European Film Academy Lux Award

Lux Award
Lux Award
Location	Europe
Presented by	European Film Academy
First award	1997
Currently held by	Flow (2025)
Website	europeanfilmawards.eu

The European Film Academy Lux Award is a prize given to a competing film by the European Film Academy and the European Parliament. It is one of the European Film Awards, which were established to recognize excellence in European cinematic achievements. Previously known as the People's Choice Award for Best European Film, it was first awarded in 1997 with Peter Cattaneo's film The Full Monty being the first recipient of the award. It was reintroduced as Jameson Award from 2002 to 2005. It changed to its current name in 2020, when the European Parliament became partly responsible for the management of the award, replacing the former Lux Prize.

The award is aimed at highlighting films which help to raise awareness of socio-political issues in Europe and to publicise and encourage distribution of European films in the European Union and throughout the world. As of 2025, Flow is the most recent winner.^[1]

Winners and nominees

1990s

Year	English title	Original title	Director(s)	Nationality of director
1997 (10th)	The Full Monty		Peter Cattaneo	United Kingdom

2000s

Year	English title	Original title	Director(s)	Nationality of director
2003 (16th) ^[2]	Good Bye, Lenin!		Wolfgang Becker	Germany
	28 Days Later		Danny Boyle	United Kingdom
	Dogville		Lars von Trier	Denmark
	Mondays in the Sun	Los lunes al sol	Fernando León de Aranoa	Spain
	Noi the Albino	Nói albinói	Dagur Kári	Iceland
	The Man on the Train	L'homme du train	Patrice Leconte	France
	Swimming Pool		François Ozon	France
	Respiro		Emanuele Crialese	Italy
	Distant	Uzak	Nuri Bilge Ceylan	Turkey
	Kitchen Stories	Salmer fra Kjøkkenet	Bent Hamer	Norway
2004 (17th) ^[3]	Head-On	Gegen die Wand	Fatih Akin	Germany
	Code 46		Michael Winterbottom	United Kingdom
	Bad Education	La mala educación	Pedro Almodóvar	Spain
	Take My Eyes	Te doy mis ojos	Icíar Bollaín	Spain
	Cold Light	Kaldaljós	Hilmar Oddsson	Iceland
	Trilogy: The Weeping Meadow	Τριλογία: Το λιβάδι που δακρύζει	Theo Angelopoulos	Greece
	The Dreamers		Bernardo Bertolucci	Italy
	Since Otar Left	Depuis qu'Otar est parti...	Julie Bertuccelli	France
	Love Actually		Richard Curtis	United Kingdom
	Intimate Strangers	Confidences trop intimes	Patrice Leconte	France
2005 (18th) ^[4]	Sophie Scholl – The Final Days	Sophie Scholl – Die letzten Tage	Marc Rothemund	Germany
	Night Watch	Ночной Дозор / Nochnoy Dozor	Timur Bekmambetov	Russia
	Ferpect Crime	Crimen ferpecto	Álex de la Iglesia	Spain
	A Very Long Engagement	Un long dimanche de fiançailles	Jean-Pierre Jeunet	France
	The Beat That My Heart Skipped	De battre mon cœur s'est arrêté	Jacques Audiard	France
	Enduring Love		Roger Michell	United Kingdom
	Being Julia		István Szabó	Hungary
	The Consequences of Love	Le conseguenze dell'amore	Paolo Sorrentino	Italy
	As It Is in Heaven		Kay Pollak	Sweden
	Go for Zucker!		Dani Levy	Switzerland
2006 (19th) ^[5]	Volver		Pedro Almodóvar	Spain
	March of the Penguins	La Marche de l'empereur	Luc Jacquet	France
	Pride and Prejudice		Joe Wright	United Kingdom
	Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit		Nick Park, Steve Box	United Kingdom
	Something Like Happiness	Štěstí	Bohdan Sláma	Czech Republic
	Criminal Novel	Romanzo Criminale	Michele Placido	Italy
	Paradise Now		Hany Abu-Assad	Netherlands
	Oliver Twist		Roman Polanski	France
	Merry Christmas	Joyeux Noël	Christian Carion	France
	The Elementary Particles	Elementarteilchen	Oskar Roehler	Germany
	Adam's Apples	Adams Æbler	Anders Thomas Jensen	Denmark
	The Child	L'Enfant	Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne	Belgium
2007 (20th) ^[6]	The Unknown Woman	La sconosciuta	Giuseppe Tornatore	Italy
	I Served the King of England	Obsluhoval jsem anglického krále	Jiří Menzel	Czech Republic
	The Last King of Scotland		Kevin Macdonald	United Kingdom
	Perfume: The Story of a Murderer		Tom Tykwer	Germany
	12:08 East of Bucharest	A fost sau n-a fost?	Corneliu Porumboiu	Romania
	The Queen		Stephen Frears	United Kingdom
	La Vie en Rose	La Môme	Olivier Dahan	France
	Reprise		Joachim Trier	Norway
	Black Book	Zwartboek	Paul Verhoeven	Netherlands
	Alatriste		Agustín Díaz Yanes	Spain
	2 Days in Paris		Julie Delpy	France
2008 (21st) ^[7]	Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix		David Yates	United Kingdom
	[REC]		Jaume Balagueró, Paco Plaza	Spain
	The Orphanage	El orfanato	Juan Antonio Bayona	Spain
	Mongol: The Rise of Genghis Khan		Sergei Bodrov	Russia
	Atonement		Joe Wright	United Kingdom
	Welcome to the Sticks	Bienvenue chez les Ch'tis	Dany Boon	France
	Hunting and Gathering	Ensemble, c'est tout	Claude Berri	France
	The Wave	Die Welle	Dennis Gansel	Germany
	Rabbit Without Ears	Keinohrhasen	Til Schweiger
	Ben X		Nic Balthazar	Belgium
	Arn – The Knight Templar	Arn: Tempelriddaren	Peter Flinth	Denmark
	Saturn in Opposition	Saturno contro	Ferzan Özpetek	Italy
2009 (22nd) ^[8]	Slumdog Millionaire		Danny Boyle	United Kingdom
	Coco Before Chanel	Coco avant Chanel	Anne Fontaine	France
	Transporter 3		Olivier Megaton	France
	Mid-August Lunch	Pranzo di ferragosto	Gianni Di Gregorio	Italy
	Let the Right One In	Låt den rätte komma in	Tomas Alfredson	Sweden
	Fly Me to the Moon		Ben Stassen	Belgium
	The Duchess		Saul Dibb	United Kingdom
	The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo	Män som hatar kvinnor	Niels Arden Oplev	Denmark
	Broken Embraces	Los abrazos rotos	Pedro Almodóvar	Spain
	The Baader Meinhof Complex	Der Baader Meinhof Komplex	Uli Edel	Germany

