The European Film Academy gives Hiam Abbass its European Achievement in World Cinema Award for her body of work, to be presented at the 39th European Film Awards in Athens on 16 January 2027. Born in Nazareth to a Palestinian family and based in Paris since the late 1980s, Abbass has acted in more than 100 films, among them "Paradise Now", "The Visitor", "Miral" and "Blade Runner 2049", earned European Film Awards nominations for Eran Riklis's "The Syrian Bride" and "Lemon Tree", and drew a Primetime Emmy nomination in 2023 for HBO's "Succession"; she directed "Inheritance", which screened at Venice Days in 2012.

Primary: European Film Academy, news release, 21 October 2026