‘Sentimental Value’ Leads 2026 European Film Awards Nominations

The nominations for the 38th European Film Awards were announced today where Joachim Trier’s Sentimental Value earned six nods, the most of any film. Along with a director nomination, the film earned mentions for European Acttor (Stellan Skarsgård), European Actress (Renate Reinsve), European Screenwriter (Eskil Vogt and Trier) and Best European Film.

Two films, It Was Just an Accident and Sirāt, each earned four, including Best European Film and Best European Director (for Jafar Panahi and Oliver Laxe, respectively). Mascha Schilinski’s Sound of Falling was a triple nominee with Film, Director and Screenwriter (Schilinski and Louise Peter).

All four films premiered at the Cannes Film Festival this year, all taking home a top prize apiece.

UPDATE: The EFA has revealed the craft nominations in eight categories where Sentimental Value, Sound of Falling and Sirāt all made a big showing, along with Bugonia. See below.

5,400 members of the European Film Academy participated in the nomination voting. These initial categories were revealed today at the Seville European Film Festival. The remaining below the line categories will be announced next week. The winners will be unveiled during a ceremony in Berlin on January 17.

Best European Film

It Was Just an Accident
Sentimental Value
Sirāt
Sound of Falling
The Voice of Hind Rajab

Best European Director

Yorgos Lanthimos, Bugonia
Oliver Laxe, Sirāt
Jafar Panahi, It Was Just an Accident
Mascha Schilinski, Sound of Falling
Joachim Trier, Sentimental Value

Best European Actor

Sergi López, Sirāt
Mads Mikkelsen, The Last Viking
Toni Servillo, La grazia
Stellan Skarsgård, Sentimental Value
Idan Weiss, Franz

Best European Actress

Leonie Benesch, Late Shift
Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, Duse
Léa Drucker, Case 137
Vicky Krieps, Love Me Tender
Renate Reinsve, Sentimental Value

Best European Screenwriter

Santiago Fillol and Oliver Laxe, Sirāt
Jafar Panahi, It Was Just an Accident
Mascha Schilinski and Louise Peter, Sound of Falling
Paolo Sorrentino, La grazia
Eskil Vogt and Joachim Trier, Sentimental Value

European Casting Director

Nadia Acimi, Luís Bértolo, & María Rodrigo – Sirāt
Karimah El-Giamal and Jacqueline Rietz, Sound of Falling
Yngvill Kolset Haga and Avy Kaufman, Sentimental Value

European Cinematographer

Manu Dacosse, The Stranger
Fabian Gamper, Sound of Falling
Mauro Herce, Sirāt

European Composer (Original Score)

Jerskin Fendrix, Bugonia
Michael Fiedler and Eike Hosenfeld, Sound of Falling
Hania Rani, Sentimental Value

European Costume Designer

Michaela Horáčková Hořejší, Franz
Sabrina Krämer, Sound of Falling
Ursula Patzak, Duse

European Editor

Cristóbal Fernández, Sirāt
Toni Froschhammer, Die My Love
Yorgos Mavropsaridis, Bugonia

European Make-up & Hair Artist

Gabriela Poláková, Franz
Irina Schwarz and Anne-Marie Walther, Sound of Falling
Torsten Witte, Bugonia

European Production Designer

Laia Ateca, Sirāt
James Price, Bugonia
Jørgen Stangebye Larsen, Sentimental Value

European Sound Designer

Johnnie Burn, Bugonia
Laia Casanovas, Sirāt
Gwennolé Le Borgne, Marion Papinot, Lars Ginzel, Elias Boughedir, & Amal Attia – The Voice of Hind Rajab

Best European Animated Feature Film

Arco
Dog of God
Little Amélie or the Character of Rain
Olivia and the Invisible Earthquake
Tales from the Magic Garden

Best European Documentary

Afternoons of Solitude
Fiume o morte!
Riefenstahl
Songs of Slow Burning Earth
With Hasan in Gaza

European Discovery – Prix FIPRESCI

Little Trouble Girls by Urška Djukić
My Father’s Shadow by Akinola Davies Jr.
On Falling Portugal by Laura Carreira
One of Those Days When Hemme Dies by Murat Fıratoğlu
Sauna by Mathias Broe
Under the Grey Sky by Mara Tamkovich

Best European Short Film

Being John Smith
City of Poets
L’Avance
Man Number 4
The Flowers Stand Silently, Witnessing

Lux European Audience Film Award

Christy
Deaf
It Was Just an Accident
Love Me Tender
Sentimental Value

European Young Audience Award

Arco
I Accidentally Wrote a Book
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