Joachim Trier’s Sentimental Value topped the 38th European Film Awards nominations with five nods on Tuesday, with Óliver Laxe’s Sirāt close behind with four nominations.
Both acclaimed featurees will be vying for Best European Film, Best European Director, and Best European Screenwriter prizes, while actors Stellan Skarsgård and Sergei López will face off in Best European Actor. Renate Reinsve is the sole nominee from the Norwegian drama that’s up for Best European Actress.
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Jafar Panahi’s It Was Just An Accident and Mascha Schilinski’s Sound of Falling are both tied with three nominations apiece for film, director, and screenwriter.
This is the second year that documentaries and animated features will compete alongside fiction films in the Best European Film category, with the category having 15 nominees. The feature length French cartoons Arco and Little Amelie or the Character of Rain — both of which are also Oscar contenders — made the cut. Nominated documentaries include Afternoons of Solitude from Spain and France, and Riefenstahl from Germany.
Winners of the 2025 European Film Awards will be announced on Jan. 17 in Berlin. Liv Ullmann will receive the EFA Lifetime Achievement Award and Alice Rohrwacher will collect the European Achievement in World Cinema prize.
Here’s the full list of nominees:
European Film
Afternoons of Solitude (Spain, France): Documentary, directed by Albert Serra, produced by Albert Serra, Montse Triola, Pedro Palacios, Luís Ferrón, Ricard Sales & Pierre-Olivier Bardet
Arco (France): Animated film, directed by Ugo Bienvenu, produced by Félix de Givry, Sophie Mas, Natalie Portman & Ugo Bienvenu
Dog of God (Latvia, United States): Animated, directed by Raitis Ābele & Lauris Ābele, produced by Raitis Ābele, Kristele Pudane & Giovanni Labadessa
Fiume o morte! (Croatia, Slovenia, Italy): Documentary, directed by Igor Bezinović, produced by Vanja Jambrović, Tibor Keser, Erica Barbiani & Marina Gumzi
It Was Just An Accident (France, Iran, Luxembourg): Narrative, directed by Jafar Panahi, produced by Philippe Martin, Jafar Panahi, Christel Henon & Sandrine Dumas
Little Amelie or the Character of Rain (France): Animated, directed by Maïlys Vallade & Liane-Cho Han, produced by Edwina Liard, Nidia Santiago & Henri Magalon
Olivia and the Inivisble Earthquake (Spain, France, Belgium, Switzerland, Chile): Animated, directed by Irene Iborra Rizo, produced by Mikel Mas Bilbao, Ramón Alòs, Irene Iborra Rizo, Eduard Puertas Anfruns, Jean-François Le Corre, Mathieu Courtois, Hugo Deghilage, Vincent Tavier, Nicolas Burlet & Bernardita Ojeda
Riefenstahl (Germany): Documentary, directed by Andres Veiel, produced by Enzo Maaß & Sandra Maischberger
Sentimental Value (Norway, France, Denmark, Germany, Sweden): Narrative, directed by Joachim Trier, produced by Maria Ekerhovd, Andrea Berentsen Ottmar, Juliette Schrameck, Nathanaël Karmitz, Elisha Karmitz, Fionnuala Jamison, Sisse Graum Jørgensen, Lizette Jonjic, Janine Jackowski, Jonas Dornbach, Maren Ade, Atilla Salih Yücer & Lars Thomas Skare
Sirāt (Spain, France): Narrative, directed by Óliver Laxe, produced by Domingo Corral, Óliver Laxe, Xavi Font, Pedro Almodóvar, Agustín Almodóvar, Esther García, Oriol Maymó, Mani Mortazavi & Andrea Queralt
Songs of Slow Burning Earth (Ukraine, France, Denmark, Sweden): Documentary, directed by Olha Zhurba, produced by Darya Bassel, Anne Köhncke & Kerstin Übelacker
Sound of Falling (In Die Sonne Schauen) (Germany): Narrative, directed by Mascha Schilinski, produced by Maren Schmitt, Lucas Schmidt & Lasse Scharpen
Tales From the Magic Garden (Czech Republic, Slovakia, Slovenia, France): Animated, directed by David Súkup, Patrik Pašš, Leon Vidmar & Jean-Claude Rozec, produced by Martin Vandas, Alena Vandasová, Juraj Krasnohorský, Henrieta Cvangová, Kolja Saksida, Jean-François Le Corre & Mathieu Courtois
The Voice of Hind Rajab (France, Tunisia): Narrative, directed by Kaouther Ben Hania, produced by Nadim Cheikhrouha, Odessa Rae & James Wilson
With Hasan in Gaza (Germany): Documentary, directed by Kamal Aljafari, produced by Kamal Aljafari & Flavia Mazzarino
European Director
Yorgos Lanthimos, Bugonia
Jafar Panahi, It Was Just An Accident
Mascha Schilinski, Sound of Falling
Joachim Trier, Sentimental Value
European Actress
Leonie Benesch, Late Shift
Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, Duse
Vicky Krieps, Love Me Tender
Renate Reinsve, Sentimental Value
European Actor
Mads Mikkelsen, The Last Viking
Stellan Skarsgård, Sentimental Value
European Screenwriter
Santiago Fillol & Óliver Laxe, Sirāt
Jafar Panahi, It Was Just An Accident
Mascha Schilinski & Louise Peter, Sound of Falling
Paolo Sorrentino, La Grazia
Eskil Vogt & Joachim Trier, Sentimental Value
European Documentary
Afternoons of Solitude (Tardes de Soledad) (Spain, France) directed by Albert Serra
Fiume o morte! (Croatia, Slovenia, Italy), directed by Igor Bezinović
Riefenstahl (Germany), directed by Andres Veiel
Songs of Slow Burning Earth (Ukraine, France, Denmark, Sweden), directed by Olha Zhurba
With Hasan in Gaza (Germany), directed by Kamal Aljafari
European Animated Feature Film
Arco (France), directed by Ugo Bienvenu
Dog of God (Latvia, United States), directed by Raitis Ābele & Lauris Ābele.
Little Amelie or the Character of Rain (France), directed by Maïlys Vallade & Liane-Cho Han
Olivia and the Inivisble Earthquake (Spain, France, Belgium, Switzerland, Chile), directed by Irene Iborra Rizo
Tales From the Magic Garden (Czech Republic, Slovakia, Slovenia, France), directed by David Súkup, Patrik Pašš, Leon Vidmar & Jean-Claude Rozec
European Discovery – Prix FIPRESCI
Little Trouble Girls (Slovenia, Italy, Croatia, Serbia), directed by Urška Djukić
My Father’s Shadow (United Kingdom, Nigeria), directed by Akinola Davies Jr
On Falling (United Kingdom, Portugal), directed by Laura Carreira
One of Those Days When Hemme Dies (Turkey, Germany), directed by Murat Fıratoğlu
Sauna (Denmark), directed by Mathias Broe
Under the Grey Sky (Poland) directed by Mara Tamkovich
European Young Audience Award
Arco (France), directed by Ugo Bienvenu
I Accidentally Wrote A Book (Hungary, Netherlands), directed by Nóra Lakos
Siblings (Italy), directed by Greta Scarano
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