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The 2024 LUX Audience Award nominees

The LUX Audience Award team of the European Parliament is organising in January and February a series of exclusive screenings in Brussels and Strasbourg. These screenings come right after those organised in November and December (read the news). The films will be followed by Q&A sessions with the teams behind the lens.

The schedule is as follows. Estibaliz Urresola Solaguren’s 20,000 Species of Bees [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Estíbaliz Urresola
film profile] will screen in Brussels on Friday, 12 January, at the Info Hub of the European Parliament, at 17:00 (register here) and on Saturday, 13 January, at Cinema Galeries, at 15:00 (register here), followed by a Q&A session with the Spanish director. Nicolas Philibert’s On the Adamant [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Nicolas Philibert
film profile] will screen in Strasbourg on Tuesday, 16 January, at the Cinema Cosmos, at 19:30 (register here), followed by a Q&A with the French director. Aki Kaurismäki’s Fallen Leaves [+see also:
film review
trailer
film profile] will screen in Brussels on Wednesday, 24 January, at the Info Hub of the European Parliament, at 18:00 (register here), and on Thursday, 25 January, at Cinema Galeries, at 18:30 (register here), followed by a Q&A with lead actress Alma Pöysti (now nominated for the Golden Globes – read the news) and actor Jussi Vatanen. Lastly, Ilker Çatak’s The Teachers' Lounge [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: İlker Çatak
interview: Leonie Benesch
film profile] will screen in Strasbourg on Tuesday, 6 February, at the European Parliament (LOW H-1.4), at 18:00 (register here) and on Wednesday, 7 February, at the Cinema Star in Strasbourg, at 20:00, followed by a Q&A session with the German director and the film’s co-writer Johannes Duncker.

For the record, during the award’s competition period, the European Parliament organises free screenings of the nominated films across the EU, providing subtitles in the 24 languages of the EU. The LUX Audience Award allows the audience, together with Members of the European Parliament, to determine the winner by rating the films here. Ten lucky citizens who rate the LUX nominees will be randomly selected to attend the award ceremony at the European Parliament, where they will have the opportunity to meet the film directors.