NEWS
🏆 Closing ceremony & awards ceremony 2026
Monday, April 13, 2026 – Cinéma Les 7 Parnassiens – Paris
✨ 90 films screened. 15 days of emotions.
The 21ᵉ edition of the Europe by Europe festival, founded by filmmaker Irena Bilic and chaired by Ghislaine Masset, came to a close this Monday, April 13, 2026. Over 15 days of screenings and encounters, we showed 90 films, reflecting the richness and diversity of European auteur cinema.
The Festival is delighted to unveil its 2026 Prize List, saluting the talent of filmmakers from all over Europe, in the fiction, documentary and short film sections.
🐺 Prix SAUVAGE (feature-length fiction)
🎬 🏆 Winner: Nu mă lăsa să mor / Don’t Let me Die by Andrei Epure (Romania / France / Bulgaria)
🌙 Prix LUNA (fiction – youth jury)
🎬 🏆 Winner : Hiidenkirnu / Giant’s Kettle by Markku Hakala and Mari Käki (Finland)
🎥 Prix PRESENT (long documentaries)
🎬 🏆 Winner : ფოფოდი ა სშ ვ ი ლე ბ ი / The Children of Popodia by Sofia Babluani (France / Georgia)
🎖️ Special Mention : Les Amours Parapluies by Paola Valentin (France)
🎞️ Prix SAUVAGE CORTO (short films)
🎬 🏆 Winner: Il volo della falena / The Flight of the Moth by Nikola Lorenzin (Italy)
🎖️ Special Mention : Madonnas by Pola Mika Lara Kapuste (Germany / Italy)
🐾 Prix LUPETO (short films – student jury)
🎬 🏆 Winner : Madonnas by Pola Mika Lara Kapuste (Germany / Italy)
🎖️ Special mentions :
Tarik by Adem Tutić (Serbia)
El ressò de la mirada / The Echo of the Gaze by Carles Bover (Spain)
🐾 Prix du Jury TeleSorbonne / Court-Echelle (short films – student jury)
🎬 🏆 Winner : Loc sub soare / Place Under the Sun by Vlad Bolgarin (Moldavia)
🎖️ Special mention: El ressò de la mirada / The Echo of the Gaze by Carles Bover (Spain)
