European Film Award: Nominated Shorts Showcase
A selection of European Film Award nominated short films including Cork International Film Festival's nominee Man Number 4 and the 2025 Prix Vimeo winner, City of Poets.
DULL SPOTS OF GREENISH COLOURS
Sasha Svirsky | Germany | 2024 | 11 mins | Animation
Our attention has become a territory that all media are fighting to conquer. No matter whether the goal of this conquest is a commercial interest or political indoctrination, we are under siege.
THE SPECTACLE
Bálint Kenyeres | Hungary, France | 2025 | 17 mins | Fiction
A young Roma boy is lifted into the light, only to find it fades in an unexpected way.
LOOKING SHE SAID I FORGET
Naomi Pacifique | Netherlands, Switzerland | 2024 | 25 mins | Fiction
Having just moved to Amsterdam, Lou prepares her new apartment that she will share with her partner, Joel. Though for now, Joel is on a trip with an intimate other. Confronted with the complexities of her non-monogamous relationship, Lou shifts her gaze to the rhythms of her new city.
CITY OF POETS
Sara Rajaei | Netherlands | 2024 | 22 mins | Documentary
In a small, semi-utopian city, all the streets are named after poets. When war begins, new neighborhoods emerge to accommodate the refugees. Soon the citizens find themselves lost amid the memories of the forgotten poets.
MAN NUMBER 4
Miranda Pennell | UK | 2024 | 10 mins | Documentary, Experimental
Gaza, December 2023. A confrontation with a disturbing photograph on social media triggers questions about what it means to be an onlooker.
An integral part of these screenings is voting for your favourite film in the largest audience award in the world. We invite you to rate the LUX Audience Award films you have watched: five stars ‘excellent’ to one star ‘poor’. Rate by 12th April 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 Ceremony on 14th April 2026 and meet the directors and film crews of the nominees.
Proudly presented by Cork International Film Festival in partnership with the European Parliament Liaison Office in Ireland, European Film Academy and Arc Cinema, Cork.
Watch the five nominated films for the 2026 LUX Audience Award for FREE at The Arc Cinema's GATE Screen (Screen 6), a space dedicated to bold, independent and international cinema, from Friday 6th to Sunday 8th February.
