A first for LuxFilmFest :
plan and book your Festival screenings from 15 January for the full Young Audience programme (to be announced on 7 January) !
Meanwhile, discover the first films in the Official selection · Out of Competition
- Live a Little, by Fanny Ovesen – In collaboration with CID Fraen Gender
Best friends Laura and Alex Interrail across Europe. After a night out in Warsaw, Laura wakes in a stranger’s bed with no memory. As they move through Prague, Berlin and Paris, fragments return and doubts rise, pushing Laura to confront her own limits.
A vibrant coming-of-age story about the blurred boundaries of consent
- Stop Making Sense, by Jonathan Demme – In collaboration with Den Atelier
Demme’s landmark concert film captures Talking Heads at their peak. Shot in Hollywood during their 1983 tour, it builds from a solitary David Byrne into a full-force ensemble whose blend of art rock, funk, and new wave turns music into performance art.
One of America’s most inventive bands in an iconic live performance
- Paul, by Denis Côté – In collaboration with the Délégation Générale du Quebec à Bruxelles
Struggling with depression and social anxiety, Paul has found an unexpected refuge: he does housework for dominant women. He shares his daily life on his Instagram account in the hope and desire to overcome his loneliness, while displaying his own inner world.
An acutely gentle portrait of a young man struggling with depression
- Queens of the Dead, by Tina Romero – In collaboration with Cinélunatique
A giant warehouse party in Brooklyn turns into a nightmare when a zombie apocalypse breaks out in the middle of the night. Amid rivalries, budding friendships and flamboyant eccentricities, a group of drag queens, club kids and artists must put their differences aside and join forces to survive and repel the brain-hungry undead.
Horror as celebration of community
- Barrio Triste, by Stillz – In collaboration with Casino Luxembourg
In the late 1980s, a news crew investigating strange lights near Medellín has its camera stolen by four reckless teens. The boys begin to film their own volatile exploits, and when a robbery goes awry, they descend further into the city’s margins.
A visceral found-footage portrait of lawless youth
- Soldiers of Light, by Johannes Büttner et Julian Vogel – In collaboration with Institut Pierre Werner
Enter the world of David, a charismatic raw vegan influencer whose vision of healing draws followers toward a “kingdom” beyond the state. Known as “Mister Raw,” he cultivates a space where wellness, conspiracy, and far-right ideology converge.
When wellness becomes ideology