2010s

Year	English title	Original title	Director(s)	Nationality of director
2010 (23rd) ^[9]	Mr. Nobody		Jaco Van Dormael	Belgium
	The Girl Who Played with Fire	Flickan som lekte med elden	Daniel Alfredson	Sweden
	Soul Kitchen		Fatih Akın	Germany
	Loose Cannons		Ferzan Özpetek	Italy
	Baarìa		Giuseppe Tornatore	Italy
	Little Nicholas	Le Petit Nicolas	Laurent Tirard	France
	An Education		Lone Scherfig	Denmark
	Kick-Ass		Matthew Vaughn	Denmark
	Agora	Ágora	Alejandro Amenábar	Spain
	The Ghost Writer		Roman Polanski	France
2011 (24th) ^[10]	The King's Speech		Tom Hooper	United Kingdom
	Animals United	Konferenz der Tiere	Reinhard Klooss, Holger Tappe	Germany
	Even the Rain	También la lluvia	Icíar Bollaín	Spain
	In a Better World	Hævnen	Susanne Bier	Denmark
	Little White Lies	Les Petits Mouchoirs	Guillaume Canet	France
	Welcome to the South	Benvenuti al Sud	Luca Miniero	Italy
	Potiche		François Ozon	France
	Unknown		Jaume Collet-Serra	United Kingdom
2012 (25th) ^[11]	Come as You Are	Hasta la Vista	Geoffrey Enthoven	Belgium
	The Artist		Michel Hazanavicius	France
	Barbara		Christian Petzold	Germany
	The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel		John Madded	United Kingdom
	Caesar Must Die	Cesare deve morire	Paolo Taviani	Italy
	Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy		Tomas Alfredson	United Kingdom
	Headhunters	Hodejegerne	Morten Tyldum	Norway
	In Darkness	W ciemności	Agnieszka Holland	Poland
	The Intouchables	Intouchables	Éric Toledano and Olivier Nakache	France
	The Iron Lady		Phyllida Lloyd	United Kingdom
	Salmon Fishing in the Yemen		Lasse Hallström
	Shame		Steve McQueen
2013 (26th) ^[12]	The Gilded Cage	La Cage dorée	Ruben Alves	France, Portugal
	Anna Karenina		Joe Wright	United Kingdom
	The Best Offer	La migliore offerta	Giuseppe Tornatore	Italy
	The Broken Circle Breakdown		Felix Van Groeningen	Belgium
	A Coffee in Berlin	Oh Boy!	Jan Ole Gerster	Germany
	The Deep	Djúpið	Baltasar Kormákur	Iceland
	Love Is All You Need	Den skaldede frisør	Susanne Bier	Denmark
	I'm So Excited	Los amantes pasajeros	Pedro Almodóvar	Spain
	The Impossible	Lo imposible	J.A. Bayona	Spain
	Kon-Tiki		Joachim Rønning, Espen Sandberg	Norway
	Searching for Sugar Man		Malik Bendjelloul	Sweden
2014 (27th) ^[13]^[14]	Ida		Paweł Pawlikowski	Poland
	Beauty and the Beast	La Belle et la Bête	Christophe Gans	France
	Nymphomaniac		Lars von Trier	Denmark
	Philomena		Stephen Frears	United Kingdom
	The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared	Hundraåringen som klev ut genom fönstret och försvann	Felix Herngren	Sweden
	Two Days, One Night	Deux jours, une nuit	Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne	Belgium
2015 (28th) ^[15]^[16]
	Marshland	La isla mínima	Alberto Rodríguez	Spain
