38th European Film Awards
The 38th European Film Awards, presented by the European Film Academy to recognize achievements in European filmmaking, took place at the Haus der Kulturen der Welt in Berlin on 17 January 2026.
Mark Cousins will curate the award ceremony alongwith the musical concept incharge German composer Dascha Dauenhauer, and the German stage director Robert Lehniger, who also oversees the award ceremony.
Sentimental Value swept the top award categories.
Selection
Feature Film
The selection of feature films was announced on 14 October 2025.Bearcave – Krysianna B. Papadakis, Stergios Dinopoulos Bugonia – Yorgos Lanthimos Case 137 – Dominik Moll Christy – Brendan Cantry Deaf – Eva Libertad Die My Love – Lynne Ramsay Dreams (Sex Love) – Dag Johan Haugerud Duse – Pietro Marcello Father – Tereza Nvotová Franz – Agnieszka Holland Fuori – Mario Martone I Only Rest in the Storm – Pedro Pinho It Was Just an Accident – Jafar Panahi La grazia – Paolo Sorrentino The Last Viking – Anders Thomas Jensen Late Shift – Petra Volpe The Little Sister – Hafsia Herzi Little Trouble Girls – Urška Djukic Love Me Tender – Anna Cazenave Cambet The Love That Remains – Hlynur Pálmason Loveable – Lilja Ingolfsdottir Maspalomas – Jose Mari Goenaga, Aitor Arregi Milk Teeth – Mihai Mincan Mirrors No. 3 – Christian Petzold Mother – Teona Strugar Mitevska The North – Bart Schrijver On Falling – Laura Carreira Once Upon a Time in Gaza – Tarzan and Arab Nasser One of Those Days When Hemme Dies – Murat Fıratoğlu Palestine 36 – Annemarie Jacir Pillion – Harry Lighton Romería – Carla Simón Sentimental Value – Joachim Trier Silent Friend – Ildikó Enyedi Sirāt – Oliver Laxe Sleepless City – Guillermo Galoe Sound of Falling – Mascha Schilinski The Stranger – François Ozon Sundays – Alauda Ruiz de Azúa Two Prosecutors – Sergei Loznitsa The Voice of Hind Rajab – Kaouther Ben Hania What Marielle Knows – Frédéric Hambalek Yes! – Nadav Lapid Young Mothers – Jean-Pierre Dardenne & Luc DardenneDocumentary
The selection of 15 documentary films was announced on 14 October 2025.Afternoons of Solitude – Albert Serra An American Pastoral – Auberi Edler Ancestral Visions of the Future – Lemohang Jeremiah Mosese Fiume o morte! – Flophouse America – Monica Strømdahl Good Valley Stories – José Luis Guerin Hair, Paper, Water... – Nicolas Graux, Minh Quý Trương Listen to the Voices – Maxime Jean-Baptiste Memory – Vladlena Sandu – Yelizaveta Smith, Alina Gorlova, Simon Mozgovyi Riefenstahl – Andres Veiel Songs of Slow Burning Earth – Olha Zhurba The Shards – Masha Chernaya TWST / Things We Said Today – Andrei Ujică With Hasan in Gaza – Kamal AljafariAnimation
The selection of 8 animated feature films was announced on 14 October 2025.Arco – Ugo Bienvenu Balentes – ' – Anders Matthesen,- '
Winners and nominees
The nominees for European Short Film – Prix Vimeo were announced on 31 October 2025. The nominations were announced on 18 November 2025 at the Alcázar of Seville, following the 22nd Seville European Film Festival. The nominations in Excellence categories were announced on 26 November 2025.[European Film Award for [European Discovery of the Year|European Discovery – Prix FIPRESCI]]
Films with multiple nominations and awards
| Nominations | Film |
| 9 | Sirāt |
| 8 | Sentimental Value |
| 8 | Sound of Falling |
| 6 | Bugonia |
| 3 | Franz |
| 3 | It Was Just an Accident |
| 2 | Arco |
| 2 | Duse |
| 2 | La grazia |
| 2 | The Voice of Hind Rajab |
| Awards | Film |
| 6 | Sentimental Value |
| 5 | Sirāt |