Seminar for journalists
European Parliament film prize − LUX Prize
Award of LUX Prize 2013
European Parliament, Strasbourg, 10-11 December 2013
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FIRST DRAFT PROGRAMME
LUX Prize 2013 competing films:
"Miele” by Valeria Golino (Italy, France)
"The Broken Circle Breakdown” (Alabama Monroe) by Felix van Groeningen (Belgium)
"The Selfish Giant" by Clio Barnard (United Kingdom)
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Programme of events
Tuesday 10 December
Arrival of invited journalists in Strasbourg*. For Bilateral interviews with directors, please contact
18.00 Cocktail at the European parliament ( place tbc)
20.00 Cinema UGC - Screening of The Broken Circle Breakdown ( ALABAMA Monroe) (OV with FR subtitles) in the presence of Felix van Groeningen (to attend the free screening, contact ; )
Wednesday 11 December
08.00 Arrival of invited journalists at press entrance, Louise Weiss building, EP, Strasbourg
08.30 - 11.00 Seminar for journalists - Room LOW R.1.1 (Louise Weiss building)
08.30 -9.15 Panel 1: Discussion with MEPs
Clap on Cultural Diversity: can cinema be a vector for communicating on European Values?
Moderator: Peter Paul Huth ZDF 3SAT, member of the LUX Prize Selection Panel
- Doris Pack (EPP, DE), chair of EP Committee on Culture and Education
- Isabelle Durant (Greens/EFA, BE), EP Vice-President responsible for LUX Prize
- Alberto Barbera (IT) , Artistic Director of Mostra internazionale del Cinema di Venezia
9.15 -9.30 Q&A session
9.35 -10.15 Panel 2: Film distribution across European linguistic barriers.
New Initiatives and Technologies to make films travelling across borders (LUX FILM DAYS, EC initiatives, ARTE)
Moderator: Roberto Olla, Executive Director of Eurimages
- Veronique Cayla, Director of ARTE
- Silvia Costa (S&D, IT) EP rapporteur on Creative Europe
- Xavier Troussard (EC, head of Unit for Creative Europe)
- Claud Eric Poireaux, CEO of EUROPA CINEMAS NETWORK /
Or Cristian Mungiu/ Jakub Duszinsky EUROPA DISTRIBUTION, respectively honorary president and vice president
10.15 -11.00 Panel 3: European fears and desires on the silver screen: focus on the 3 films of the LUX Prize Competition
Moderator: Roberto Olla, Executive Director of Eurimages
-Clio Barnard, Director of “The Selfish Giant”
- Valeria Golino, Director of " Miele "
-Felix van Groeningen,Ddirector of "The Broken Circle Breakdown "
11.00-11.15 Q&A session
11.45 - 12:10 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
12.20 - 13.00 Bilateral interviews with winner director please contact
15.00 Press conference with MEPs and film directors
20.00 Cinema UGC- Screening of "The Selfish Giant" (to attend the free screening, contact ; address: 25, route du Rhin - Strasbourg)