Lux Prize - Selection Panel

Selection Panel

For the first edition of the prize, three films were shortlisted by a 17-member panel composed mainly of people working in the cinematic professions who were appointed by the European Parliament's Culture and Education Committee. Each film is shown nine times within the European Parliament in Brussels, Belgium, in a 90-seat cinema room specially conceived and built for this purpose.

Panel members were:

• Mr György BÁRON

Critics

• Mr Paulo BRANCO

Producer and distributor, Atalanta Filmes. Director, Estoril Film Festival

• Mrs Marion DORING

Deputy Director, European Film Academy

• Mrs Kirsten Lykke DALGAARD

Exhibitor and distributor. Co-president, Natfilm International Film Festival.

• Mr Stephan DE POTTER

Distributor, Cinéart-Cinélibre

• Mr Michel DEMOPOULOS

Special advisor, ERT

• Mrs Fatima DJOUMER

Administrator, Europa Cinema

• Mr Jakub DUSZYNSKI

Distributor, Gutek Film

• Mrs Mercedes ECHERER

Director, Krems European Film Festival (EU XXL Film), and former Member of the European Parliament

• Mr Emmanuel COURCOL

Co-scriptwriter of Welcome

• Mrs Catherine BURESI

Deputy Director, Berlinale's European Film Market

• Mr Nick JAMES

Editor, British Film Institute’s critical magazine Sight & Sound

• Mrs Susanne HOFFMANN

Secretary-General, Prix Europa

• Mrs Georgette RANUCCI

Exhibitor and distributor, Lucky Red

• Mrs Mira STALEVA

Programmer, Sofia International Film Festival

• Mr Yvon THIEC

Delegate-General, Eurocinema

• Mrs Nuria VIDAL

Critics

• European Commission
• Council of Europe (Eurimages)