Awards

GRAND PRIX - BY ORANGE 2021

GRAND PRIX 2019 – BY ORANGE LUXEMBOURG : 10, 000€ QUO VADIS, AIDA? by Jasmila Žbanić Quo Vadis, Adia? by Jasmila Žbanić was awarded the GRAND PRIX BY ORANGE LUXEMBOURG, worth 10,000€, at the Awards Night on 13th March 2021 at Kinepolis Kirchberg. Statement by the International Jury : [SANDRINE BONNAIRE (president), CHRISTINA SCHAFFER, GILLES MARCHAND, MOUNIA MEDDOUR, LOLITA CHAMMAH, FINNEGAN OLDFIELD and MARIE-ANGE LUCIANI]: "After deliberating, we would like to award the Grand Prix – by Orange...

DOCUMENTARY AWARD 2021 - BY BGL BNP PARIBAS

DOCUMENTARY AWARD 2021 - BY BGL BNP PARIBAS: 5,000 € NEMESIS by Thomas Imbach The Documentary Jury chose Nemesis by Thomas Imbach as the winner of the DOCUMENTARY AWARD – BY BGL BNP PARIBAS (worth 5,000€): "For its humorous images, its funny and intelligent editing, as well as for its highly original sound work, we are presenting the DOCUMENTARY AWARD – BY BGL BNP PARIBAS to an atypical film that blurs the boundaries between documentary, fiction and experimental cinema: NEMESIS by Swiss...

AUDIENCE AWARD 2021

Audience Award – by Orange : THE WOLVES (LOS LOBOS) by Samuel Kishi Leopo The AUDIENCE AWARD - BY ORANGE LUXEMBOURG was presented to The Wolves (Los Lobos) by Samuel Kishi Leopo during the Festival's Awards Night on 13th March 2021 at Kinepolis Kirchberg. Photo: Los Lobos © Octavio Arauz

CRITICS AWARD 2021

CRITICS AWARD QUO VADIS, AIDA ? by Jasmila Žbanić Honourable mention: THE WOLVES (LOS LOBOS) by Samuel Kishi Leopo The ALPC - Association Luxembourgeoise de la Presse Cinématographique - dedicated the CRITICS AWARD to Quo Vadis, Aida? by Jasmila Žbanić . An honourable mention went to The Wolves (Los Lobos) by Samuel Kishi Leopo. Jury members France Clarinval, Geoff Thompson and Loïc Millot issued the following statement: At the end of this 11th Luxembourg City Film Festival, the Press Jury –...

YOUTH JURY AWARD 2021 - BY KINEPOLIS

YOUTH JURY AWARD – BY KINEPOLIS: 2,000€ ANTIGONE by Sophie Deraspe The YOUTH JURY AWARD - BY KINEPOLIS (subsidised with 2,000€) was awarded to Antigone by Sophie Deraspe . Explaining their reasoning, Sarah Catini, Alyssa Panzone, Christina Linardaki, Maya Spanier, Rachel Fernandes who made up the Youth Jury, stated: “Regardless of the current pandemic, we, the Youth Jury, have had the chance to attend the 11th edition of the Luxembourg City Film Festival and to watch seven unique films that...

SCHOOL JURY AWARD 2021

SCHOOL JURY AWARD 2021 ANTIGONE by Sophie Deraspe The Festival invited the Lycée de Garçons de Luxembourg’s 6e CI04 class to watch and analyse a selection of 5 films from the 2021 Young Audiences programme. The SCHOOL JURY AWARD was presented to Sophie Deraspe's Antigone during the Festival's Awards Ceremony on 13th March 2021: "We, the students of the Lycée de Garçons de Luxembourg’s 6e CI04 class, would like to share with you our appreciation of the films screened during the LuxFilmFest...

KIDS JURY AWARD 2021

KIDS JURY AWARD 2021 ROCCA CHANGES THE WORLD (ROCCA VERÄNDERT DIE WELT) by Katja Benrath The Festival invited a school class of 8-12 year olds ( class of the cycle 3.2 of the Clausen primary school ) to watch and analyse a selection of 5 films from the 2021 Young Audiences programme. The KIDS JURY AWARD was presented to Rocca Changes the World (Rocca verändert die Welt) by Katja Benrath during the Festival's Awards Night on 13th March 2021 at Kinepolis Kirchberg. They declared : "...