Tip of the day – The European Film Awards go to Athens in January 2027

• January 14, 2025

The 39th European Film Awards will take place in Athens – The big event of 2027 will take place at the Stavros Niarchos Foundation

The European Film Awards will be held in the Greek capital of Athens in January 2027. This was announced today by the European Film Academy and the Hellenic Film and Audiovisual Centre (HFAC) – Creative Greece, acting as the coordinator of the Greek consortium comprised of the Ministry of Culture, Ministry of Tourism, Ministry of Economy and Finance, City of Athens, Region of Attica, Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Centre, and the Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation ERT.

For the first time traveling to Southeastern Europe, the ceremony of the 39th European Film Awards 2027 will take place in the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center (SNFCC), preceded by the traditional Mayor’s Night reception on the eve of the award ceremony at the Zappeion Megaron.

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The event provides a great opportunity for Greece to promote Greek art, culture and design, and to focus on Greece as a high-quality destination for film shoots and as an attractive partner for co-productions, thanks to a recently improved and excellent support cash rebate scheme. The choice for Athens is an important recognition of the Greek film industry and presents the country as an interesting filmmaking destination as well as an integral part of Europe’s film culture right in the Southeastern part of the European continent.

Greece and Athens are delighted to offer a stage for European film in the upcoming period. In the promotion program, also other key events in Greece, such as the Thessaloniki Documentary Film Festival and the Thessaloniki International Film Festival, will serve as important platforms for networking and discussions for the film industry.

A high number of Greek talents (158) are members of the European Film Academy. Several Greek films have received the prestigious European Film Award so far: The legendary Greek director Theo Angelopoulos received three European Film Awards – for LANDSCAPE IN THE MIST (1989), ULYSSEE’S GAZE (1995) and THE WEEPING MEADOW (2004). Yorgos Lanthimos and Efthimis Filippou were named European Screenwriter 2015 for THE LOBSTER. Yorgos Lanthimos also received the award for European Director for THE FAVOURITE, for which for which Yorgos Mavropsaridis won European Editing (both 2019). Finally, the Eurimages International Co-Production Award 2018 was given to Greek producers Konstantinos Kontovrakis and Giorgos Karnavas, the latter being an Academy Board member since 2024.

The location Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center (SNFCC) is designed by the leading Italian architect Renzo Piano and his firm Renzo Piano Building Workshop in 2016, thanks to the vision and donation of the Stavros Niarchos Foundation. The SNFCC hosts the premises of the Greek National Opera and the National Library of Greece, and at the heart of this public domain lies the Stavros Niarchos Park, the largest public Mediterranean garden in the world. It is considered a cultural and social hotspot renowned, among other things, for its international high-profile events well beyond the borders of Greece and it is a modern landmark in a city that is considered the cradle of Western society. Centrally located, it is linked to the city’s historical center with on one side the world-famous Acropolis and on the other, the Faliro Bay.

Around 1,300 guests will attend the award ceremony in 2027. Media partner ERT, the Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation, supported by the European Broadcasting Union, will air the show live in Greece and throughout Europe as well as enable European partners to livestream the event simultaneously.

The 39th European Film Awards will be celebrated on Saturday 16 January 2027.