Gladys Lazareff, Georges Santer of Luxembourg City Film Festival; Françoise Lentz; Françoise Lentz of Film Fund Luxembourg; Eric Thill, Luxembourg’s Minister of Culture; Guy Daleiden, Director of Film Fund Luxembourg;
Credit: Ali Sahib, Chronicle.lu
On Thursday 12 February 2026, the Luxembourg City Film Festival presented its programme for the sixteenth annual edition, which will take place from Thursday 5 to Sunday 15 March 2026.
During a press conference held in French and Luxembourgish at Kinepolis in Luxembourg-Kirchberg, the festival organisers and partners revealed the festival's programme, jury members, key dates and additional details.
Georges Santer, President of the Luxembourg City Film Festival, speaking in French, opened the press conference by honouring the significant contribution of his predecessor, Colette Flech, who passed away on 21 January 2026. He highlighted the festival’s commitment to bringing diverse international cinema to Luxembourg audiences, saying: “We want to offer a programme that reflects different voices, cultures and perspectives, while keeping cinema accessible to everyone.”
Eric Thill, Luxembourg’s Minister of Culture, then joined in paying tribute to Colette Flesch. He highlighted the importance of the national film industry, pointed to the strong presence of Made in / with Luxembourg productions in this year’s programme and underlined the festival’s continued role in promoting cinematic arts in the Grand Duchy.
Gladys Lazareff, CEO of the Luxembourg City Film Festival, outlined the festival’s core programme and highlighted its focus on accessibility, youth engagement and encounters between audiences and artists.
Françoise Lentz represented the City of Luxembourg (VdL) in place of Mayor Lydie Polfer and reaffirmed the municipality’s continued support for the festival. She underlined the event’s contribution to the city’s cultural life and its role in attracting both local residents and international visitors. She also talked about the opportunities given to young people through the festival, as well as the immersive pavilion and its virtual reality (VR) technology.
Then, Guy Daleiden, Director of Film Fund Luxembourg, talked about Colette Flesch’s legacy outside Luxembourg at a European level and presented the Immersive Pavilion, noting that its eighth edition - returning this year with VR experiences – will take place on Wednesday 4 and Thursday 5 March 2026, across at Neumünster Abbey (neimënster) and Cercle Cité in Luxembourg-Ville, with entry free to the public.
He also noted that this year’s programme includes 21 Luxembourg productions and co-productions, comprising twelve feature films and nine short films supported by Film Fund Luxembourg.
Artistic Director Alexis Juncosa then unveiled the film programme, which features 145 screenings, spanning feature films, documentaries, special screenings and series from around the world.
The festival will open on Thursday 5 March with Rose, directed by Markus Schleinzer. The Awards screening will take place on Saturday 14 March, featuring The Blood Countess by Ulrike Ottinger.
Programme (screenings in English or with English subtitles):
- Hot Milk by Rebecca Lenkiewicz
- Queens of the Dead by Tina Romero
- Stop Making Sense by Jonathan Demme
- Blue Heron by Sophy Romvari
- Mad Bills to Pay by Joel Alfonso Vargas
- My Father’s Shadow by Akinola Davies Jr
- Endless Cookie by Peter Scriver and Seth Scriver
- My Father and Qaddafi by Jihan K
- Seeds by Brittany Shyne
- I Swear by Kirk Jones
- Peter Hujar’s Day by Ira Sachs
- H Is for Hawk by Philippa Lowthorpe
- How to Make a Killing by John Patton Ford
- Jimpa by Sophie Hyde
- Late Fame by Kent Jones
- Plainclothes by Carmen Emmi
- The Testament of Ann Lee by Mona Fastvold
- Tuner by Daniel Roher
- Fucktoys by Annapurna Sriram
- Lesbian Space Princess by Leela Varghese and Emma Hough Hobbs
- Obex by Albert Birney
The films screened in their original language with English-language subtitles include:
- Barrio Triste by Stillz
- Divine Comedy by Ali Asgari
- Lost Land by Akio Fujimoto
- What Marielle Knows by Frédéric Hambalek
- Exile by Mehdi Hmili
- Getting There by Nora Wagner
- The Wolf, the Fox and the Leopard by David Verbeek
The sixteenth edition of the festival will conclude on Sunday 15 March with the closing screening of Rosebush Pruning by Karim Aïnouz.
Other international films and series in the programme will be screened in their original language.
The International Jury will be chaired by Spanish filmmaker Rodrigo Sorogoyen, who will be joined by Argentine director Lisandro Alonso, musician and actor Peter Doherty, Finnish actress Alma Pöysti and director and cinematographer Rae Lyn Lee.
Public screenings cost €10.50 with €8 at the reduced rate. For young audiences, tickets cost €8 for adults and €6 for children.
The festival also offers a festival pass, which costs €60 and includes ten tickets or a 30/30 pass, which costs €30 and gives people under the age of 30 access to screenings.
Most screenings will take place at the Cinémathèque de la Ville de Luxembourg, Kinepolis Kirchberg and Ciné Utopia in Luxembourg-Limpertsberg.
The full programme is available online at https://www.luxfilmfest.lu/.
