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 2026, Deaf is the most recent winner.

Winners and nominees

1990s YearEnglish titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Nationality of director1997(10th) The Full Monty Peter Cattaneo

2000s YearEnglish titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Nationality of director2003(16th) Good Bye, Lenin! Wolfgang Becker 28 Days Later Danny Boyle Dogville Lars von Trier Mondays in the Sun Los lunes al sol Fernando León de Aranoa Noi the Albino Nói albinói Dagur Kári The Man on the Train L'homme du train Patrice Leconte Swimming Pool François Ozon Respiro Emanuele Crialese Distant Uzak Nuri Bilge Ceylan Kitchen Stories Salmer fra Kjøkkenet Bent Hamer 2004(17th) Head-On Gegen die Wand Fatih Akin Code 46 Michael Winterbottom Bad Education La mala educación Pedro Almodóvar Take My Eyes Te doy mis ojos Icíar Bollaín Cold Light Kaldaljós Hilmar Oddsson Trilogy: The Weeping Meadow Τριλογία: Το λιβάδι που δακρύζει Theo Angelopoulos The Dreamers Bernardo Bertolucci Since Otar Left Depuis qu'Otar est parti... Julie Bertuccelli Love Actually Richard Curtis Intimate Strangers Confidences trop intimes Patrice Leconte 2005(18th) Sophie Scholl – The Final Days Sophie Scholl – Die letzten Tage Marc Rothemund Night Watch Ночной Дозор / Nochnoy Dozor Timur Bekmambetov Ferpect Crime Crimen ferpecto Álex de la Iglesia A Very Long Engagement Un long dimanche de fiançailles Jean-Pierre Jeunet The Beat That My Heart Skipped De battre mon cœur s'est arrêté Jacques Audiard Enduring Love Roger Michell Being Julia István Szabó The Consequences of Love Le conseguenze dell'amore Paolo Sorrentino As It Is in Heaven Kay Pollak Go for Zucker! Dani Levy 2006(19th) Volver Pedro Almodóvar March of the Penguins La Marche de l'empereur Luc Jacquet Pride and Prejudice Joe Wright Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit Nick Park, Steve Box Something Like Happiness Štěstí Bohdan Sláma Criminal Novel Romanzo Criminale Michele Placido Paradise Now Hany Abu-Assad Oliver Twist Roman Polanski Merry Christmas Joyeux Noël Christian CarionThe Elementary Particles Elementarteilchen Oskar Roehler Adam's Apples Adams Æbler Anders Thomas Jensen The Child L'Enfant Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne 2007(20th) The Unknown Woman La sconosciuta Giuseppe Tornatore I Served the King of England Obsluhoval jsem anglického krále Jiří Menzel The Last King of Scotland Kevin Macdonald Perfume: The Story of a Murderer Tom Tykwer 12:08 East of Bucharest A fost sau n-a fost? Corneliu Porumboiu The Queen Stephen Frears La Vie en Rose La Môme Olivier Dahan Reprise Joachim Trier Black Book Zwartboek Paul Verhoeven Alatriste Agustín Díaz Yanes 2 Days in Paris Julie Delpy 2008(21st) Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix David Yates [REC] Jaume Balagueró, Paco Plaza The Orphanage El orfanato Juan Antonio Bayona Mongol: The Rise of Genghis Khan Sergei Bodrov Atonement Joe Wright Welcome to the Sticks Bienvenue chez les Ch'tis Dany Boon Hunting and Gathering Ensemble, c'est tout Claude Berri The Wave Die Welle Dennis Gansel Rabbit Without Ears Keinohrhasen Til Schweiger Ben X Nic Balthazar Arn – The Knight Templar Arn: Tempelriddaren Peter Flinth Saturn in Opposition Saturno contro Ferzan Özpetek 2009(22nd) Slumdog Millionaire Danny Boyle Coco Before Chanel Coco avant Chanel Anne Fontaine Transporter 3 Olivier Megaton Mid-August Lunch Pranzo di ferragosto Gianni Di Gregorio Let the Right One In Låt den rätte komma in Tomas Alfredson Fly Me to the Moon Ben Stassen The Duchess Saul Dibb The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Män som hatar kvinnor Niels Arden Oplev Broken Embraces Los abrazos rotos Pedro Almodóvar The Baader Meinhof Complex Der Baader Meinhof Komplex Uli Edel

