Nominees for Luxembourg Film Award 2023 Unveiled

On Thursday 12 October 2023, D'Filmakademie and Film Fund Luxembourg unveiled the nominees for this year's Luxembourg Film Award (Lëtzebuerger Filmpräis).

For this tenth edition, the nominations concern 40 productions divided into twelve award categories. The 400 members of d'Filmakademie will vote for eleven in order to designate the winners.

The "Best XR work" category will be submitted to the vote of a specialised jury composed of Françoise Poos, scientific and artistic director of the art technology science and society programme of the non-profit organisation frEsch, Toby Coffey, head of digital development at the National Theatre in London, and Ana Brzezińska, immersive curator at the Tribeca Festival.

The "Best Original Music" category has six nominees, two of whom tied for fifth place at the end of the first round. The second round will begin on Friday 13 October and end on Saturday 4 November 2023.

A special prize will also be awarded by the Association Luxembourgeoise de la Presse Cinématographique (ALPC).

The awards ceremony will take place at the Grand Théâtre de la Ville de Luxembourg on Saturday 11 November 2023.

Categories & nominees

Best Luxembourgish Fiction or Animated Feature Film: Icare (Icarus; directed by Carlo Vogele; produced by Iris Productions); Io Sto Bene (directed by Donato Rotunno; produced by Tarantula Luxembourg); Kommunioun (Wolfkin; directed by Jacques Molitor; produced by Les Films Fauves); Little Duke (directed by Andy Bausch; produced by Paul Thiltges Distributions); My Fairy Troublemaker (directed by Caroline Origer; produced by Fabrique d’images)

Best Luxembourgish Documentary Feature Film: I Fiori Persi (Lost Flowers; directed by Fabrizio Maltese; produced by Joli Rideau Media); L'Invitation (The Invitation; directed by Fabrizio Maltese; produced by Red Lion); L'arrivée de la jeunesse (directed by Fabio Bottani; produced by PassaParola ASBL); Michel Majerus - Next Step (directed by Anne Schiltz; produced by Samsa Film); Vu Buedem, Bauzen a Biobaueren (directed by Tom Alesch; produced by Vereenegung fir Biolandwirtschaft Lëtzebuerg ASBL)

Best Co-Production Feature Film or Documentary: Corsage (directed by Marie Kreutzer; produced by Samsa Film); Hinterland (directed by Stefan Ruzowitzky; produced by Amour Fou Luxembourg); Les Intranquilles (The Restless; directed by Joachim Lafosse; co-produced by Samsa Film); Plus que jamais (More Than Ever; directed by Emily Atef; co-produced by Samsa Film); Rebel (directed by Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah; co-produced by Calach Films)

Best Animated Co-production Feature Film: Le Petit Nicolas - Qu'est-ce qu'on attend pour être heureux? (Little Nicholas; directed by Amandine Fredon and Benjamin Massoubre; co-produced by Bidibul Productions); Le Sommet des Dieux (The Summit of the Gods; directed by Patrick Imbert; co-produced by Mélusine Productions); My Love Affair With Marriage (directed by Signe Baumane; co-produced by Antevita Films); Saules Aveugles, Femme Endormie (Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman; directed by Pierre Földes; co-produced by Doghouse Films); Where is Anne Frank (directed by Ari Folman; co-produced by Samsa Film)

Best Short Film: Arman & Elisa (directed by Kiyan Agadjani; produced by Wady Films); Glimmen (directed and produced by Ken Rischard); La Valise Rouge (The Red Suitcase; directed by Cyrus Neshvad; produced by Cynefilms); Nucléaire (directed by Roxanne Peguet; produced by Six Letters); Phoenix (directed by Roxanne Peguet; produced by Beast Pictures)

Best Transmedia Series or Production: A Colônia Luxemburguesa (directed by Dominique Santana; produced by Samsa Film); Capitani - Season 2 (directed by Thierry Faber and Christophe Wagner; produced by Samsa Film); Filmreakter Quickies (various directors; produced by Filmreakter ASBL); The Inside of the Outsider (directed by Lukas Grevis; produced by Respect.lu ASBL); W. - Season 2 (directed by Frédéric Zeimet; produced by Six Letters)

Best Female Performance: Eugénie Anselin in Lost Transport; Marie Jung in Io Sto Bene; Marja-Leena Junker in Kommunioun; Vicky Krieps in Corsage; Sophie Mousel in Capitani - Season 2

Best Male Performance: Victor Dieu in Kommunioun; Luc Feit in Little Duke; André Jung in Little Duke; Marc Limpach in Hinterland; Luc Schiltz in Capitani - Season 2

Best Creative Contribution to a Work of Fiction or Documentary: Loïc Collignon, Angelos Dos Santos, Alain Goniva, Nicolas Leroy and Carlo Thoss for Corsage (sound); Sophie Garlinskas for Conann (makeup); Amandine Klee for Kommunioun (picture); Jako Raybaut for Capitani - Season 2 (picture); Uli Simon for Hinterland (costumes)

Best Creative Contribution to an Animated Feature Film: Loïc Collignon for My Love Affair With Marriage (sound); Bruno Murer for My Fairy Troublemaker (design); Samuel Rozier and Sarah Sutter for Icare (animation); François Spreutels for Saules Aveugles, Femme Endormie (decor); Guillaume Verdier for My Fairy Troublemaker (decor)

Best Original Music: Kyan Bayani for Hinterland; Pol Belardi for Nice Not to Meet You; André Dziezuk for Icare; Emre Sevindik for L'Invitation; David Sinclair for Capitani - Season 2; Serge Tonnar for Little Duke

Best XR Work: Le Bal de Paris (directed by Bianca Li; produced by Fabrique d’images); Metamorphosis (directed and produced by Karolina Markiewicz and Pascal Piron); Missing Pictures (directed by Clément Deneux; produced by Wild Fang Films); The Assembly (directed by Charlotte Bruneau; produced by Bidibul Productions); Wild Cities (directed by Laura Cortes; produced by a_BAHN)