A few days after the announcement of the nominees in the main categories (see the news), the European Film Academy has revealed those in the Arts & Crafts categories - eight sections conceived to honour the diverse crafts of filmmaking at the upcoming 38th European Film Awards, which will take place on 17 January 2026 in Berlin.

Known until last year as the Excellence Awards, for which a winner was directly decided by the committees selected by the Academy, these technical categories have now been reintegrated into the main structure of the European Film Awards, with three nominees selected by the member chapters for each department introduced this year, and a winner set to be determined by all Academy members, alongside those in the main categories.

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While Joachim Trier’s Sentimental Value [+lee también:
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However, there is a third film that received one only nomination in the main categories (for European Director) that is now leading the race alongside these two: Yorgos Lanthimos’ Bugonia [+lee también:
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Following closely behind just so happens to be Sentimental Value, which is vying for three statuettes, including European Composer (Hania Rani), European Production Designer and European Casting Director.

The other nominated titles are Agnieszka Holland’s Franz [+lee también:
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Here is the list of nominees:

European Casting Director
Nadia Acimi, Luís Bértolo, María Rodrigo – Sirāt [+lee también:
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Karimah El-Giamal, Jacqueline Rietz – Sound of Falling [+lee también:
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entrevista: Mascha Schilinski
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Yngvill Kolset Haga, Avy Kaufman – Sentimental Value [+lee también:
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European Cinematographer
Manu Dacosse – The Stranger [+lee también:
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Fabian Gamper – Sound of Falling
Mauro Herce – Sirāt

European Composer (Original Score)
Jerskin Fendrix – Bugonia [+lee también:
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Michael Fiedler, Eike Hosenfeld – Sound of Falling
Hania Rani – Sentimental Value

European Costume Designer
Michaela Horáčková Hořejší – Franz [+lee también:
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Sabrina Krämer – Sound of Falling
Ursula Patzak – Duse [+lee también:
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European Editor
Cristóbal Fernández – Sirāt
Toni Froschhammer – Die My Love [+lee también:
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Yorgos Mavropsaridis – Bugonia

European Make-up & Hair Artist
Gabriela Poláková – Franz
Irina Schwarz, Anne-Marie Walther – Sound of Falling
Torsten Witte – Bugonia

European Production Designer
Laia Ateca – Sirāt
James Price – Bugonia
Jørgen Stangebye Larsen – Sentimental Value

European Sound Designer
Johnnie Burn – Bugonia
Laia Casanovas – Sirāt
Gwennolé Le Borgne, Marion Papinot, Lars Ginzel, Elias Boughedir, Amal Attia - The Voice of Hind Rajab [+lee también:
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entrevista: Kaouther Ben Hania
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