	A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence	En duva satt på en gren och funderade på tillvaron	Roy Andersson	Sweden
	Leviathan	Левиафан / Leviafan	Andrey Zvyagintsev	Russia
	Force Majeure	Turist	Ruben Östlund	Sweden
	Samba		Éric Toledano and Olivier Nakache	France
	Serial (Bad) Weddings	Qu'est-ce qu'on a fait au Bon Dieu?	Philippe de Chauveron
	The Salt of the Earth	Le sel de la terre	Wim Wenders, Juliano Ribeiro Salgado
	The Imitation Game		Morten Tyldum	United Kingdom
	Victoria		Sebastian Schipper	Germany
	White God	Fehér isten	Kornél Mundruczó	Hungary
2016 (29th) ^[17]
	Body	Ciało	Małgorzata Szumowska	Poland
	A Man Called Ove	En man som heter Ove	Hannes Holm	Sweden
	A War	Krigen	Tobias Lindholm	Denmark
	Aferim!		Radu Jude	Romania
	Fire at Sea	Fuocoammare	Gianfranco Rosi	Italy
	Julieta		Pedro Almodóvar	Spain
	Mustang		Deniz Gamze Ergüven	France
	Spectre		Sam Mendes	United Kingdom
	The Danish Girl		Tom Hooper	United Kingdom
	The Brand New Testament	Le Tout Nouveau Testament	Jaco Van Dormael	Belgium
	The High Sun	Zvizdan	Dalibor Matanić	Croatia
	The Lobster		Yorgos Lanthimos	United Kingdom
2017 (30th) ^[18]
	Stefan Zweig: Farewell to Europe	Vor der Morgenröte	Maria Schrader	Germany
	A Monster Calls		J. A. Bayona	Spain
	Bridget Jones's Baby		Sharon Maguire	Ireland
	Frantz		François Ozon	France
	Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them		David Yates	United Kingdom
	Graduation	Bacalaureat	Cristian Mungiu	Romania
	Like Crazy	La pazza gioia	Paolo Virzì	Italy
	The Commune	Kollektivet	Thomas Vinterberg	Denmark
	The Other Side of Hope	Toivon tuolla puolen	Aki Kaurismäki	Finland
2018 (31st) ^[19]
	Call Me by Your Name		Luca Guadagnino	Italy
	Borg vs McEnroe	Borg	Janus Metz Pedersen	Sweden
	Dunkirk		Christopher Nolan	United Kingdom
	C'est la vie!	Le Sens de la fête	Éric Toledano and Olivier Nakache	France
	Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets		Luc Besson	France
	Darkest Hour		Joe Wright	United Kingdom
	Victoria & Abdul		Stephen Frears	United Kingdom
	In the Fade	Aus dem Nichts	Fatih Akin	Germany
	The Death of Stalin		Armando Iannucci	United Kingdom
2019 (32nd) ^[20]
	Cold War	Zimna wojna	Paweł Pawlikowski	Poland
	Border	Gräns	Ali Abbasi	Sweden
	Dogman		Matteo Garrone	Italy
	Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald		David Yates	United Kingdom
	Girl		Lukas Dhont	Belgium
	Happy as Lazzaro	Lazzaro felice	Alice Rohrwacher	Italy
	Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again		Ol Parker	United Kingdom
	Pain and Glory	Dolor y gloria	Pedro Almodóvar	Spain
	Sink or Swim	Le Grand Bain	Gilles Lellouche	France
	The Breadwinner		Nora Twomey	Ireland
	The Favourite		Yorgos Lanthimos	United Kingdom
	The Purity of Vengeance Journal 64		Christoffer Boe	Denmark

