The European Film Academy revealed the 67 feature-length films shortlisted and eligible for a nomination for the 38th European Film Awards.
The shortlist includes 44 feature films, 15 documentary films and 8 animated feature films with 27 shortlisted films directed or co-directed by women.
The shortlisted feature and documentary films have been chosen by members of the European Film Academy Board and invited European experts, the shortlisted animated feature films by a selection committee composed of members of the Academy Board and invited experts in co-operation with CARTOON, the European Association of Animation Film.
Nomination for the categories ‘European Film’, ‘European Director’, ‘European Discovery—Prix Fipresci’, ‘European Documentary’, ‘European Animated Feature Film’, ‘European Actress’, ‘European Actor’ and ‘European Screenwriter’, will be announced on November 18, 2025 following the 22nd Seville European Film Festival.
On October 31, 2025 the nominations for the ‘European Short Film – Prix Vimeo’, chosen by the European Film Academy Short Film Network, will be announced at the 70th SEMINCI – Valladolid International Film Festival.
On November 26, 2025 the nominations for the categories ‘European Casting Director’, ‘European Cinematographer’, ‘European Composer (Original Score)’, ‘European Costume Designer’, ‘European Editor’, ‘European Make-Up & Hair Artist’, ‘European Production Designer’, ‘European Sound Designer’, chosen by the Academy members from the shortlisted feature films, will be made public.
The winners will be announced at European Film Awards ceremony in Berlin on January 17, 2026.
Feature Film Selection 2026
BEARCAVE (ARKOUDOTRYPA)
Directed by Krysianna B. Papadakis, Stergios Dinopoulos
Greece, United Kingdom
BUGONIA
Directed by Yorgos Lanthimos
United Kingdom, United States, Korea (South)
CASE 137 (DOSSIER 137)
Directed by Dominik Moll
France
CHRISTY
Directed by Brendan Canty
Ireland, United Kingdom
DEAF (SORDA)
Directed by Eva Libertad
Spain
DIE MY LOVE
Directed by Lynne Ramsay
United Kingdom, United States, Canada
DREAMS (DRØMMER)
Directed by Dag Johan Haugerud
Norway
DUSE
Directed by Pietro Marcello
Italy, France
FATHER (OTEC)
Directed by Tereza Nvotová
Slovakia, Czech Republic, Poland
FRANZ
Directed by Agnieszka Holland
Czech Republic, Germany, Poland
FUORI
Directed by Mario Martone
Italy, France
I ONLY REST IN THE STORM (O RISO E A FACA)
Directed by Pedro Pinho
Portugal, France, Brazil, Romania
Feature Film Selection 2026
Feature Film Selection 2026
IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT
(UN SIMPLE ACCIDENT)
Directed by Jafar Panahi
France, Iran, Luxembourg
LA GRAZIA
Directed by Paolo Sorrentino
Italy
LATE SHIFT (HELDIN)
Directed by Petra Volpe
Switzerland, Germany
LITTLE TROUBLE GIRLS (KAJ TI JE DEKLICA)
Directed by Urška Djukic
Slovenia, Italy, Croatia, Serbia
LOVE ME TENDER
Directed by Anna Cazenave Cambet
France
LOVEABLE (ELSKLING)
Directed by Lilja Ingolfsdottir
Norway
MASPALOMAS
Directed by Jose Mari Goenaga, Aitor Arregi
Spain
MILK TEETH (DINTI DE LAPTE)
Directed by Mihai Mincan
