Pawel Pawlikowski’s ‘Ojczyzna’ Gets 11 European Film Award Nominations

Pawel Pawlikowski’s “Ojczyzna” leads the 39th European Film Awards race with 11 nominations, setting up a clash with Javier Calvo and Javier Ambrossi’s “Black Bullet” on January 16, 2027.

Ojczyzna Leads with 11 Nominations

The European Film Academy announced the nominations on Saturday during the Thessaloniki International Film Festival at the Pavlos Zannas Theater. According to Interia Film, more than 5,700 industry members voted on the selections.

“Ojczyzna” secured 11 nominations, including best European film, director, screenwriting, actress, actor, casting direction, cinematography, editing, costume design, production design, and sound, as reported by Filmweb. Javier Calvo and Javier Ambrossi’s “Black Bullet” follows close behind with 10 nominations, according to Interia Film.

Cristian Mungiu’s “Fjord,” which won the Palme d’Or at Cannes, received five nominations, while Sandra Wollner’s “Everytime” and Andrey Zvyagintsev’s “Minotaur” also compete in top categories. Radio Wrocław said that the film was shot in Lower Silesia and received support as a co-production of the Lower Silesian Film Centre.

Pawlikowski Earns Multiple Nominations for Directing and Screenwriting

Pawlikowski earned nominations for directing, screenwriting alongside Henk Handloegten, and editing. Additional nominations went to editor Piotr Wójcik, casting director, production designers Katarzyna Sobańska and Marcel Sławiński, and sound designer Lars Ginzel and Tarn Willers, according to Onet and Interia Film.

In the acting categories, Sandra Hüller and Hanns Zischler received nominations for playing Erika and Thomas Mann. Hüller earned a second nomination for her role in “Rose,” as reported by Onet.

Set in 1949, the film follows German writer Thomas Mann and his daughter Erika traveling through divided postwar Germany from Frankfurt in West Germany to Weimar in East Germany. It marks Pawlikowski’s first feature film in eight years following “Ida” and “Cold War,” and it is also Poland’s official candidate for the international feature film Oscar.

“Ojczyzna” competes for best European film alongside “Fjord,” “Waves,” “Iron Boy,” “Jim Queen and the Quest for Chloroqueer,” “Black Bullet,” “La Gradiva,” “Letters,” “Lucy Lost,” “Naza,” “Preparations for a Revolution,” “Mountain Daughters,” “Viva Carmen,” “Forest Songs,” and “Unknown Woman,” according to Filmweb.

Ceremony Details

Winners will be announced on January 16, 2027, during the awards gala at the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center in Athens. The event is organized by the European Film Academy alongside the Hellenic Film and Audiovisual Center.