Nominees for the 2027 European “Oscars” Announced

The European Film Academy has announced the nominees for its 39th awards. Pawel Pawlikowski’s “Fatherland” leads the field with 11 nominations, followed by “The Black Ball” with 10.

Both films competed for the Palme d’Or at the 2026 Cannes Film Festival, where they received directing awards. “Fatherland” follows writer Thomas Mann and his daughter as they travel from West Germany to East Germany in the late 1940s. “The Black Ball” traces the intertwined lives of three men in Spain during the 1930s and 2010s.

The nominees are listed below. The awards ceremony will take place in Athens on January 16.

• Best European Film:

“Gradiva”
“Long Live Carmen”
“Jim Queen”
“Corset”
“Legends of the Forest”
“Lucy Is Lost”
“The Unknown Woman”
“Fatherland”
“Letters from a Suppressed Country”
“Rehearsals for a Revolution”
“Collateral Damage”
“Among the Waves”
“Holding the Mountain”
“Fjord”
“The Black Ball”

• Best Director:

Javier Ambrossi, Javier Calvo — “The Black Ball”
Sandra Wollner — “Every Time”
Andrey Zvyagintsev* (designated a foreign agent) — “Minotaur”
Cristian Mungiu — “Fjord”
Pawel Pawlikowski — “Fatherland”

• Best Actor:

Swann Arlaud — “Our Salvation”
Javier Bardem — “My Love”
Andrew Scott — “Elsinore”
Sebastian Stan — “Fjord”
Hanns Zischler — “Fatherland”

• Best Actress:

Mathilde Arcel — “The Unknown Woman”
Penélope Cruz — “The Bunker”
Renate Reinsve — “Fjord”
Léa Seydoux — “The Gentle Monster”
Sandra Hüller — “Fatherland”
Sandra Hüller — “Rosa”

• Best Screenplay:

“Every Time”
“Minotaur”
“Fatherland”
“Fjord”
“The Black Ball”

Source: Film.ru