FNE at KVIFF 2012: Three films from CEE make LUX Prix finalists

02-07-2012

FNE at KVIFF 2012: Three films from CEE make LUX Prix finalists

By Anna Franklin

KARLOVY VARY: Three films from central and eastern Europe were included in the 10 films selected as finalists for the European Parliament's 2012 LUX Prize. The finalists were announced at a ceremony in Karlovy Vary by Oldrich Vlasak the Vice President of the Euroepan Parliament together with MEP for Slovakia Katarina Nevedalova and LUX selection committee members Mira Staleva, deputy director of the Sofia International Film Festival and Karel Och, artistic director of the KVIFF. The winner of the prize will be awarded on 21 November 2012.

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LUX Prix Finanlists:

{mosimage}Crulic - The Path to Beyond (Crulic - drumul spre dincolo) by Anca Damian (Romania, Poland)

Children of Sarajevo (Djeca) by Aida Begic (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Germany, France and Turkey)

Just The Wind (Csak a szél) by Bence Fliegauf (Hungary, Germany, France)

Our Children (A perdre la raison) by Joachim Lafosse (Belgium, France, Luxembourg, Switzerland)

Barbara by Christian Petzold (Germany)

Caesar Must Die (Cesare deve morire) by Paolo and Vittorio Taviani (Italy)

Shun Li and the Poet (Io sono Li) by Andrea Segre (Italy, France)

Sister (L'enfant d'en haut) by Ursula Meier (France, Switzerland)

Louise Wimmer by Cyril Mennegun (France)

Tabu by Miguel Gomes (Portugal, Germany, France, Brazil)

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