39th European Film Awards Nominations: Fatherland Leads With 11, La Bola Negra Follows With 10, Ceremony Set for January 16, 2027 in Athens
THESSALONIKI, Greece — The European Film Academy revealed the nominees in 16 categories for the 39th European Film Awards on Saturday, November 14, at the Pavlos Zannas Theatre in Thessaloniki, as part of the Thessaloniki International Film Festival.
Fatherland, directed by Paweł Pawlikowski, received the highest number of nominations with 11, followed by La Bola Negra, by Javier Calvo and Javier Ambrossi, with 10 nominations, and Fjord, by Cristian Mungiu, with five nominations.
The nominations are based on the votes of the 5,700 members of the European Film Academy, who watched the films included in the annual European Film Awards shortlist. Academy members will now vote on the winners.
The winners will be unveiled at the awards ceremony on January 16, 2027, at the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center in Athens, Greece, co-organised by the European Film Academy and the Hellenic Film and Audiovisual Center, EKKOMED.
Fatherland is a black-and-white drama set in 1949 Germany, exploring the relationship between the writer Thomas Mann and his daughter Erika, with Hanns Zischler and Sandra Hüller in the lead roles. Hüller is nominated in the best actress category for performances in both Fatherland and Rose.
The European director nominees include Pawlikowski for Fatherland, Calvo and Ambrossi for La Bola Negra, and Mungiu for Fjord. The nominations for the European Young Audience Award and the European Short Film Award had been announced earlier, the Academy said.
Source: European Film Academy
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Photo: 图：《Fatherland》导演帕维尔·帕夫利科夫斯基（右）与演员约安娜·库利格在2018年戛纳电影节。来源：Joan Hernandez Mir, CC BY 2.0，维基共享资源。 / Photo: Fatherland director Pawel Pawlikowski (right) with actress Joanna Kulig at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival. Credit: Joan Hernandez Mir, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
