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34th European Film Awards
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The European Film Academy welcomes 640 new members from 50 countries

Expanded membership criteria introduced for emerging filmmakers under 36

51% of the new members are women, 48% are men, and 1% identify as non-binary

19% represent the arts and crafts of cinema reinforcing the Academy’s chapter structure

The European Film Academy now counts 5,700 members across 60 countries.

The European Film Academy is delighted to welcome 640 renowned film professionals as new members. As such, they will now be eligible to vote for the European Film Awards and contribute to supporting European cinema through their membership. The names of all new members were announced today.

Among the new members, 51% are women, 48% are men, and 1% identify as non-binary. Altogether, the new members come from 50 countries, further broadening the reach and diversity of the European Film Academy.

New members of the European Film Academy include among others from Austria: Senad Halilbašić, Chile: Juan de Dios Larraín, Czech Republic: Václav Marhoul, Denmark: Mathias Broe, France: Remi Burah, Patricia Mazuy, Antoine Reinartz, Maïlys Vallade, Rosalie Varda, Germany: Dieu Hao Do, Florence Kasumba, Vicky Krieps, Ursina Lardi, Sandra Maischberger, Greece: Orestis Andreadakis, Dennis Iliadis, Sonia Liza Kenterman, Hungary: Nóra Lakos, Ireland: John Butler, Italy: Vinicio Marchioni, Greta Scarano, Kosovo: Fatlume Bunjaku, Latvia: Lauris Ābele, Mārcis Ābele, Raitis Ābele, Ivo Briedis, Norway: Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas, Lars Thomas Skare, Joachim Trier, Palestinian Territories: Adam Bakri, Ziad Bakri, Mahmood Bakri, Poland: Anna Kępińska, Agata Trzebuchowska, Portugal: Rui Poças, Romania: Vlad Ionut Popescu, Slovenia: Saša Tabaković and United Kingdom: Mark Cousins, Tarn Willers.

19% of the new members represent the different arts and crafts of cinema, further reinforcing the Academy’s chapter structure. In the coming years, the European Film Academy is keen to further increase the number of members working as casting directors, cinematographers, composers, costume designers, editors, make-up & hair artists, production designers, and sound designers. The Academy will continue to expand its chapter structure in the years ahead, adding further disciplines as the community continues to grow.

As in previous years, the European Film Academy welcomes the broad participation of new members from the Baltic states, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Kosovo, Moldova, North Macedonia, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Turkey, and Ukraine. The continued and steady growth of membership in these countries is of particular importance to the Academy.

To reflect its broader commitment to inclusivity and balanced representation across all regions, the Academy encourages contributions from all countries and regions, as well as indigenous and transnational communities, including Greenlandic Inuit, Kurdish, Roma, and Sámi communities, represented within its membership. Currently, the European Film Academy has 5,700 members in 60 countries.

With 19% of the new members aged under 36, the Academy continues to strengthen the representation of a younger generation of European filmmakers within its membership. The European Film Academy updated the eligibility criteria for film professionals under the age of 36: They are eligible for an “Emerging Membership” if they have received noteworthy credits as head of department on either one feature-length film (70+ minutes) or – newly introduced – three short films (fiction, documentary, or animation). These works must have been screened in an official section of a competitive FIAPF-accredited film festival, at one of the partner festivals of the European Short Film Network or have been nominated by a national film academy. Film students can also apply if they meet these criteria.

New emerging members include among others from Armenia: Samvel Tadevossian, Belgium: Violet Braeckman, Lukas Dhont, Czech Republic: Michal Sikora, France: Félix de Givry, Germany: Lea Drinda, Florian Geißelmann, Enno Trebs, Lena Urzendowsky, Idan Weiss, Greenland: Mads Madsen, Poland: Zofia Kujawska, Michał Marczak, Slovenia: Jara Sofija Ostan, Spain: Miguel Eek, Turkey: Ramazan Kılıç and UK: Theo Panagopoulos.

The members of the European Film Academy are united by a shared sense of European cultural identity and a dedication to celebrating the diversity and richness of European filmmaking. All members can register to vote each year for the European Film Awards and, by doing so, gain access to the films on the European Film Awards Shortlist, from which the nominations and award winners are selected. Additionally, the Academy organises events throughout the year, both in person and online, that help members connect with each other. Throughout the year, special “Underscore” film programmes on the Academy’s VOD platform promote European films, all exclusively accessible to registered members. Building a European film community of filmmakers and, in doing so, increasing the visibility and accessibility of European cinema to a wider community of film lovers is a major driving force of the European Film Academy throughout the year.

Since 2024, Juliette Binoche has been the President of the European Film Academy. Originally, the Academy was founded in 1988 by renowned European filmmakers such as Ingmar Bergman, Pedro Almodóvar, Liliana Cavani, Claude Chabrol, Federico Fellini, Isabelle Huppert, Krzysztof Kieślowski, Giulietta Masina, Marcello Mastroianni, David Puttnam, Hanna Schygulla, István Szabó, Liv Ullmann, and Wim Wenders — and was initially limited to a maximum of 99 members. Since the 1990s, the number of members has gradually increased and has grown by over 40% in the past five years.

These are all newly accepted members of the European Film Academy.

Some of the new members, from left to right: Lukas Dhont (© European Film Academy/Ewa Ferdynus), Jara Sofija Ostan, Mathias Broe, Lea Drinda (© European Film Academy/Sebastian Gabsch) and Idan Weiss (© European Film Academy/Burcu Beaufort). Download the visual here.