The selection was announced by Mr Oldrich Vlasak, Vice-President of the European Parliament together with Ms Silvia Costa, member of the Committee on Culture and Education, and two members of the LUX Prize Selection Panel: Mr Karel Och, KVIFF Artistic Director, and Mr Jakub Duszynski, Co-President of Europa Distribution.
The selection included three titles from central and eastern Europe, In Bloom by Georgian director Nana Ekvtimishvili and the Circles directed by Serbian director Srdan Golubovic. Both films screened in the Berlinale Forum earlier this year. From the Czech Republic there is Fortress directed by Lukáš Kokeš, Klára Tasovská
The films are a mix of socially realist dramas, experimental pieces and documentaries, and represent the work of a few established and well known filmmakers among young and promising newcomers.
The 10 films of the LUX Prize 2013 www.luxprize.eu
Official Selection are as follows (in alphabetical order):
Äta sova dö (Eat Sleep Die), by Gabriela Pichler - Sweden
Grzeli nateli dgeebi (In Bloom), by Nana Ekvtimishvili, Simon Groß - Georgia, Germany, France
Production: Polare Film
Supported by Georgian National Film Center www.gnfc.ge
Krugovi (Circles), by Srdan Golubovic - Serbia, Germany, France, Slovenia, Croatia
Production: Film House Bas Celik,
Coproduction: Propeler Film www.propelerfilm.com
Vertigo /Emotionfilm www.emotionfilm.si
Supported by Croatian Audiovisual Center www.havc.hr and Slovenian Film Agency www.film-center.si
La Grande Bellezza (The Great Beauty), by Paolo Sorrentino - Italy, France
La Plaga (The Plague), by Neus Ballús - Spain
Miele (Honey), by Valeria Golino - Italy, France
Oh Boy!, by Jan Ole Gerster- Germany
Pevnost (Fortress), by Lukáš Kokeš, Klára Tasovská - Czech Republic
Production: Nutprodcke
The Broken Circle Breakdown, by Felix van Groeningen – Belgium
The Selfish Giant, by Clio Barnard - United Kingdom