For the second year in a row, the LUX Prize of the European Parliament chose the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival to unveil the list of ten films that comprise this year’s official selection.

The films selected to compete this year were (co)produced by Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Luxembourg, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Switzerland and Turkey. The list is a mixture of titles directed by established filmmakers alongside a young and promising generation of authors, including three female directors:

Our Children [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Joachim Lafosse
film profile] - Joachim Lafosse
Belgium, France, Luxembourg, Switzerland

Barbara [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Christian Petzold
film profile] - Christian Petzold
Germany

Caesar Must Die [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Paolo and Vittorio Taviani
film profile] - Paolo and Vittorio Taviani
Italy

Crulic - The Path to Beyond [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Anca Damian
film profile] - Anca Damian
Romania, Poland

Just the Wind [+see also:
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interview: Bence Fliegauf
film profile] - Bence Fliegauf
Hungary, Germany, France

Children of Sarajevo [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Aida Begić
film profile] - Aida Begic
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Germany, France and Turkey

Io sono Li [+see also:
film review
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interview: Andrea Segre
interview: Andrea Segre
film profile] - Andrea Segre
Italy, France

Sister [+see also:
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interview: Kacey Mottet Klein
interview: Ursula Meier
film profile] - Ursula Meier
France, Switzerland

Louise Wimmer [+see also:
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film profile] - Cyril Mennegun
France

Tabu [+see also:
film review
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interview: Miguel Gomes
interview: Miguel Gomes
film profile] - Miguel Gomes
Portugal, Germany, France, Brazil

After revealing the official selection in Karlovy Vary, the three films in the 2012 LUX Prize Competition will be unveiled at the Venice Days press conference in Rome on 24 July. The three final candidate films will be screened as special events at the Venice Film Festival (29/08-9/09) and in all the 27 Member States of the European Union from October 15 to November 20 in the framework of the LUX Film Days.

The LUX Prize 2012 will be officially awarded on 21 November 2012 during a sitting of the European Parliament in Strasbourg in presence of the filmmakers. In addition to providing the distributors with the subtitles of the winning film and versions for the visually and hearing impaired, the LUX Prize will offer an incentive for the film's promotion throughout the European Union.

The LUX Prize, established in 2007, is awarded annually by the Members of the European Parliament. It pursues two main objectives: spotlighting the public debate on the European Union (EU) project and values and supporting circulation of European films within the Union.

Click here to read the interview with Romanian director Radu Mihaileanu, honorary president of the LUX Prize selection panel, and here to watch a report filmed during the panel’s first meeting.