2010s YearEnglish titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Nationality of director2010(23rd) Mr. Nobody Jaco Van Dormael The Girl Who Played with Fire Flickan som lekte med elden Daniel Alfredson Soul Kitchen Fatih Akın Loose Cannons Ferzan Özpetek Baarìa Giuseppe Tornatore Little Nicholas Le Petit Nicolas Laurent Tirard An Education Lone Scherfig Kick-Ass Matthew VaughnAgora Ágora Alejandro Amenábar The Ghost Writer Roman Polanski 2011(24th) The King's Speech Tom Hooper Animals United Konferenz der Tiere Reinhard Klooss, Holger Tappe Even the Rain También la lluvia Icíar Bollaín In a Better World Hævnen Susanne Bier Little White Lies Les Petits Mouchoirs Guillaume Canet Welcome to the South Benvenuti al Sud Luca Miniero Potiche François Ozon Unknown Jaume Collet-Serra 2012(25th) Come as You Are Hasta la Vista Geoffrey Enthoven The Artist Michel Hazanavicius Barbara Christian Petzold The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel John Madded Caesar Must Die Cesare deve morire Paolo Taviani Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy Tomas Alfredson Headhunters Hodejegerne Morten Tyldum In Darkness W ciemności Agnieszka Holland The Intouchables Intouchables Éric Toledano and Olivier Nakache The Iron Lady Phyllida Lloyd Salmon Fishing in the Yemen Lasse Hallström Shame Steve McQueen 2013(26th) The Gilded Cage La Cage dorée Ruben Alves , Anna Karenina Joe Wright The Best Offer La migliore offerta Giuseppe Tornatore The Broken Circle Breakdown Felix Van Groeningen A Coffee in BerlinOh Boy! Jan Ole Gerster The Deep Djúpið Baltasar Kormákur Love Is All You Need Den skaldede frisør Susanne Bier I'm So Excited Los amantes pasajeros Pedro Almodóvar The Impossible Lo imposible J.A. Bayona Kon-Tiki Joachim Rønning, Espen Sandberg Searching for Sugar Man Malik Bendjelloul 2014(27th) Ida Paweł Pawlikowski Beauty and the Beast La Belle et la Bête Christophe Gans Nymphomaniac Lars von Trier Philomena Stephen Frears The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared Hundraåringen som klev ut genom fönstret och försvann Felix Herngren Two Days, One Night Deux jours, une nuit Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne 2015(28th)Marshland La isla mínima Alberto Rodríguez A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence En duva satt på en gren och funderade på tillvaron Roy Andersson Leviathan Левиафан / Leviafan Andrey Zvyagintsev Force Majeure Turist Ruben Östlund Samba Éric Toledano and Olivier Nakache 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 SalgadoThe Imitation Game Morten Tyldum Victoria Sebastian Schipper White God Fehér isten Kornél Mundruczó 2016(29th)Body Ciało Małgorzata Szumowska A Man Called Ove En man som heter Ove Hannes Holm A War Krigen Tobias Lindholm Aferim! Radu Jude Fire at Sea Fuocoammare Gianfranco Rosi Julieta Pedro Almodóvar Mustang Deniz Gamze Ergüven Spectre Sam Mendes The Danish Girl Tom Hooper The Brand New Testament Le Tout Nouveau Testament Jaco Van Dormael The High Sun Zvizdan Dalibor Matanić The Lobster Yorgos Lanthimos 2017(30th)Stefan Zweig: Farewell to Europe Vor der Morgenröte Maria Schrader A Monster Calls J. A. Bayona Bridget Jones's Baby Sharon Maguire Frantz François Ozon Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them David Yates Graduation Bacalaureat Cristian Mungiu Like Crazy La pazza gioia Paolo Virzì The Commune Kollektivet Thomas Vinterberg The Other Side of Hope Toivon tuolla puolen Aki Kaurismäki 2018(31st)Call Me by Your Name Luca Guadagnino Borg vs McEnroe Borg Janus Metz Pedersen Dunkirk Christopher Nolan C'est la vie! Le Sens de la fête Éric Toledano and Olivier Nakache Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets Luc BessonDarkest Hour Joe Wright Victoria & Abdul Stephen Frears In the Fade Aus dem Nichts Fatih Akin The Death of Stalin Armando Iannucci 2019(32nd) Cold War Zimna wojna Paweł Pawlikowski Border Gräns Ali Abbasi Dogman Matteo Garrone Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald David Yates Girl Lukas Dhont Happy as Lazzaro Lazzaro felice Alice Rohrwacher Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again Ol Parker Pain and Glory Dolor y gloria Pedro Almodóvar Sink or Swim Le Grand Bain Gilles Lellouche The Breadwinner Nora Twomey The Favourite Yorgos Lanthimos The Purity of Vengeance Journal 64 Christoffer Boe

2020s

YearEnglish titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Nationality of director2021 (33rd)CollectiveAlexander NanauAnother RoundDrukThomas VinterbergCorpus ChristiJan Komasa2022 (34th)Quo Vadis, Aida?Jasmila ŽbanićFleeFlugtJonas Poher RasmussenGreat FreedomGroße Freiheit 2023 (35th)Close Lukas Dhont Alcarràs Carla Simón Burning Days Kurak Günler Emin Alper Triangle of Sadness Ruben Östlund Will-o'-the-Wisp Fogo-Fátuo João Pedro Rodrigues 2024 (36th) The Teachers' Lounge Das Lehrerzimmer İlker Çatak 20,000 Species of Bees 20.000 especies de abejas Estibaliz Urresola Solaguren Fallen Leaves Kuolleet lehdet Aki Kaurismäki On the Adamant Sur l'Adamant Nicolas Philibert Smoke Sauna Sisterhood Savvusanna sõsarad 2025 (37th) Flow Straume Gints Zilbalodis Animal Dahomey Mati Diop Intercepted Oksana Karpovych Julie Keeps Quiet Julie zwijgt 2026(38th) Deaf Sorda Eva Libertad Christy Brendan Canty It Was Just an Accident یک تصادف ساده Jafar Panahi Love Me Tender Anna Cazenave Cambet Sentimental Value Affeksjonsverdi Joachim Trier

See also Lux Prize

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