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  The Catalan MEDIA funded film 'Sorda' ('Deaf'), by Eva Libertad, wins the Lux Audience Award 2026

  Sorda ('Deaf'), by Eva Libertad (Catalonia, Spain, 2025). Lux Audience Award 2026

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  8 MEDIA funded films, nominated for 18 Oscars 2026

  SENTIMENTAL VALUE (AFFEKSJONSVERDI), by Joachim Trier (Norway, France, Denmark, Germany, Sweden). 9 nominations, 1 Award:

  Best Picture
  Best Directing (Joachim Trier)
  Best International Feature Film WINNER
  Best Actress in a Leading Role (Renate Reinsve)
  Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Elle Fanning)
  Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas)
  Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Stellan Skarsgård)
  Best Writing (Original Screenplay) (Written by Eskil Vogt, Joachim Trier)
  Best Film Editing (Olivier Bugge Coutté)

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

  Best International Feature Film

  Best Sound (Yasmina Praderas, Amanda Villavieja, Laia Casanovas)

  IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT(UN SIMPLE ACCIDENT), by Jafar Panahi (France, Iran, Luxembourg). 2 nominations:

  Best Internationa Feature Film

  Best Writing (Original Screenplay) (Written by Jafar Panahi; Script collaborators: Nader Saïvar, Shadmehr Rastin, Mehdi Mahmoudian)

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

  Best Animated Feature Film

  LITTLE AMELIE (AMÉLIE ET LA MÉTAPHYSIQUE DES TUBES), by Maïlys Vallade, Liane-Cho Han (France). 1 nomination:

  Best Animated Feature Film

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

  Best Internationa Feature Film

  Den stygge stesøsteren (The Ugly Stepsister), by Emilie Blichfeldt (Norway, Poland, Sweden, Denmark, 2025). 1 nomination:

  Best Makeup and Hairstyling (Thomas Foldberg and Anne Cathrine Sauerberg)

  ‘Cutting Through Rocks’, by Mohammadreza Eyni i Sara Khaki (Iran, Germany, US, Netherlands, Qatar, Chile, Canada, 2025)

  Best Feature Documentary

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  MEDIA funded films awarded at Malaga Film Festival 2026

  Feature Films Official Competition

  Ivan & Hadoum, by Ian de la Rosa (Spain, Germany, Belgium, 2025). 3 Awards:

  Silver Biznaga 'Peugeot' Special Jury Prize
  Special Jury Mention for Best Male Performance (Silver Chicón)
  Silver Biznaga for Best Screenplay (Ian de la Rosa)

  Corredora (Runner), by Laura García Alonso (Spain, 2025). 1 Award:
  Asecan Opera Prima Award from the Official Section of Feature Films in Competition.

  Mosaico: International Scene

  Out of Love, by Nathan Ambrosioni (France). 1 Award:

  Silver Biznaga Audience Award for Best Film

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  MEDIA funded films nominated and awarded for the Goya Awards 2026

  Los Domingos (Sundays), by Alauda Ruiz de Azúa (Spain, France). 13 nominacions, 5 awards:

  Best Film. WINNER
  Best Direction (Alauda Ruiz de Azúa). WINNER
  Best Original Screenplay (Alauda Ruiz de Azúa). WINNER
  Best Leading Actor (Miguel Garcés).
  Best Leading Actress (Patricia Lopez Arnaiz). WINNER
  Best New Actress (Blanca Soroa).
  Best Supporting Actor (Juan Minujín).
  Best Supporting Actress (Nagore Aramburu). WINNER
  Best Costume Design.
  Best Sound.
  Best Editing.
  Best Production Management.
  Best Cinematography.

  Sirât, by Oliver Laxe (Spain, France). 11 nominacions, 6 awards:

  Best Film.
  Best Direction (Oliver Laxe).
  Best Original Screenplay (Oliver Laxe and Santiago Fillol).
  Best Original Score (Kangding Ray). WINNER
  Best Production Direction (Oriol Maymó). WINNER.
  Best Art Direction (Laia Ateca Fon). WINNER
  Best Makeup and Hairstyling.
  Best Editing (Cristóbal Fernández). WINNER
  Best Sound (Amanda Villavieja, Laia Casanovas i Yasmina Praderas). WINNER
  Best Cinematography (Mauro Herce). WINNER
  Best Special Effects.

