EFAs 2026: Why the European Film Awards matter

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00:00The European Film Awards, Europe's equivalent to the Oscars, are taking place this Saturday in Berlin.

00:08However, this year, there's been a major change.

00:10The European Film Academy have moved the awards from December to January

00:14in order to better position the EFAs as part of the global conversation of awards season,

00:19which is already in full swing in the US.

00:22This year, 15 films are competing for the main prize, the Best European Film,

00:27and coming into the ceremony, Joachim Trier's moving familial drama, Sentimental Value, seems to be the favourite.

00:34Starring Renata Rensver and Stellan Skarsgård, the film wowed critics in Cannes, where it premiered last year,

00:40and had a prominent spot on Euronews Culture's Best Films of 2025.

00:45It also represents one of Europe's biggest chances at the Oscars in March.

00:57Sentimental Value's main competition this year will come from two of our favourite films of 2025.

01:09Olivier Laksa's post-apocalyptic odyssey, Sirat, which gained four nominations for the EFAs,

01:15and Jafar Panahi's It Was Just an Accident.

01:17It was just an accident, one the Palme d'Or last year in Cannes,

01:37and it's an engrossing thriller about the price of revenge,

01:40and also a politically charged missile against the repressive Iranian government.

01:44I'm in the background.

01:48I'm in the background.

01:57Adam, you're a little victim, you're a police officer.

02:02Aqbal Pagashanga, do you like me?

02:05I'm not.

02:06I'm not eating this in my hand.

02:08Elsewhere this year, Norwegian screen legend Liv Ullmann will be awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award

02:15and Italian director Alice Rawaha will get the EFA's Achievement in World Cinema Award.

02:21Stay tuned to Euronews Culture for live updates of the ceremony.

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