LUX Film Prize 2018

Summary:

The film 'Woman at War' won the 2018 edition of the LUX Film Prize of the European Parliament.

Further information:

The 10 films selected for the 2018 competition of LUX Film Prize were revealed on 1 July 2018.

• Border / Gräns by Ali Abbassi
• Donbass by Sergei Loznitsa
• Girl by Lukas Dhont
• Happy as Lazzaro / Lazzaro felice by Alice Rohrwacher
• Mug / Twarz by Małgorzata Szumovska
• Styx by Wolfgang Fischer
• The Other Side of Everything / Druga strana svega by Mila Turajlić
• The Silence of Others / El silencio de los otros by Almudena Carracedo & Robet Bahar
• U_July 22 / Utøya 22.juli by Erik Pope
• Woman at War / Kona fer í stríđ: by Benedikt Erlingsson

In order to support the European film industry and help the most significant European (co)productions to circulate beyond their national market, the European Parliament LUX Film Prize subtitles the 3 competing films into the 24 official languages of the European Union and screens them in all 28 EU countries during the LUX Film Days.

The winning film is also made available for the visually and hearing-impaired, and promoted by the European Parliament.

Official

European Parliament: Press Release, 02.07.18: LUX Film Prize: official selection for 2018 revealed http://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/press-room/20180629IPR06916/

European Parliament: Press Release, 14.11.18: 'Woman at war' wins the European Parliament´s 2018 Lux Film Prize http://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/headlines/priorities/lux-prize-2018/20181106IPR18318/

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News

Cineuropa: News, 01.07.18: The LUX Prize Official Selection for 2018 is unveiled https://cineuropa.org/newsdetail/356756/

Screen Daily, 14.11.18: 'Woman At War' wins 2018 Lux Film Prize https://www.screendaily.com/news/woman-at-war-wins-2018-lux-film-prize-/5134533.article

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