European Film Award Nominations: ‘Fatherland’ Reigns Over Contest, Followed by ‘La Bola Negra’
According to a report by Variety published in November 2026, Paweł Pawlikowski’s “Fatherland,” which focuses on the relationship between writer Thomas Mann and his daughter Erika, leads the contest for the 39th European Film Awards (EFA) with 11 nominations. It is followed closely by Javier Calvo and Javier Ambrossi’s “La Bola Negra,” a triptych about the history of gay men’s sexuality, which received 10 nominations. Both films shared the best director prize at the Cannes Film Festival.