The shortlists were first published on October 14, and now the nominations for the European Film Awards have been finalized. The shortlist included 44 feature films, 15 documentaries, and 8 animated films. The nominations were selected from this list.

These three German films are in the running for awards in several categories:

RIEFENSTAHL by Andres Veiel
European Documentary
European Film

SOUND OF FALLING (IN DIE SONNE SCHAUEN) by Mascha Schilinski
European Film
European Director (Mascha Schilinski)
European Screenwriter (Mascha Schilinski & Louise Peter)

WITH HASAN IN GAZA by Kamal Aljafari
European Documentary
European Film

Further nominated films with German involvement:

Leonie Benesch in LATE SHIFT (HELDIN) by Petra Volpe
European Actress

Idan Weiss in FRANZ by Agnieszka Holland
European Actor

SENTIMENTAL VALUE (NO/DE/DK/FR/SE) by Joachim Trier
European Film

ONE OF THOSE DAYS WHEN HEMME DİES (HEMME'NİN ÖLDÜĞÜ GÜNLERDEN BİRİ) (TUR/DE) by Murat Fıratoğlu
European Discovery – Prix FIPRESCI

The nominations are based on the votes of 5,400 members of the European Film Academy who have been watching the films included in the annual Academy Shortlist. Now the Academy members will vote for the winners. Last, but not least, next week remaining nominations will be announced.

The 38th European Film Awards will then take place on January 17, 2026, in Berlin.
The prestigious awards are annually presented jointly by the European Film Academy and European Film Academy Productions.

All nominations can be found on www.europeanfilmawards.eu