The European Film Academy revealed the list of candidates for the 2026 awards on Tuesday, October 14, presenting the feature films, documentaries, and animated films that qualify for next year\u2019s event, which will take place in Berlin on January 17. Two of the shortlisted productions are from Romania.<\/p>\n
The shortlist includes 44 feature films, 15 documentary films, and 8 animated feature films. A total of 34 European countries, both EU and non-EU, are represented, according to the press release<\/a>.<\/p>\n Romania is represented on the shortlist for the 2026 European Film Academy Awards through the documentary “Twst \/ Things We Said Today<\/em>,”\u00a0directed by Andrei Ujic\u0103, and the feature film “Milk Teeth” (Din\u0163i de lapte)<\/em> by Mihai Mincan.\u00a0<\/p>\n Two other films, “Two Prosecutors\u201d<\/em> and \u201cI Only Rest in the Storm,\u201d <\/em>were also shot and produced in Romania.<\/p>\n Alongside Jafar Panahi\u2019s Palme d\u2019Or-winning film at Cannes, \u201cIt Was Just an Accident\u201d<\/em> (and the Cannes winners \u201cSentimental Value\u201d<\/em>, \u201cSound of Falling\u201d<\/em>, \u201cSirat\u201d<\/em>, and \u201cPillion\u201d<\/em>), the shortlist includes several of this year\u2019s festival favorites, such as \u201cDreams\u201d<\/em>, the Berlin Festival winner directed by Dag Johan Haugerud; \u201cLa Grazia\u201d<\/em>, the opening film of the Venice Festival, directed by Paolo Sorrentino; and \u201cFather\u201d<\/em>, the Zurich Festival winner directed by Tereza Nvotov\u00e1.<\/p>\n \u201cBugonia\u201d<\/em> by Yorgos Lanthimos, starring Emma Stone and Jesse Plemons,\u00a0and \u201cThe Voice of Hind Rajab\u201d<\/em> were also selected.\u00a0<\/p>\n Many European films nominated for the Oscars are also in the running for the EFA, including those from Norway (\u201cSentimental Value\u201d<\/em>), France (\u201cIt Was Just an Accident\u201d<\/em>), Germany (\u201cSound of Falling\u201d<\/em>), Switzerland (\u201cLate Shift\u201d<\/em>), and Belgium (\u201cYoung Mothers\u201d<\/em>).<\/p>\n This year, the European Film Academy has moved the award ceremony to January 17, before the BAFTA (February 22) and Oscar awards (March 2), to play a more significant role in the awards conversation and to ensure that the EFAs are the first event to honor the best European films of the previous year.<\/p>\n The announcement of the Academy Shortlist is the first step in the awarding procedure. In the coming weeks, the 5,400 members of the European Film Academy will watch the shortlisted films and vote for the nominations.<\/p>\n