“The New Year That Never CAME, A DRAMA About the Romanian Revolution of 1989, Written and Directed by Bogdan Muresanu, Won The Grand Prix, The Top Prize, At 15th Editio. (Luxfilmfest) On Saturday. “December 20, 1989. Romania is on the brink of revolution. The Authorities Are Preparing New Year’s Festivities”, – WRITE: www.hollywoodReporter.com
“December 20, 1989. Romania is on the brink of revolution. The Authoritities Are Preparing New Year’s Festivities As if Nothing – or ALMOST NOTHING – IS HAPPENING, BUT The Official Façade Begins to Crack, “Reads A Synopsis Film, Film. 2024. “Amid The Fervor of the Uprising, Six Lives Will Interst Over of the Course of An Extraordinary Day, Which Leads to the Fall of Nicolae CeaușesCu and His Regime.”
The Fest Jury, Led by Iranian Filmmaker Mohamad Rasoulof, ALSO INCLUDED DANISH ACTRINES TRINE DYRHOLM (The Girl with The Needle, Poison), VFX Expert Jeff Desom (Everything everywhere all at once), Austrian Actress Valerie Pachner (Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of DumbLedore, A Hidden Life), Spanish Director Albert Serra (Afternoons of Solitude), and screenwriter Paul Laverty. The Festival Has Also Featured Masterclasses by British Star Tim Roth and Oscar-Winning Filmmaker Alejandro Amenábar.
The New Year That Never Came“Althugh Set in the Recent Past,… Can Be Seen As A Reflection of the Present and Carries a Warning for the Future,“ The Jury Said. “IT is a film with beauty images and fascinating performances. IT is skillphully constructed and builds to a wonderful climax. Althugh The Characters Face Terror and Represion, The Grand Absurdity of the Regime Is Exposed by Intelligence and Wit. It is a reminder that the Powerful Fear Ridicule, of Firten the first crack in their barbarism. ”
The Jury Also Mentioned The Village Next to ParadiseMo harawe’s feature debut that explores the Socio-Political Situration in Somalia Through A Family. The Movie Also Won the 2030 Award by Luxembourg Aid & Development on Saturday.
The Festival’s Documentary Award Went to The Landscape and the Fury by nicole vögele, a doc about the bosnia-Croatia borderlands.
Meanwhile, Went up the hill by Samuel Van Grinsven, Starring Luxambourg’s Vicky Krieps, Won The Audience Award, While the International Critics’ (FIPRESCI) Award Went To The New Year That Never Came.
The Luxfilmfest Also Handed The Best Immersive Experience Award To Champ de Bataille (Battlefield) by françois vautier, with a special mental for Ito Meikyū by Boris Labbé.