  Sorda (Deaf), by Eva Libertad (Spain). 8 nominations, 3 awards:

  Best film.
  Best new director (Eva Libertad). WINNER
  Best adapted screenplay (Eva Libertad).
  Best new actress (Miriam Garlo). WINNER
  Best supporting actor (Álvaro Cervantes). WINNER
  Best supporting actor (Joaquín Notario).
  Best supporting actress (Elena Irureta).
  Best sound.

  Romería, by Carla Simón (Spain, Germany). 6 nominations:

  Best Director (Carla Simón).
  Best Adapted Screenplay (Carla Simón).
  Best New Actor (Mitch).
  Best New Actress (Llúcia García).
  Best Supporting Actress (Miryam Gallego).
  Best Costume Design (Anna Aguilà).

  Una Quinta Portuguesa, by Avelina Prat (Spain, Portugal). 3 nominations:

  Best Original Screenplay (Avelina Prat).
  Best Leading Actor (Manolo Solo).
  Best Supporting Actress (María de Medeiros).

  Molt lluny (Away), by Gerard Oms (Spain, Netherlands). 2 nominations:

  Best new director (Gerard Oms).

  Best main actor (Mario Casas).

  Tardes de soledad, by Albert Serra (Spain, France, Portugal). 2 nominations, 1 award:

  Best documentary film. WINNER

  Best director (Albert Serra).

  Los Tortuga (The Exiles), by Belén Funes (Spain, Chile). 2 nominations:

  Best leading actress (Antonia Zegers).

  Best new actress (Elvira Lara).

  Leo & Lou, by Carlos Solano (Spain, UK, Romania). 1 nomination:

  Best original music.

  Rondallas, by Daniel Sánchez Arévalo (Spain). 1 nomination:

  Best actor in a supporting role (Tamar Novas).

  Decorado, by Alberto Vázquez (Spain, Portugal). 1 nomination, 1 award:

  Best animated film. WINNER

  El Tresor de Barracuda, by Adrià García (Spain, Belgium). 1 nomination:

  Best animated film.

  Bufet Pardís, by Héctor Zafra and Santi Amézqueta. 1 nomination:

  Best Animated Short Film.

  El cuento de una noche de verano, by María Herrera. 1 nomination:

  Best Fiction Short Film.

  De sucre (Made of sugar), by Clàudia Cedó (Spain). 1 nomination:

  Best Fiction Short Film.

  La misteriosa mirada del flamenco, by Diego Céspedes (France, Chile, Germany, Spain, Belgium). 1 nomination:

  Best Ibero-American Film.

  The Girl with the Needle, by Magnus Von Horn (Denmark, Poland, Sweden, France, Belgium). 1 nomination:

  Best European Film.

  A simple accident, by Jafar Panahi (France, Iran i Luxembourg). 1 nomination:

  Best European Film.

  Sentimental Value, by Joachim Trier (Norway, Germany, Denmark, France, Sweden). 1 nomination, 1 award:

  Best European Film. WINNER

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  MEDIA funded films awarded for the French Cesar Awards 2026

  Nouvelle Vague, by Richard Linklater (France, 2025), 10 nominations, 4 awards:

  Best Direction (RICHARD LINKLATER)

  Best Photography (DAVID CHAMBILLE)

  Best Editing (CATHERINE SCHWARTZ)

  Best Costume (PASCALINE CHAVANNE)

  L’Attachement (The Ties that Bind Us), by Carine Tardieu (France, Belgium, 2024). 8 nominations, 3 awards:

  Best Film

  Best Adaptation (CARINE TARDIEU, RAPHAËLE MOUSSAFIR, AGNÈS FEUVRE)

  Best Supporting Actress (VIMALA PONS)

  ARCO, by Ugo Bienvenu (France, 2025). 4 Nominations, 2 Awards:

