Overview
- Jafar Panahi opened the 38th European Film Awards in Berlin with a denunciation of Iran’s authorities and a call for artists to refuse silence.
- In his remarks, he alleged a nationwide communications shutdown, live fire on protesters, hospital attacks and mass arrests, and he claimed at least 12,000 deaths in 48 hours.
- Joachim Trier’s Sentimental Value won six awards, including Best Film, Best Director, Best Screenplay, and acting honors for Stellan Skarsgård and Renate Reinsve, plus the score prize.
- Greta Scarano and Matilda De Angelis received the European Young Audience Award for La vita da grandi, with Scarano framing the prize as a hopeful vote from young viewers and referencing Gaza in her comments.
- Alice Rohrwacher accepted a career honor for her contribution to world cinema and used her speech to stress the value of European unity and free expression.