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The award group is showing free films over the coming weeks
The European Parliament Liaison Office is partnering with W Cinema, Westport, and Club Scannán Sailearna to present free showings of films shortlisted for the 2024 LUX Audience Award.
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 in order to help determine the winner.
The films are being screened, subtitled, and rated by audiences throughout the EU.
The screening of ‘20,000 Species of Bees’ in Club Scannán Sailearna will feature subtitles in as gaeilge.
Chris MacManus, MEP for Midlands-North-West said he’s ‘delighted LUX film screenings will be taking place in Westport’.
All five shortlisted films are critically acclaimed and have each been highly acknowledged at numerous film festivals around the world.
An integral part of these screenings is audience voting, in which they will rate the LUX Audience Award films: five stars ‘excellent’ to one star ‘poor’.
The rating platform is now open, and the final ranking will be determined by combining the public score and the score from the Members of the European Parliament.
Voting is open until April 14 and the winning film will be announced in a ceremony at the European Parliament in Brussels on April 16.
The screenings represent an excellent opportunity to watch some of the most acclaimed European films of the past year, locally!
The films will be of particular interest to those interested in international films and languages.
Mr MacManus called the awards ‘a fantastic opportunity to showcase the best of European cinema to a wider audience and I commend the organisers who are bringing these screenings to Westport’ and other areas.
All are welcome to the free screenings, and the schedule is as follows:
20,000 Species of Bees | 104 min | 2023 | 15A. In Spanish with English and Irish subtitles.
20 February W Cinema, Westport, 8.30pm.
3 March 8.15 Club Scannán Sailearna, coinciding with Seachtain na Gaeilge.
Written and directed by Estibaliz Urresola Solaguren, it follows Lucía, an eight-year-old girl, who struggles as the world tries to catch up with the fact that she is trans.
As the summer holidays pass, she explores her femininity alongside the women of her family who at the same time reflect on their own femininity.
The film is critically acclaimed, and has won and been nominated for numerous awards at film festivals around the world including:
Málaga Film Festival.
Hong Kong International Film Festival.
Seattle International Film Festival.
Calgary International Film Festival, San Sebastien International Film Festival, Athens International Film Festival to name just some.
On the Adamant | 109 min | 2023 | PG.
27 February, W Cinema, Westport, 8.30pm.
The film centres around Adamant, a unique day-care centre. A floating structure located on the Seine in the heart of Paris, it welcomes adults suffering from mental disorders, offering the kind of care that grounds them in time and space and helps them to recover or keep up their spirits. The team running it tries to resist the deterioration and dehumanisation of psychiatry as best as they can. The film invites us to board it and meet the patients and caregivers who invent its life day to day.
The film was the winner of the Golden Bear Best Film 2023 Berlin International Film Festival.
Additionally, it was nominated for 29 Awards including BFI London Film Festival, European Film Awards, São Paulo International Film Festival and more.
Smoke Sauna Sisterhood
5 March, W Cinema, Westport, 8.30pm.
Women share their innermost secrets and intimate experiences inside an Estonian smoke sauna. Cleansing their bodies and baring their souls, they embrace the healing power of sisterhood.
The film was the 2023 Winner of the Sundance Film Festival Directing Award.
Furthermore, it received 9 Awards and 25 Nominations including Calgary International Film Festival, Melbourne International Film Festival, European Film Awards, Hong Kong International Film Festival and more.
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