The LUX Film Prize: Moving Does Not Receive a Direct Grant
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AT A GLANCE LUX Prize 2.0: Infographic Pan-European Audience Film Award This also explains why the winner of the LUX Prize The LUX Film Prize: Moving does not receive a direct grant. Instead, the three LUX Prize in a nutshell competing films are subtitled in the 24 official EU to the next level languages and screened during the LUX Film Days in A catalogue of more than 60 cities and at various festivals, allowing The only parliament in the world to thousands of Europeans to see them and to vote 130 award a film prize, the European for the 'Audience Mention'. The winning film is also lms Parliament has been shining a adapted for those with visual and hearing impairments. on topical issues spotlight on European cinema every year since 2007. This year Through cooperation between the European Parliament the prize is gearing up to become a European Audience and Creative Europe – the EU programme supporting FOUR Film Award (see overleaf). Over the past 12 years, the LUX culture and the audiovisual sector – and Europa Cinemas – major international Film Prize has helped promote over 100 films, supporting a network of over 1 200 cinemas that promote European lm festivals the dissemination of European (co-)productions in a bid film – audiences throughout Europe are able to enjoy host LUX Film Prize Venice Cannes Berlin Karlovy to overcome the language and distribution barriers faced unique simultaneous screenings, connecting viewers screenings and events Vary by the European film industry. Prize-winners have gone and film-makers via live interactive discussions. For More than in over 60 cities on to be highly successful in the EU and beyond, making most countries, the screenings are national premières. across the EU the LUX Film Prize a synonym for quality film-making. The LUX Prize contribution to fighting covid fatigue 250 screenings The prize focuses on fundamental EU values, such as the The LUX Prize has recently launched a search engine to organised during the fight against poverty, the need to combat violence against enable people having to stay in to enjoy European films LUX Film Days women, and the integration of vulnerable communities. As in the comfort of their living rooms. Film buffs can search a rule, the films are selected by a panel of film professionals every video-on-demand (VoD) platform in the EU and appointed by the European Parliament's Committee on the United Kingdom simultaneously for over 120 LUX 900K Culture and Education, but Members of the European Prize films from all previous editions. The database will be 1 Parliament and cinema professionals can also submit entries. continually updated to reflect the titles currently on offer. viewers in the 2018-2019 Film distribution: European cinema's Achilles heel Female film directors in the spotlight edition The LUX Film Prize helps support distribution – European Putting politics into practice, Parliament supports the cinema's weak spot. Whereas European filmmakers pro- dissemination of film productions directed by women duced 1 881 films in 2019 – over twice the number made or portraying strong and inspiring female characters in the United States (814) – US films account for 63 % of the through its LUX Prize. In the 13 editions since its launch A focus EU market, compared with European films' 29 % share. This in 2007, the prize has been awarded to six women. on female directors situation is largely due to the fact that the majority of Euro- Many other prize-winning films, such asWoman at War 46 % 54 % pean films are not screened outside their country of origin. or Ida, tell inspirational stories of courageous women. EPRS | European Parliamentary Research Service Author: Ivana Katsarova; Graphics: Samy Chahri Members' Research Service PE 659.339 – November 2020 EPRS LUX Prize 2.0: Pan-European Audience Film Award LUX - The European HowHow the the audience audience and LUX Prize success stories: Shining a light on and MEPs choose female film directors and inspiring role-models Audience Film award MEPs choose the winner God exists, her name is Petrunya (2019) the winner Teona Strugar Mitevska New format, same high quality (North Macedonia, Belgium, Slovenia, Croatia, The newly revamped Prize – now LUX - the European Audi- France). ence Film Award – will be organised jointly by the European LUX Prize 2019 and 35 other film awards Parliament and the European Film Academy, in partner- ship with the European Commission and Europa Cinemas. Woman at war (2018) Benedikt Erlingsson AUTUMN DECEMBER (Iceland, France, Ukraine). The new format will eventually see five films compete for Panel composed of cinema Nominated lms announced LUX Prize 2018, Cannes International Critics’ Week the award, instead of the usual three. However, owing professionals selects lms to at the European Film Awards SACD Prize for best screenplay 2018, Nordic Council to the coronavirus situation in this first edition only three nominate Film Prize 2018 and 30 other film awards films will be taking part. The finalists will be selected by a panel composed of film professionals and representatives Sami blood (2017) Amanda Kernell of the European Film Academy and Europa Cinemas. The (Sweden, Norway, Denmark). most notable change concerns the voting system: from LUX Prize 2017 and nine other international film now on the winner will be selected on the basis of a vote awards by both MEPs and the public (weighted evenly at 50 %). MARCH DECEMBER - APRIL Toni Erdmann (2016) Maren Ade With these changes come a new calendar and timeframe. LUX Audience Week Watch and vote – in cinemas (Germany, Austria) The three films nominated will be unveiled at the European Simultaneous screenings and and online. Films subtitled in the LUX Prize 2016 and 30 other international film Film Academy virtual ceremony in Berlin (Germany) on debates across Europe EU's 24 ocial languages awards; nominated for the Palme d'Or 2016, Golden 12 December 2020. The 'Watch and Vote' phase will then Globes 2017 and Academy Awards (Oscars) 2017 unfold from December 2020 to April 2021. Viewers across Europe will be able to watch the selected films – during the Mustang (2015) Deniz Gamze Ergüven LUX Film Days screenings organised by the EU institutions (France, Germany, Turkey) and partners, but also at festivals, in cinemas and on VoD – LUX Prize 2015 and 20 other international film and cast their votes online. The winner will be announced awards; nominated for Oscars and Golden Globes. on 28 April 2021 during a formal ceremony at the Euro- pean Parliament, in the presence of the winning film crew APRIL MAY Winner announced Europe Day winner screenings Ida (2013) Paweł Pawlikowski and partners. Award ceremony in the European The winning lm is adapted (Poland, Denmark) Parliament for the visually and hearing impaired LUX Prize 2014, Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film 2015, and 62 other international film awards Data Source: European Parliament, DG COMM, September 2020. This document is prepared for, and addressed to, the Members and staff of the European Parliament as background material to assist them in their parliamentary work. The content of the document is the sole responsibility of its author(s) and any opinions expressed herein should not be taken to represent an official position of the Parliament. 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