The European Parliament Information Office in Malta, in collaboration with the Euro Media Forum and AEDE Malta, will be presenting the Lux Film Days 2014 - a three-day film festival in Malta on 5, 7 and 9 November at St James Cavalier, Valletta. This year films will also be shown in Gozo on 12 and 14 December at Don Bosco Oratory, Santu Wistin Square, Victoria. The film festival will screen the three finalist films in the run for the European Parliament LUX Prize Competition 2014. The public is invited to attend the film festival and participate for the second year by casting their vote for their favourite film. Entrance is free of charge. The films will be shown with English subtitles. The three films portray diverse contemporary European social issues with a special focus on youth.
The three finalists are:
- Class Enemy (12) (Razredni Sovra?nik) by Rok Biček, SloveniaDue to a huge difference in the way they perceive life, the relationship between the students and their new German language teacher becomes critically tense. When one of the students commits suicide, her classmates accuse the teacher of being responsible for her death. The realisation that things are not so black and white comes too late.
- Girlhood (12A) (Bande de filles) by Céline Sciamma, France.Oppressed by her family setting, dead-end school prospects and the boys' law in the neighbourhood, Marieme starts a new life after meeting a group of three free-spirited girls. She changes her name, her dress code, and quits school to be accepted in the gang, hoping that this will be a way to freedom.
- Ida (12A) by Paweł Pawlikowski, Poland and DenmarkPoland 1962 Anna is a novice, an orphan brought up by nuns in the convent. She has to see Wanda, the only living relative, before she takes her vows. Wanda tells Anna that Anna is Jewish. Both women start a journey not only to find their family tragic story, but who they really are and where they belong. They question their religions and the ideas they believed in. Both are trying to go on living but only one of them can.
Trailers can be watched at http://www.luxprize.eu/news/three-films-compete-lux-prize-2014 Schedule of viewingSt James Cavalier, Valletta
- Wednesday, 5 NovemberGirlhood (12A): 6pmIda (12A): 8pm
- Friday, 7 NovemberGirlhood (12A): 5pmClass Enemy (12): 7pm
- Sunday, 9 NovemberClass Enemy (12): 6pmIda (12A): 8pm
Oratory Don Bosco, Victoria, Gozo
- Friday, 12 DecemberIda (12A): 7pmClass Enemy (12): 9pm
- Sunday, 14 DecemberGirlhood (12A): 8.30pm
Reservations for St James Cavalier can be made by phoning on 2122 3200, www.sjcav.org while reservations for Gozo can be made on 9945 6851, email: [email protected]