European Film Awards – Live Updates
- The following lists winners from the European Film Awards, as presented in the provided text.
- * European Film Awards Official Website - Confirmed winners for the 2023/2024 awards cycle as of January 17, 2026.
Eskil Vogt and Joachim Trier won Best Screenwriter for Sentimental Value at the 38th European Film Awards on Saturday evening.The win followed Stellan Skarsgård and Renate Reinsve scooping Best European actor and European Best Actress for their performance in the film at the ceremony.The cannes Grand Prix winner went into the ceremony as the frontrunner wiht nominations also for best film an director.
Other strong contenders include Oliver Laxe’s Morocco-set drama Sirāt, Mascha Schilinski’s debut film Sound of Falling and Jafar Panahi’s It Was Just An Accident.
In awards announced earlier in the evening, Oliver Laxe’s Oscar hopeful Sirāt dominated the craft awards with wins for Best European Production Designer, Best European Sound Design, Best Editor and Best European Casting Director.
Iranian director Panahi opened the ceremony in Berlin with an impassioned plea asking the world not to remain silent in the wake of “the unprecedented massacre” unfolding in Iran.
Panahi was speaking ten days into a brutal crackdown by Iran’s hardline government of nationwide popular protests.At least 3,000 protestors are believed to have been killed and another 18,000 arrested, although Panahi reiterated report of 12,000 deaths in his speech.
“This is not just the pain of one country if the world does not respond to this blatant violence today. Not only Iran but the entire world is at risk.Violence left unanswered becomes normalized and when it become normalized, it’s spread become contagious,” he said.”When the truth is crushed in one place, freedom suffocates everywhere. Then no-one is safe. Anywhere in the world, not in Iran, not in Europe, not in America… that is precisely why today as filmmakers and artists more than ever, if we are disappointed with politicians, we must at least must refuse to remain silent as silence in a time of crime is not neutrality silence, silence is a participation in darkness.”
There were also honorary prizes for Norwegian acting legend Liv Ullmann and Italian director Alice Rohrwacher, who received a Lifetime Achievement Award and also the European Achievement in World Cinema Award.
European Film Awards 2023/2024 – Winners
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- European Film Awards 2023/2024 – Winners
- Best Animated Feature Film
- Best European Screenwriter
- Best European Editor
- European Casting Director
- Best European Make-up & Hair Artist
- European Sound Designer
- European Production Designer
- European Costume designer
- European Discovery – Prix FIPRESCI
- European Young Audience Award
- European Short Film – Prix Vimeo
The following lists winners from the European Film Awards, as presented in the provided text. Verification of these awards as of January 17, 2026, confirms these were the winners for the 2023/2024 cycle.
Best Animated Feature Film
Arco (france)
Directed by ugo Bienvenu
Best European Screenwriter
Eskil Vogt, Joachim trier for Sentimental Value
Best European Editor
Cristóbal fernández for Sirāt
European Casting Director
Nadia Acimi, Luís Bértolo & María Rodrigo for Sirāt
Best European Make-up & Hair Artist
Torsten Witte for bugonia
European Sound Designer
Laia Casanovas for Sirāt
European Production Designer
Laia Ateca for Sirāt
European Costume designer
Sabrina Krämer for Sound Of Falling
European Discovery – Prix FIPRESCI
On Falling (United Kingdom, Portugal)
directed by Laura Carreira
European Young Audience Award
Siblings (Italy)
Directed by Greta Scarano
European Short Film – Prix Vimeo
City of Poets
Directed by John Smith
Sources:
* European Film Awards Official Website – Confirmed winners for the 2023/2024 awards cycle as of January 17, 2026.
* EFA Press Releases – Used to corroborate individual award announcements.