Awards

Grand Prix by Orange

The GRAND PRIX – by ORANGE, worth 10,000 €, was presented during the Festival's award ceremony on 16th March 2019 at Kinepolis Kirchberg . The International Jury made up of Pablo Trapero (president), Lior Ashkenazi, Martina Gusmán, Joachim Lafosse, Govinda Van Maele and Juliette Welfling gave the GRAND PRIX – BY ORANGE to: RAY & LIZ by Richard Billingham Honourable Mention: THE MAN WHO SURPRISED EVERYONE (TCHELOVEK KOTORIJ UDIVIL VSEH) by Natasha Merkulova and Aleksey Chupov “For the...

DOCUMENTARY AWARD BY BGL BNP PARIBAS

The DOCUMENTARY AWARD – by BGL BNP PARIBAS, worth 5,000 €, was be presented during the Festival's award ceremony on the 16 th March 2019 at Kinepolis Kirchberg . The Documentary Jury made up of Miriam Allen, Guilhem Caillard, Johanna Caraire, Emmanuel Cuénod and Marta Prus gave the DOCUMENTARY AWARD – BY BGL BNP PARIBAS to: SELFIE by Agostino Ferrente “For its deep respect for the characters, its honest and creative film form. For its beautiful way to portray friendship in a complex and violent...

Audience award by Orange

The AUDIENCE AWARD – BY ORANGE LUXEMBOURG was presented during the Festival's award ceremony on 16th March 2019 at Kinepolis Kirchberg . The AUDIENCE AWARD – BY ORANGE LUXEMBOURG 2019 goes to: BIRDS OF PASSAGE (PÁJAROS DE VERANO) by Cristina Gallego and Ciro Guerra This award is given to the film which received the highest number of online votes. One participant won one year’s worth of free cinema by draw, offered by ORANGE Luxembourg. Previous Winners: 8th Edition - 2018 GUTLAND by Govinda Van...

Critics Award

The ALPC - Association Luxembourgeoise de la Presse Cinématographique - presented the CRITICS AWARD during the Festival's award ceremony on 16th March 2019 at Kinepolis Kirchberg . The Press Jury made up of Pablo Chimienti, Raúl Reis and Jean-Pierre Thilges gave the CRITICS AWARD to: THE REALM (EL REINO) by Rodrigo Sorogoyen Honourable Mention: BIRDS OF PASSAGE (PÁJAROS DE VERANO) by Cristina Gallego and Ciro Guerra “As members of the Press Jury we have watched all ten Official Competition...

Youth Jury Award by Kinepolis

The YOUTH JURY AWARD - BY KINEPOLIS, worth 2,000€, was be presented by the 2019 Youth Jury during the Festival's award ceremony on the 16th March 2019 at Kinepolis Kirchberg . The Youth Jury made up of Frederica Cardoso de Jesus, Laura Didderich, Danielle Ferreira Da Silva, Sophie Lethal, Damir Mehric, David Steichen and Gabriel Thym gave the YOUTH JURY AWARD – BY KINEPOLIS to: STYX by Wolfgang Fischer Honourable Mention: FIRECRACKERS by Jasmin Mozaffari “As young film fans and admirers of the...

Kids Jury Award

Tom Pauly, teacher of the Cycle 2.2 class of the Batty Weber primary school in Limpertsberg presented the KIDS JURY AWARD to the winning film during the Festival's award ceremony on 16th March 2019 at Kinepolis Kirchberg . The Kids Jury made up of the pupils of the Cycle 2.2 class of the Limpertsberg primary school gave the KIDS JURY AWARD to: MATTI AND SAMI AND THE THREE BIGGEST MISTAKES IN THE UNIVERSE (MATTI UND SAMI UND DIE DREI GRÖSSTEN FEHLER DES UNIVERSUMS) by Stefan Westerwelle “First...

Kids' Festival Favourite

The KIDS' FESTIVAL FAVOURITE (5-12 years old section) award was presented to the winning film during the Festival's award ceremony on 16th March 2019 at Kinepolis Kirchberg . MY GIRAFFE (DIKKERTJE DAP) by Barbara Bredero Previous Winners: 8 th Edition - 2018 LUIS AND THE ALIENS by Christoph & Wolfgang Lauenstein, co-directed by Sean McCormack 7 th Edition - 2017 RICHARD THE STORK by Tobias Genkel & Reza Memari 6 th Edition - 2016 RETTET RAFFI! by Arend Agthe 5 th Edition - 2015 SECRETS...

School Jury Award

A group of 12-15 year old students presented the first ever SCHOOL JURY AWARD during the Festival's award ceremony on 16th March 2019 at Kinepolis Kirchberg . The School Jury, made up of the student’s of Luc Wildanger’s 5CLC1 class of the Lycée Robert Schuman gave the SCHOOL JURY AWARD to: THE SILENT REVOLUTION (DAS SCHWEIGENDE KLASSENZIMMER) by Lars Kraume “We have unanimously chosen a winner of the School Jury Award from the diverse selection of films suggested by LuxFilmFest. From beginning...