Fiction Shortlist 2027

Fiction Shortlist 2027

This is the first batch of fiction films vying for the 39th European Film Awards (Athens, 16 January 2027).

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Fiction Shortlist 2027
  • DUA

    Kosovo, Switzerland, France
    2026 | 101 min. | Fiction

    Prishtina, Kosovo, late 1990s. As war looms and ethnic tensions escalate, 13-year-old Dua struggles to find her place among her peers and within her changing body. After an incident shakes her community, she becomes a target herself and bonds...

  • MINOTAUR

    MINOTAURE
    France, Germany, Latvia
    2026 | 141 min. | Fiction

    Russia, 2022. When Gleb, a successful company director, finds himself under siege from mounting corporate pressures and an increasingly unstable world, the collapse of his carefully ordered life accelerates toward violence.

    Directed by...

  • SHAME AND MONEY

    SHAME AND MONEY
    Germany, Kosovo, Albania, North Macedonia, Belgium, Slovenia
    2026 | 129 min. | Fiction

    A couple in their 40s live with their extended family in rural Kosovo making a modest living on their farm. Following a familial dispute, their livelihood is lost.
    They are forced to move to Pr...

  • THE BELOVED

    EL SER QUERIDO
    Spain, France
    2025 | 135 min. | Fiction

    The acclaimed film director Esteban Martínez is a legend both for his films and for his past marked by violence and excess. For his new project, he offers his daughter Emilia a role under the pretext of helping her with her stalled acting ca...

  • EVERYTIME

    Germany, Austria
    2026 | 123 min. | Fiction

    Jessie is about to leave on vacation with her mom and little sister – but sneaks out to party with her boyfriend Lux. When the pills finally kick in and they climb a high-rise to watch the sunrise, Lux falls asleep – and doesn’t notice Jessie walking to...

  • YELLOW LETTERS

    GELBE BRIEFE
    Germany, France, Turkey
    2026 | 127 min. | Fiction

    Life is good for Derya and Aziz, a celebrated artist couple from Turkey, until an incident at their play’s premiere. Suddenly targeted by the state and struggling to balance their ideals with life’s necessities, their marriage is pus...

  • COWARD

    Belgium, France, Netherlands
    2026 | 125 min. | Fiction

    As the First World War drags on, Pierre, a soldier newly arrived at the front, is eager to prove himself. Behind the lines, he meets Francis, who decides to lift the spirits of his comrades by putting together a theatre show. While the viole...

  • HOW TO DIVORCE DURING THE WAR

    SKYRYBOS KARO METU
    Lithuania, Luxembourg, Ireland, Czech Republic
    2026 | 108 min. | Fiction

    Vilnius 2022. High-flying executive Marija chooses the worst possible moment for an honest conversation with her husband Vytas about divorcing – just one day before Russia’s invasion of Ukraine goes into ...