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This year, the European Film Awards (EFA) switched its December date to January to more closely align with an increasingly global awards season. Although these winners won’t affect the Oscar nominations, Academy voting ended on January 16, and the January 17 awards ceremony could have an effect on Oscar voters in selecting their winners in March.

The European equivalent to the Oscars presented awards in Berlin on Saturday, with many of the nominees and winners aligning with what is expected to be 2026 Oscar nominees: “Bugonia“, “Sentimental Value“, “It Was Just an Accident” are among them.

“Sentimental Value” triumphed with awards for best film, director Joachim Trier, actors Renate Reinsve and Stellan Skarsgård, and screenwriters Trier and Eskil Vogt. The Neon title should expect to receive a Best Picture Academy Award nomination as well as nods for those actors.

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has almost twice the number of voters as the European Film Academy, but there is overlap between the voting groups that could help determine which awards will be presented.

Oliver Laxe won five European Film Awards for “Sirat’“, which is the Spanish language rescue odyssey set in the desert of Morocco and is the country’s entry for the Academy Awards.

It also received five nods on the Oscars shortlist across international feature and below-the-line categories. Laxe’s film is looking strong up against other fellow Neon-released movies: “Sentimental Value,” “No Other Choice,” “The Secret Agent,” and “It Was Just an Accident.”

All the 2026 European Film Awards winners are below.

European Film
“Sentimental Value”

European Cinematographer
Mauro Herce for “Sirāt”

European Director
Joachim Trier for “Sentimental Value”

European Composer
Hania Rani for “Sentimental Value”

European Documentary
“Fiume o Morte!,” dir. Igor Bezinović

European Casting Director
Nadia Acimi, Luís Bértolo, and María Rodrigo for “Sirāt”

European Screenwriter
Eskil Vogt and Joachim Trier for “Sentimental Value”

European Editor
Cristóbal Fernández for “Sirāt”

European Sound Designer
Laia Casanovas, Amanda Villavieja, and Yasmina Praderas for “Sirāt”

European Make-up and Hair Artist
Torsten Witte for “Bugonia”

European Actress
Renate Reinsve for “Sentimental Value”

European Actor
Stellan Skarsgård for “Sentimental Value”

European Animated Feature Film
“Arco” (France)
Directed by Ugo Bienvenu

European Production Designer
Laia Ateca for “Sirāt”

European Costume Designer
Sabrina Krämer for “Sound Of Falling”

European Discovery – Prix FIPRESCI
“On Falling” (United Kingdom, Portugal)
Directed by Laura Carreira

European Young Audience Award
“Siblings” (Italy)
Directed by Greta Scarano

European Short Film – Prix Vimeo
“City of Poets”
Directed by John Smith