EFS Picks of the Luxembourg Award Winning Shorts Revealed

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Including the Academy Award Winner Animated Short Mr. Hublot

EFS Picks of the Luxembourg Award Winning Shorts Revealed


Within their super rich program, the European Film Screenings (EFS) Program- (21-31 October)- revealed the line-up of the Short Film Corner from Luxembourg, courtesy of Film Fund Luxembourg: 5 outstanding shorts including the Oscar winning animated short film Mr. Hublot.

The second edition of the European Film Screenings is held under the patronage of H.H. Sheikh Nahyan Bin Mubarak Al Nahyan, Minister of Culture, Youth, and Community Development in the UAE and is hosted this year by the Embassy of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg together with the Embassy of the EU Delegation to the UAE and is supported by Novo Cinemas in Dubai and Abu Dhabi. The event is being directed for the second time around by Alessandra Priante who has curated the selection of the European films together with the participating European Embassies in the UAE.

Screenings will be hosted by Novo Cinemas through 21-30 October 2015 in its Abu Dhabi- based venue at WTC Mall and starting 22 to 31 October at Novo Cinemas in Dubai's Ibn Battuta Mall.

All screenings are free of charge and seats are allocated on a first come/first serve basis.

Luxembourg's Line-up of Shorts at the European Film Screenings 2015:

Mr. Hublot | Directors: Laurent Witz, Alexandre Espigares
Emilie | Director: Olivier Pesch
22h22| Director: Julien Becker
Der Solist | Director: Pierre Hansen
The Light Eater | Director: Sean McCormack