  Best Animation Film

  Best Original Score (ARNAUD TOULON)

  Nino, by Pauline Loquès (France, 2025). 4 nominations, 2 Awards:

  Best Opera Prima

  Best New Actor Award (THÉODORE PELLERIN)

  L’Inconnu De La Grande Arche (The Great Arch), by Stéphane Demoustier (France, Italy, Denmark, 2025). 8 nominations, 2 Awards:

  Best Visual Effects (LISE FISCHER)

  Best Production Design (CATHERINE COSME)

  Dossier 137 (Case 137), by Dominik Moll (France, 2025). 8 nominations, 1 Award:

  Best Actress (LÉA DRUCKER)

  La Petite Dernière (The Little Sister), by Hafsia Herzi (France, Germany, 2025). 7 nominations, 1 award:

  Best New Actress (NADIA MELLITI)

  La femme la plus riche du monde (The Richest Woman in the World), by Thierry Klifa (France, Belgium). 6 nominations, 1 Award:

  Best Actor (Laurent Lafitte)

  L’Étranger (The Stranger), by François Ozon (France, Belgium, 2025). 4 nominations, 1 Award:

  Best Supporting Actor (PIERRE LOTTIN)

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  8 MEDIA funded films, awarded with 21 Gaudi Awards 2026

  Sirât, by Oliver Laxe (12 nominations, 8 awards):

  Best Film in a Non-Catalan Language
  Best Cinematography (Mauro Herce)
  Best Music (Kangding Ray)
  Best Art Direction (Laia Ateca)
  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)

  Fontera, by Judith Colell (8 nominations, 4 awards):

  Best Film
  Best Supporting Actress (Bruna Cusí)
  Best Costume Design (Mercè Paloma)
  Special Audience Award for Best Film

  Sorda, by Eva Libertad (10 nominations, 3 awards):

  Best Direction (Eva Libertad)
  Best Adapted Screenplay (Eva Libertad)
  Best Supporting Actor (Álvaro Cervantes)

  Tardes de soledad, by Albert Serra (6 nominations, 2 awards):

  Best Documentary Film
  Best Editing (Albert Serra and Artur Tort)

  Romería, by Carla Simón (13 nominations, 1 award)

  Best New Performance (Llúcia Garcia)

  Molt lluny (Away), by Gerard Oms (5 nominations, 1 award):

  Best Actor (Mario Casas)

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

  Best short film

  Flow, by Gints Zilbalodis (1 nomination, 1 award):

  Best European Film

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  MEDIA funded films at the Berlinale 2026

  Berlinale Special Gala (Opening Film):

  No Good Men, by Shahrbanoo Sadat (Germany, France, Norway, Denmark, Afghanistan, 2026). 

  Berlinale – Competition:

  À voix basse (In a Whisper), by Leyla Bouzid (France, Tunisia, 2026).

  Dust, by Anke Blondé (Belgium, Poland, Greece, UK, 2026). 

  Gelbe Briefe (Yellow Letters), by İlker Çatak (Germany, France, Turkey, 2026). Golden Bear for Best Film + Guild Film Prize

  Berlinale Special Gala:

  Die Blutgräfin (The Blood Countess), by Ulrike Ottinger (Austria, Luxembourg, Germany, 2026).  

  Heysel 85, by Teodora Ana Mihai (Belgium, Netherlands, Germany, 2026). 

  Berlinale Special Series:

  Ravalejar (Ravalear: Not For Sale), by Pol Rodríguez, Isaki Lacuesta (Spain, Belgium, 2026).

  Perspectives:

  A Prayer for the Dying, by Dara Van Dusen (Norway, Greece, UK, Sweden, 2026). 

  Panorama:

  Iván & Hadoum, by Ian de la Rosa (Spain, Germany, Belgium, 2025). Teddy Award Best Feature Film

  Narciso, by Marcelo Martinessi (Paraguay, Spain, Germany, France, Brazil, Portugal, Uruguay, 2026). Prize of the Fipresci Jury

  Panorama Dokumente:

  The Other Side of the Sun, by Tawfik Sabouni (Belgium, France, Saudi Arabia). 