2020s

Year	English title	Original title	Director(s)	Nationality of director
2021 (33rd)
	Collective		Alexander Nanau	Romania
	Another Round	Druk	Thomas Vinterberg	Denmark
	Corpus Christi		Jan Komasa	Poland
2022 (34th)
	Quo Vadis, Aida?		Jasmila Žbanić	Bosnia and Herzegovina
	Flee	Flugt	Jonas Poher Rasmussen	Denmark
	Great Freedom	Große Freiheit	Sebastian Meise	Austria
2023 (35th)
	Close		Lukas Dhont	Belgium
	Alcarràs		Carla Simón	Spain
	Burning Days	Kurak Günler	Emin Alper	Turkey
	Triangle of Sadness		Ruben Östlund	Sweden
	Will-o'-the-Wisp	Fogo-Fátuo	João Pedro Rodrigues	Portugal
2024 (36th)
	The Teachers' Lounge	Das Lehrerzimmer	İlker Çatak	Germany
	20,000 Species of Bees	20.000 especies de abejas	Estibaliz Urresola Solaguren	Spain
	Fallen Leaves	Kuolleet lehdet	Aki Kaurismäki	Finland
	On the Adamant	Sur l'Adamant	Nicolas Philibert	France
	Smoke Sauna Sisterhood	Savvusanna sõsarad	Anna Hints	Estonia
2025 (37th)
	Flow	Straume	Gints Zilbalodis	Latvia
	Animal		Sofia Exarchou	Greece
	Dahomey		Mati Diop	France
	Intercepted		Oksana Karpovych	Ukraine
	Julie Keeps Quiet	Julie zwijgt	Leonardo Van Dijl	Belgium

References

^ Silva Vilas, Jesús (29 April 2025). "The 2025 LUX Audience Award goes to Flow". Cineuropa. Retrieved 29 April 2025.
^ Hernandez, Eugene (December 8, 2003). "Germany's "Lenin" Wins Top Prizes at European Film Awards". Indiewire. Retrieved August 7, 2021.
^ Hernandez, Eugene (December 13, 2004). "German Film "Head-On' Tops 2004 European Film Awards". Indiewire. Retrieved August 7, 2021.
^ Hernandez, Eugene (December 4, 2005). ""Cache" and "Sophie Scholl" Top European Film Awards". Indiewire. Retrieved August 7, 2021.
^ Hernandez, Eugene (December 3, 2006). "AWARDS WATCH: "Volver" and "The Lives of Others" Top European Film Awards". Indiewire. Retrieved August 7, 2021.
^ "2007 - The Winners". European Film Academy. Retrieved August 7, 2021.
^ Roxborough, Scott (December 6, 2008). "'Gomorra' tops European Film Awards". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved August 7, 2021.
^ Brooks, Brian (December 12, 2009). ""White Ribbon" Reigns at European Film Awards". Indiewire. Retrieved August 7, 2021.
^ Lyttelton, Oliver (December 6, 2010). "'The Ghost Writer' Inexplicably Wins Six At 2010 European Film Academy Awards". Indiewire. Retrieved August 7, 2021.
^ Roxborough, Scott (December 3, 2011). "Lars Von Trier's 'Melancholia' Wins Best Film at European Film Awards". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved August 7, 2021.
^ Knegt, Peter (December 1, 2012). "'Amour' Sweeps European Film Awards". Indiewire. Retrieved August 7, 2021.
^ Barraclough, Leo (December 7, 2013). "Paolo Sorrentino's 'The Great Beauty' Wins Top Prize at European Film Awards". Variety. Retrieved August 7, 2021.
^ Hopewell, John (November 8, 2014). "'Ida,' 'Leviathan' Top European Film Awards Nominations". Variety. Retrieved August 7, 2021.
^ Jagernauth, Kevin (December 15, 2014). "Pawel Pawlikowski's 'Ida' Wins Big At European Film Awards". Indiewire. Retrieved August 7, 2021.
^ Lodge, Guy (November 7, 2015). "'Youth,' 'The Lobster' Lead European Film Award Nominations". Variety. Retrieved August 7, 2021.
^ Heath, Paul (December 14, 2015). "European Film Awards winners: Youth, Amy, The Lobster lead field". The Hollywood News. Retrieved August 7, 2021.
^ Roxborough, Scott (December 10, 2016). "'Toni Erdmann' Wins European Film Awards". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved August 7, 2021.
^ Pond, Steve (December 9, 2017). "Swedish Comedy 'The Square' Dominates European Film Awards". TheWrap. Retrieved August 7, 2021.
^ Nordine, Michael (December 15, 2018). "'Cold War' Is the Big Winner at the European Film Awards, Picking Up Oscar Momentum". Indiewire. Retrieved August 7, 2021.
^ Roxborough, Scott (December 7, 2019). "'The Favourite' Wins Big at European Film Awards". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved August 7, 2021.

