EUFCN Location Awards 2025 Winners Announced

EUFCN Location Awards, the annual prize for European filming locations, announced its winners at Berlin’s European Film Market 2026. Olsberg•SPI (SPI) partnered with the European Film Commissions Network (EUFCN) on this ninth edition of the awards.

Each year, EUFCN member film commissions can compete in the EUFCN Location Awards. Members can submit one film location from a film or television series shot in their territory in the past year.

This year, La Palma (Canary Islands Film) was awarded the EUFCN Location Award 2025, selected by the Location Awards Jury, while Figueira da Foz (Portugal Film Commission) won the EUFCN Audience Location Award 2025, chosen by the public through online voting.

The EUFCN Location Award 2025 was received by Natacha Mora, Coordinator at Canary Islands Film, Lorena Martín, Project Manager at Canary Islands Film, and Beatriz Páez, Island Director of Tourism of the Island Council of La Palma. The international production La Palma (2024) exemplified the importance of collaboration among the Film Commission, the Island Council (Cabildo), and local municipalities, streamlining permitting processes and strengthening logistical coordination for large-scale shoots.

The Location Awards 2025 finalists were: 

·      Belgrade (Serbia Film Commission, Serbia) for The Librarians: The Next Chapter

·       Figueira da foz (Portugal Film Commission, Portugal) for Broken Spies (Espias)

·       Inari (Film Lapland - Finnish Lapland Film Commission, Finland) for Arctic Circle (Ivalo)

·       La Palma (Canary Islands Film, Spain) for La Palma

·       Sangerhausen (MDM Film Commission, Germany) for Phantoms of July (Sehnsucht in Sangerhausen)