Lux Film Prize 2018
by leavey-2 | created - 14 Nov 2018 | updated - 21 Nov 2018 | PublicSince 2007, the Lux Film Prize has become an indicator of quality for European film productions. Its winning films have become hits within the EU and beyond, helping to publicize films that otherwise may not have been seen or discovered by people around the world.
Which of the 10 films from this year's Official Selection did you like most or are you most interested to see?
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1. Gräns (2018)
18A | 110 min | Crime, Drama, Fantasy
A customs officer who can smell fear develops an unusual attraction to a strange traveler while aiding a police investigation which will call into question her entire existence.
Director: Ali Abbasi | Stars: Eva Melander, Eero Milonoff, Jörgen Thorsson, Ann Petrén
Votes: 21,826 | Gross: $0.77M
Sweden, Denmark
2. Donbass (2018)
122 min | Drama
In eastern Ukraine, society begins to degrade as the effects of propaganda and manipulation begin to surface in this post-truth era.
Director: Sergey Loznitsa | Stars: Tamara Yatsenko, Irina Zayarmiuk, Grigory Masliuk, Olesya Zhurakivska
Votes: 2,895
Germany, Ukraine, France, Netherlands, Romania
3. Girl (II) (2018)
R | 105 min | Drama
A promising teenage dancer enrolls at a prestigious ballet school while grappling with her gender dysphoria.
Director: Lukas Dhont | Stars: Victor Polster, Arieh Worthalter, Oliver Bodart, Tijmen Govaerts
Votes: 11,111
Belgium, Netherlands
4. Lazzaro felice (2018)
PG-13 | 128 min | Drama, Fantasy
An unceasingly kind Italian peasant and his family are blatantly exploited by a tobacco baroness.
Director: Alice Rohrwacher | Stars: Adriano Tardiolo, Agnese Graziani, Alba Rohrwacher, Luca Chikovani
Votes: 13,402
Italy, Switzerland, Germany, France
5. Twarz (2018)
91 min | Comedy, Drama
A man undergoes a face transplant and experiences ensuing identity issues.
Director: Malgorzata Szumowska | Stars: Mateusz Kosciukiewicz, Agnieszka Podsiadlik, Malgorzata Gorol, Roman Gancarczyk
Votes: 2,017
Poland
6. Styx (I) (2018)
G | 94 min | Drama
"Styx" depicts the transformation of a strong woman torn from her contented world during a sailing trip.
Director: Wolfgang Fischer | Stars: Susanne Wolff, Gedion Oduor Wekesa, Kelvin Mutuku Ndinda, Inga Birkenfeld
Votes: 2,359 | Gross: $0.07M
Austria, Germany
7. Druga strana svega (2017)
100 min | Documentary, Biography
For Serbian filmmaker Mila Turajlic, a locked door in her mother's apartment in Belgrade provides the gateway to both her remarkable family history and her country's tumultuous political inheritance.
Director: Mila Turajlic | Stars: Srbijanka Turajlic, Mila Turajlic, Mira Boskic, Mladen Kostic
Votes: 995 | Gross: $0.00M
Serbia, France, Qatar
8. El silencio de otros (2018)
96 min | Documentary
The Silence of Others reveals the epic struggle of victims of Spain's 40-year dictatorship under General Franco, who continue to seek justice to this day. Filmed over six years, the film ... See full summary »
Directors: Robert Bahar, Almudena Carracedo | Stars: María Martín, Francisco Franco, Adolf Hitler, José María Galante
Votes: 1,105 | Gross: $0.07M
Spain, USA
9. Utøya 22. juli (2018)
93 min | Drama, Thriller
A teenage girl struggles to survive and to find her younger sister during the July 2011 terrorist mass murder at a political summer camp on the Norwegian island of Utøya.
Director: Erik Poppe | Stars: Andrea Berntzen, Aleksander Holmen, Solveig Koløen Birkeland, Brede Fristad
Votes: 11,097
Norway
10. Kona fer í stríð (2018)
PG | 101 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Halla becomes a determined environmental activist, but this threatens a long-held hope of hers.
Director: Benedikt Erlingsson | Stars: Halldóra Geirharðsdóttir, Jóhann Sigurðarson, Juan Camillo Roman Estrada, Jörundur Ragnarsson
Votes: 7,013 | Gross: $0.85M
Iceland, Ukraine, France
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