LUX Audience Award: Film DAHOMEY at the Kinodrom
The five films nominated for the LUX Audience Award will be subtitled in 24 European languages in order to make them accessible to the widest possible audience in European cinemas. The fifth film in the Bocholt 2025 series, the documentary DAHOMEY, will be shown on 21 February.
© LUX audience award
The LUX Audience Award, organised since 2020 by the European Parliament and the European Film Academy in cooperation with the European Commission and Europa Cinema, combines the ratings of the European audience with the ratings of MEPs, half of which are included in the final result.
The LUX Film Prize was launched by the European Parliament in 2007 to support the circulation of films of high artistic quality produced in the EU. The nominated films reflect the cultural diversity in Europe and deal with themes such as human dignity, equality, non-discrimination, integration, tolerance, justice and solidarity.
Cinema-goers can rate the films on the voting platform https://luxaward-rating.europarl.europa.eu/de/ until the end of March 2025. The winning film will be announced at a ceremony in the European Parliament in April 2025.
In Bocholt, the events of the LUX Audience Award 2025 are supported by the Europa-Union Bocholt e.V., the German-French Society e.V., the BELC network and the VHS Bocholt.
What is the film DAHOMEY about?
DAHOMEY is a 2024 documentary film from France, Senegal and Benin
November 2021. 26 artefacts from the treasury of the Kingdom of Dahomey are on their way from Paris to Benin. They are to be returned to their country of origin. Together with thousands of other artefacts, they were looted by French colonial troops in 1892. But how should these treasures from another time be received on their return to a country that has had to develop in their absence? This is the subject of a lively debate among students at the University of Abomey-Calavi.
Background
In February 2022, the leaders of the EU and the AU (African Union) agreed on a common vision for a renewed partnership. The objectives of the partnership are solidarity, security, peace, prosperity and sustainable and continuous economic development for the citizens of the African Union and the European Union today and in the future. It aims to bring people, regions and organisations together.
Tickets
Tickets are available from Kinodrom Bocholt at: https: //www.kinodrom.de/event/110535 or at the cinema box office and are free of charge.
Questions?
Please contact europe-direct(at)bocholt(dot)de.
EUROPE DIRECT Bocholt is part of the mayor's office of the city of Bocholt and is the local contact point for questions relating to the European Union. Its task is to provide local citizens with information, advice, help and answers to questions about Europe. In addition, EUROPE DIRECT Bocholt aims to promote European involvement and provide information on current European political events.