Bulgaria Film Top Contender for European Parliament Prize

Bulgarian film “Eastern Plays” and its Director, Kamen Kalev, will compete for the EP LUX Film Prize. Photo by LUX

The Bulgarian film "Eastern Plays" is among the top ten selected to compete for the EP LUX Prize.

The Brussels European Film Festival, in partnership with the European Parliament, unveiled the official selection of its LUX Film Prize Tuesday.

Ten films are in the official selection, but only three will compete for the LUX Prize 2009. They will be disclosed during the Venice International Film Festival in September. The three competing films will be shown at the European Parliament from November 2 to 20.

A vote will be cast by the 736 Members of the European Parliament to elect the winner, which will then be awarded the LUX Prize 2009 at the European Parliament on November 25 in Strasbourg.

The official selection of the top ten was made by a 17-member jury including Bulgarian, Mira Staleva, from Sofia Film Fest and other renown producers, distributers, festival directors and film critics.

The films have been selected because of their quality and their contribution to the European public debate, highlighting topics such as solidarity, immigration, justice, public freedom or fundamental rights. Beyond the social issues it illustrates, every film becomes a window which opens up on Europeans, their questions, their daily lives and their quest for identity.

The ten films are 35 RHUMS, director Claire Denis (France, Germany), ANDER, Director Roberto Castón (Spain), EASTERN PLAYS, DIRECTOR Kamen Kalev (Bulgaria, Sweden), FÜR EIN AUGENBLICK FREIHEIT, director Arash T. Riahi (Austria, Fance), KATALIN VARGA, director. Peter Strickland (Romania, UK, Hungary), LOST PERSONS AREA, director. Caroline Strubbe (Belgium, Hungary, the Netherlands, Germany, France) NORTH, .director Rune Denstad Langlo (Norway), PANDORA'S BOX, director Yesim Ustaoglu (Turkey, France, Germany, Belgium), STURM, director Hans-Christian Schmid (Germany, Denmark, The Netherlands), WELCOME, director Philippe Lioret (France)

The objective of the LUX Prize (light) is to illuminate the public debate on European integration and to facilitate the diffusion of European films in the European Union. The LUX Prize will finance the subtitling and the kinescope recording of the winning film in the 23 official EU languages. The original language recording will be adapted for sub-titling for hard of hearing and deaf people.

 

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