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  15 MEDIA funded films, nominated for the Gaudí Awards 2026

  Romería, by Carla Simón (13 nominations)

  Best Film in a Non-Catalan Language
  Best Direction (Carla Simón)
  Best Adapted Screenplay (Carla Simón)
  Best New Performance (Llúcia Garcia)
  Best Cinematography (Hélène Louvart)
  Best Music (Ernest Pipó)
  Best Editing (Sergio Jiménez and Ana Pfaff)
  Best Art Direction (Mónica Bernuy)
  Best Costume Design (Anna Aguilà)
  Best Makeup and Hairstyling (Paty López and Paco Rodríguez H.)
  Best Visual Effects (Anna Aragonès, Bernat Aragonès, Alice Rathert and Christian Pundschus)
  Best Sound (Eva Valiño and Alejandro Castillo)
  Best Production Design (Elisa Sirvent

  Sirât, by Oliver Laxe (12 nominations):

  Best Film in a Non-Catalan Language
  Best Direction (Oliver Laxe)
  Best Actor (Sergi López)
  Best Cinematography (Mauro Herce)
  Best Music (Kangding Ray)
  Best Editing (Cristóbal Fernández)
  Best Art Direction (Laia Ateca)
  Best Costume Design (Nadia Acimi)
  Best Make-up and Hairdressing (Zaira Eva Adén)
  Best Visual Effects (Pep Claret, Lluís Rivera and Benjamin Ageorges)
  Best Sound (Amanda Villavieja, Laia Casanovas and Yasmina Praderas)
  Best Production Management (Oriol Maymó)

  Sorda, by Eva Libertad (10 nominations):

  Best Film in a Non-Catalan Language
  Best Direction (Eva Libertad)
  Best Adapted Screenplay (Eva Libertad)
  Best Actress (Miriam Garlo)
  Best Supporting Actress (Elena Irureta)
  Best Supporting Actor (Álvaro Cervantes)
  Best Art Direction (Anna Auquer)
  Best Costume Design (Désirée Guirao and Angélica Muñoz)
  Best Sound (Urko Garai, Enrique G. Bermejo and Alejandro Castillo)
  Best Production Direction (Goretti Pagès)

  Fontera, by Judith Colell (8 nominations):

  Best Film
  Best Actress (Maria Rodríguez Soto)
  Best Supporting Actress (Bruna Cusí)
  Best Supporting Actor (Asier Etxeandía)
  Best Art Direction (Marta Bazaco (AEDAA))
  Best Costume Design (Mercè Paloma)
  Best Makeup and Hairstyling (Barbara Boucke)
  Best Visual Effects (Xavi Molas and Oliwa Trybel)

  Tardes de soledad, by Albert Serra (6 nominations):

  Best Direction (Albert Serra)
  Best Documentary Film
  Best Cinematography (Artur Tort)
  Best Editing (Albert Serra and Artur Tort)
  Best Visual Effects (Xavier Pérez and Arnaud Chelet)
  Best Sound (Jordi Ribas and Bruno Tarrière)

  Esmorza amb mi (Join Me for Breakfast), by Iván Morales (5 nominations): 

  Best Film
  Best Adapted Screenplay (Iván Morales and Almudena Monzó)
  Best Actor (Álvaro Cerantes)
  Best New Director (Iván Morales López)
  Best Supporting Actor (Ivan Massagué)

  Molt lluny (Away), by Gerard Oms (5 nominations):

  Best Film
  Best Original Screenplay (Gerard Oms)
  Best Actor (Mario Casas)
  Best New Director (Gerard Oms)
  Best Editing (Neus Ballús)

  Los Tortuga (The Exiles), de Belén Funes (3 nominations):

  Best Film in a Non-Catalan Language
  Best Original Screenplay (Belén Funes and Marçal Cebrián)
  Best New Performance (Elvira Lara)

  Una quinta portuguesa (The Portuguese House), by Avelina Prat (1 nomination):

