1. ATTENBERG
ATTENBERG
Marina, a twenty-three year-old girl, lives with her architect We have the pleasure to invite you to the 2011 edition of
father in a prototype factory town by the sea. Finding the LUX Prize which opens on 11 October and will close on
the human species strange and repellent, she keeps her 16 November with the Award ceremony.
distance. Instead she stubbornly observes it through This forward-looking initiative is celebrating its fifth year.
songs of suicide, the mammal documentaries of Sir Since its inception in 2007, the LUX Prize has increasingly
David Attenborough and the sex education lessons she gained recognition, both within the European Parliament
and beyond, in local communities across the continent.
receives from her only friend, Bella. A stranger comes to
town and challenges her to a table football duel, on her The LUX Prize has sought to present films that crystallise
debates that occur daily as Members of the European Par-
own table. Meanwhile, her father ritualistically prepares
liament: immigration, justice, solidarity, public freedoms or
for his exit from the 20th century, which he considers to fundamental rights, economic crisis and solidarity.
be “overrated.” Caught between the two men and her
The LUX Prize is not only crucial support to European film
collaborator Bella, Marina investigates the wondrous
industry: it has also become a tool to meet with European
mystery of human fauna. citizens and to discuss these issues.
Each film awarded by our Institution has always offered a
glimpse into the lives of Europeans, their convictions and
doubts, their quest for identity.
The LUX Prize filmography also brings the European Parlia-
ment’s policies and initiatives closer to citizens. Our events
which accompany the LUX Prize films have stimulated
enlightening debates on subjects which, with the inevitable
differences from one country to the other, are common to
the Twenty-Seven as a whole.
We firmly believe, as the «Polish Film Week» recently did,
that the ability to convey values through the emotional and
shared language of cinema can invigorate the process of
European integration and mutual recognition of the Other.
In conclusion, we hope that you will enjoy the LUX Prize
2011 Competition as much as we do.
by Athina Rachel Tsangari
2010, 95’
Greece
Isabelle Durant Doris Pack www.luxprize.eu
Original version: Greek Vice-President President of the Committee
on Culture and Education luxprize@europarl.europa.eu
Subtitles: English, French

2. 3 Original and Sensitive European Films ScrEEning SchEdulE
ThE SNowS of KilimANjARo
LEs NEiGEs du KiLimANdjARo PLAY
PlAY
The three films in Competition for the LUX Prize 2011 bring an original and sensitive insight into themes which are in line with
the four previous editions of the LUX Prize: LUX Theatre LEs NEiGEs du Although he has lost his job, Michel lives happily with In central Gothenburg, Sweden, a group of black boys,
ATTENBERG PLAY
Attenberg, directed by Greek Athina Rachel Tsangari, is a tender but deadpan anthropological black comed.
Altiero Spinelli building,
95’
KiLimANdjARo 113’ Marie-Claire. They’ve been in love for 30 years, are fulfilled aged 12-14, robbed other children on about 70 occasions
3rd floor, VoxBox area 107’
It is an imaginative curio of animal gestures whose emotional power creeps up on you. as parents and grand-parents, have close friends and between 2006 - 2008. The thieves used an elaborate
Les neiges du Kilimandjaro, directed by French Robert Guédiguian, is a deeply moving human drama, loosely inspired by are proud of their trade union and political battles. This scheme called the ‘brother trick’, involving advanced
Victor Hugo poem Les pauvres gens, full of tolerance and very much aware of contemporary social issues. Tue. 11 / 10 13 : 00 19 : 00 - happiness is shattered along with their French window role-play and gang rhetoric. They did not have to resort
Play, directed by Swedish Ruben Östlund, is intelligently observed game of mindsets in black and white dispositions where Wed. 12 / 10 19 : 00 - 13 : 00 when two young armed and masked men hit them, tie to physical violence or threats. Play is an astute and
youngsters in Sweden are manipulatively robbed of their mobile phones and wallets by the gang of other youths. them up, pull off their wedding rings and make off with humorous observation, based on real cases of bullying,
Thu. 13 / 10 - 13 : 00 19 : 00
their credit cards. Their distress is all the more acute when that deliberately plays with preconceptions, and our
they find out the attack was organised by a young worker expectations that it’s all going to end badly.
4 Ways to Watch Mon. 17 / 10 13 : 00 19 : 00 - made redundant at the same time as Michel. However,
Tue. 18 / 10 19 : 00 - 13 : 00 they gradually discover that their attacker, Christophe,
Theatre ASP, 3 floor, VoxBox area only acted out of necessity: he lives alone with his two
LUX
rd
Wed. 19 / 10 - 13 : 00 19 : 00
little brothers and does an admirable job of looking after
Thu. 20 / 10 13 : 00 19 : 00 -
LUX TV Channel 77 (Brussels, Strasbourg) them, attending to their education and health. Their
mother left them to live her own life and they never
LUX VOD* www.luxprize.eu/veo
Mon. 24 / 10 19 : 00 - 13 : 00 knew their father. Michel and Marie-Claire thus decide
DVD** luxprize@europarl.europa.eu Tue. 25 / 10 - 13 : 00 19 : 00
LUX to look after the two little brothers while they wait for
Wed. 26 / 10 13 : 00 19 : 00 - Christophe to be released from prison.
* Exclusively accessible to MEPs from a European Parliament internal computer.
** For MEPs only, within the limits of available stock. Thu. 27 / 10 19 : 00 - 13 : 00
1 Vote Mon. 31 / 10 - 13 : 00 19 : 00
Tue. 03 / 11 13 : 00 19 : 00 -
MEPs are invited to cast their vote from 11 October to 15 November via luxprize.eu/vote. Each has one vote only, regardless
of the number of films she or he has seen. The LUX Prize 2011 Award ceremony will take place in the Chamber on 16 Novem-
ber in Strasbourg.
Mon. 07 / 11 19 : 00 - 13 : 00
Tue. 08 / 11 - 13 : 00 19 : 00
15 Tickets to Win
Wed. 09 / 11 13 : 00 19 : 00 -
Thu. 10 / 11 13 : 00 by Robert Guédiguian by Ruben Östlund
2011, 107’ 2011, 113’
Complete your e-mail address on your magnet (available at the bars), place it on the LUX Prize stands built up for this purpose france Sweden, france, Denmark
and win tickets for opera at cinema*. Sessions Groups
original version: french original version: Swedish
* In partnership with UGC; refer to www.luxprize.eu/win Committees Constituency
Subtitles: English, German Subtitles: English, french