5 European movies have been nominated for the Lux – The European Viewers Movie Award.
The 5 nominees are: Sofia Exarchou’s Animal, Mati Diop’s Dahomey, Gints Zilbalodis’ Circulate, Oksana Karpovych’s Intercepted and Leonardo van Dijl’s Julie Retains Quiet.
The nominations had been introduced right now throughout an occasion on the European Parliament in Strasbourg.
Since 2020, the award has been given by the European Parliament and European Movie Academy, in partnership with the European Fee and Europa Cinemas community.
The nominated movies are chosen as a result of they ‘handle European values and lift consciousness about a few of right now’s predominant social and political points reminiscent of psychological well being, poverty, local weather change, freedom of expression, gender equality, LGBTIQ+ rights’, based on the organisers.
The winner can be chosen collectively by EU residents and members of the European Parliament. A platform to price the nominated movies can be open from right now (September 18) till April 2025, with screenings and debates concerning the movies organised throughout that point. The winner can be introduced that month in a ceremony on the European Parliament in Brussels.
Two of the nominated movies premiered at this yr’s Berlinale – Dahomey in Competitors, the place it received the Golden Bear; and Intercepted in Discussion board.
An additional two began at Cannes – Circulate in Un Sure Regard and Julie Retains Quiet in Critics’ Week; whereas Animal premiered at Locarno in 2023.
Final yr’s award was received by Ilker Catak’s The Academics’ Lounge starring Leonie Benesch, after greater than 700 screenings of the nominated movies and conversations with greater than 70,000 viewers members.