  Best Actor (Manolo Solo)

  La marsellesa de los borrachos (The Drunkmen's Marseillaise), by Pablo Gil Rituerto (1 nomination):

  Best Documentary

  La llum de l’Aisha (The light of Aisha), by Shadi Adib (1 nomination):

  Best Animation

  El tresor de barracuda (The Treasure of Barracuda), by Adrià Garcia (1 nomination):

  Best Animation

  De sucre (Made of Sugar), by Clàudia Cedó (1 nomination):

  Best short film

  Flow, by Gints Zilbalodis (1 nomination):

  Best European Film

  The Seed of the Sacred Fig, by Mohammad Rasoulof (1 nomination):

  Best European Film

   

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  7 MEDIA funded films, nominated for 18 Golden Globes Awards

  SENTIMENTAL VALUE, by Joachim Trier (Norway, Germany, Denmark, France, Sweden). 8 nominations:

  Best Motion Picture, Drama.
  Best Motion Picture - Non-English Language.
  Best Director - Motion Picture (Joachim Trier).
  Best Screenplay - Motion Picture (Joachim Trier and Eskil Vogt).
  Best Actress in a Motion Picture, Drama (Renate Reinsve).
  Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture (Elle Fanning).
  Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture (Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas).
  Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture (Stellan Skarsgård).

  IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT, by Jafar Panahi (France, Iran, Luxembourg). 4 nominations:

  Best Motion Picture - Drama.

  Best Motion Picture - Non-English Language

  Best Director - Motion Picture (Jafar Panahi).
  Best Screenplay - Motion Picture (Jafar Panahi).

  SIRÂT, by Oliver Laxe (Spain, France). 2 nominations:

  Best Motion Picture - Non-English Language
  Best Soundtrack.

  NOUVELLE VAGUE, by Richard Linklater (France, US). 1 nomination:

  Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy

  LITTLE AMELIE OR THE CHARACTER OF RAIN, by Maïlys Vallade & Liane-Cho Han (France). 1 nomination:

  Best Motion Picture - Animated

  THE VOICE OF HIND RAJAB, by Kaouther Ben Hania (France, Tunisia). 1 nomination:

  Best Motion Picture – Non-English Language

  ARCO, by Ugo Bienvenu (France). 1 nomination:

  Best Motion Picture – Animated

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  MEDIA funded films nominated for EFA Awards 2026

  SIRĀT (SIRÂT), by Oliver Laxe (Spain, France). 4 nominations:

  European Film

  European Director (Oliver Laxe)

  European Screenwriter (Santiago Fillol, Oliver Laxe)

  European Actor (Sergi López)

  SENTIMENTAL VALUE (AFFEKSJONSVERDI), by Joachim Trier (Norway, France, Denmark, Germanya, Sweden). 5 nominations:

  European Film

  European Director (Joachim Trier)

  European Screenwriter (Eskil Vogt, Joachim Trier)

  European Actress (Renate Reinsve)

  European Actor (Stellan Skarsgård)

  SOUND OF FALLING (IN DIE SONNE SCHAUEN), by Mascha Schilinski (Germany). 3 nominations:

  European Film

  European Director (Mascha Schilinski)

  European Screenwriter (Mascha Schilinski, Louise Peter)

  IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT (UN SIMPLE ACCIDENT), by Jafar Panahi (France, Iran, Luxembourg). 3 nominations:

  European Film

  European Director (Jafar Panahi)

  European Screenwriter (Jafar Panahi)

  ARCO, by Ugo Bienvenu (France). 3 nominations:

  European Film

  European Animated Feature Film 

  European Young Audience Award

  LITTLE AMELIE (AMÉLIE ET LA MÉTAPHYSIQUE DES TUBES), by Maïlys Vallade, Liane-Cho Han (France). 2 nominations:

