14/10/2014 - Class Enemy, Ida and Girlhood are competing for the award, which will be announced in December in Strasbourg

Since 2007, the European Parliament LUX Prize has cast an annual spotlight on films that plunge to the heart of the European public debate. This year's final competitors for the award are Rok Biček’s Class Enemy [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Rok Biček
interview: Rok Bicek
interview: Rok Bicek
film profile], Céline Sciamma’s Girlhood [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Céline Sciamma
interview: Céline Sciamma
film profile] and Pawel Pawlikowski’s Ida [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Pawel Pawlikowski
interview: Pawel Pawlikowski
film profile]. Through the LUX Film Days, which started last weekend at the CinEast festival in Luxembourg and at IndieCork in Ireland, the three finalist films will be screened all around the continent (more information about LUX Film Days can be found here). All three of the films will be subtitled in the 24 official languages of the EU, but the winning film will also be adapted for the visually or hearing impaired in at least the original version.  

On 3 November, the Prize will be presented at the Committee on Culture of the European Parliament. The Members of the Parliament will then vote on the films from 3 November until 16 December to decide on the winner.

Along with the votes of the Members of the European Parliament, the LUX Film Days will also make room for viewers’ opinions by featuring the LUX Prize Public Mention – viewers will be able to vote for their favourite film, and one of them will get the chance to travel to the Karlovy Vary Film Festival to announce the result.

On 16-17 December, an awards ceremony will be held in Strasbourg to announce the winner of the LUX Prize 2014. Alongside the awards ceremony, a seminar for journalists and film professionals will also take place.

Last year, the LUX Prize went to Broken Circle Breakdown [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Felix van Groeningen
interview: Felix Van Groeningen
interview: Felix Van Groeningen
film profile], directed by Felix Van Groeningen, which later became a nominee for the Best Foreign-language Film Oscar, won the Best International Film Award at the Satellite Awards and also received a César Award for Best Foreign-language Film.