The European Film Academy (EFA) has launched its European Award Season 2027 with a focus on bringing films from the region to cinemas and streamers in Europe and beyond.
Ahead of the European Film Awards on January 16, screenings, special events, curated programmes and retrospectives dedicated to European cinema are taking place in 150 cities in 50 countries.
The season has launched ahead of the announcement of the European Film Awards nominations on November 14 during the Thessaloniki International Film Festival.
The EFA shortlist was announced last month, which included films such as Cristian Mungiu’s Cannes Palme d’Or winner Fjord, Venice Golden Lion winner Woman Unknown by May el-Toukhy, Berlinale Golden Bear winner Yellow Letters by İlker Çatak and Toronto audience prize-winner La Bola Negra by Javier Calvo and Javier Ambrossi.
EFA has partnered with arthouse cinema networks Europa Cinemas and CICAE for the European Award Season 2027, involving cinemas from Reykjavík to Athens and Lisbon to Bucharest as well as beyond Europe in locations including Hong Kong, Hanoi, Santiago de Chile and Washington DC.
Last year’s edition offered more than 40,000 screenings and drew one million admissions.
Supported by Eurimages, special screenings of films nominated for the European Film Awards will be introduced by EFA members in Athens, Berlin and Paris.
New partners for 2027 include Andorra’s Cineclub de les Valls which will present the programme at the Teatre Comunal d’Andorra la Vella. In Greenland, Greenland Film Makers and Kalaallit Nunaanni Filminstitutti – Film Institute of Greenland will connect local audiences with European cinema.
All participating cinemas will screen European films, many of which are shortlisted for the European Film Awards.
The US joins the European Award Season as a participating country for the first time, with the Berkshire International Film Festival and the Hirshhorn Museum in Washington DC presenting the European Union’s “Transatlantic Rising Stars Program”.
Streaming platforms are also involved. Mubi will present a dedicated European Award Season collection of more than 100 titles. DAFilms will present a special focus on European documentaries. Festival Scope will make the short film candidates for the European Film Awards available. Filmfriend, available through more than 870 public libraries in Europe, will allow audiences to screen European films through their library membership.
Matthijs Wouter Knol, CEO and director of the European Film Academy, said: “The European Award Season encourages partners to show European films under a special label to their local communities. The European Film Academy acts as an engine organisation to brand this common effort. We want to create a feeling of excitement and momentum in the last months of the year to discover or rewatch the best films of the continent.”
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