'Arco' Courtesy of Neon Share on Facebook Share on X Google Preferred Share to Flipboard Show additional share options Share on LinkedIn Share on Pinterest Share on Reddit Share on Tumblr Share on Whats App Send an Email Print the Article Post a Comment The European Film Awards (EFA), the top pan-European cinema honor, has kicked off in Berlin. Arco, Ugo Bienvenu's hopeful animated fantasy about a boy from the future who offers humanity an alternative to climate change disaster, one the top prize for European Animation Feature Film, perhaps giving the hand-drawn feature a leg-up in awards season. The EFAs this year moved from December to mid-January, hopping putting the event in peak awards territory will help boost buzz around European contenders for international honors, including the Oscars. Related Stories Movies "European Cinema Is Alive and Kicking": EFA Chief Matthijs Wouter Knol on a Bold Awards Season Pivot Music Yungblud on Protests in Iran: "We Have to Be Their Light Right Now" All of this year's EFA Best Film nominees are Oscar contenders: Joachim Trier's Norwegian melodrama Sentimental Value, Jafar Panahi's Palme d'Or winning Iranian/French moral thriller It Was Just an Accident, Olivier Laxe's post-apocalyptic road movie Sirāt, Mascha Schilinski's multi-generational German period film Sound of Falling, and Kaouther Ben Hania's harrowing Gaza drama The Voice of Hind Rajab. In the director's race, Laxe, Panahi, Trier and Schilinski will be going up against Yorgos Lanthimos, nominated for the Emma Stone/Jessie Plemons starrer Bugonia. Trier's Sentimental Value has a slight edge in the overall nominations, with 5 noms across the top 5 categories. Laxe's Sirāt is right behind it with 4 noms, for best feature, director, actor and screenplay, followed by It Was Just an Accident and Sound of Falling, with 3 noms each. Liv Ullmann, the two-time Oscar-nominated Norwegian actress and director, best known for such 1970s classics as Cries and Whispers, and Scenes From a Marriage, will receive a lifetime achievement honor at this year's EFAs. Alice Rohrwacher, the Italian director of La Chimera, Futura, and Happy as Lazzaro will be honored with the European Achievement in World Cinema Award. Check out the full list of winners below. EUROPEAN FILM Afternoons of SolitudeArcoDog of GodFiume o Morte!, dir. Igor BezinovićIt Was Just an Accident, dir. Jafar PanahiLittle Amelie, dir. Maïlys Vallade and Liane-Cho HanOlivia and the Invisible Earthquake, dir. Irene Iborra RizoRiefenstahl, dir. Andres VeielSentimental Value, dir. Joachim TrierSirāt, dir. Oliver LaxeSongs of Slow Burning Earth, dir. Olha ZhurbaSound of Falling, dir. Mascha SchilinskiTales From the Magic Garden, dir. David Súkup, Patrik Pašš, Leon Vidmar and Jean-Claude RozecThe Voice of Hind Rajab, dir. Kaouther Ben HaniaWith Hasan in Gaza, dir. Kamal Aljafari EUROPEAN DOCUMENTARY Afternoons of Solitude, dir. Albert SerraFiume o Morte!, dir. Igor BezinovićRiefenstahl, dir. Andres VeielSongs of Slow Burning Earth, dir. Olha ZhurbaWith Hasan in Gaza, dir. Kamal Aljafari EUROPEAN ANIMATED FEATURE FILM Arco (WINNER)Dog of GodLittle AmelieOlivia and the Invisible EarthquakeTales From the Magic Garden EUROPEAN DIRECTOR Yorgos Lanthimos for BugoniaOliver Laxe for SirātJafar Panahi for It Was Just an AccidentMascha Schilinski for Sound of FallingJoachim Trier for Sentimental Value EUROPEAN ACTRESS Leonie Benesch for Late ShiftValeria Bruni Tedeschi for DuseLéa Drucker for Case 137Vicky Krieps for Love Me TenderRenate Reinsve for Sentimental Value EUROPEAN ACTOR Sergi López for SirātMads Mikkelsen for The Last VikingToni Servillo for La GraziaStellan Skarsgård for Sentimental ValueIdan Weiss for Franz EUROPEAN SCREENWRITER Santiago Fillol and Oliver Laxe for SirātJafar Panahi for It Was Just an AccidentMascha Schilinski and Louise Peter for Sound of FallingPaolo Sorrentino for La GraziaEskil Vogt and Joachim Trier for Sentimental Value EUROPEAN DISCOVERY - PRIX FIPRESCI Little Trouble Girls, dir. Urška DjukićMy Father's Shadow, dir. Akinola Davies JrOn Falling, dir. Laura Carreira (WINNER)One of Those Days When Hemme Dies, dir. Murat FıratoğluSauna, dir. Mathias BroeUnder the Grey Sky, dir. Mara Tamkovich EUROPEAN YOUNG AUDIENCE AWARD Arco I Accidentally Wrote a BookSiblings (WINNER) EUROPEAN CINEMATOGRAPHER Mauro Herce for SirātFabian Gamper for Sound of FallingManu Dacosse for The Stranger EUROPEAN EDITOR Yorgos Mavropsaridis for BugoniaToni Froschhammer for Die My LoveCristóbal Fernández for Sirāt EUROPEAN PRODUCTION DESIGNER James Price for BugoniaJørgen Stangebye Larsen for Sentimental ValueLaia Ateca for Sirāt (WINNER) EUROPEAN COSTUME DESIGNER Ursula Patzak for DuseMichaela Horáčková Hořejší for FranzSabrina Krämer for Sound of Falling (WINNER) EUROPEAN CASTING DIRECTOR Yngvill Kolset Haga and Avy Kaufman for Sentimental ValueNadia Acimi, Luís Bértolo and María Rodrigo for SirātKarimah El-Giamal and Jacqueline Rietz for Sound of Falling EUROPEAN MAKE-UP