Free Screenings of LUX Award 2025 films by Cork International Film Festival
As part of CIFF European Film Weekend from 24th to 26th January, CIFF have partnered with the European Parliament Liaison Office in Ireland and The Arc Cinema Cork to present free screenings of four of the films shortlisted for the LUX Audience Award 2025.
The LUX Audience Award aims to strengthen ties between politics and the people by inviting European audiences to become active protagonists and rate their favourite films.
Celebrating the latest and best European features and shorts, and as Ireland’s official representative at the European Film Academy Short Film Award, the screenings will be complemented by two programmes of short films selected from the European Film Academy network.
The five films nominated for LUX Awards 2025:
- Animal by Sofia Exarchou (Greece, Austria, Romania, Cyprus, Bulgaria), Drama
- Dahomey by Mati Diop (France, Senegal, Benin) Documentary
- Flow by Gints Zilbalodis (Latvia, France, Belgium) Animation (not in CIFF screenings)
- Intercepted by Oksana Karpovych (Canada, France, Ukraine) Documentary
- Julie Keeps Quiet by Leonardo van Dijl (Belgium, Sweden) Drama
Find details and booking links for the CIFF free screenings of LUX Award 2025 films.
LUX Audience Award Rate the Nominated Films
An integral part of these screenings is voting for your favourite film in the largest audience award in the world. CIFF invites you to rate the LUX Audience Award films you have watched.
Rate by April 2025 and don’t miss the chance to win a range of exciting prizes, including a trip to the European Parliament to attend the LUX Award Ceremony in April 2025 and meet the directors and film crews of the nominees.