European Award Season 2027 Launches in 150 Cities
The season, running November 2026 to January 2027, brings screenings and events for nominated and curated European films to cinemas across 50 countries.
Updated on Nov. 5, 2026 in Arthouse
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The European Film Academy has launched European Award Season 2027, a program of screenings, special events, curated programmes and retrospectives in 150 cities. The season runs from November 2026 to 16 January 2027, ahead of the 39th European Film Awards ceremony in Athens.
Why it matters
The season widens public access to European cinema by connecting cinemas and cultural partners across 50 countries, with all box-office revenues remaining with the participating partner cinemas. Its expansion to new territories, including Andorra, Greenland, Luxembourg and the United States, extends the network beyond Europe.
The 2026 edition recorded more than 40,000 screenings and more than one million admissions across the network. The 2027 figures for screenings and admissions have not yet been reported.
The players
European Film Academy
The European Film Academy is the professional body that presents the European Film Awards and organizes the European Award Season.
Europa Cinemas
Europa Cinemas is a network of European cinemas that promotes European films and co-runs the season.
CICAE
CICAE is the International Confederation of Art Cinemas, which partners in running the season.
Eurimages
Eurimages is the Council of Europe fund that supports co-productions and backs special screenings of nominated films.
The details
Partner cinemas, festivals, cinematheques, cultural centres, film networks and online platforms host the season's events, run in partnership with Europa Cinemas and CICAE. Special screenings of films nominated for the European Film Awards are supported by Eurimages, and the nominations were announced on 14 November at the Thessaloniki International Film Festival.
Timeline
14 November 2026: European Film Awards nominations announced at the Thessaloniki International Film Festival.
November 2026 to 16 January 2027: European Award Season 2027 runs across 150 cities.
16 January 2027: 39th European Film Awards ceremony in Athens, Greece.
Industry Dynamics
The season extends the European Film Awards from a single ceremony into a multi-month circuit of screenings, linking the awards to cinemas outside Europe through the new United States participation. It follows the model of a networked awards season rather than a one-off event.
Viewers in participating cities can see nominated and curated European films in local cinemas during the season, which runs until 16 January 2027. Box-office revenues from these screenings stay with the partner cinemas that host them.
The takeaway
The season gives audiences a structured way to follow European cinema from the November nominations through the January ceremony. Checking local partner cinemas is the most direct way to find screenings.
What happens next
The 39th European Film Awards ceremony is scheduled for 16 January 2027 in Athens, Greece, with nominated films introduced in Athens, Berlin and Paris.
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