The Official Selection includes five films made by female directors and four debut features.
The three finalists will be announced at the Venice Days press conference in Rome at the end of July 2017. The European Parliament will subtitle the three competing films into the 24 official languages of the European Union and will screen them in all 28 EU countries during the LUX Film Days.
The LUX FILM PRIZE Official Selection:
The Last Family / Ostatnia Rodzina (Poland)
Directed by Jan P. Matuszyński
Produced by Aurum Film
Coproduced by HBO Polska, Mazowiecki Instytut Kultury, Lightcraft, Universal Music Polska
Supported by the Polish Film Institute, Mazovia Film Fund
Glory / Slava (Bulgaria, Greece)
Directed by Kristina Grozeva and Petar Valchanov
Produced by Abraxas
Coproduced by Graal Film, Screening Emotions, Aporia Filmworks, Red Carpet
Supported by the Bulgarian National Film Center, Greek Film Centre
Western (Germany, Bulgaria, Austria)
Directedby Valeska Grisebach
Produced by Komplizen Film
Coproduced by Chouchkov Brothers, Coop99, KNM, ZDF-Das Kleiner Fernsehspiek
King of the Belgians (Belgium, Netherlands, Bulgaria)
Directed by Peter Brosens and Jessica Woodworth
Produced by Bo Films
Coproduced by Entre Chien et Loup, Topkapi Films, Art Fest
Supported by the Flemish Audiovisual Fund, Flanders Image, Screen Flanders, the French Community of Belgium, Casa Kafka, the Belgian Tax Shelter, the Dutch Film Fund, the Dutch Production Incentive, the Bulgarian National Film Centre, the MEDIA Programme of the European Community and EURIMAGES
A ciambra (Italy, Brazil, United States, France, Germany, Sweden)
Directed by Jonas Carpignano
BPM (Beats per Minute) (France)
Directed by Robin Campillo
Heartstone (Iceland, Denmark)
Directed by Guðmundur Arnar Guðmundsson
Sámi Blood (Sweden, Denmark, Norway)
Directed by Amanda Kernell
Summer 1993 (Spain)
Directed by Carla Simón
The Other Side of Hope (Finland, Germany)
Directed by Aki Kaurismäki
