Feature Film Selection 2026
These are the 44 feature films vying for the 38th European Film Awards (17 January 2026).
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ON FALLING
United Kingdom, Portugal
Fiction
Portuguese immigrant Aurora works as a warehouse picker in a vast fulfilment centre in Scotland. Trapped between the confines of her workplace and her flatshare, Aurora seeks to resist the loneliness, alienation and ensuing small talk which begin to threaten her...
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PALESTINE 36
Palestine, United Kingdom, France, Denmark, Norway
Fiction
1936. As villages across mandatory Palestine rise against British colonial rule, Yusuf drifts between his rural home and the restless energy of Jerusalem, longing for a future beyond the growing unrest. But history is relentless. With r...
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PILLION
United Kingdom
Fiction
A timid man is swept off his feet when an enigmatic, impossibly handsome biker takes him on as his submissive.
Written & directed by: Harry Lighton
Produced by: Emma Norton, Lee Groombridge, Ed Guiney, Andrew Lowe
Cinematography: Nick Morris
Editing: Gareth C. Scales
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ROMERIA
ROMERÍA
Spain, Germany
Fiction
Marina, 18, orphaned at a young age, must travel to Spain’s Atlantic coast to obtain a signature for a scholarship application from the paternal grandparents she has never met. She navigates a sea of new aunts, uncles, and cousins, uncertain whether she will be e...
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SENTIMENTAL VALUE
AFFEKSJONSVERDI
Norway, France, Denmark, Germany, Sweden
Fiction
Sisters Nora and Agnes reunite with their estranged father, the charismatic Gustav, a once renowned director who offers stage actress Nora a role in what he hopes will be his comeback film. When Nora turns it down, she soon disco...
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SILENT FRIEND
Germany, France, Hungary
Fiction
In the heart of a botanical garden in a medieval university town in Germany stands a majestic ginkgo tree. This silent witness has observed over a century the quiet rhythms of transformation across three human lives.
2020. A neuroscientist from Hong Kong, explor... -
SIRĀT
SIRÂT
Spain, France
Fiction
A father and his son arrive at a rave deep in the mountains of southern Morocco. They’re searching for Mar – daughter and sister – who vanished months ago at one of these endless, sleepless parties. Surrounded by electronic music and a raw, unfamiliar sense of freed...
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SLEEPLESS CITY
CIUDAD SIN SUEÑO
Spain, France
Fiction
Toni, a 15-year-old Roma boy, lives in Europe's largest illegal settlement, on Madrid’s outskirts. Proud to belong to his family of scrap dealers, he follows his grandfather everywhere. But demolitions edge closer to their plot, and his grandfather refuse...
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SOUND OF FALLING
IN DIE SONNE SCHAUEN
Germany
Fiction
Four girls, Alma, Erika, Angelika, and Lenka, each spend their youth on the same farm in northern Germany. As the home has been evolving for over a century, echoes of the past linger in its walls. Though separated by time, their lives begin to mirror each o...
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SUNDAYS
LOS DOMINGOS
Spain
Fiction
SUNDAYS tells the story of Ainara, a brilliant and idealistic 17-year-old who must decide what university degree to pursue – or at least that’s what her family expects of her. However, she reveals that she feels increasingly closer to God and is considering embracing... -
THE LAST VIKING
DEN SIDSTE VIKING
Denmark, Sweden
Fiction
Anker is released from prison following a fifteen-years sentence for robbery. The money from the heist was buried by Anker’s brother, Manfred. Only he knows where it is. Unfortunately, Manfred has since developed a mental disorder, causing him to forg...
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THE LITTLE SISTER
LA PETITE DERNIÈRE
France, Germany
Fiction
Fatima, 17, the youngest of three daughters, treads carefully as she searches for her own path, grappling with emerging desires, her attraction to women, and her loyalty to her caring French-Algerian family. Starting university in Paris, she dates, ma...
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THE LOVE THAT REMAINS
ÁSTIN SEM EFTIR ER
Iceland, Denmark, Sweden, France
Fiction
The film tenderly captures a year in the life of a family as the parents navigate their separation. Through both playful and heartfelt moments, the film portrays the bittersweet essence of faded love and shared memories amidst the cha...
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THE NORTH
Netherlands
Fiction
A decade after they were best friends and roommates, Chris (35) and Lluis (34) set out on a 600-kilometre hike through the Scottish Highlands. Following the West Highland way and The Cape Wrath Trail, they spend 30 days together in nature – hoping to rekindle their once-powe...
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THE STRANGER
L'ÉTRANGER
France
Fiction
Algiers, 1938. Meursault, a quiet and unassuming employee in his early thirties, attends his mother’s funeral without shedding a tear.
The next day, he begins a casual affair with Marie, a work colleague.
He quickly slips back into his usual routine.
However, his dai... -
THE VOICE OF HIND RAJAB
France, Tunisia
Fiction
29 January 2024. Red Crescent volunteers receive an emergency call. A six-year-old girl is trapped in a car under fire in Gaza, pleading for rescue. While trying to keep her on the line, they do everything they can to get an ambulance to her.
Her name was Hind Rajab....
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TWO PROSECUTORS
France, Germany, Netherlands, Latvia, Romania, Lithuania
Fiction
Soviet Union, 1937. Thousands of letters from detainees falsely accused by the regime are burned in a prison cell. Against all odds, one of them reaches its destination, upon the desk of the newly appointed local prosecutor, Alexa...
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WHAT MARIELLE KNOWS
WAS MARIELLE WEISS
Germany
Fiction
Julia and Tobias seem to be the perfect couple. Yet behind the facade and designer kitchen, trouble is brewing. Their fragile balance is shattered when their daughter Marielle suddenly develops telepathic abilities, giving her the power to see and hear everyt...
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YES
KEN
France, Israel, Cyprus, Germany
Fiction
Israel, in the aftermath of October 7.
Y., a jazz musician struggling to make ends meet, and his wife Jasmine, a dancer, sell their art, souls and bodies to the elite, and bring pleasure and consolation to a bleeding nation. Soon, Y. is given a missi... -
YOUNG MOTHERS
JEUNES MÈRES
Belgium, France
Fiction
Jessica, Perla, Julie, Ariane and Naïma are housed in a shelter for young mothers. Five teenagers hoping for a better life for themselves and their babies.
Written & directed by: Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne
Produced by: Delphine Tomson, Denis Freyd,...