Romania, France, Denmark, Greece, Bulgaria
MIRRORS NO. 3 (MIROIRS NO. 3)
Directed by Christian Petzold
Germany
MOTHER
Directed by Teona Strugar Mitevska
North Macedonia, Belgium
ON FALLING
Directed by Laura Carreira
United Kingdom, Portugal
ONCE UPON A TIME IN GAZA
Directed by Tarzan Nasser, Arab Nasser
France, Palestine, Germany, Portugal, Qatar, Jordan
ONE OF THOSE DAYS WHEN HEMME DIES (HEMME’NİN ÖLDÜĞÜ GÜNLERDEN BİRİ)
Directed by Murat Fıratoğlu
Turkey, Germany
PALESTINE 36
Directed by Annemarie Jacir
Palestine, United Kingdom, France, Denmark, Norway
PILLION
Directed by Harry Lighton
United Kingdom
ROMERIA (ROMERÍA)
Directed by Carla Simón
Spain, Germany
SENTIMENTAL VALUE (AFFEKSJONSVERDI)
Directed by Joachim Trier
Norway, France, Denmark, Germany, Sweden
SILENT FRIEND
Directed by Ildikó Enyedi
Germany, France, Hungary
SIRAT (SIRÂT)
Directed by Oliver Laxe
Spain, France
SLEEPLESS CITY (CIUDAD SIN SUEÑO)
Directed by Guillermo Galoe
Spain, France
SOUND OF FALLING (IN DIE SONNE SCHAUEN)
Directed by Mascha Schilinski
Germany
SUNDAYS (LOS DOMINGOS)
Directed by Alauda Ruiz de Azúa
Spain
THE LAST VIKING (DEN SIDSTE VIKING)
Directed by Anders Thomas Jensen
Denmark, Sweden
THE LITTLE SISTER (LA PETITE DERNIÈRE)
Directed by Hafsia Herzi
France, Germany
THE LOVE THAT REMAINS (ÁSTIN SEM EFTIR ER)
Directed by Hlynur Pálmason
Iceland, Denmark, Sweden, France
THE NORTH
Directed by Bart Schrijver
Netherlands
THE STRANGER (L’ÉTRANGER)
Directed by François Ozon
France
THE VOICE OF HIND RAJAB
Directed by Kaouther Ben Hania
France, Tunisia
TWO PROSECUTORS
Directed by Sergei Loznitsa
France, Germany, Netherlands, Latvia, Romania, Lithuania
WHAT MARIELLE KNOWS (WAS MARIELLE WEISS)
Directed by Frédéric Hambalek
Germany
YES (KEN)
Directed by Nadav Lapid
France, Israel, Cyprus, Germany
YOUNG MOTHERS (JEUNES MÈRES)
Directed by Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne
Belgium, France
Documentary Film Selection 2026
AFTERNOONS OF SOLITUDE (TARDES DE SOLEDAD)
Directed by Albert Serra
Spain, France
AN AMERICAN PASTORAL (UNE PASTORALE AMERICAINE)
Directed by Auberi Edler
France
ANCESTRAL VISIONS OF THE FUTURE
Directed by Lemohang Mosese
France, Lesotho, Germany, Qatar, Saudi Arabia
FIUME O MORTE!
Directed by Igor Bezinović
Croatia, Slovenia, Italy
FLOPHOUSE AMERICA
Directed by Monica Strømdahl
Norway, Netherlands, United States
GOOD VALLEY STORIES (HISTORIAS DEL BUEN VALLE)
Directed by Jose Luis Guerin
Spain, France
HAIR, PAPER, WATER… (TÓC, GIẤY VÀ NƯỚC…)
Directed by Nicolas Graux, Minh Quý Trương
Belgium, France, Vietnam
LISTEN TO THE VOICES (KOUTÉ VWA)
Directed by Maxime Jean-Baptiste
Belgium, France
MEMORY
Directed by Vladlena Sandu
France, Netherlands
MILITANTROPOS
Directed by Yelizaveta Smith, Alina Gorlova, Simon Mozgovyi
Ukraine, Austria, France
RIEFENSTAHL
Directed by Andres Veiel
Germany
SONGS OF SLOW BURNING EARTH (ПІСНІ ЗЕМЛІ, ЩО ПОВІЛЬНО ГОРИТЬ)
Directed by Olha Zhurba
Ukraine, France, Denmark, Sweden
THE SHARDS (ОСКОЛКИ)
Directed by Masha Chernaya
Georgia, Germany
TWST / THINGS WE SAID TODAY
Directed by Andrei Ujică
