Awards 2027: Early Bird SubmissionNow Open!

The European Film Academy looks forward to receiving your film submissions and would like to highlight the Early Bird opportunity by encouraging you to submit your films already in March.We’re looking for bold stories, strong emotions, and films that resonate with audiences all over Europe. Fiction, animation or documentary – we can’t wait to discover your latest work!Submitting early not only allows you to benefit from the reduced Early Bird fee of 80 EUR (instead of 100 EUR), but also ensures that our committees have sufficient time to give these wonderful films from across Europe the attention they truly deserve.With kind regards,The team of the European Film Awards.

GENERAL

The 39th European Film Awards will be presented by the European Film Academy and European Film Academy Productions on 16 January 2027 in Athens/Greece.

ELIGIBILITY

Eligible films must have a European director, be intended for theatrical release and have had their first official screening (be it at a festival or at a regular cinema) between 1 October 2025 and 30 September 2026 and meet the particular criteria of the respective European Film Awards category.

Depending on the date of a film’s first official screening/world premiere, a film needs to be submitted within the respective submission period.

The main production country must be European; European, in the sense of the European Film Academy, means geographical Europe, both EU and non-EU, and includes Israel and Palestine (please refer to the list of eligible countries).

Eligible individuals for a nomination or an award must be born in Europe or hold a European passport. The Academy Board may consider non-Europeans provided they have a European refugee or similar status or have lived in Europe and worked in the European film industry for at least five consecutive years.

FILM SUBMISSION

For the selection and nomination procedure, full-length fiction, documentary and animated feature films need to be made available to the Academy board and/or the members of the corresponding committee(s).

The early bird fee is now available for the rightsholders of films that had their premiere between 1 October 2025 and now: they can submit their films in March making use of the early bird discounted fee of 80 EUR (subject to VAT) available until 31 March 2026 (regular submission fee is 100 EUR).

Films with a premiere ahead in April and May can be submitted right after their premiere but no later than 31 May 2026.

For films which will premiere in the following months (June to September 2026) there will be a second submission period with the submission deadline of 15 September – please watch out for the respective Call for Submissions.

For more information on the individual categories and the full regulations, please refer to the Regulations of the European Film Awards.

If you would like to submit a film, please contact submit@europeanfilmawards.eu

THE 39th EUROPEAN FILM AWARDSAthens/Greece, 16 January 2027

Patrons: Patrons: Austrian Film Institute British Film Institute (BFI) Catalan Institute for Cultural Companies. Ministry of Culture, Government of Catalonia (ICEC) Centre National du Cinéma et de l'Image Animée (CNC) Cinecittà SpA Danish Film Institute Deputy Ministry of Culture of Cyprus Eurimages Film Centre of Montenegro Film Fund Luxembourg Finnish Film Foundation Flanders Audiovisual Fund (VAF) Icelandic Film Centre Instituto de la Cinematografía y de las Artes Audiovisuales (ICAA) Instituto de la Cultura y las Artes de Sevilla (ICAS) Instituto do Cinema e do Audiovisual (ICA) International Sámi Film Institute Kosovo Cinematography Center Lithuanian Film Centre Ministry for Culture, Lands and Local Government of Malta Netherlands Film Fund North Macedonia Film Agency Norwegian Film Institute Polish Film Institute Screen Ireland/Fís Éireann Slovenian Film Center Swedish Film Institute * Swiss Films, supported by the Swiss Federal Office of Culture