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Culture · Cinema · 14.11.2026 · 18:14

European Film Awards: Fatherland leads with nominations in 11 categories

The new nominations were announced in Thessaloniki; the ceremony will take place in Athens on January 16, 2027.

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The European Film Academy announced nominations in 16 further categories of the 39th European Film Awards at the Thessaloniki International Film Festival on November 14. Paweł Pawlikowski's Fatherland received nominations in 11 categories, followed by Javier Calvo and Javier Ambrossi's La Bola Negra with ten nominations and Cristian Mungiu's Fjord with five nominations.

Fifteen works compete for European Film: five fiction films, together with the nominees for documentary and animation. The Academy has 5,700 members, who will now vote for the winners in most categories.

The awards ceremony is scheduled for January 16, 2027, at the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center in Athens, co-organised by the European Film Academy and EKKOMED.

Source: European Film Academy

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