Awards

Grand Prix by Orange

GRAND PRIX BY ORANGE: FOXTROT by Samuel Maoz Special Mention: PITY by Babis Makridis INTERNATIONAL JURY: Atom Egoyan (President), Bruce McDonald, Anne Seibel, Leonor Silveira, Stéphan Roelants “The Jury was very impressed by the general quality of the Competition and has come to two unanimous choices. For its superbly controlled tone and innovative use of classic devices – such as the chorus –, we discovered a truly perverse and unexpected Greek tragedy. We unanimously award our honourable...

DOCUMENTARY AWARD BY BGL BNP PARIBAS

DOCUMENTARY AWARD BY BGL BNP PARIBAS: OVER THE LIMIT by Marta Prus Special mention: LOTS OF KIDS, A MONKEY AND A CASTLE de Gustavo Salmerón DOCUMENTARY JURY: Mimi Plauché (President), Erfan Rashid, Luke W. Moody, Tomás Baltazar, Yaara Ozery “It was our pleasure to serve on the Documentary Jury here at the Luxembourg City Film Festival. It was a very difficult decision to come to a consensus, so many great films to choose from. For its joyful portrait of a larger-than-life character, director...

Audience award by Orange

AUDIENCE AWARD BY ORANGE: GUTLAND by Govinda van Maele This award is given to the film which received the highest number of online votes. The AUDIENCE AWARD was presented during the festival's award ceremony on the 3rd March 2018 at Kinepolis Kirchberg .

Critics Award

CRITICS’ AWARD: SWEET COUNTRY by Warwick Thornton PRESS JURY: France Clarinval, Isabelle Debuchy, Raul Reis “The Press Jury of the Association Luxembourgeoise de la Presse Cinématographique has chosen to award SWEET COUNTRY by Warwick Thornton. We would like to praise a strong film with a universal message, despite being rooted in a very particular story and geographical location. We would like to stress the cleverness of the editing that adds to the efficient narrative, the quality of the...

Youth Jury Award

YOUTH JURY AWARD: LEAN ON PETE by Andrew Haigh Special mention: OVER THE LIMIT by Marta Prus YOUTH JURY: Charel, Daniela, Gabriel, Luca, Guéné, Michel and Sébastien “We are pleased to present the winner of the 2018 Youth Jury Award of the 8 th Luxembourg City Film Festival. It was a true honour to take part in the Festival. We would first and foremost like to thank Gloria Morano, the Young Audiences Programme Coordinator, and Julie Reuter, her assistant, who have guided us over the course of...

Kids Jury Award

KIDS JURY AWARD: CLOUDBOY by Meikeminne Clinckspoor KIDS JURY: Cycle 3.1. of the Cents primary school Isabelle Prüssen, teacher, Cycle 3.1. of the Cents primary school: “My class has chosen the winner of the Young Audiences selection unanimously. From the first to the last minute, the children were captivated by the suspense and action of the story. They were fascinated by the direction and the actors’ performances which allowed them to completely immerse themselves in the film and to live an...

Kids' Festival Favourite

KIDS’ FESTIVAL FAVOURITE : MENG KOLLEGEN AUS DEM ALL (LUIS AND THE ALIENS) by Christoph Lauenstein and Wolfgang Lauenstein (co-directed by Sean McCormack) The KIDS' FESTIVAL FAVOURITE (5-12 years old section) award will be presented to the winning film during the festival's award ceremony on the 3rd March 2018 at Kinepolis Kirchberg .