities.

The European Young Audience Award, established in 2012, celebrates outstanding European films selected by and presented to young people (12+) in jury screenings. Cinemas that are part of the European Award Season are also invited to include the three nominated films to their theatrical programme, offering young audiences the chance to join the international youth jury.

The season also extends beyond the cinema. Our online partners MUBI and DAFilms present a special focus on European films, allowing film lovers around the world to participate. At the same time Festival Scope makes the short film candidates for the European Film Awards available to audiences internationally, while filmfriend brings European cinema to a growing network of public libraries, offering audiences another way to discover films from across the continent.

The European Award Season culminates on 16 January 2027 in Athens, Greece, with the 39th European Film Awards. By connecting films, filmmakers, cinemas and audiences across borders, the European Award Season creates a shared platform for discovering, celebrating and promoting European cinema.

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 2027

ALBANIA

Tirana: Agimi Artit Center & Tirana Film Office

ANDORRA

Cineclub de les Valls

ARMENIA

Yerevan: Nairi Cinema

AUSTRIA

Feldkirch: GUK

Graz: Schubertkino

Vienna: Top Kino & Akademie des Österreichischen Films

BELGIUM

Antwerp: JEF

Brussels: Cinéma Vendôme & Filemon Film Festival for Young Audiences

Charleroi: Quai10

Leuven: Cinema ZED

BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA

Sarajevo: Kino Meeting Point & Sarajevo Film Festival

Rijeka: Art-Kino

Zagreb: Kinoteka & Zagreb Film Festival

CYPRUS

Larnaca: Larnaca Cinema Society

Limassol: Limassol Cinema Club

Nicosia: The Friends of Cinema Society

CZECH REPUBLIC

Domažlice & Horšovský Týn : JuniorFest – International Film Festival for Children and Youth

Hradec Králové: Bio Central

Prague: BOO International Short Film Festival &
Kino Kavalirka &
Světozor

DENMARK

Alborg, Arhus & Ballerup:
DaBUF – The Association of Danish Filmclubs For Children & Youth

Copenhagen: Grand Teatret & Gloria Biograf

Frederikssund: Parkteatret

Kolding: Nicolai Biograf

Odense: Cafe Biografen

ESTONIA

Kuressaare: Thule Kino

Tallinn: Just Film – Children’s and Youth Film Festival & Kino Soprus

FINLAND

Espoo: Tapiola

Helsinki: Cinema Orion

Tampere: Cinema Niagara

Vantaa: Kino Myyri

FRANCE

Dieppe: Scène nationale

Dunkirk: Cinéma Le Studio 43

Hérouville: Café des Images

Mulhouse: Bel Air

Nancy: Cameo

Paris: L’Entrepôt, Lucernaire & Les 3 Luxembourg

GEORGIA

Tbilisi : Tbilisi IFF

GERMANY

Berlin: Yorck Cinema Group & Vision Kino. SchulKinoWochen Berlin

Chemnitz: SCHLiNGEL – Internationales Filmfestival für Kinder und junges Publikum

Cologne: Cinepänz & Lichtspiele Kalk

Erfurt: Deutsche Kindermedienstiftung Goldener Spatz & KinoClub

Halle: Zazie

Hamburg: Abaton

Saarbrücken: Achteinhalb

GREECE

Athens: Athens International Children’s Film Festival &
CineDoc kids &
CineTrianon &
Cinobo Cinemas &
Panorama of European Cinema Festival

Chania, Heraklion, Rethymno: Chania Film Festival

Pyrgos: Olympia International Film Festival for Children and Young People

Thessaloniki: Olympion

GREENLAND

Ilulissat: Film.GL & Film Institute of Greenland

HONG KONG

Golden Scene Cinema

HUNGARY

Budapest: Cinemira International Children’s & Youth Film Festival &
National Film Institute Hungary & Tabán

Kecskemét: HA Otthon Mozi

ICELAND

Reykjavík: Bíó Paradís

IRELAND

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Cork: Cork Cine Club
Inverin: Club Scannán Sailearna
Newbridge: Riverbank Arts Centre
Sligo: Sligo Film Society
Wexford: The Picture House

Galway: GENERATION Fleadh