Loveable

Source: Karlovy Vary

‘Loveable’

The European Film Academy has shortlisted 67 feature-length films for a possible nomination for the European Film Awards, which take place on January 17 in Berlin.

The shortlist includes 44 feature films, 15 documentary films and eight animated feature films.

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The feature film shortlist includes high-profile titles such as Jafar Panahi’s Palme d’Or winner It Was Just An Accident, Joachim Trier’s Cannes Grand Prix winner Sentimental Value, Berlin Golden Bear winner Dreams by Dag Johan Haugerud, and Venice grand jury prize winner The Voice Of Hind Rajab by Kaouther Ben Hania.

Elsewhere, the shortlist brings together an array of festival favourites, spanning Lilja Ingolfsdottir’s acclaimed 2024 Karlovy Vary entry Loveable through to more recent Venice titles such as Yorgos Lanthimos’ Bugonia and Tereza Nvotová’s Father.

The 15-strong documentary shortlist includes Adres Veiel’s Venice premiere Riefenstahl, Kamal Aljafari’s Locarno premiere With Hasan In Gaza, and Cannes Directors’ Fortnight title Militantropos about the Ukraine war.

Twenty-seven of the shortlisted films are directed or co-directed by women, while 34 European countries are represented in the shortlist.

The shortlisted feature and documentary films have been chosen by members of the European Film Academy board and invited European experts, while the shortlisted animated feature films were chosen by a selection committee composed of members of the Academy Board and invited experts in cooperation with the European Association of Animation Film.

The shortlist announcement is the first step in EFA’s awarding procedure. In the coming weeks, the 5,400 members of the European Film Academy will watch the shortlisted films and vote for the nominations, except for the categories European Young Audience Award, Lux Audience Award and the honorary awards.

Nominations for European film, director, discovery, documentary, animated feature, actress, actor and screenwriter will be announced on November 18 during the Seville European Film Festival. On November 26, the nominations for the craft categories will be made public.

European Film Awards 2026: shortlist

Feature Films (44):

  • Bearcave (Arkoudotrypa) – Dir. Krysianna B. Papadakis & Stergios Dinopoulos (Gre-UK)
  • Bugonia – Dir. Yorgos Lanthimos (UK-USA-Kor)
  • Case 137 (Dossier 137) – Dir. Dominik Moll (Fra)
  • Christy – Dir. Brendan Canty (Ire-UK)
  • Deaf (Sorda) – Dir. Eva Libertad (Esp)
  • Die My Love – Dir. Lynne Ramsay (UK-USA-Can)
  • Dreams (Drømmer) – Dir. Dag Johan Haugerud (Nor)
  • Duse – Dir. Pietro Marcello (Ita-Fra)
  • Father (Otec) – Dir. Tereza Nvotová (Svk-Cze-Pol)
  • Franz – Dir. Agnieszka Holland (Cze-Ger-Pol)
  • Fuori – Dir. Mario Martone (Ita-Fra)
  • I Only Rest in the Storm (O Riso e a Faca) – Dir. Pedro Pinho (Por-Fra-Bra-Rom)
  • It Was Just an Accident (Un Simple Accident) – Dir. Jafar Panahi (Fra-Irn-Lux)
  • La Grazia – Dir. Paolo Sorrentino (Ita)
  • Late Shift (Heldin) – Dir. Petra Volpe (Sui-Ger)
  • Little Trouble Girls (Kaj Ti Je Deklica) – Dir. Urška Djukić (Slo-Ita-Cro-Srb)
  • Love Me Tender – Dir. Anna Cazenave Cambet (Fra)
  • Loveable (Elskling) – Dir. Lilja Ingolfsdottir (Nor)
  • Maspalomas – Dir. Jose Mari Goenaga & Aitor Arregi (Esp)
  • Milk Teeth (Dinti de Lapte) – Dir. Mihai Mincan (Rom-Fra-Den-Gre-Bul)
  • Mirrors No. 3 (Miroirs No. 3) – Dir. Christian Petzold (Ger)
  • Mother – Dir. Teona Strugar Mitevska (MKD-Bel)
  • On Falling – Dir. Laura Carreira (UK-Por)
  • Once Upon a Time in Gaza – Dir. Tarzan Nasser & Arab Nasser (Fra-Pal-Ger-Por-Qat-Jor)
  • One of Those Days When Hemme Dies (Hemme’nin Öldüğü Günlerden Biri) – Dir. Murat Fıratoğlu (Tur-Ger)
  • Palestine 36 – Dir. Annemarie Jacir (Pal-UK-Fra-Den-Nor)
  • Pillion – Dir. Harry Lighton (UK)
  • Romeria (Romería) – Dir. Carla Simón (Esp-Ger)
  • Sentimental Value (Affeksjonsverdi) – Dir. Joachim Trier (Nor-Fra-Den-Ger-Swe)
  • Silent Friend – Dir. Ildikó Enyedi (Ger-Fra-Hun)
  • Sirat (Sirât) – Dir. Oliver Laxe (Esp-Fra)
  • Sleepless City (Ciudad Sin Sueño) – Dir. Guillermo Galoe (Esp-Fra)
  • Sound of Falling (In Die Sonne Schauen) – Dir. Mascha Schilinski (Ger)
  • Sundays (Los Domingos) – Dir. Alauda Ruiz de Azúa (Esp)
  • The Last Viking (Den Sidste Viking) – Dir. Anders Thomas Jensen (Den-Swe)
  • The Little Sister (La Petite Dernière) – Dir. Hafsia Herzi (Fra-Ger)
  • The Love That Remains (Ástin Sem Eftir Er) – Dir. Hlynur Pálmason (Ice-Den-Swe-Fra)
  • The North – Dir. Bart Schrijver (Ned)
  • The Stranger (L’Étranger) – Dir. François Ozon (Fra)
  • The Voice of Hind Rajab – Dir. Kaouther Ben Hania (Fra-Tun)
  • Two Prosecutors – Dir. Sergei Loznitsa (Fra-Ger-Ned-Lva-Rom-Ltu)
  • What Marielle Knows (Was Marielle Weiss) – Dir. Frédéric Hambalek (Ger)
  • Yes (Ken) – Dir. Nadav Lapid (Fra-Isr-Cyp-Ger)
  • Young Mothers (Jeunes Mères) – Dir. Jean-Pierre Dardenne & Luc Dardenne (Bel-Fra)

