38th European Film Awards Winners

Last night at the Haus der Kulturen der Welt in Berlin the awards ceremony took place and was visually arresting but still too-much talking in the wrong places and this time, talking wasn't by winners but presenters or voices in their own languages -okay, with subtitles that seems were not available inside the room as presenters kept making it obvious they didn't understood what the voice was saying. Sigh.

Another very confusing incident for me is that show was available on TV and there I was watching and no starting just the regular annoying award related pre-shows with non-interesting interviews ... so I fell asleep (LOL). When woke a few minutes later there was no show yet, so go check Internet and noticed that some awards were already known. To make story shorter, go to EFA stream and yes, the ceremony already started and were giviging the actors awards! Obviously, I stayed with the internet live stream until the end.

Seems there was an hour delay for TV but live for streaming; why they will do that? When award ceremonies are delayed, internet is the source to learn winners and all investing in broadcasting the show is lost as, who wants to watch a slow pacing show when you already know the winners?

Well is over for this year and looking forward to next year awards ceremony that will take place in Greece.

It is worth mentioning that because the awards ceremony change of date, from December to January, there is no EFA 2025; there is EFA 2024 and after EFA 2026. Also the 2026 edition brings a new category, Casting Director; has a category "paused", European University Film Award (EUFA), and there is one category no longer awarded, Visual Effects.

The BIG winner of the night is Sentimental Value that took all top awards plus one more, for a total of 6 wins followed by Sirāt with 5 wins in the craft categories. This is the third year in a row where prizes tend to go around one single film, in 2023 was Anatomy of a Fall and in 2024 Emilia Perez.

The Winners

European Film: Affeksjonsverdi (Sentimental Value), Joachim Trier, Norway, France, Denmark, Germany and Sweden

European Animated Feature Film: Arco, Ugo Bienvenu, France
European Documentary: Fiume of Morte!, Igor Bezinović, Croatia, Slovenia and Italy

European Director: Joachim Trier for Affeksjonsverdi (Sentimental Value), Joachim Trier, Norway, France, Denmark, Germany and Sweden
European Discovery - Prix FIPRESCI (to a director of first full-lenght featue film): On Falling, Laura Carreira, UK and Portugal

European Screenwriter: Eskil Vogt and Joachim Trier for Affeksjonsverdi (Sentimental Value), Joachim Trier, Norway, France, Denmark, Germany and Sweden

European Actress: Renate Reinsve in Affeksjonsverdi (Sentimental Value), Joachim Trier, Norway, France, Denmark, Germany and Sweden
European Actor: Stellan Skarsgård in Affeksjonsverdi (Sentimental Value), Joachim Trier, Norway, France, Denmark, Germany and Sweden

European Casting Director: Nadia Acimi, Luís Bértolo and María Rodrigo for Sirāt, Oliver Laxe, Spain and France
European Cinematographer: Mauro Herce for Sirāt, Oliver Laxe, Spain and France
European Composer - Original Score: Hania Rani for Affeksjonsverdi (Sentimental Value), Joachim Trier, Norway, France, Denmark, Germany and Sweden
European Costume Designer: Sabrina Krämer for In die Sonne schauen (Sound of Falling), Mascha Schilinski, Germany
European Editor: Cristóbal Fernández for Sirāt, Oliver Laxe, Spain and France
European Hair and Make-Up Artist: Torsten Witte for Bugonia, Yorgos Lanthimos, Ireland, UK, USA and South Korea
European Production Designer: Laia Ateca for Sirāt, Oliver Laxe, Spain and France
European Sound Designer: Laia Casanovas for Sirāt, Oliver Laxe, Spain and France

European Young Audience Award: La Vita da Grandi (Siblings), Greta Scarano, Italy

European Short Film: City of Poets, Sara Rajaei, Netherlands 21' (documentary)

European Lifetime Achievement: Liv Ullmann
European Achievement in World Cinema: Alba Rohrwacher
Euroimages International Co-Production: Maren Ade, Jonas Dornbach and Janine Jackowski from Komplizen Film in Germany

To check winners at official site go here.