  Forum:

  De capul nostru (On Our Own), by Tudor Cristian Jurgiu (Romania, Italy, 2026). Cicae Art Cinema Award

  Liebhaberinnen (Women as Lovers), by Koxi (Germany, Luxembourg, 2026). 

  Generation K Plus:

  En, ten, týky! (Eeny, Meeny, Miny, Moe! / Ene, mene, muh!), by Andrea Szelesová (Czech Republic, Slovakia, 2026). 

  Imaginarni brojevi (Imaginary Numbers), by Jelica Jerinić (Serbia, Croatia, 2026). 

  Generation 14 Plus:

  Quatro Meninas (Four Girls), by Karen Suzane (Brazil, Netherlands, 2025). 

  Berlinale Shorts:

  Kozmonavti (Cosmonauts), by Leo Černic (Slovenia, Italy, 2026). Berlin Short Film Candidate for the European Film Awards

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  6 MEDIA funded films, nominated for 13 BAFTA Awards 2026

  SENTIMENTAL VALUE (AFFEKSJONSVERDI), by Joachim Trier (Norway, France, Denmark, Germany, Sweden). 8 Nominations, 1 Award:
  Best Film
  Film Not in the English Language WINNER
  Director (Joachim Trier)
  Original Screenplay (Eskil Vogt, Joachim Trier)
  Leading Actress (Renate Reinsve)
  Supporting Actress (Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas)
  Supporting Actor (Stellan Skarsgård)
  Casting (Yngvill Kolset Haga, Avy Kaufman)

  SIRĀT (SIRÂT), by Oliver Laxe (Spain, France). 1 nomination:

  Film Not in the English Language

  IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT(UN SIMPLE ACCIDENT), by Jafar Panahi (France, Iran, Luxembourg). 1 nomination:

  Film Not in the English Language

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

  Children's & Family Film

  LITTLE AMELIE (AMÉLIE ET LA MÉTAPHYSIQUE DES TUBES), by Maïlys Vallade, Liane-Cho Han (France). 1 nomination:

  Animated Film

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

  Film Not in the English Language

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  MEDIA funded films nominated and awarded for EFA Awards 2026

  SIRĀT (SIRÂT), by Oliver Laxe (Spain, France). 9 nominations, 5 Awards:

  European Film

  European Director (Oliver Laxe)

  European Screenwriter (Santiago Fillol, Oliver Laxe)

  European Actor (Sergi López)

  European Casting Director (Nadia Acimi, Luís Bértolo, María Rodrigo) WINNER

  European Cinematographer (Mauro Herce) WINNER

  European Editor (Cristóbal Fernández) WINNER

  European Production Designer (Laia Ateca) WINNER

  European Sound Designer (Yasmina Praderas, Amanda Villavieja, Laia Casanovas) WINNER

  SENTIMENTAL VALUE (AFFEKSJONSVERDI), by Joachim Trier (Norway, France, Denmark, Germanya, Sweden). 8 nominations, 6 awards:

  European Film WINNER

  European Director (Joachim Trier) WINNER

  European Screenwriter (Eskil Vogt, Joachim Trier) WINNER

  European Actress (Renate Reinsve) WINNER

  European Actor (Stellan Skarsgård) WINNER

  European Composer (Original Score) (Hania Rani) WINNER

  European Casting Director 

  European Production Designer

  SOUND OF FALLING (IN DIE SONNE SCHAUEN), by Mascha Schilinski (Germany). 8 nominations, 1 Award:

  European Film

  European Director (Mascha Schilinski)

  European Screenwriter (Mascha Schilinski, Louise Peter)

  European Casting Director 

  European Cinematographer 

  European Composer (Original Score) 

  European Costume Designer (Sabrina Krämer) WINNER

  European Make-Up & Hair Artist 

  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, 1 Award:

  European Film

  European Animated Feature Film WINNER

  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, 1 Award:

  European Film

  European Documentary WINNER

  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