{"id":49760,"date":"2025-10-22T08:46:00","date_gmt":"2025-10-22T08:46:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europeanfilmawards.eu\/?p=49760"},"modified":"2025-10-31T10:53:09","modified_gmt":"2025-10-31T10:53:09","slug":"mark-cousins-curates-european-film-awards-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europeanfilmawards.eu\/mark-cousins-curates-european-film-awards-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Mark Cousins to curate the ceremony of the 38th European Film Awards, turning it into &#8220;a live film-essay&#8221;\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"49760\" class=\"elementor elementor-49760\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4a6144b e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"4a6144b\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f31162d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f31162d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">In close collaboration with film composer Dascha Dauenhauer and stage director Robert Lehniger <\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-beb9630 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"beb9630\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9cc2359 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9cc2359\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span class=\"TextRun Highlight SCXW218878899 BCX4\" lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed SCXW218878899 BCX4\">Irish-Scottish<\/span> <span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW218878899 BCX4\">filmmaker <a href=\"https:\/\/www.europeanfilmawards.eu\/talent\/mark-cousins\/\"><strong>Mark Cousins<\/strong><\/a> has joined the creative team preparing the 38th edition of the European Film Awards, which will take place on 17 January 2026 at the House of World Cultures (HKW) in Berlin. The appointment follows the wish of the European Film Academy to create more impact with its annual ceremony, and steer away from generic scripts dominated by award categories and acceptance speeches. Instead, the annual award show for European cinema, now taking place more prominently in the international awards season just after the Golden Globes and during the Oscar nomination voting period, will ask &#8220;why do we love cinema?&#8221; and be <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW218878899 BCX4\">an <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW218878899 BCX4\">artistic <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun AdvancedProofingIssueV2Themed SCXW218878899 BCX4\">experience in itself<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW218878899 BCX4\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW218878899 BCX4\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:293}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Mark Cousins (1965) is best known for his numerous and successful documentary films, including the 15-hour THE STORY OF FILM: AN ODYSSEY (2011) and WOMEN MAKE FILM: A NEW ROAD MOVIE THROUGH CINEMA (2019), which was awarded the European Film Award for Innovative Storytelling in 2020. His film <a href=\"https:\/\/www.europeanfilmawards.eu\/efa-movie\/the-march-on-rome\/\">THE MARCH ON ROME<\/a> was nominated in the category European Documentary 2022 for the 35th European Film Awards. His most recent work, A SUDDEN GLIMPSE TO DEEPER THINGS, about artists Wilhelmina Barns-Graham, won the Crystal Globe for best film in Karlovy Vary in 2024.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:293}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Cousins has been co-director of a number of innovatively staged film events with Tilda Swinton, with whom he also initiated the 8 1\/2 Foundation, aiming to link children to the world of cinema.\u202f\u202f<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:293}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Cousins on his involvement in the upcoming award ceremony: \u201cI love playing with the form of film events, so I jumped at the chance to be part of the European Film Awards&#8217; evening.\u202f We hope to have some surprises. We&#8217;ll try to conjure cinematic images, emotions and ideas. I&#8217;m honoured to work with Robert, Dascha and the Academy team, in a building I&#8217;ve long admired.&#8221;\u202f<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:293}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Mark Cousins is joined by German film composer Dascha Dauenhauer, who has signed responsible for the musical concept of the event, and theatre director Robert Lehniger, who acts as stage director and oversees the award ceremony.<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a9 Mark Cousins\u202f<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:293}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a00e6bb e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"a00e6bb\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-803dc5b e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"803dc5b\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c245b2f elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"c245b2f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"555\" height=\"312\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europeanfilmawards.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/DASCHA2025_heller_Credits_Hussein_Chehimi-2-1-555x312.jpg\" class=\"attachment-gallery_thumbnail size-gallery_thumbnail wp-image-49772\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.europeanfilmawards.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/DASCHA2025_heller_Credits_Hussein_Chehimi-2-1-555x312.jpg 555w, https:\/\/www.europeanfilmawards.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/DASCHA2025_heller_Credits_Hussein_Chehimi-2-1-1920x1080.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 555px) 100vw, 555px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">\u00a9 Hussein Chehimi<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4e853eb e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"4e853eb\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c745594 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"c745594\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"555\" height=\"312\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europeanfilmawards.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/RobertL_Credit_Matthias_Horn-555x312.jpg\" class=\"attachment-gallery_thumbnail size-gallery_thumbnail wp-image-49746\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.europeanfilmawards.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/RobertL_Credit_Matthias_Horn-555x312.jpg 555w, https:\/\/www.europeanfilmawards.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/RobertL_Credit_Matthias_Horn-1920x1080.