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LUX PRIZE 2020 #EuropeansAgainstCovid19

The LUX Prize helps audiences get through confinement

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- A new initiative undertaken by the European Parliament's award maps the VoD availability of the finalist films from every edition of the LUX Prize

The LUX Prize helps audiences get through confinement

The European Parliament’s LUX Prize is adding its name to the list of key players starting up special initiatives in order to make these hard times a little more bearable for us from our respective homes. For this period of general confinement throughout Europe, the award is mapping the availability of the films from all of its editions, from 2007 to last year, on every VoD platform in the European Union and the United Kingdom. This initiative complements the #Europeansagainstcovid19 campaign put in place by the European Parliament.

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The initiative is kicking off by tracking down every trio of finalist titles from each year, including every winner in the history of the prize. The films are Teona Strugar Mitevska’s God Exists, Her Name Is Petrunya [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Labina Mitevska
interview: Teona Strugar Mitevska
film profile
]
, Mads Brügger’s Cold Case Hammarskjöld [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Mads Brügger
interview: Mads Brügger
film profile
]
and Rodrigo Sorogoyen’s The Realm [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Rodrigo Sorogoyen
interview: Rodrigo Sorogoyen, Isabel P…
film profile
]
from the 2019 edition; Benedikt Erlingsson’s Woman at War [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Benedikt Erlingsson
interview: Benedikt Erlingsson
film profile
]
, Wolfgang Fischer’s Styx [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Wolfgang Fischer
film profile
]
and Mila Turajlic’s The Other Side of Everything [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Mila Turajlić
film profile
]
from 2018; Amanda Kernell’s Sámi Blood [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Amanda Kernell
interview: Lars Lindstrom
film profile
]
, Robin Campillo’s BPM (Beats Per Minute) [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Arnaud Valois
interview: Robin Campillo
film profile
]
and Valeska Grisebach’s Western [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Jonas Dornbach
interview: Valeska Grisebach
interview: Valeska Grisebach
film profile
]
from 2017; Maren Ade’s Toni Erdmann [+see also:
film review
trailer
Q&A: Maren Ade
film profile
]
, Leyla Bouzid’s As I Open My Eyes [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Leyla Bouzid
film profile
]
and Claude BarrasMy Life as a Courgette [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Claude Barras
film profile
]
from 2016; Denis Gamze Ergüven’s Mustang [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Deniz Gamze Ergüven
film profile
]
, Jonas Carpignano’s Mediterranea [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Jonas Carpignano
film profile
]
, and Kristina Grozeva and Petar Valchanov’s The Lesson [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Kristina Grozeva, Petar Val…
interview: Margita Gosheva
film profile
]
from 2015; Pawel Pawlikowski’s Ida [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Pawel Pawlikowski
interview: Pawel Pawlikowski
film profile
]
, Céline Sciamma’s Girlhood [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Céline Sciamma
interview: Céline Sciamma
film profile
]
and Rok Bicek’s Class Enemy [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Rok Biček
interview: Rok Bicek
interview: Rok Bicek
film profile
]
from 2014; Felix van Groeningen’s The Broken Circle Breakdown [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Felix van Groeningen
interview: Felix Van Groeningen
interview: Felix Van Groeningen
film profile
]
, Valeria Golino’s Miele [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Valeria Golino
interview: Valeria Golino
film profile
]
and Clio Barnard’s The Selfish Giant [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Clio Barnard
interview: Clio Barnard
film profile
]
from 2013; Andrea Segre’s Shun Li and the Poet [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Andrea Segre
interview: Andrea Segre
film profile
]
, Benedek Fliegauf’s Just the Wind [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Bence Fliegauf
film profile
]
and Miguel GomesTabu [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Miguel Gomes
interview: Miguel Gomes
film profile
]
from 2012; Robert Guédiguian’s The Snows of Kilimanjaro [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Robert Guédiguian
interview: Robert Guédiguian
film profile
]
, Athina Rachel Tsangari’s Attenberg [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Athina Rachel Tsangari
film profile
]
and Ruben Östlund’s Play [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Ruben Östlund
interview: Ruben Ostlund
film profile
]
from 2011; Feo Aladag’s When We Leave [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Feo Aladag
interview: Feo Aladag
film profile
]
and Olivier Masset-Depasse’s Illegal [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Olivier Masset-Depasse
film profile
]
from 2010; Philippe Lioret’s Welcome [+see also:
film review
trailer
making of
interview: Philippe Lioret
film profile
]
, Kamen Kalev’s Eastern Plays [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Kamen Kalev
film profile
]
and Hans-Christian Schmid’s Storm [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Alexander Fehling
interview: Hans-Christian Schmid
film profile
]
from 2009; Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne’s Lorna's Silence [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Arta Dobroshi
interview: Arta Dobroshi
interview: Jean-Pierre et Luc Dardenne
interview: Olivier Bronckart
film profile
]
, and Miroslav Janek and Pavel Koutecký’s Citizen Havel [+see also:
trailer
film profile
]
from 2008; and finally, Fatih Akin’s The Edge of Heaven [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Fatih Akin
interview: Klaus Maeck
film profile
]
, Cristian Mungiu’s 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Cristian Mungiu
interview: Oleg Mutu
film profile
]
and Manoel de Oliveira’s Belle toujours [+see also:
trailer
film profile
]
from 2007.

The films are listed on the LUX Prize Films on Demand website, which will be continually updated to reflect the titles currently on offer. Later on, the complete array of Official Selection titles (up to ten per year) will also be added.

The LUX Prize will also provide this content to each country’s European Parliament Liaison Offices (EPLOs) so that they can shift the focus from their theatrical events onto online initiatives, thus making the most of the LUX films that are already available in their territories.

Furthermore, as part of the #Europeansagainstcovid19 campaign the LUX Prize and Cineuropa will start interviewing the members of the selection panel to discuss the current situation and find out which films available on VOD they recommend the viewers for this period of confinement.

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