External links

"LUX Audience Award". European Parliament. Retrieved December 4, 2022.
"EFA People's Choice Award Winners and Nominees". European Film Academy. Retrieved December 4, 2012.
"European Film Awards". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved December 4, 2012.

[1] Silva Vilas, Jesús (29 April 2025). "The 2025 LUX Audience Award goes to Flow". Cineuropa. Retrieved 29 April 2025.

[2] Hernandez, Eugene (December 8, 2003). "Germany's "Lenin" Wins Top Prizes at European Film Awards". Indiewire. Retrieved August 7, 2021.

[3] Hernandez, Eugene (December 13, 2004). "German Film "Head-On' Tops 2004 European Film Awards". Indiewire. Retrieved August 7, 2021.

[4] Hernandez, Eugene (December 4, 2005). ""Cache" and "Sophie Scholl" Top European Film Awards". Indiewire. Retrieved August 7, 2021.

[5] Hernandez, Eugene (December 3, 2006). "AWARDS WATCH: "Volver" and "The Lives of Others" Top European Film Awards". Indiewire. Retrieved August 7, 2021.

[6] "2007 - The Winners". European Film Academy. Retrieved August 7, 2021.

[7] Roxborough, Scott (December 6, 2008). "'Gomorra' tops European Film Awards". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved August 7, 2021.

[8] Brooks, Brian (December 12, 2009). ""White Ribbon" Reigns at European Film Awards". Indiewire. Retrieved August 7, 2021.

[9] Lyttelton, Oliver (December 6, 2010). "'The Ghost Writer' Inexplicably Wins Six At 2010 European Film Academy Awards". Indiewire. Retrieved August 7, 2021.

[10] Roxborough, Scott (December 3, 2011). "Lars Von Trier's 'Melancholia' Wins Best Film at European Film Awards". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved August 7, 2021.

[11] Knegt, Peter (December 1, 2012). "'Amour' Sweeps European Film Awards". Indiewire. Retrieved August 7, 2021.

[12] Barraclough, Leo (December 7, 2013). "Paolo Sorrentino's 'The Great Beauty' Wins Top Prize at European Film Awards". Variety. Retrieved August 7, 2021.

[13] Hopewell, John (November 8, 2014). "'Ida,' 'Leviathan' Top European Film Awards Nominations". Variety. Retrieved August 7, 2021.

[14] Jagernauth, Kevin (December 15, 2014). "Pawel Pawlikowski's 'Ida' Wins Big At European Film Awards". Indiewire. Retrieved August 7, 2021.

[15] Lodge, Guy (November 7, 2015). "'Youth,' 'The Lobster' Lead European Film Award Nominations". Variety. Retrieved August 7, 2021.

[16] Heath, Paul (December 14, 2015). "European Film Awards winners: Youth, Amy, The Lobster lead field". The Hollywood News. Retrieved August 7, 2021.

[17] Roxborough, Scott (December 10, 2016). "'Toni Erdmann' Wins European Film Awards". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved August 7, 2021.

[18] Pond, Steve (December 9, 2017). "Swedish Comedy 'The Square' Dominates European Film Awards". TheWrap. Retrieved August 7, 2021.

[19] Nordine, Michael (December 15, 2018). "'Cold War' Is the Big Winner at the European Film Awards, Picking Up Oscar Momentum". Indiewire. Retrieved August 7, 2021.

[20] Roxborough, Scott (December 7, 2019). "'The Favourite' Wins Big at European Film Awards". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved August 7, 2021.

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