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 555px) 100vw, 555px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">\u00a9 Matthias Horn<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0d04457 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"0d04457\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-51626fe elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"51626fe\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.europeanfilmawards.eu\/talent\/dascha-dauenhauer\/\"><strong><span class=\"TextRun Highlight SCXW101162679 BCX4\" lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW101162679 BCX4\">Dascha Dauenhauer<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/a><span class=\"TextRun Highlight SCXW101162679 BCX4\" lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW101162679 BCX4\">\u202f(1989)\u202fcan be called one of the most successful of a new generation of film composers. Born in Moscow, she grew up in Berlin and studied piano, music theory and composition. While writing chamber music and solo works, her piece<\/span> <span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW101162679 BCX4\">Sinfonietta\u202fwas performed at the Berliner <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW101162679 BCX4\">Philharmonie<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW101162679 BCX4\"> in 2004, when she was just 15. After continuing her studies and focusing on film score composition, she won a European Film Award for her Original Score of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.europeanfilmawards.eu\/efa-movie\/berlin-alexanderplatz\/\">BERLIN ALEXANDERPLATZ<\/a> (Burhan Qurbani, 2020) and most recently her second German Film Award for her score of Jan-Ole Gerster\u2019s ISLANDS (2025). Her other works include the scores for EVOLUTION (Korn\u00e9l <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW101162679 BCX4\">Mundrucz\u00f3<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW101162679 BCX4\">, 2021), GOLDA (Guy <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW101162679 BCX4\">Nattiv<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW101162679 BCX4\">, 2023) and\u202f<a href=\"https:\/\/www.europeanfilmawards.eu\/efa-movie\/tatami\/\">TATAMI<\/a> (Guy <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW101162679 BCX4\">Nattiv<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW101162679 BCX4\"> and Zar Amir Ebrahimi, 2024).<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW101162679 BCX4\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:293}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span class=\"TextRun Highlight SCXW14260102 BCX4\" lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW14260102 BCX4\">Stage director<\/span> <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.europeanfilmacademy.org\/press\/countdown-only-few-days-left-until-the-european-film-awards\/\"><strong><span class=\"TextRun Highlight SCXW14260102 BCX4\" lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW14260102 BCX4\">Robert <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW14260102 BCX4\">Lehniger<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/a><span class=\"TextRun Highlight SCXW14260102 BCX4\" lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW14260102 BCX4\">\u202fis a German-born theatre director and video artist who has worked as an independent director throughout the German, Swiss and Austrian theatre landscape. His work is characterised <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun AdvancedProofingIssueV2Themed SCXW14260102 BCX4\">by the use of<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW14260102 BCX4\"> digital media in combination with stage performance, bridging the gap between theatre and cinema. Among his many productions fuelled by his passion for cinema are<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW14260102 BCX4\"> THE DREAMERS <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW14260102 BCX4\">(2009, Schauspiel Hannover), based on the novel by Gilbert Adair,<\/span> <span class=\"NormalTextRun ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed SCXW14260102 BCX4\">WEEK END<\/span> <span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW14260102 BCX4\">(2010, <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW14260102 BCX4\">Theater<\/span> <span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW14260102 BCX4\">Neumarkt<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW14260102 BCX4\"> Zurich), inspired by the film by Jean-Luc Godard, and<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW14260102 BCX4\"> KATZELMACHER <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW14260102 BCX4\">(2025, <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW14260102 BCX4\">Staatsschauspiel<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW14260102 BCX4\"> Dresden) by Rainer Werner Fassbinder. Since 2022, he acts as Principal of the <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW14260102 BCX4\">MetFilm<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW14260102 BCX4\"> School in Berlin. <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW14260102 BCX4\">Lehniger<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW14260102 BCX4\"> was already responsible for the stage direction of the European Film Awards 2023.\u202f<\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"none\">The European Film Awards is a joined production of the European Film Academy and its in-house production arm, European Film Academy Productions \u2014 with\u202fJ\u00fcrgen Biesinger\u202fas the show\u2019s leading producer.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:293}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:293}\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">In a reaction, Academy Director <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Matthijs Wouter Knol<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\"> sums up: \u201cTogether with Academy President Juliette Binoche and outgoing Chairman Mike Downey, we have worked in the past year to fulfil our shared wish to create a more idiosyncratic form to celebrate European cinema. Cinema has been born in Europe. And Europe continuously forms the source of new international talent, daring storytelling and technical innovation, that all impact the images we see. Being able to work now with Robert, Dascha and Mark is an important step to create an event that can\u2019t be missed. Every year, we want the European Film Awards ceremony to be a true celebratory highlight for everyone loving European films. And yes, we believe that European cinema deserves a bold, mesmerising, and inspiring celebration that may well last three hours once per year.&#8221;<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:293}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p>\u00a9 Mark Cousins<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-27490ae e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"27490ae\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In close collaboration with film composer Dascha Dauenhauer and stage director Robert Lehniger Irish-Scottish filmmaker Mark Cousins has joined the creative team preparing the 38th edition of the European Film Awards, which will take place on 17 January 2026 at the House of World Cultures (HKW) in Berlin. 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