LUX – The European Audience Film Award (short: LUX Audience Award) was introduced in 2020 and is presented every year by the European Parliament and the European Film Academy, in partnership with the European Commission and Europa Cinemas.

The award is built on the former LUX Prize, the film prize of the European Parliament established in 2007 as a symbol of the European Parliament’s commitment to culture, and the European Film Academy’s People’s Choice Award.

It continues to build cultural bridges across Europe, in line with the original LUX Prize objectives, by shedding light on films that go to the heart of the European public debate.

The award aims to strengthen ties between politics and citizens, by inviting European audiences to become active protagonists and cast their vote for their favourite films.

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2022 LUX Audience Award: Flee by Jonas Poher Rasmussen

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2022 LUX Audience Award: Great Freedom by Sebastian Meise

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LUX AUDIENCE AWARD 2022

Three films have been shortlisted for the second edition of the LUX Audience Award. To help choose the winner, we need your vote. Please rate the films you've watched using the scoring system: one star – poor to five stars – excellent.

Voting opened on 12 December 2021. You have up until 25 May 2022, to change your rating. Only your most recent vote counts.

Randomly selected participants will be rewarded*: by voting, you may get the chance to attend the LUX Audience Award Ceremony, taking place on 8 June 2022 at the European Parliament in Strasbourg.
*If the latest COVID-19 related restrictions in France allow for this.

Flee

by Jonas Poher Rasmussen

Amin Nawabi (a pseudonym), a 36-year-old high-achieving academic, grapples with a painful secret he has kept hidden for 20 years, one that threatens to derail the life he has built for himself and his soon-to-be husband. Recounted to director Jonas Poher Rasmussen – his close friend and high-school classmate – mostly through animation to...

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Great Freedom (Grosse Freiheit)

by Sebastian Meise

In post-war Germany, Hans ends up imprisoned again and again for being gay. His desire for freedom is systematically frustrated when he is found to be in breach of the German Criminal Code’s paragraph 175. The one steady relationship in his life becomes his long-time cellmate, Viktor, a convicted murderer. What starts as revulsion grows...

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Quo Vadis, Aida?

by Jasmila Žbanić

Bosnia, 11 July 1995. Aida is a translator for the United Nations in the small town of Srebrenica. When the Serbian army takes over the town, her family is among the thousands of civilians seeking shelter in the UN camp. As an insider to the negotiations, Aida has access to crucial information that she needs to interpret. What fate awaits...

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