
Spanish movie Sirat, The film, directed by Oliver Lax, has received four nominations for the upcoming edition of the European Film Awards. The list of potential winners was announced last March at the Royal Palace in Seville, a few days after the end of the European Film Festival in Seville. The film received nominations in the categories of Best Picture, Director, Actor (Sergi Lopez) and Screenplay. In the main category sirtheR It will be accompanied, among other things, by Solitary afternoonsDirected by Albert Serra, which also won the Best Documentary Award olivia and the invisible earthquake, Written by Irene Iborra Rizzo, who aspires to become the best animation director. The ceremony will take place on January 17, 2026 in Berlin.
The Best Picture award, in addition to three Spanish films, includes two nominees Sagittarius, from ugo Bienvenu, God’s dogWritten by Righteous Appel, Day or die! Written by Igor Bezinovic, It was just an accidentJaafar Panahi, little emily, Written by Myles Valade and Lian-Chu Han, rievenstall, By Andres Viel, emotional value, By Joachim Trier – The only other, besides Sirat, With four applications―, Slow Burning Earth SongsWritten by Olha Zorba, The sound of fallingWritten by Masha Shilinsky, magic garden accounts, Written by David Soukup, Patrick Ba, Leon Vidmar, and Jean-Claude Rozic. Hind Rajab’s voice, Written by Kawthar Ben Haniyeh and Hassan in Gaza, written by Kamal Al-Jaafari.
Yorgos Lanthimos, Dr Bugonia, The Best Director award was disputed between Lax, Trier, Shilinsky and Panahi. Best Actress will be Leonie Benesch (Late shift), Valeria Bruni Tedeschi (Dossi), Leah Drucker (File 137), Vicki Krebs (Tender love to me(The renat rensvi)Emotional value). Lopez’s rival for the Best Actor award will be Mads Mikkelsen (The last vikings), Tony Servillo (Thank you), Stellan Skarsgård (Emotional value(and Aidan Weiss)Franz). According to the European Film Academy memorandum, the rest of the nominations will be announced next week.
Organized by the European Film Academy, this work represents Seville’s recovery of an event lost years ago which will once again be celebrated in the city on a semi-annual basis. In this sense, the delegate of tourism and culture of the Municipality of Seville, Angie Moreno, highlighted the importance of this work for the city. “The restoration of this nominations announcement is a mistake that reinforces our position as a cultural reference and shows the trust that the European Film Academy has in our city,” he said.