The winners for the 38th European Film Awards (EFA) were announced today, representing the best in European cinema for 2025. Here are this year’s winners…
EUROPEAN FILM
Afternoons of Solitude, dir. Albert Serra
Arco, dir. Ugo Bienvenu
Dog of God, dir. Raitis Ābele and Lauris Ābele
Fiume o Morte!, dir. Igor Bezinović
It Was Just an Accident, dir. Jafar Panahi
Little Amelie, dir. Maïlys Vallade and Liane-Cho Han
Olivia and the Invisible Earthquake, dir. Irene Iborra Rizo
Riefenstahl, dir. Andres Veiel
Sentimental Value, dir. Joachim Trier
Sirāt, dir. Oliver Laxe
Songs of Slow Burning Earth, dir. Olha Zhurba
Sound of Falling, dir. Mascha Schilinski
Tales From the Magic Garden, dir. David Súkup, Patrik Pašš, Leon Vidmar, and Jean-Claude Rozec
The Voice of Hind Rajab, dir. Kaouther Ben Hania
With Hasan in Gaza, dir. Kamal Aljafari
EUROPEAN DIRECTOR
Yorgos Lanthimos – Bugonia
Oliver Laxe – Sirāt
Jafar Panahi – It Was Just an Accident
Mascha Schilinski – Sound of Falling
Joachim Trier – Sentimental Value
EUROPEAN ACTRESS
Leonie Benesch – Late Shift
Valeria Bruni Tedeschi – Duse
Léa Drucker – Case 137
Vicky Krieps – Love Me Tender
Renate Reinsve – Sentimental Value
EUROPEAN ACTOR
Sergi López – Sirāt
Mads Mikkelsen – The Last Viking
Toni Servillo – La Grazia
Stellan Skarsgård – Sentimental Value
Idan Weiss – Franz
EUROPEAN DOCUMENTARY
Afternoons of Solitude, dir. Albert Serra
Fiume o Morte!, dir. Igor Bezinović
Riefenstahl, dir. Andres Veiel
Songs of Slow Burning Earth, dir. Olha Zhurba
With Hasan in Gaza, dir. Kamal Aljafari
EUROPEAN ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
Arco, dir. Ugo Bienvenu
Dog of God, dir. Raitis Ābele and Lauris Ābele
Little Amelie, dir. Maïlys Vallade and Liane-Cho Han
Olivia and the Invisible Earthquake, dir. Irene Iborra Rizo
Tales From the Magic Garden, dir. David Súkup, Patrik Pašš, Leon Vidmar, and Jean-Claude Rozec
EUROPEAN SCREENWRITER
Santiago Fillol and Oliver Laxe – Sirāt
Jafar Panahi – It Was Just an Accident
Mascha Schilinski and Louise Peter – Sound of Falling
Paolo Sorrentino – La Grazia
Eskil Vogt and Joachim Trier – Sentimental Value
EUROPEAN DISCOVERY – PRIX FIPRESCI
Little Trouble Girls, dir. Urška Djukić
My Father’s Shadow, dir. Akinola Davies Jr
On Falling, dir. Laura Carreira
One of Those Days When Hemme Dies, dir. Murat Fıratoğlu
Sauna, dir. Mathias Broe
Under the Grey Sky, dir. Mara Tamkovich
EUROPEAN YOUNG AUDIENCE AWARD
Arco, dir. Ugo Bienvenu
I Accidentally Wrote a Book, dir. Nóra Lakos
Siblings, dir. Greta Scarano
EUROPEAN CASTING DIRECTOR
Nadia Acimi, Luís Bértolo & María Rodrigo for Sirāt
Karimah El-Giamal & Jacqueline Rietz for Sound of Falling
Yngvill Kolset Haga & Avy Kaufman for Sentimental Value
EUROPEAN CINEMATOGRAPHER
Manu Dacosse for The Stranger
Fabian Gamper for Sound of Falling
Mauro Herce for Sirāt
EUROPEAN COMPOSER (ORIGINAL SCORE)
Jerskin Fendrix for Bugonia
Michael Fiedler & Eike Hosenfeld for Sound of Falling
Hania Rani for Sentimental Value
EUROPEAN COSTUME DESIGNER
Michaela Horáčková Hořejší for Franz
Sabrina Krämer for Sound of Falling
Ursula Patzak for Duse
EUROPEAN EDITOR
Cristóbal Fernández for Sirāt
Toni Froschhammer for Die My Love
Yorgos Mavropsaridis for Bugonia
EUROPEAN MAKE-UP & HAIR ARTIST
Gabriela Poláková for Franz
Irina Schwarz & Anne-Marie Walther for Sound of Falling
Torsten Witte for Bugonia
EUROPEAN PRODUCTION DESIGNER
Laia Ateca for Sirāt
James Price for Bugonia
Jørgen Stangebye Larsen for Sentimental Value
EUROPEAN SOUND DESIGNER
Johnnie Burn for Bugonia
Laia Casanovas for Sirāt
Gwennolé Le Borgne, Marion Papinot, Lars Ginzel, Elias Boughedir & Amal Attia for The Voice of Hind Rajab
LUX AUDIENCE AWARD
Christy
Deaf
It Was Just an Accident
Love Me Tender
Sentimental Value
EUROPEAN SHORT FILM – PRIX VIMEO
Being John Smith
City of Poets
L’Avance
Man Number 4
The Flowers Stand Silently, Witnessing
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