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34th European Film Awards
Berlin

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5 Days to go: European Film Awards 2026 celebrating the best of European Cinema in Berlin

1.000 international guests

88 nominees in 22 categories

46 broadcast and livestream partners in 27 countries

Livestream on www.europeanfilmawards.eu

The 38th European Film Awards will take place this Saturday, 17 January 2026, at the iconic Haus der Kulturen der Welt (HKW) in Berlin, where 1.000 international guests are expected to gather for the festive gala celebrating European cinema. 88 nominees are in the running in 22 categories. The award show, now taking place more prominently in the international awards season just after the Golden Globes and during the Oscar nomination voting period, will bring together leading filmmakers, actors and industry professionals for a celebration of artistic excellence, creativity and the shared passion for film. The red carpet (starting at 4pm CET) and the award ceremony (starting at 6pm CET) will be streamed live on www.europeanfilmawards.eu, reaching audiences worldwide through 46 broadcast and livestream partners from 27 countries across Europe.

Irish-Scottish filmmaker Mark Cousins has joined the creative team preparing this year’s award ceremony. The appointment followed the wish of the Academy to create more impact with its annual ceremony, and steer away from generic scripts dominated by award categories and acceptance speeches. Instead the award show will ask “why do we love cinema?” and be an artistic experience in itself. Mark Cousins is joined by German film composer Dascha Dauenhauer, who has signed responsible for the musical concept of the event, and theatre director Robert Lehniger, who acts as stage director and oversees the award ceremony.

Mark Cousins: “I love playing with the form of film events, so I jumped at the chance to be part of the European Film Awards’ evening. We hope to have some surprises. We’ll try to conjure cinematic images, emotions and ideas. I’m honoured to work with Robert, Dascha and the Academy team, in a building I’ve long admired.”

Dascha Dauenhauer: “With the musical concept for this year’s European Film Awards, I deliberately wanted to create something that departed from the expected, while also following a “back to the roots” principle. Just as the entire show is very closely tied to cinema, the music should revolve around the most intimate and purest instrument there is: the voice. In the wonderful singers Heidi Heidelberg, Zola Mennenöh, and Emilia Mårtensson, I found an ensemble that forms the foundation for a diverse compositional concept – comprising experimental, poppier, and emotional pieces. As diverse and pure as European cinema itself.”

Presenting the award categories throughout the evening will be a diverse group of artists and filmmakers from across Europe, including Spanish actors, writers & directors Javier Calvo and Javier Ambrossi, Turkish screenwriter, photographer and production designer Ebru Ceylan, Spanish actor Carlos Cuevas, Oscar-winning British director Asif Kapadia, German-Romanian director Alexander Nanau, Greek actress Angeliki Papoulia, Norwegian filmmaker and European Film Award winner Halfdan Ullmann Tøndel.

This year’s awards will also welcome an outstanding lineup of internationally renowned filmmakers, actors, and cultural voices. Among the other attending guests are Lebanese-German cinematographer Christopher Aoun, German-Iranian actress Banafshe Hourmazdi, French actress and Academy president Juliette Binoche, German actor Jerry Hofmann, Polish director Agnieszka Holland, German actresses Juliane Köhler and Caroline Peters, Italian actress Alba Rohrwacher, German director Volker Schlöndorff, German actress Maria Schrader, Palestinian director Elia Suleiman as well as German director Wim Wenders and many more.

Among the attending international nominees at the 38th European Film Awards are Palestinian director Kamal Aljafari (WITH HASAN IN GAZA), Tunisian-French director Kaouther Ben Hania, German actress Leonie Benesch (LATE SHIFT), French director and animator Ugo Bienvenu (ARCO), Italian-French actress Valeria Bruni Tedeschi (DUSE), French actress Léa Drucker (CASE 137), Luxembourgish-German actress Vicky Krieps (LOVE ME TENDER), Spanish director Oliver Laxe (SIRĀT), Spanish actor Sergi López (SIRĀT), Danish actor Mads Mikkelsen (THE LAST VIKING), Iranian director Jafar Panahi (IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT), Norwegian actress Renate Reinsve (SENTIMENTAL VALUE), German director Mascha Schilinski (SOUND OF FALLING), Italian actor Toni Servillo (LA GRAZIA), Swedish actor Stellan Skarsgård (SENTIMENTAL VALUE), Norwegian director Joachim Trier (SENTIMENTAL VALUE), German director Andres Veiel (RIEFENSTAHL), Norwegian screenwriter Eskil Vogt (SENTIMENTAL VALUE), German actor Idan Weiss (FRANZ).

Already announced winners attending the ceremony include German producers Maren Ade, Janine Jackowski and Jonas Dornbach, recipients of the EURIMAGES INTERNATIONAL CO-PRODUCTION AWARD, Italian director Alice Rohrwacher (EUROPEAN ACHIEVEMENT IN WORLD CINEMA), and Norwegian actress and filmmaker Liv Ullmann (LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD).

The ceremony will be streamed live on www.europeanfilmawards.eu.

Please find an overview of all broadcasting and streaming partner.

Please find more information on all nominees and already announced winners (European Lifetime Achievement Award, European Achievement in World Cinema Award, Eurimages International Co-Production Award).

The annual Academy Selection is based on and reflects the excellent quality of each film. The selection is taking into account the Diversity & Inclusion Standards of the European Film Academy.

The ceremony of the European Film Awards is presented by the European Film Academy and European Film Academy Productions gGmbH.