The shortlisted films for the 39th European Film Awards, taking place on 16 January 2027 in Athens, have been revealed by the European Film Academy. A total of 68 features have been shortlisted for a possible nomination, with the winners to be voted for by members of the European Film Academy. Forty-five films have been selected for the fiction shortlist, 15 for the documentary shortlist and eight for the animation shortlist. Representing 40 European countries, the films bring together established and emerging filmmakers, including directors working across borders. Twenty-five films are directed or co-directed by women.

The shortlisted fiction and documentary films have been chosen by members of the European Film Academy board and invited European experts, whereas the shortlisted animated features were chosen by a selection committee composed of members of the Academy board and invited experts in co-operation with CARTOON, the European Association of Animation Film.

The announcement of the European Film Awards shortlist marks the first step in the awards procedure. In the coming weeks, the 5,700 members of the European Film Academy will watch the shortlisted movies and vote on the nominees, with the exception of the European Discovery – Prix FIPRESCI, European Short Film, European Young Audience Award, LUX Audience Award and Honorary Awards, which follow separate selection procedures. Indeed, the nominations for the European Young Audience Award will be announced at the International Film Festival Glasgow on 1 November; the nominations for European Short Film, selected by the European Film Academy Short Film Network, will be revealed at the Seville European Film Festival on 13 November; and the nominees for the LUX Audience Award will be unveiled on 25 November.

The shortlisted films are as follows:

Animation shortlist

Julián - Louise Bagnall (Ireland/Luxembourg/Canada/Denmark)
Lucy Lost - Olivier Clert (France)
Iron Boy - Louis Clichy (France/Belgium)
Monster Mia - Verena Fels (Austria/Germany/Spain)
Viva Carmen - Sébastien Laudenbach (France)
In Waves - Phuong May Nguyen (France/Belgium)
Jim Queen - Marco Nguyen, Nicolas Athané (France/Belgium)
Decorado - Alberto Vázquez (Spain/Portugal)

Documentary shortlist

NAZA - Yuval Abraham, Rachel Szor (UK)
Rehearsals for a Revolution - Pegah Ahangarani (Czech Republic/Spain)
Everybody to Kenmure Street - Felipe Bustos Sierra (UK/Qatar)
Amazomania - Nathan Grossman (Sweden/Denmark/France)
Citizen Osama - Ahmed Hassouna (France/Palestine)
Traces - Alisa Kovalenko, Marysia Nikitiuk (Ukraine/Poland)
Letters from the Silenced Country - Andrei Kutsila (Poland/Lithuania/Germany)
Closure - Michaƚ Marczak (Poland/France)
Whispers in the Woods - Vincent Munier (France)
A Fox Under a Pink Moon - Mehrdad Oskouei, Soraya Akhlaghi (France/Denmark/Iran/USA)
Bugboy - Lucas Paleocrassas (Greece/Denmark/France)
Rescue - Sine Plambech (Denmark/Italy/Sweden/Iceland/Germany)
Queer Edward II - Theo Rollason (UK)
La Belle Année - Angelica Ruffier (Sweden/Norway)
To Hold a Mountain - Biljana Tutorov, Petar Glomazić (Serbia/France/Montenegro/Slovenia/Croatia)

Fiction shortlist

Conversation with the Sea - Muayad Alayan (Palestine/Netherlands/Saudi Arabia/Qatar)
Bitter Christmas - Pedro Almodóvar (Spain)
Salvation - Emin Alper (Turkey/France/Netherlands/Greece/Saudi Arabia)
Hold Onto Me - Myrsini Aristidou (Cyprus/Greece/Denmark)
La Gradiva - Marine Atlan (France/Italy)
I See Buildings Fall Like Lightning - Clio Barnard (UK)
Dua - Blerta Basholli (Kosovo/Switzerland/France)
De Gaulle: Résistance (Part 1) / De Gaulle: Liberté (Part 2) - Antonin Baudry (France/Belgium)
How to Divorce During the War - Andrius Blaževičius (Lithuania/Luxembourg/Ireland/Czech Republic)
La Bola Negra - Javier Calvo, Javier Ambrossi (Spain/France)
Yellow Letters - İlker Çatak (Germany/France/Turkey)
Truly Naked - Muriel D’ansembourg (Netherlands/France/Belgium)
Ivan & Hadoum - Ian de la Rosa (Spain/Germany/Belgium)
Coward - Lukas Dhont (Belgium/France/Netherlands)
Red Rocks - Bruno Dumont (Portugal/France/Italy/Spain)
Woman Unknown - May El-Toukhy (Denmark/Latvia/Sweden)
The Dreamed Adventure - Valeska Grisebach (Germany/France/Bulgaria/Austria)
Black Money for White Nights - Kristina Grozeva, Petar Valchanov (Bulgaria/Greece)
Bucking Fastard - Werner Herzog (Ireland/USA/Slovenia)
The Diary of a Chambermaid - Radu Jude (France/Romania)
Brace Your Heart - Amanda Kernell (Sweden/Denmark/Norway/Bulgaria/Iceland)
Dau - Ilya Khrzhanovsky (Germany/France/Sweden)
Tender Loving Care - Mike Leigh (UK)
A Day in the Life of Jo: Chapter Phaedra - Jacqueline Lentzou (Greece/Germany/France)
Gentle Monster - Marie Kreutzer (Austria/Germany/France/Sweden)
A Man of His Time - Emmanuel Marre (France/Belgium)
The Guest - Mads Mengel (Denmark)
Growth of the Soil - Hans Petter Moland (Norway/Denmark)
Shame and Money - Visar Morina (Germany/Kosovo/Slovenia/Albania/North Macedonia/Belgium)
Fjord - Cristian Mungiu (Romania/France/Norway/Denmark/Sweden/Finland)
Only Beautiful Things To Look at - Ivan Ostrochovský (Slovakia/Czech Republic/Hungary)
Fatherland - Paweł Pawlikowski (Poland/Germany/Italy/France)
Rose - Markus Schleinzer (Austria/Germany)
I Matter - Alina Șerban (Romania/Germany/Belgium)
You Don't Belong Here - Florin Şerban (Romania)
Diane in the Loop - Ann Sirot, Raphaël Balboni (Belgium/France)
The Beloved - Rodrigo Sorogoyen (Spain/France)
Elsinore - Simon Stone (UK/France/Italy/USA)
The Spiral - Paolo Strippoli (Italy/France/Belgium)
Supporting Role - Ana Urushadze (Georgia/Estonia/Turkey/Switzerland/USA)
The Soundman - Frank Van Passel (Belgium/Netherlands)
To The Victory! - Valentyn Vasyanovych (Ukraine/Lithuania)
Everytime - Sandra Wollner (Germany/Austria)
Bunker - Florian Zeller (France/Spain)
Minotaur - Andrey Zvyagintsev (France/Germany/Latvia)