A historic milestone for Catalan cinema at the European Film Awards

BarcelonaA large harvest of nominations for Catalan cinema at the European Film Awards (EFA), announced this Tuesday. Sirado, by Oliver Laxe; Afternoons of solitudeby Albert Serra, and Olivia and the Invisible EarthquakeIrene Iborra's film has garnered a total of eight nominations for the awards to be presented by the European Film Academy in Berlin on January 17. This represents an unprecedented success for Catalan cinema: the year ofAlcarràsFor example, Carla Simón's film was nominated in only two categories: best film and best screenplay. In contrast, Sirado It has four nominations: best film, best director (Oliver Laxe), original screenplay (Oliver Laxe and Santiago Fillol) and best actor (Sergi López). The actor from Vilanova had already won the award for best European actor in 2000 for Harry, a friend who loves youIf he were to win the award again, he would join the club of doubles winners that includes Mads Mikkelsen, Daniel Auteuil and Toni Servillo.

Afternoons of solitudeAlbert Serra's acclaimed documentary about bullfighting, is nominated for best documentary; being nominated in this category also qualifies the film to win best film, so, for all practical purposes, it has two nominations. The same applies to the animated film. Olivia and the Invisible Earthquake, the first animated feature film stop motion in its original Catalan version, which will compete for the award for best animated film and, automatically, also for best film.

However, the most nominated film at this year's European Film Awards, and therefore the one to beat, is the family drama Sentimental valueThe Danish director Joachim Trier's film, which garnered five nominations: Best Film, Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Actor (Stellan Skarsgård), and Best Actress (Renate Reinsve). Other notable films at this year's awards include... A simple accident, by Iranian Jafar Panahi (film, direction and screenplay), and Sound of falling, by German director Mascha Schilinski (film, direction, and screenplay). The four nominations of Sirado They are, in any case, a great boost to their aspirations for an Oscar nomination for Best International Feature Film. The awards already announced are the Lifetime Achievement Award for Liv Ullmann; the European Milestone in Film Award for Alice Rohrwacher; and the Euroimages Co-production Award for Maren Ade, Jonas Dornbach, and Janine Jackowski.

All the nominations for the 2026 European Film Awards

[We write film titles respecting the title under which they were released in Catalonia; or the original title if they have not yet been released. In the case of films that include Catalan subtitles when available on platforms, we write the title in Catalan.]

Best Film

• Bow, directed by Ugo Bienvenu
• Dog of God, directed by Raitis Àbele and Lauris Àbele
• The mysterious tales of the apple tree, directed by David Súkup, Patrik Pašš, Leon Vidmar and Jean-Claude Rozec
• River or death!, directed by Igor Bezinović
• Hind's voicedirected by Kaouther Ben Hania
• Little Amélie, directed by Maïlys Vallade and Liane-Cho Han
• Olivia and the Invisible Earthquake, directed by Irene Iborra
• Riefenstahl, directed by Andres Veiel
• Sirado, directed by Oliver Laxe
• Songs of Slow Burning Earth, directed by Olha Zhurba
• Sound of falling, directed by Mascha Schilinski
• Afternoons of solitudedirected by Albert Serra
• A simple accidentdirected by Jafar Panahi
• Sentimental valuedirected by Joachim Trier
• With Hasan in Gaza, directed by Kamal Aljafari

Best Animated Feature

• Bow, directed by Ugo Bienvenu
• Dog of God, directed by Raitis Àbele and Lauris Àbele
• The mysterious tales of the apple tree, directed by David Súkup, Patrik Pašš, Leon Vidmar and Jean-Claude Rozec
• Little Amélie, directed by Maïlys Vallade and Liane-Cho Han
• Olivia and the Invisible Earthquake, directed by Irene Iborra

Best Documentary

• Afternoons of solitudedirected by Albert Serra
• River or death!, directed by Igor Bezinović
• Riefenstahl, directed by Andres Veiel
• Songs of Slow Burning Earth, directed by Olha Zhurba
• With Hasan in Gaza, directed by Kamal Aljafari

Best Director

• Yorgos Lanthimos by Bugonia
• Jafar Panahi, by A simple accident
• Joachim Trier by Sentimental value
• Oliver Laxe, by Sirado
• Mascha Schilinski by Sound of falling

Best Actress

• Read Drucker by Dossier 137
• Valeria Bruni Tedeschi by Duse
• Leonie Benesch by Guard shift
• Vicky Krieps by Love me tender
• Renate Reinsve by Sentimental value

Best Actor

• Idan Weiss by Franz Kafka
• Toni Servillo by The grace
• Stellan Skarsgård by Sentimental value
• Sergi López by Sirado
• Mads Mikkelsen by The last Viking

Best Screenplay

• Jafar Panahi, by A simple accident
• Paolo Sorrentino by The grace
• Eskil Vogt and Joachim Trier for sentimental value
• Santiago Fillol and Oliver Laxe by Sirado
• Mascha Schilinski and Louise Peter by Sound of falling

Best photograph

• Mauro Harce by Sirado
• Fabian Gamper by Sound of falling
• Manu Dacosse by The foreigner

Better assembly

• Yorgos Mavropsaridis by Bugonia
• Toni Froschhammer by Die my love
• Cristóbal Fernández by Sirado

Better production design

• James Price by Bugonia
• Jørgen Stangebye Larsen by Sentimental value
• Laia Ateca by Sirado

Best Costume Design

• Ursula Patzak by Duse
• Michaela Horáčková Hořejší by Franz Kafka
• Sabrina Krämer by Sound of falling

Better makeup and hairstyling

• Torsten Witte by Bugonia
• Gabriela Poláková by Franz Kafka
• Irina Schwarz and Anne-Marie Walther for Sound of falling

Better sound design

• Johnnie Burn by Bugonia
• Laia Casanovas, Amanda Villavieja, Yasmina Praderas by Sirado
• Gwennolé Le Borgne, Marion Papinot, Lars Ginzel, Elias Boughedir and Amal Attia for Hind's voice

Best Original Music

• Jerskin Fendrix by Bugonia
• Hania Rami by Sentimental value
• Michael Fiedler and Eike Hosenfeld by Sound of falling

Best Casting Direction

• Yngvill Kolset Haga and Avy Kaufman for Sentimental value
• Nadia Acimi, Luís Bértolo and María Rodrigo for Sirado
• Karimah El-Giamal and Jacqueline Rietz by Sound of falling

Best Short Film

• Being John Smithdirected by John Smith
• City of poetsdirected by Sara Rajaei
• The advancedirected by Djiby Kebe
• Man number 4directed by Miranda Pennell
• The flowers stand silently, witnessing, directed by Theo Panagopoulos

FIPRESCI Award for Best New Film

• Little trouble girl, directed by Urška Djukić
• My father's shadow, directed by Akinola Davies Jr.
• On falling, directed by Laura Carreira
• One of those days when Hemme days, directed by Murat Fıratoğlu
• Sauna, directed by Mathias Broe
• Under the grey skydirected by Mara Tamkovich

Lux Audience Award

• Christydirected by Brendan Canty
• Deaf, directed by Eva Libertad
• A simple accidentdirected by Jafar Panahi
• Love me tender, directed by Anna Cazenave Cambet
• Sentimental valuedirected by Joachim Trier

Young Audience Award

• Bow, directed by Ugo Bienvenu
• And accidentally wrote a book, directed by Nóra Lakos
• La vita da grandi (Siblings)directed by Greta Scarano