  European Film

  European Animated Feature Film  

  TALES FROM THE MAGIC GARDEN (POHADKY PO BABICCE), by David Súkup, Patrik Pašš, Leon Vidmar, Jean-Claude Rozec (Czech Republic, Slovenia, Slovakia, France). 2 nominations:

  European Film

  European Animated Feature Film 

  FIUME O MORTE!, by Igor Bezinović (Croatia, Italy, Slovenia). 2 nominations:

  European Film

  European Documentary

  AFTERNOONS OF SOLITUDE (TARDES DE SOLEDAD), by Albert Serra (Spain, France). 2 nominations:

  European Film

  European Documentary

  RIEFENSTAHL, by Andres Veiel (Germany). 2 nominations:

  European Film

  European Documentary

  THE VOICE OF HIND RAJAB, by Kaouther Ben Hania (France, Tunisia). 1 nomination:

  European Film

  LITTLE TROUBLE GIRLS (KAJ TI JE DEKLICA), by Urška Djukic (Slovenia, Italy, Croatia, Serbia). 1 nomination

  European Discovery – Prix FIPRESCI

  CASE 137 (DOSSIER 137), by Dominik Moll (France). 1 nomination:

  European Actress (Léa Drucker)

  DUSE, by Pietro Marcello (Italy, France). 1 nomination:

  European Actress (Valeria Bruni Tedeschi)

  FRANZ, by Agnieszka Holland (Poland, France, Czech Republic). 1 nomination:

  European Actor (Idan Weiss)

  THE LAST VIKING (DEN SIDSTE VIKING), by Anders Thomas Jensen (Denmark, Sweden). 1 nomination:

  European Actor (Mads Mikkelsen)

  SAUNA, by Mathias Broe (Denmark). 1 Nomination:

  European Discovery – Prix FIPRESCI

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  MEDIA funded films at Sevilla Film Festival 2025

  Official Section:

  A YEAR OF SCHOOL, by Laura Samani (Italy, France)

  DJ AHMET, by Georgi Unkovski (Macedonia, Czech Republic, Serbia, Croatia). Grand Jury Award in the Official Section / Best Actor Award (Arif Jakup)

  DOSSIER 137, by Dominik Moll (France) 

  DREAMS (SEX LOVE), by Dag Johan Haugerud (Norway)

  THE PIANO ACCIDENT, by Quentin Dupieux (France)

  THE LAST VIKING, by Anders Thomas Jensen (Denmark, Sweden)

  ENZO, by Robin Campillo (France, Belgium, Italy)

  THE LITTLE SISTER, by Hafsia Herzi (France, Germany) 

  OUTSIDE, by Mario Martone (Italy, France)

  COLOURS OF TIME, by Cédric Klapisch (France)

  MOTHER, by Teona Strugar Mitevska (Belgium, Macedonia)

  WE BELIEVE YOU, by Charlotte Devillers i Arnaud Dufeys (Belgium). Golden Giraldillo for Best Film in the Official Section / Best Script Award / Best Actress Award (Myriem Akeddiou) / AAMMA Women in Focus Award (Exaequo)

  European Film Academy Section:

  FRANZ, by Agnieszka Holland (Poland, France, Czech Republic)

  LITTLE TROUBLE GIRLS, by Urška Djukić (Slovenia, Italy, Croatia, Serbia)

  LITTLE AMÉLIE OR THE CHARACTER OF RAIN, by Maïlys Vallade and Liane-Cho Han (France). Grand Public Award for Best EFA Selection Film

  EAGLES OF THE REPUBLIC, by Tarik Saleh (Sweden, France, Denmark)

  SIRÂT, by Oliver Laxe (Spain, France)

  SOUND OF FALLING, by Mascha Schilinski (Germany)

  THE LOVE THAT REMAINS, by Hlynur Pálmason (Iceland, Denmark, Sweden, France) 

  SENTIMENTAL VALUE, by Joachim Trier (Norway, France, Denmark, Germany). Puerta América Award

