The European Parliament Bureau, together with the team of the CineLibri Book-to-Film Festival, is organizing free screenings of four of the five films nominated for the LUX Audience Award. The Bulgarian public will be able to watch them at Casa Libri in Sofia from December 2 to 5, 2025, and take part in choosing the winner.
Five European films are competing for this year’s prestigious film award: Sentimental Value, Love Me Tender, Christy, Deaf, and It Was Just an Accident.
To reserve your seat for the upcoming screenings, you must register for each one separately no later than the day before the screening.
Registration may be closed early if all available places are filled.
Which nominated films will be screened?
Christy
Ireland, United Kingdom | 2025 | 94 min. | Drama
Director: Brendan Canty
17-year-old Christy is forced to move in with his estranged half-brother after being kicked out of his foster home in the suburbs. However, Christy begins to feel at home in the working-class Northside area of Cork and befriends local youths. In search of answers to painful questions from the past, he establishes a relationship with his cousins, who are part of the criminal underworld. Determined to secure a better future for Christy, his brother faces a difficult choice that could strain their relationship. After so many years, the brothers must now put their difficult past behind them and reconcile, while determining what their future will look like.
Screening: December 2, 2025, Tuesday, at 6:30 p.m. at Casa Libri, 64 Tsar Asen St., Sofia
Reserve your spot here: https://ec.europa.eu/eusurvey/runner/LUXscreening021225
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Deaf (Sorda)
Spain | 2025 | 99 min. | Drama
Director: Eva Libertad
Angela, who is deaf, and her partner Hector are expecting a baby. The arrival of the child brings about a change in their relationship. Angela faces the difficulties of raising her daughter in a world that is not adapted to her own needs.
Screening: December 3, 2025, Wednesday, at 6:30 p.m. at Casa Libri, 64 Tsar Asen St., Sofia
Reserve your spot here: https://ec.europa.eu/eusurvey/runner/LUXscreening031225
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Love Me Tender
France | 2025 | 134 min. | Drama
Director: Anna Cazenave Cambet
At the end of the summer, Clémence tells her ex-husband about her relationships with women. Her life is turned upside down when he files a lawsuit to take away her parental rights over their son. A years-long custody battle begins, and Clémence must fight to defend her right to be a mother and a free woman.
Screening: Thursday, December 4, 2025, at 6:30 p.m. at Casa Libri, 64 Tsar Asen St., Sofia
Reserve your spot here: https://ec.europa.eu/eusurvey/runner/LUXscreening041225
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Sentimental Value
Norway, France, Denmark, Germany, Sweden | 2025 | 135 min. | Drama
Director: Joachim Trier
Fate reunites sisters Nora and Agnes with their long-absent father, the charismatic Gustav. A renowned film director, Gustav offers theater actress Nora a role in a project he hopes will mark his successful return to cinema. Nora refuses and soon realizes that Gustav has given the role to an enthusiastic young Hollywood star. Suddenly, the two sisters have to deal with the complex family relationships with their father, as well as with the American star who has found herself among them.
Screening: December 5, 2025, Friday, at 6:30 p.m. at Casa Libri, 64 Tsar Asen St., Sofia
Reserve your spot here: https://ec.europa.eu/eusurvey/runner/LUXscreening051225
Watch, rate, and win
We invite you to rate the films you have watched with stars – from one (poor) to five stars (excellent). You can submit your rating on the platform https://luxaward-rating.europarl.europa.eu/bg/ until mid-April 2026. By voting, you can win many exciting prizes. One of them is a trip to the European Parliament to attend the LUX Prize award ceremony in April 2026 in Brussels and meet some of the teams behind the nominated films.
Next steps
The LUX Audience Award has been organized since 2020 by the European Parliament and the European Film Academy in partnership with the European Commission and the Europa Cinemas association. The prize combines the votes of the European public with those of Members of the European Parliament, with both groups having equal weight in determining the winner.
The European Parliament provides subtitles for the nominated films in all 24 official languages of the EU. For the first time in the 2026 edition of the award, these subtitles have been adapted for people with hearing impairments.
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