Overview
- Jafar Panahi opened the 38th EFAs in Berlin with a searing speech alleging internet blackouts, mass arrests, attacks on hospitals, and at least 12,000 deaths in 48 hours in Iran.
- Reports note Panahi was recently sentenced in absentia to one year in prison for alleged propaganda against the Iranian regime.
- Joachim Trier’s Sentimental Value led the ceremony with six awards, including best film, director, screenplay, and acting honors for Stellan Skarsgård and Renate Reinsve, plus score.
- Italy’s Greta Scarano won the European Young Audience Award for La vita da grandi, though at least one outlet misreported her recognition as best debut director.
- Liv Ullmann received a career award to a standing ovation, Alice Rohrwacher was honored for her contribution to world cinema, and prizes also went to Óliver Laxe’s Sirat (technical categories) and Igor Bezinović’s Fiume o morte! (documentary).