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The LUX Prize and LUX Film Days 2015 ready to kick off

15-10-2015

Given out each year by the European Parliament in order to cast a spotlight on the diversity of European cinema, the LUX Prize has kicked off its 2015 edition with the official presentation in the European Parliament’s Cultural Committee. The three finalists for the prize – Jonas Carpignano’s Mediterranea, Deniz Gamze Ergüven’s Mustang, and Kristina Grozeva and Petar Valchanov’s The Lesson – will be watched and...

Mustang heads to the European Film Awards and the Oscars

23-09-2015

Mustang heads for the European Film Awards and the Oscars

The fairy tale continues for Mustang, the feature debut by Turkish director Deniz Gamze Ergüven. The film, one of the three finalists for the 2015 LUX Prize alongside Jonas Carpignano’s Mediterranea and Kristina Grozeva and Petar Valchanov’s The...

Mustang and The Measure of a Man hope to represent France in the Oscars race

21-09-2015

One of the LUX Prize finalists, Deniz Gamze Ergüven’s Mustang, and one of the LUX Prize official selected films, Stéphane Brizé’s The Measure of a Man, will fight to be the French representative in the race for the nominations for the Oscar for Best...

The LUX Prize selected films run for the Oscars

21-09-2015

The awards season kicks off for the LUX Prize films. The 88th American Academy Awards, which will be given out in a ceremony in Los Angeles on 28 February, are already receiving the candidates to represent countries in the Best Foreign-language Film...

Interview: Margita Gosheva, actress in The Lesson

18-09-2015

The multi-award-winning film The Lesson, starring Margita Gosheva, and directed by Kristina Grozeva and Petar Valchanov, is one of the three finalists for the European Parliament's LUX Prize. The three films selected for the award were screened...

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Interviews

Interview: Margita Gosheva, actress in The Lesson

18/09/15
Interview: Jonas Carpignano, director of Mediterranea

18/09/15
Interview: Silvia Costa, President of the European Parliament's Culture Committee

18/09/15

Members of the Selection Panel

Peter

Bognar

Distributor, Festival Programmer
Mihai Cristian

Chirilov

Film Critic, Artistic Director of TIFF
Jose Luis

Cienfuegos

Director, Seville European Film Festival
Stephan

De Potter

Distributor, Cinéart
Fatima

Djoumer

International relations and events administrator, Europa Cinéma
Marion

Döring

Director of the European Film Academy, Producer European Film Awards
Jakub

Duszynski

Distributor, Gutek Films
Per

Ericsson

Responsible for Education and Teaching, Swedish Film Institute
Francesca

Feder

Producer of the 2012 LUX Prize winner "Io sono Li"
Giorgio

Gosetti

Director of Venise Days and partner in 28 Times Cinema
Paul Peter

Huth

Editor and Film Critic at ZDF
Ivana

Ivisic

Cinema and Audiovisual expert
Yorgos

Krassakopoulos

Film Critic, Programmer of Thessaloniki Film Festival
Christophe

Leparc

Secretary-General, Directors' Firtnight, Cannes International Film Festival
Susan

Newman-Baudais

Project Manager, Eurimages – Council of Europe
Karel

Och

Film Critic and Artistic Director of Karlovy Vary Film Festival
Ewa

Puszczyńska

Opus Film, Producer of IDA, LUX Film Prize Winner 2014
Jonathan

Romney

Film critic for FilmComment.com, Sight & Sound, Film programmer advisor, Author
Mira

Staleva

Programmer, Sofia International Film Festival (IFF)
Matteo

Zacchetti

Creative Europe programme – MEDIA