The finalists for the 2025 Luxembourg Film Prize have been announced, setting the stage for the biennial awards ceremony to be held on 22 November at the Grand Théâtre.

The Luxembourg Film Academy has announced the finalists for the 2025 Luxembourg Film Prize, with the awards ceremony scheduled for 22 November at the Grand Théâtre.

Now in its 11th edition, the biennial prize will honour the best artistic achievements from the last two years across 14 categories. A new award for Best Screenplay has been introduced for this year's event.

Film Academy President Fred Neuen stated that it was "high time" to recognise Luxembourgish screenwriters. He recalled that at the first awards in 2003, the industry relied on juries who felt local screenplays had not yet reached a satisfactory level. "Today, however, our writers are at a level where they have certainly earned an award," Neuen said.

Guy Daleiden, Director of the Film Fund, emphasised the importance of national recognition for Luxembourg's filmmakers. "When you see that our filmmakers and our films receive international recognition [...] then it's also important to receive recognition in your own country," he noted, adding that the biennial event is "eagerly awaited."

The ceremony at the Grand Théâtre will be hosted by Emma Da Silva, with musical accompaniment from Maz and Sergio Manique. The event is being organised by Fabio Godinho and Anne Klein.

Academy members will select the winners in a final round of voting from 3-9 October.

You can find more information about the prize here.

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The finalists in their respective categories

Best Fiction, Animation or Documentary Short Film
A WALK INTO THE AFTERLIFE (Jiyun Jeong)
HUSS (Laurent Prim)
LINDA, LINDA! (Kiyan Agadjani)
MATIN BRUN (Carlo Vogele)
MIA MIO (Roxanne Peguet)

Best Screenplay
Cyril Bossmann (ALLES FËSCH / DEEP IN THE BOWL)
Eileen Byrne (MARIANENGRABEN)
Eric Lamhène, Rae Lyn Lee (HORS D’HALEINE)
Frédéric Zeimet, Loïc Tanson (LÄIF A SÉIL)
Lukas Grevis (D’LAND AM SCHIET / THE LAND IN THE SHADOWS)

Best Luxembourgish Feature Film – Fiction, Animation or Documentary
HORS D’HALEINE (Eric Lamhène)
LÄIF A SÉIL (Loïc Tanson)
MARIANENGRABEN (Eileen Byrne)
POISON (Désirée Nosbusch)
SPIKED (Caroline Origer)

Best Co-Produced Feature Film (Fiction or Documentary)
ALL WE IMAGINE AS LIGHT (Payal Kapadia)
FANON (Jean-Claude Barny)
REFLET DANS UN DIAMANT MORT (Hélène Cattet, Bruno Forzani)
INGEBORG BACHMANN – JOURNEY INTO THE DESERT (Margarethe von Trotta)
LA CACHE (Lionel Baier)

Best Animated Feature Co-production
DEN ANGELO AM WONNERBËSCH (INTO THE WONDERWOODS) – Vincent Paronnaud, Alexis Ducord
FOX AND HARE SAVE THE FOREST – Mascha Halberstad
KENSUKE’S KINGDOM (LE ROYAUME DE KENSUKÉ) – Neil Boyle, Kirk Hendry
STITCH HEAD – Steve Hudson, Toby Genkel
SLOCUM ET MOI (A BOAT IN THE GARDEN) – Jean-François Laguionie

Best Fiction or Documentary Series or Transmedia Production
DANGEROUS TRUTH (Barbara Eder)
DRAW FOR CHANGE ! (Julie Schroell, Eileen Byrne, Heiko Lange)
FINISTERRA (Guilherme Branquinho, Leone Niel)
MARGINAL (Loïc Tanson)
MOVE – SEASON 5 (Alisar Hasan, Alaa Amer, Karen Vázquez Guadarrama, Ana Moisenko, Sama Pana, Nada Riyadh, Laura Nix)

Best Animated Series or Transmedia Production
ALLES FËSCH (DEEP IN THE BOWL) (Julien Renault, Ghayth Chegaar)
DINO MITE (Sandra Schiessl, Cherifa Bakhti)
LA VIE DE CHÂTEAU (MY LIFE IN VERSAILLES) (Clémence Madeleine-Perdrillat, Nathaniel H’limi)
LES QUIQUOI (THE MINIWHATS / D’QUATSCHKÄPP) (Eugène Boitsov)
MÈRES ANONYMES (Hélène Friren)

Best Original Score
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, Mike Koster (LÄIF A SÉIL)

Best Female Performance
Alessia Raschella (HORS D’HALEINE)
Céline Camara (REFLET DANS UN DIAMANT MORT)
Esperanza Martin Gonzalez Quevedo (HORS D’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 D’HALEINE)
Marc Limpach (INGEBORG BACHMANN – JOURNEY INTO THE DESERT)
Timo Wagner (LÄIF A SÉIL)

Best Creative Contribution in a Fiction or Documentary Work
Amandine Klee (LA FOURCHETTE À GAUCHE)
Audrey Hernu (FANON)
Christina Schaffer (LÄIF A SÉIL)
Nikos Welter (LÄIF A SÉIL)
Rae Lyn Lee (HORS D’HALEINE)
Véronique Sacrez (LA CACHE)

Best Creative Contribution in an Animated Production
Bruno Murer, Nathanaël Godart, Paul Burton (SPIKED)
Kevin Berthonneau (FOX AND HARE SAVE THE FOREST)
Michel Schillings (FOX AND HARE SAVE THE FOREST)
Olivier Montero (FOX AND HARE SAVE THE FOREST)
Stéphane Lecocq (STITCH HEAD)

Best Immersive Work
The jury will deliberate on 13 October 2025. Entries include:
Ceci est mon cœur – Nicolas Blies & Stéphane Hueber-Blies (a_BAHN)
Oto’s Planet – Gwenaël François (Skill Lab)
The Dollhouse – Charlotte Bruneau & Dominic Desjardins (Wild Fang Films)
Champ de Bataille – François Vautier (Digital Voodooh)
Ito Meikyu – Boris Labbé (Les Films Fauves)
Mamie Lou – Isabelle Andreani (Skill Lab)