26/07/2011

The European Parliament has today officially announced the three European feature films that will compete in this year’s edition of the LUX Prize:

Attenberg [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Athina Rachel Tsangari
film profile] by Athina Rachel Tsangari
Les neiges du Kilimandjaro [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Robert Guédiguian
interview: Robert Guédiguian
film profile] by Robert Guediguian
Play [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Ruben Östlund
interview: Ruben Ostlund
film profile] by Ruben Östlund

Standing out from a selection list of ten titles - which also included Aki Kaurismäki’s Le Havre [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Aki Kaurismäki
film profile], Béla Tarr’s The Turin Horse [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Béla Tarr
film profile], Jerzy Skolimowski’s Essential Killing [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Jerzy Skolimowski
film profile], Nanni Moretti’s Habemus Papam [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Nanni Moretti
film profile], Raoul Ruiz’s Mysteries of Lisbon [+see also:
trailer
film profile], Marian Crisan’s Morgen [+see also:
trailer
film profile] and Wim Wenders’ Pina [+see also:
trailer
interview: Wim Wenders
film profile] - the three titles in competition bring a fresh perspective on themes close to the best traditions of the LUX Prize's previous editions - integration and youngsters, the economic crisis and solidarity, family and cultural relations.

Thanks to a partnership between the European Parliament and Venice Days, the three films will be screened in the prestigious Venice Film Festival sidebar section in early September. Later, between October 11 and November 10, MEPs are invited to attend the screenings of the three films in the European Parliament and vote for their favourite. The LUX Prize 2011 Award Ceremony is scheduled for November 16 in Strasbourg.

The LUX Prize also focuses on film distribution by covering the cost of subtitling the winning film into the EU's 23 official languages, including an adaptation of the original version for hearing- or visually impaired people, and supplying a digital cinema package or a 35mm print for the 27 EU member states.

Previous winners include Fatih Akin The Edge of Heaven [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Fatih Akin
interview: Klaus Maeck
film profile](2007), Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne’s The Silence of Lorna [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Arta Dobroshi
interview: Arta Dobroshi
interview: Jean-Pierre et Luc Dardenne
interview: Olivier Bronckart
film profile] (2008), Philippe Lioret’s Welcome [+see also:
film review
trailer
making of
interview: Philippe Lioret
film profile] (2009) and Feo Aladag’s When We Leave [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Feo Aladag
interview: Feo Aladag
film profile] (2010).