European Film Academy Lux Award Explained

Lux Award
Presenter:	European Film Academy
Location:	Europe
Year:	1997
Year2:	2024
Holder:	The Teachers' Lounge (2023)
Website:	europeanfilmawards.eu

The European Film Academy Lux Award is a prize given to a competing film by the European Film Academy and the European Parliament. It is one of the European Film Awards, which were established to recognize excellence in European cinematic achievements. Previously known as the People's Choice Award for Best European Film, it was first awarded in 1997 with Peter Cattaneo's film The Full Monty being the first recipient of the award. It was reintroduced as Jameson Award from 2002 to 2005. It changed to its current name in 2020, when the European Parliament became partly responsible for the management of the award, replacing the former Lux Prize.

The award is aimed at highlighting films which help to raise awareness of socio-political issues in Europe and to publicise and encourage distribution of European films in the European Union and throughout the world. As of the 2024 ceremony, The Teachers' Lounge is the most recent winner.^[1]

Winners and nominees

2000s

Year	English title	Original title	Director(s)	Nationality of director
2003 (16th) ^[2]	Good Bye, Lenin!			Germany
	28 Days Later			United Kingdom
	Dogville			Denmark
	Mondays in the Sun	Los lunes al sol		Spain
	Noi the Albino	Nói albinói		Iceland
	The Man on the Train	L'homme du train		France
	Swimming Pool
	Respiro			Italy
	Distant	Uzak		Turkey
	Kitchen Stories	Salmer fra Kjøkkenet		Norway
2004 (17th) ^[3]	Head-On	Gegen die Wand		Germany
	Code 46			United Kingdom
	Bad Education	La mala educación		Spain
	Take My Eyes	Te doy mis ojos
	Cold Light	Kaldaljós		Iceland
		Τριλογία: Το λιβάδι που δακρύζει		Greece
	The Dreamers			Italy
	Since Otar Left	Depuis qu'Otar est parti...		France
	Love Actually			United Kingdom
	Intimate Strangers	Confidences trop intimes		France
2005 (18th) ^[4]	Sophie Scholl – The Final Days	Sophie Scholl – Die letzten Tage		Germany
	Night Watch	Ночной Дозор / Nochnoy Dozor
	Ferpect Crime	Crimen ferpecto		Spain
	A Very Long Engagement	Un long dimanche de fiançailles		France
	The Beat That My Heart Skipped	De battre mon cœur s'est arrêté
	Enduring Love			United Kingdom
	Being Julia			Hungary
	The Consequences of Love	Le conseguenze dell'amore		Italy
	As It Is in Heaven			Sweden
	Go for Zucker!			Switzerland
2006 (19th) ^[5]	Volver			Spain
	March of the Penguins	La Marche de l'empereur		France
	Pride and Prejudice			United Kingdom
	Something Like Happiness	Štěstí		Czech Republic
	Criminal Novel	Romanzo Criminale		Italy
	Paradise Now			Netherlands
	Oliver Twist
	Merry Christmas	Joyeux Noël	Christian Carion
	The Elementary Particles	Elementarteilchen		Germany
	Adam's Apples	Adams Æbler		Denmark
	The Child	L'Enfant		Belgium
2007 (20th) ^[6]	The Unknown Woman	La sconosciuta		Italy
	I Served the King of England	Obsluhoval jsem anglického krále		Czech Republic
	The Last King of Scotland			United Kingdom
	Perfume: The Story of a Murderer			Germany
		A fost sau n-a fost?		Romania
	The Queen			United Kingdom
	La Vie en Rose	La Môme		France
	Reprise			Norway
	Black Book	Zwartboek		Netherlands
	Alatriste			Spain
	2 Days in Paris			France
2008 (21st) ^[7]	Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix			United Kingdom
	[REC]			Spain
	The Orphanage	El orfanato
	Mongol: The Rise of Genghis Khan
	Atonement			United Kingdom
	Welcome to the Sticks	Bienvenue chez les Ch'tis		France
	Hunting and Gathering	Ensemble, c'est tout
	The Wave	Die Welle		Germany
	Rabbit Without Ears	Keinohrhasen
	Ben X			Belgium
	Arn – The Knight Templar	Arn: Tempelriddaren		Denmark
	Saturn in Opposition	Saturno contro		Italy
2009 (22nd) ^[8]	Slumdog Millionaire			United Kingdom
	Coco Before Chanel	Coco avant Chanel		France
	Transporter 3
	Mid-August Lunch	Pranzo di ferragosto		Italy
	Let the Right One In	Låt den rätte komma in		Sweden
	Fly Me to the Moon			Belgium
	The Duchess			United Kingdom
	The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo	Män som hatar kvinnor		Denmark
	Broken Embraces	Los abrazos rotos		Spain
	The Baader Meinhof Complex	Der Baader Meinhof Komplex		Germany

