Over a period of 11 days, the Luxembourg City Film Festival, the most significant cinematic event in Luxembourg, put forward a varied selection of some 200 works, including a number of débuts and an entire segment dedicated to new writing, as well as offering a trademark selection of Virtual Reality productions.

The immersive experiences programme was much enhanced by the collaboration between the Luxembourg Film Fund, Digital Luxembourg and the Phi Centre in Montreal. Professionals from the sector came together to analyse projects and their distribution patterns, giving rise to engaging debates. In parallel, two highly anticipated Luxembourg co-productions, Fan Club by Vincent Ravalec and Playmobil The Movie – VR adventures by Olivier Rakoto, were also presented, as were Kobold by Max Sacker (a genre not too far removed from a horror video game) and BattleScar by Nico Casavecchia and Martin Allais (which plunges us into the punk world of 1970s New York): the screening of these highly sophisticated works took place in the historic cellars of the Casino Luxembourg, an atypical setting which helped to further intensify the experience.

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Among the ten fiction feature films in the official competition, it was the British title Ray & Liz [+leggi anche:
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In terms of documentaries, the award for best film went to the Italian film Selfie [+leggi anche:
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More broadly, the documentary section proved brilliantly eclectic this year, examining current issues in the world of politics (such as the Syrian conflict in the much needed work Still Recording [+leggi anche:
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Outside of the competition, audiences had the opportunity to discover a few other gems, such as Zero Impunity [+leggi anche:
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On the professional side, it seems the Luxembourg City Film Festival is consistently meeting its targets. For the first time, exporters and festival directors were brought together during work sessions led by artistic director Alexis Juncosa (in collaboration with Europa International and EAVE). These many promising initiatives, alongside the great artistic quality which was displayed this year, give good cause to believe a solid 10^th anniversary of the event is on the cards next year.

The list of winners: 

Grand Prix - by Orange Luxembourg
Ray & Liz [+leggi anche:
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Special Mention
The Man Who Surprised Everyone [+leggi anche:
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Documentary Award - by BGL BNP Paribas
Selfie [+leggi anche:
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Audience Award - by Orange Luxembourg
Birds of Passage [+leggi anche:
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Critics Award
The Realm [+leggi anche:
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Special Mention
Birds of Passage - Cristina Gallego, Ciro Guerra

Youth Jury Award - by Kinepolis
Styx [+leggi anche:
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Special Mention
Firecrackers - Jasmin Mozaffari (Canada)

School Jury Award
The Silent Revolution [+leggi anche:
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Kids Jury Award
Matti and Sami and the Three Biggest Mistakes in the Universe [+leggi anche:
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Children’s Coup de Cœur Award
My Giraffe [+leggi anche:
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