THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT MEETS 28 TIMES CINEMA

Concurrently with the screenings of the three finalist films for this year's LUX Prize, a conference will be held at the Villa degli Autori. Guest speakers will include Silvia Costa (Chair of the European Parliament Committee on Culture and Education), Doris Pack (LUX Prize Coordinator), Petra Kammerevert (European Parliament Committee on Culture and Education), Cécile Kyenge (Vice-Chair of the Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly). Moderator: Sabrina Morena (S/Paesati).

Films have the capacity to engage people in a profound and meaningful dialogue. For this reasons cinema has been used as a tool for cultural diplomacy. In this vein how does cinema improve our understanding of what surrounds us. In the light of the three films competing for the 2015 LUX Prize, whose topics confront us with moral issues that question our beliefs, the members o the European Parliament will discuss different perspective on immigration, on violence against women and on religious fundamentalism.