26/11/2025 - Awarded every two years, the Luxembourgish film prizes have once again shone a spotlight on the best productions from the Grand-Duchy

Director Eric Lamhène and screenwriter Rae Lyn Lee (centre) with their awards for Breathing Underwater (© Made Creative for Film Fund Luxembourg)

Two years after the last edition, which crowned Marie Kreutzer’s Corsage [+see also:
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interview: Marie Kreutzer
film profile] as its champion (see the news), the Lëtzebuerger Filmpräis has shone a spotlight on the best productions from the Grand-Duchy. The 11th edition of the awards took place on Saturday at the Grand Théâtre de la Ville de Luxembourg. Jointly organised by Film Fund Luxembourg and Luxembourg’s Filmakademie, the ceremony was held in the presence of the Minister for Culture, Eric Thill, and the Mayor of the City of Luxembourg, Lydie Polfer.

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After the votes were cast by the members of the academy, the ceremony saw the victory of Eric Lamhène’s Breathing Underwater [+see also:
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film profile], a debut film that employs realism and sensitivity to explore the topic of domestic abuse, telling the story of a resident in a shelter for abused women. The film won the Best Luxembourgish Feature Film (Fiction, Animation or Documentary) Award, after having its world premiere in the 1-2 Competition of last year’s Warsaw Film Festival and going on to screen at several other gatherings, such as the Lecce European Film Festival, where it received our own Cineuropa Award (see the news). A Luxembourgish-Belgian co-production staged by Samsa Film, Breathing Underwater also won the Award for Best Screenplay for Eric Lamhène and Rae Lyn Lee.

The other main winner of the evening was Loïc Tanson’s The Last Ashes [+see also:
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The other winning films include Payal Kapadia’s Cannes Grand Jury Prize winner All We Imagine as Light [+see also:
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film profile], directed by Germany’s Steve Hudson and Toby Genkel, and Fox and Hare Save the Forest [+see also:
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film profile], directed by the Netherlands’ Mascha Halberstad, both Luxembourgish minority co-productions.

Here is the full list of winners:

Best Luxembourgish Feature Film (Fiction, Animation or Documentary)
Breathing Underwater [+see also:
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interview: Eric Lamhène, Rae Lyn Lee
film profile] - Eric Lamhène (Luxembourg/Belgium)

Best Feature-length Fiction or Documentary Co-production
All We Imagine as Light [+see also:
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Best Co-produced Animated Feature Film
Stitch Head [+see also:
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Best Actress
Sophie Mousel - The Last Ashes [+see also:
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Best Actor
Timo Wagner - The Last Ashes

Best Screenplay
Eric Lamhène, Rae Lyn Lee - Breathing Underwater

Best Original Music
André Dziezuk - Fox and Hare Save the Forest [+see also:
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interview: Mascha Halberstad
film profile] (Netherlands/Belgium/Luxembourg)

Best Creative Contribution in a Work of Fiction or Documentary
Nikos Welter (director of photography) - The Last Ashes

Best Creative Contribution in an Animated Feature Film
Stéphane Lecocq (design) - Stitch Head

Best Fiction, Animation or Documentary Short Film
Linda, Linda! - Kiyan Agadjani

Best Fiction or Documentary Series or Transmedia Production
Marginal - Loïc Tanson and Frédéric Zeimet (Luxembourg/Belgium)

Best Animated Series or Transmedia Production
Dino Mite - Sandra Schiessl and Cherifa Bakhti (Luxembourg/Germany)

Best Immersive Work (awarded by a specialist international jury)
This Is My Heart - Nicolas Blies, Stéphane Hueber-Blies (Luxembourg/France/Canada)

Special Press Prize (awarded by the Luxembourg Film Press Association - ALPC)
The Last Ashes - Loïc Tanson