2010s

Year	English title	Original title	Director(s)	Nationality of director
2010 (23rd) ^[9]	Mr. Nobody			Belgium
	The Girl Who Played with Fire	Flickan som lekte med elden		Sweden
	Soul Kitchen			Germany
	Loose Cannons			Italy
	Baarìa
	Little Nicholas	Le Petit Nicolas		France
	An Education			Denmark
	Kick-Ass		Matthew Vaughn
	Agora	Ágora		Spain
	The Ghost Writer			France
2011 (24th) ^[10]	The King's Speech			United Kingdom
	Animals United	Konferenz der Tiere	Reinhard Klooss, Holger Tappe	Germany
	Even the Rain	También la lluvia		Spain
	In a Better World	Hævnen		Denmark
	Little White Lies	Les Petits Mouchoirs		France
	Welcome to the South	Benvenuti al Sud		Italy
	Potiche			France
	Unknown			United Kingdom
2012 (25th) ^[11]	Come as You Are	Hasta la Vista		Belgium
	The Artist			France
	Barbara			Germany
	The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel			United Kingdom
	Caesar Must Die	Cesare deve morire		Italy
	Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy			United Kingdom
	Headhunters	Hodejegerne		Norway
	In Darkness	W ciemności		Poland
	The Intouchables	Intouchables		France
	The Iron Lady			United Kingdom
	Salmon Fishing in the Yemen
	Shame
2013 (26th) ^[12]	The Gilded Cage	La Cage dorée		France, Portugal
	Anna Karenina			United Kingdom
	The Best Offer	La migliore offerta		Italy
	The Broken Circle Breakdown			Belgium
	A Coffee in Berlin	Oh Boy!		Germany
	The Deep	Djúpið		Iceland
	Love Is All You Need	Den skaldede frisør		Denmark
	I'm So Excited	Los amantes pasajeros		Spain
	The Impossible	Lo imposible
	Kon-Tiki			Norway
	Searching for Sugar Man			Sweden
2014 (27th) ^[13] ^[14]	Ida			Poland
	Beauty and the Beast	La Belle et la Bête		France
	Nymphomaniac			Denmark
	Philomena			United Kingdom
	The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared	Hundraåringen som klev ut genom fönstret och försvann		Sweden
	Two Days, One Night	Deux jours, une nuit		Belgium
2015 (28th) ^[15] ^[16]
	Marshland	La isla mínima		Spain
	A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence	En duva satt på en gren och funderade på tillvaron	Roy Andersson	Sweden
	Leviathan	Левиафан / Leviafan
	Force Majeure	Turist		Sweden
	Samba			France
	Serial (Bad) Weddings	Qu'est-ce qu'on a fait au Bon Dieu?
	The Salt of the Earth	Le sel de la terre	Wim Wenders, Juliano Ribeiro Salgado
	The Imitation Game			United Kingdom
	Victoria			Germany
	White God	Fehér isten		Hungary
2016 (29th) ^[17]
	Body	Ciało		Poland
	A Man Called Ove	En man som heter Ove	Hannes Holm	Sweden
	A War	Krigen		Denmark
	Aferim!			Romania
	Fire at Sea	Fuocoammare		Italy
	Julieta			Spain
	Mustang			France
	Spectre			United Kingdom
	The Danish Girl
	The Brand New Testament	Le Tout Nouveau Testament		Belgium
	The High Sun	Zvizdan		Croatia
	The Lobster			United Kingdom
2017 (30th) ^[18]
		Vor der Morgenröte		Germany
	A Monster Calls		J. A. Bayona	Spain
	Bridget Jones's Baby			Ireland
	Frantz			France
	Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them			United Kingdom
	Graduation	Bacalaureat		Romania
	Like Crazy	La pazza gioia		Italy
	The Commune	Kollektivet		Denmark
	The Other Side of Hope	Toivon tuolla puolen		Finland
2018 (31st) ^[19]
	Call Me by Your Name			Italy
	Borg vs McEnroe	Borg		Sweden
	Dunkirk			United Kingdom
	C'est la vie!	Le Sens de la fête		France
	Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets		Luc Besson
	Darkest Hour			United Kingdom
	Victoria & Abdul
	In the Fade	Aus dem Nichts		Germany
	The Death of Stalin			United Kingdom
2019 (32nd) ^[20]
	Cold War	Zimna wojna		Poland
	Border	Gräns		Sweden
	Dogman			Italy
				United Kingdom
	Girl			Belgium
	Happy as Lazzaro	Lazzaro felice		Italy
	Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again			United Kingdom
	Pain and Glory	Dolor y gloria
	Sink or Swim	Le Grand Bain
	The Breadwinner			Ireland
	The Favourite			United Kingdom
	The Purity of Vengeance Journal 64			Denmark