France, Romania
WITH HASAN IN GAZA
Directed by Kamal Aljafari
Germany
Animated Feature Film Selection 2026
ARCO
Directed by Ugo Bienvenu
France
BALENTES
Directed by Giovanni Columbu
Italy, Germany
CHECKERED NINJA 3 (TERNET NINJA 3)
Directed by Anders Matthesen, Thorbjørn Christoffersen
Denmark
DANDELION’S ODYSSEY (PLANETES)
Directed by Momoko Seto
France
DOG OF GOD (DIEVA SUNS)
Directed by Raitis Abele, Lauris Abele
Latvia, United States
LITTLE AMELIE (AMÉLIE ET LA MÉTAPHYSIQUE DES TUBES)
Directed by Maïlys Vallade, Liane-Cho Han
France
OLIVIA AND THE INVISIBLE EARTHQUAKE (L’OLÍVIA I EL TERRATRÈMOL INVISIBLE)
Directed by Irene Iborra Rizo
Spain, France, Belgium, Switzerland, Chile
TALES FROM THE MAGIC GARDEN (POHADKY PO BABICCE)
Directed by David Súkup, Patrik Pašš, Leon Vidmar, Jean-Claude Rozec
Czech Republic, Slovakia, Slovenia, France
Short Film Candidates – Prix Vimeo 2026
A BEAR REMEMBERS
Directed by Zhang & Knight
United Kingdom, France, Spain, Germany
APRIL TUNE (SOL MENOR)
Directed by André Silva Santos
Portugal
BEING JOHN SMITH
Directed by John Smith
United Kingdom
CITY OF POETS
Directed by Sara Rajaei
Netherlands
COMMON PEAR
Directed by Gregor Božič
Slovenia, United Kingdom
DADDY’S LITTLE SCRATCH (ТАТОВА ПОДРЯПИНКА)
Directed by Yehor Harmash
Ukraine
DULL SPOTS OF GREENISH COLOURS
Directed by Sasha Svirsky
Germany
GRANDMAMAUNTSISTERCAT
Directed by Zuza Banasińska
Netherlands, Poland
HOW ARE YOU? (COMMENT ÇA VA?)
Directed by Caroline Poggi, Jonathan Vinel
France
I BELIEVE THE PORTRAIT SAVED ME (MUA BESOJ MË SHPËTOJ PORTRETI)
Directed by Alban Muja
Kosovo, Netherlands
I’M GLAD YOU’RE DEAD NOW
Directed by Tawfeek Barhom
France, Greece, Palestine
L’AVANCE
Directed by Djiby Kebe
France
LA DURMIENTE
Directed by Maria Inês Gonçalves
Portugal, Spain
LEFT-HANDED PEN (TUŠINUKAS)
Directed by Adas Burkšaitis
Lithuania
LOOKING SHE SAID I FORGET
Directed by Naomi Pacifique
Netherlands, Switzerland
LOYNES
Directed by Dorian Jespers
Belgium, France, North Macedonia, United Kingdom
MAN NUMBER 4
Directed by Miranda Pennell
United Kingdom
MASTERPIECE MOMMY
Directed by Dorothy Sing Zhang
United Kingdom
O
Directed by Rúnar Rúnarsson
Iceland, Sweden
RIO REMAINS BEAUTIFUL (O RIO DE JANEIRO CONTINUA LINDO)
Directed by Felipe Casanova
Belgium, Switzerland, Brazil
STOMACH BUG
Directed by Matty Crawford
United Kingdom
THE EGGREGORES’ THEORY
Directed by Andrea Gatopoulos
Italy
THE FLOWERS STAND SILENTLY, WITNESSING
Directed by Theo Panagopoulos
United Kingdom
THE IDEA OF AN ISLAND (LA IDEA DE UNA ISLA)
Directed by Carmen Pedrero
Spain
THE LAST PEOPLE (DIE LETZTEN MENSCHEN)
Directed by Nicolás Pindeus
Austria
THE LIFELINE (LA LIGNE DE VIE)
Directed by Hugo Becker
France
THE SPECTACLE
Directed by Bálint Kenyeres
Hungary, France
THINGS HIDDEN SINCE THE FOUNDATION OF THE WORLD
Directed by Kevin Walker, Irene Zahariadis
Greece, United States
WE BEG TO DIFFER
Directed by Ruairi Bradley
Ireland, United Kingdom
WORLD AT STAKE
Directed by Susanna Flock, Adrian Jonas Haim, Jona Kleinlein
Austria
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