Overview
- The European Film Academy announced nominations for nine principal categories in Seville on Nov. 18.
- Joachim Trier’s Sentimental Value topped the field with five nominations, followed by Sirāt with four, and Sound of Falling and It Was Just an Accident with three each.
- Sentimental Value is up for Best European Film, Director and Screenplay, with Renate Reinsve and Stellan Skarsgård nominated for European Actress and Actor.
- Yorgos Lanthimos (Bugonia), Oliver Laxe (Sirāt), Jafar Panahi (It Was Just an Accident) and Mascha Schilinski (Sound of Falling) join Trier in the director lineup.
- Further nominations are due next week, with winners to be revealed at the European Film Awards on Jan. 17, 2026 in Berlin.