Documentary Films (15):

  • Afternoons of Solitude (Tardes de Soledad) – Dir. Albert Serra (Esp-Fra)
  • An American Pastoral (Une Pastorale Americaine) – Dir. Auberi Edler (Fra)
  • Ancestral Visions of the Future – Dir. Lemohang Jeremiah Mosese (Fra-Lso-Ger-Qat-Sau)
  • Fiume o Morte! – Dir. Igor Bezinović (Cro-Slo-Ita)
  • Flophouse America – Dir. Monica Strømdahl (Nor-Ned-USA)
  • Good Valley Stories (Historias del Buen Valle) – Dir. José Luis Guerin (Esp-Fra)
  • Hair, Paper, Water… (Tóc, Giấy Và Nước…) – Dir. Nicolas Graux & Minh Quý Trương (Bel-Fra-Vie)
  • Listen to the Voices (Kouté Vwa) – Dir. Maxime Jean-Baptiste (Bel-Fra)
  • Memory – Dir. Vladlena Sandu (Fra-Ned)
  • Militantropos – Dir. Yelizaveta Smith, Alina Gorlova & Simon Mozgovyi (Ukr-Aus-Fra)
  • Riefenstahl – Dir. Andres Veiel (Ger)
  • Songs of Slow Burning Earth (Pisni Zemli Shscho Povolno Horyt) – Dir. Olha Zhurba (Ukr-Fra-Den-Swe)
  • The Shards (Oskolky) – Dir. Masha Chernaya (Geo-Ger)
  • TWST / Things We Said Today – Dir. Andrei Ujică (Fra-Rom)
  • With Hasan in Gaza – Dir. Kamal Aljafari (Ger)

Animated Feature Films (8):

  • Arco – Dir. Ugo Bienvenu (Fra)
  • Balentes – Dir. Giovanni Columbu (Ita-Ger)
  • Checkered Ninja 3 (Ternet Ninja 3) – Dir. Anders Matthesen & Thorbjørn Christoffersen (Den)
  • Dandelion’s Odyssey (Planetes) – Dir. Momoko Seto (Fra)
  • Dog of God (Dieva Suns) – Dir. Raitis Abele & Lauris Abele (Lat-USA)
  • Little Amelie (Amélie et la Métaphysique des Tubes) – Dir. Maïlys Vallade & Liane-Cho Han (Fra)
  • Olivia and the Invisible Earthquake (L’Olívia i el Terratrèmol Invisible) – Dir. Irene Iborra Rizo (Esp-Fra-Bel-Sui-Chi)
  • Tales from the Magic Garden (Pohadky po Babicce) – Dir. David Súkup, Patrik Pašš, Leon Vidmar & Jean-Claude Rozec (Cze-Svk-Slo-Fra)

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