European Parliament film prize − LUX Prize

Award of LUX Prize 2012

with seminar for journalists

European Parliament, Strasbourg, 20-21 November 2012

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The three finalists for the LUX Prize 2012 are:

"Csak a Szél" (Just the Wind) by Bence Fliegauf (Hungary, Germany, France)

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

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

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Programme of events

Tuesday 20 November

18.00 Arrival of invited journalists at press entrance, Louise Weiss building, EP, Strasbourg

20.00 Cinema Star - Screening of Tabu in the presence of Miguel Gomes

room tbc Bilateral interviews with directors

Wednesday 21 November

08.15 Arrival of invited journalists at press entrance, Louise Weiss building, EP, Strasbourg

08:45 - 11.00 Seminar for journalists - Room LOW R.1.1 (Louise Weiss building)

Welcome by JLJ

08.45 -9.15 Panel 1: Discussion by MEPs responsible for cultural reports

The State of Play of Cultural Initiatives of the European Parliament: Policies and LUX Prize and FILM DAYS

Moderator:......

- Doris Pack (EPP, DE), chair of EP Committee on Culture and Education

- Silvia Costa (S&D, IT) EP rapporteur on Creative Europe

- Piotr Borys (EPP, PL),EP rapporteur on the Implementation of the AVMSD

915 -9.45 Panel 2: Vice-Presidents of the EP stand for Cultural Diversities

United by our Values: our Stories, our Cultures illuminated through the emotion of films: the aim of the LUX FILM DAYS

Moderator:

- Isabelle Durant (Greens/EFA, BE), EP Vice-President responsible for LUX Prize

- Alexander Alvaro (Alde, DE) EP Vice-President

- Oldrich Vlasak, (ECR, CZ) EP Vice-President

9.45-10.00 Q&A session

9.45-10.30 Panel 3: Discussion by directors of three film finalists

Films as mirrors of our societies: European Cinema and the Challenge of Reality Moderator: Peter Paul Huth, ZDF 3SAT, member of the LUX Prize Selection Panel (tbc)

- Bence Fliegauf, director of " Csak a Szél "

- Andrea Segre, director of " Io sono Li "

- Miguel Gomes, director of " Tabu "

10.30-10.45 Q&A session

10.45-11.00 Closing remarks

11.45 - 12:00 AWARD CEREMONY in Plenary Chamber (to be viewed from the Press Gallery)

Announcement of winning film and presentation of prize to the winning director by EP President Martin Schulz

12.00 - 13.00 Bilateral interviews with directors

14.30 Press conference with MEPs and film directors

20.00 UGC Screening of Just the Wind in the presence of Bence Fliegauf