Winners of the 9th edition of the Lëtzebuerger Filmpräis

La 9^e edition of the Lëtzebuerger Filmpräis was held on Friday 26 November at the Grand Théâtre de la Ville de Luxembourg.

The ceremony - organised by Filmfong and d'Filmakademie - was attended by LL.AA.RR. the Grand Duke and Grand Duchess, Xavier Bettel, Prime Minister and Minister for Communications and Media, Sam Tanson, Minister for Culture, and Lydie Polfer, Mayor of Luxembourg City.

The director of the Lëtzebueger Filmfong, Guy Daleiden, and the president of the Filmakademie, Yann Tonnar, are proud to present the winners from the Academy members' votes:

Best music award:
 André Dziezuk - for composing the soundtrack to Tel Aviv on Fire

Prize for the best creative contribution in a work of animation:
 Nicolas Debray, Gilles Rudziak and their team - for the Animation of the feature film Wolfwalkers - Studio 352/Mélusine Productions

Prize for the best creative contribution in a work of fiction or documentary:

Thierry Faber, Eric Lamhène, Christophe Wagner - for the series script Capitani

Award for Best Actress:
 Sophie Mousel - in the role of Elsa Ley (Capitani)

Award for Best Performance by an Actor:
 Luc Schiltz - in the role of Luc Capitani (Capitani)

Prize for the best TV and new media animation production:
 Fox and Hare by Mascha Halberstad and Tom van Gestel - Doghouse Films

Prize for the best fiction or documentary TV and new media production:
 Capitani by Christophe Wagner (director) and Thierry Faber (designer) - Samsa Film

Best animated short film:
 Seed of Hope by Claude Kongs - Antevita Films

Prize for the best fiction or documentary short film:
 Portraitist by Cyrus Neshvad - Cynefilms 

Prize for the best co-produced animated feature:
 The swallows of Kabul by Zabou Breitman and Eléa Gobbé-Mévellec - Melusine Productions

Prize for the best co-produced feature-length fiction or documentary film:
 Collective by Alexander Nanau - Samsa Film

Best feature-length documentary:
 An Zero - How Luxembourg disappeared by Myriam T. and Julien Becker - Skill Lab

Prize for the best feature-length fiction or animation film from Luxembourg:
 Superjhemp retörns by Félix Koch - Samsa Film

In addition to these prizes, which resulted from 2 rounds of voting by Filmakademie members, a Filmpräis was awarded to Ayahuasca by Jan Kounen - co-produced by a_BAHN - as Best XR Work by an ad hoc jury of international professionals.

The Prix de la critique luxembourgeoise, a special non-Academy press prize, was awarded to Wolfwalkers by Tomm Moore and Ross Stewart (Mélusine Productions) by the Association luxembourgeoise de la presse cinématographique (ALPC).

The ceremony took place in compliance with the health measures in force and was broadcast live for the first time on RTL.lu, RTL Play and filmprais.lu.

This 9^e edition of the Lëtzebuerger Filmpräis, originally scheduled for autumn 2020, had to be postponed for a year because of the pandemic.

The Lëtzebuerger Filmpräis was created in 2003 to reward the best contributions to Luxembourg cinema, to showcase quality works, to encourage cinematographic creation, to promote the development of the film industry in Luxembourg and to draw the public's attention to Luxembourg productions.

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