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maltatoday | SUNDAY • 2 MARCH 2025 2 FILM 2025 LUX Audience Award campaign launches in Malta and Gozo The f ive f inalist f ilms will be shown to the general public for free in local cinemas IT is the time for this year's edition of the LUX Audience Award, organised by the Euro- pean Parliament and the Euro- pean Film Academy. In collaboration with the Eu- ropean Parliament Office in Malta, Spazju Kreattiv and The Citadel Cinema are showing all five films in Valletta and Gozo during the months of March and April 2025. Films will be screened with English and Mal- tese subtitles and all screenings are open to the public free of charge. Rate by April 2025 and don't miss the chance to win a range of exciting prizes, including a trip to the European Parliament to attend the LUX Award Cer- emony in April 2025 and meet directors and film crews of the nominees. Intercepted Directed by Oksana Kar- povych | Canada, France, Ukraine | 95 min Intercepted is an attempt to find an answer by showing two parallel worlds. The camera reg- isters images of destruction in unhurried shots, in which we see Ukrainian villages, towns, houses and motorways after their liber- ation from the Russian occupa- tion. We listen to the recordings of telephone conversations inter- cepted in 2022 by the Ukrainian Secret Service between Russian soldiers in trenches in Ukraine and their families. Animal Directed by Sofia Exarchou| Greece, Austria, Romania, Cy- prus, Bulgaria| 116 min Under the hot Greek sun, the animateurs at an all-inclusive island resort prepare for the busy touristic season. Kalia is the leader of the pack. Paper de- cors, glossy costumes and dance shows fill the stage. As summer intensifies and the work pres- sure builds up, their nights be- come violent and Kalia's strug- gle is revealed in the darkness. But when the spotlights turn on again, the show must go on. Dahomey Directed by Mati Diop| France, Senegal, Benin| 67 min November 2021. 26 royal treasures of the Kingdom of Da- homey are about to leave Paris to return to their country of or- igin, the present-day Republic of Benin. Along with thousands of others, these artefacts were plundered by French colonial troops in 1892. But what attitude to adopt to these ancestors' homecoming in a country that had to forge ahead in their absence? The debate rages among students at the University of Abomey-Ca- lavi. Julie keeps quiet Directed by Leonardo van Di- jl| Belgium, Sweden| 100 min As the star player at an elite tennis academy, Julie's life re- volves around the game she loves. When her coach falls un- der investigation and is sudden- ly suspended, all of the club's players are encouraged to speak up. But Julie decides to keep quiet... Flow Directed by Gints Zilbalodis| Latvia, France, Belgium| 85 min The world seems to be com- ing to an end, teeming with the vestiges of a human presence. Cat is a solitary animal, but as its home is devastated by a great flood, he finds refuge on a boat populated by various species, and will have to team up with them despite their differences. In the lonesome boat sailing through mystical overflowed landscapes, they navigate the challenges and dangers of adapting to this new world. Screening schedule: The Citadel Cinema, Gozo: Sunday 2nd March, 2025 - Intercepted Sunday 9th March, 2025 - Animal Sunday 16th March, 2025 - Dahomey Sunday 23rd March,2025 - Julie Keeps Quiet Sunday 6th April, 2025 – Flow Spazju Kreattiv, Malta Tuesday 18th March, 2025 - Intercepted Wednesday 26th March, 2025 - Animal Thursday 3rd April, 2025 - Dahomey Thursday 10th April, 2025 - Julie keeps quiet Tuesday 15th April, 2025 – Flow