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 SkarsgÄrd, 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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