(L-R) Guy Daleiden, Director of Film Fund Luxembourg; Fred Neuen, President of D'Filmakademie;
Credit: Elza Osmane, Chronicle.lu
On Wednesday 1 October 2025, the Luxembourg Film Academy (D'Filmakademie) and Film Fund Luxembourg announced the nominees for the 11th edition of the Lëtzebuerger Filmpräis (Luxembourg Film Prize), which will take place on Saturday 22 November 2025 at the Grand Théâtre in Luxembourg-Limpertsberg.
The announcement was made at a press conference by Guy Daleiden, Director of Film Fund Luxembourg, and Fred Neuen, President of D'Filmakademie, where they underlined that the Film Prize, held every two years, showcases the diversity of Luxembourg cinema and audiovisual productions, from short films and documentaries to animation, immersive projects and co-productions.
This year’s edition features 67 finalists in thirteen categories. Members of the Filmakademie will vote in twelve of these, while the immersive works category will be decided by an international jury comprising Anaïs Emery, Director of the Geneva International Film Festival (GIFF), Elie Levasseur, Head of the Immersive Section at the Cannes Film Festival and Philippe Rivière, Digital Director of the Art Explora Foundation.
This year’s Lëtzebuerger Filmpräis nominees include:
- Best Luxembourg feature film, animated film or documentary: Hors d’Haleine (Breathing Underwater; Eric Lamhène); Läif a Séil (The Last Ashes; Loïc Tanson); Marianengraben (Mariana Trench; Eileen Byrne); Poison (Désirée Nosbusch); Spiked (Caroline Origer)
- Best feature film or documentary co-production: All We Imagine as Light (Payal Kapadia); Fanon (Jean-Claude Barny); Reflet dans un diamant mort (Reflection in a Dead Diamond; Hélène Cattet and Bruno Forzani); Ingeborg Bachmann - Journey into the Desert (Margarethe von Trotta); La Cache (The Safe House; Lionel Baier)
- Best short fiction film, animated film or documentary: A Walk into the Afterlife (Jiyun Jeong); Huss (Laurent Prim); Linda, Linda! (Kiyan Agadjani); Matin Brun (Brown Morning; Carlo Vogele); Mia Mio (Roxanne Peguet)
- Best music: André Dziezuk (Fox and Hare Save the Forest); André Mergenthaler (Ingeborg Bachmann - Journey into the Desert); Claire Parsons (Marianengraben); Kyan Bayani (Linda, Linda!); Thorun Egilsdottir and Mike Koster (Läif a Séil)
- Best female performance: Alessia Raschella (Hors Haleine); Céline Camara (Reflet dans un diamant mort); Esperanza Martin Gonzalez Quevedo (Hors Haleine); Sophie Mousel (Läif a Séil); Vicky Krieps (Ingeborg Bachmann - Journey into the Desert)
- Best male performance: Ethan Chimienti (La Cache); Jules Werner (Läif a Séil); Luc Schiltz (Hors Haleine); Marc Limpach (Ingeborg Bachmann - Journey into the Desert); Timo Wagner (Läif a Séil)
Additional categories include best screenplay, best co-production animation, series and transmedia works, creative contributions in fiction and animation, and best immersive work (XR).
For the first time, members of the public will be able to purchase tickets to attend the ceremony.
The event will be led by Luxembourgish actor and theatre director Fábio Godinho, with artistic contributions from multidisciplinary artist Don Klein and music composed by Sergio Mann, a Luxembourg-based composer and musician.
In line with the annual tradition, winners will receive a newly designed statuette (it is currently on display in the courtyard of the Grand Théâtre), this year created by contemporary artist Patricia Lippert.
The event is supported by the City of Luxembourg (VdL) and the Grand Théâtre, as well as private partners Kinepolis, Cargolux and Agritix. The organisers underlined their long-standing partnership with VdL, noting that the Film Prize has been hosted at the Grand Théâtre for many years.
Guy Daleiden emphasised that beyond recognising excellence, the Film Prize is also about sharing culture and fostering exchange, saying: “This is what the Film Festival is about… to bring culture, delight, and a meeting of professionals”.
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