2020s

Year	English title	Original title	Director(s)	Nationality of director
2021(33rd)
	Collective		Alexander Nanau
	Another Round	Druk	Thomas Vinterberg	Denmark
	Corpus Christi		Jan Komasa
2022(34th)
	Quo Vadis, Aida?		Jasmila Žbanić
	Flee	Flugt	Jonas Poher Rasmussen
	Great Freedom	Große Freiheit	Sebastian Meise	Austria
2023(35th)
	Close			Belgium
	Alcarràs		Carla Simón
	Burning Days	Kurak Günler	Emin Alper
	Triangle of Sadness		Ruben Östlund
	Will-o'-the-Wisp	Fogo-Fátuo	João Pedro Rodrigues
2024(36th)
	The Teachers' Lounge	Das Lehrerzimmer	İlker Çatak
	20,000 Species of Bees	20.000 especies de abejas	Estibaliz Urresola Solaguren
	Fallen Leaves	Kuolleet lehdet
	On the Adamant	Sur l'Adamant	Nicolas Philibert
	Smoke Sauna Sisterhood	Savvusanna sõsarad	Anna Hints

See also

• Lux Prize

Further reading

• Web site: Goodfellow . Melanie . European Parliament, EFA join forces on revamped Lux Prize . Screen . 5 September 2020 .
• Web site: The New LUX European Audience Film Award . European Film Academy . 5 September 2020.

External links

• Web site: LUX Audience Award. European Parliament. December 4, 2022.
• Web site: EFA People's Choice Award Winners and Nominees. European Film Academy. December 4, 2012.
• Web site: European Film Awards. Internet Movie Database. December 4, 2012.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Tim. Dams. 17 April 2024 . 'The Teachers’ Lounge' wins 2024 Lux European Audience Film Award. 18 April 2024 . Screen Daily.
2. Web site: Germany's "Lenin" Wins Top Prizes at European Film Awards. Indiewire. Eugene. Hernandez. December 8, 2003. August 7, 2021.
3. Web site: German Film "Head-On' Tops 2004 European Film Awards. Indiewire. Eugene. Hernandez. December 13, 2004. August 7, 2021.
4. Web site: "Cache" and "Sophie Scholl" Top European Film Awards. Indiewire. Eugene. Hernandez. December 4, 2005. August 7, 2021.
5. Web site: AWARDS WATCH: "Volver" and "The Lives of Others" Top European Film Awards. Indiewire. Eugene. Hernandez. December 3, 2006. August 7, 2021.
6. Web site: 2007 - The Winners. European Film Academy. August 7, 2021.
7. Web site: 'Gomorra' tops European Film Awards. The Hollywood Reporter. Scott. Roxborough. December 6, 2008. August 7, 2021.
8. Web site: "White Ribbon" Reigns at European Film Awards. Indiewire. Brian. Brooks. December 12, 2009. August 7, 2021.
9. Web site: 'The Ghost Writer' Inexplicably Wins Six At 2010 European Film Academy Awards. Indiewire. Oliver. Lyttelton. December 6, 2010. August 7, 2021.
10. Web site: Lars Von Trier's 'Melancholia' Wins Best Film at European Film Awards. The Hollywood Reporter. Scott. Roxborough. December 3, 2011. August 7, 2021.
11. Web site: 'Amour' Sweeps European Film Awards. Indiewire. Peter. Knegt. December 1, 2012. August 7, 2021.
12. Web site: Paolo Sorrentino's 'The Great Beauty' Wins Top Prize at European Film Awards. Variety. Leo. Barraclough. December 7, 2013. August 7, 2021.
13. Web site: 'Ida,' 'Leviathan' Top European Film Awards Nominations. Variety. John. Hopewell. November 8, 2014. August 7, 2021.
14. Web site: Pawel Pawlikowski's 'Ida' Wins Big At European Film Awards. Indiewire. Kevin. Jagernauth. December 15, 2014. August 7, 2021.
15. Web site: 'Youth,' 'The Lobster' Lead European Film Award Nominations. Variety. Guy. Lodge. November 7, 2015. August 7, 2021.
16. Web site: European Film Awards winners: Youth, Amy, The Lobster lead field. The Hollywood News. Paul. Heath. December 14, 2015. August 7, 2021.
17. Web site: 'Toni Erdmann' Wins European Film Awards. The Hollywood Reporter. Scott. Roxborough. December 10, 2016. August 7, 2021.
18. Web site: Swedish Comedy 'The Square' Dominates European Film Awards. TheWrap. Steve. Pond. December 9, 2017. August 7, 2021.
19. Web site: 'Cold War' Is the Big Winner at the European Film Awards, Picking Up Oscar Momentum. Indiewire. Michael. Nordine. December 15, 2018. August 7, 2021.
20. Web site: 'The Favourite' Wins Big at European Film Awards. The Hollywood Reporter. Scott. Roxborough. December 7, 2019. August 7, 2021.