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About the Luxembourg City Film Festival

The Grand Duchy’s biggest annual film event, the Luxembourg City Film Festival broke its attendance record this year, with a 10% increase to almost 20,000 (19,962). The Festival was also delighted to see its audience back in numbers, with 35,664 participants across all activities (events, activities and workshops, Virtual Reality Pavilion, an exhibition at Cercle Cité, etc).

Jointly supported by the Ministry of Culture and the City of Luxembourg, the Luxembourg City Film Festival is the country’s official festival. Each year, it presents a carefully compiled programme and numerous exclusive film screenings. The eleven-day event offers an overview of contemporary international filmmaking with feature films and documentaries, special screenings, national productions and a programme tailored to a younger audience.

This 14th edition was an exceptional event, marked – as is tradition – by exclusives films, but above all by an impressive succession of guests: the acclaimed Viggo Mortensen, actor and director who came here to present his film; Chinese director Wang Bing, who has an exhibition at the Cercle Cité; Mauritanian director Abderrahmane Sissako, who was hosting a Carte Blanche; French director Gaspar Noé, who was hosting a retrospective and a masterclass; Luxembourg actress Vicky Krieps, German actor Sebastian Koch and American director Ira Sachs, all members of the international jury.

In addition to the 241 screenings held in partner cinemas (Ciné Utopia, Kinepolis Kirchberg, Cinémathèque Luxembourg), the festival welcomed 366 international guests and professionals in 2024 and does not hesitate to venture outside-the-walls, thanks to thematic evenings and parties as well as a range of free workshops, exhibitions and concerts in the capital’s various cultural institutions. In twelve years, the Luxembourg City Film Festival has attracted not only the support of these national institutions but has also co-organized events with international partners, such as the United Nations, numerous diplomatic representations, the European Film Academy, The World Bank, and other festivals.

Since the 2012 edition, the Festival has become competitive and awards the best international cinema in the categories of feature film (€10,000), documentary (€5,000) and young audience (€2,000). In 2022, a new prize was added, the 2030 Award by Luxembourg Aid & Development, which honours a work that falls within the scope of cooperation.

The LuxFilmFest is also co-founder of the Europa Film Festivals network, which currently brings together 11 European festivals and it holds the presidency of this federation at the moment.

From 6 to 16 March 2025, the festival will return for its 15th edition with 11 days of festivities in the centre of Luxembourg City.