Overview
- Joachim Trier’s Valor sentimental won Best Film, Director, Original Screenplay, Actor (Stellan Skarsgård) and Actress (Renate Reinsve).
- Oliver Laxe’s Sirat claimed five craft awards for cinematography, casting, editing, sound and production design after a record nine nominations for a Spanish production.
- The 38th European Film Awards were held at Berlin’s Haus der Kulturen der Welt.
- Fiume o Morte! was named Best Documentary and Arco won Best Animated Film, while Hania Rani received Best Original Score for Valor sentimental.
- The event honored Liv Ullmann with a lifetime achievement award and featured Jafar Panahi’s denunciation of repression in Iran; Sirat remains Spain’s official Oscar submission.