  SANATORIUM, by Gar O’Rourke (Ireland, Ukraine)

  Family Films:

  CHICKENHARE AND THE SECRET OF THE GROUNDHOG, by Benjamin Mousquet (France, Belgium, US) 

  THE SECRET OF BIRDS, by Antoine Lanciaux (France, Belgium)

  Romanian cycle:

  THE NEW YEAR THAT NEVER CAME, by Bogdan Mureșan (Romania)

  HORIA, by Ana Maria Comănescu (Romania)

  THREE KILOMETRES TO THE END OF THE WORLD, by Emanuel Parvu (Romania)

  Rampa:

  IMAGO, by Déni Oumar Pitsaev (France, Belgium)

  SHORT SUMMER, by Nastia Korkia (Germany, France, Serbia)

  Alumbramiento:

  TARIKA, by Milko Lazarov (Bulgaria, Germany, Luxembourg)

  Special Screenings:

  RONDALLAS, by Daniel Sánchez Arévalo (Spain)

  RE-CREATION, by Jim Sheridan i David Merriman (Ireland, Luxembourg)

   

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  MEDIA funded films at Seminci Valladolid 2025

  Official Section

  DUSE, by Pietro Marcello (Italy, France). 

  FRONTERA, by Judith Colell (Spain, Belgium). 

  YOUNG MOTHERS, by Jean-Pierre Dardenne & Luc Dardenne (Belgium, France). 

  SILENT FRIEND, by Ildikó Enyedi (Germany, France, Hungary). Silver Spike + Green Spike Award

  SOUND OF FALLING, by Mascha Schilinski (Germany). 

  MIRRORS NO. 3, by Christian Petzold (Germany, France). 

  Meeting Point:

  FORASTERA, by Lucía Aleñar Iglesias (Spain, Sweden, Italy). Pilar Miró Prize for Best Spanish Director

  NINO, by Pauline Loquès (France). Meeting Point Special Mention

  KIKA, by Alexe Poukine (Belgium, France). ESCAC Award for Best Director (first or second film)

  LITTLE TROUBLE GIRLS, by Urška Djukić (Slovenia, Italy, Croatia, Serbia). 

  Constellations:

  SENTIMENTAL VALUE, by Joachim Trier (Norway, Germany, Denmark, France, Sweden, UK, Turkey).

  Alchemies:

  ANCESTRAL VISIONS OF THE FUTURE, by Lemohang Mosese (France, Lesotho, Geramny, Qatar, Saudi Arabia). 

  BULAKNA, by Leonor Noivo (Portugal, France). Alchemies Grand Price

  THE VISITOR, by Vytautaus Katkus (Lithuania, Norway, Sweden). 

  HAIR, PAPER, WATER…, by Nicolas Graux i Trương Minh Quý (Belgium, France, Vietnam). Special Mention for Green Spike

  PUFA:

  ALPHA, by Julia Ducournau (France, Belgium). 

  Miniminci:

  LEO & LOU, by Carlos Solano (Spain, UK, Romania). 

  CHICKENHARE AND THE SECRET OF THE GROUNDHOG, by Benjamin Mousquet (France, Belgium, US). 

  LITTLE AMÉLIE OR THE CHARACTER OF RAIN, by Maïlys Vallade & Liane-Cho Han (France). 

  TALES FROM THE MAGIC GARDEN, by David Súkup, Patrik Pašš, Leon Vidmar, Jean-Claude Rozec (Czech Republic, Slovakia, Slovenia and France)

  Cinephile window:

  TONY, SHELLY AND THE MAGIC LIGHT, by Filip Pošivač (Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary). 

  SIROCCO AND THE KINGDOM OF THE WINDS, by Benoît Chieux (France, Belgium). 

  OINK OINK, by Mascha Halberstad (Netherlands, Belgium). 

  Seminci en la provincia:

  FOX AND HARE SAVE THE FOREST, by Mascha Halberstad (Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg)