CeCiL's Screenings - I am … among the others

Location : Henri Beck Auditorium (entrance: 2, rue Genistre)

Cercle Cité presents a new series of short film screenings exploring a range of social issues through the perspectives of young people.

Featuring three short films created by and with young people in Luxembourg, this first screening offers a sensitive look at adolescent well-being.Whether it is about finding one's place within a group, facing the judgement of others, overcoming social pressure or protecting one's mental health, these films give a voice to those who experience these realities every day. 

Created through participatory filmmaking processes, in which young people are actively involved in the writing, acting and directing, the short films Op Fugue, Nowadays and Our Problems. demonstrate the power of cinema as a space for expression, listening and dialogue. 

The screening will be followed by a discussion with the audience, moderated by the association Cultur'Up, extending the conversation on inclusion, youth well-being and the power of shared storytelling.

Free admission, registration required on cerclecite.lu

Ages 12 and up

PROGRAMME

Op Fugue

19 min • Luxembourgish and French, with English subtitles

Created through participatory filmmaking workshops held in Bonnevoie in 2023, Op Fugue draws on young people's testimonies and a tragic real-life event. The first film produced within Filmreakter's Juvenile Productions programme, it follows Anaïs, who, after a robbery goes wrong, finds refuge with friends. A moving story about solidarity, freedom and the fear of abandonment.

Directed by Moritz Schönecker, Julie Schroell and Ian De Toffoli

Production: Filmreakter and Les Films Fauves

Nowadays

20 min • French, with English subtitles

Created following participatory filmmaking workshops at Rotondes in 2024, Nowadays was imagined and produced together with young participants. The film follows Nesrine, a young kickboxer whose dream is shattered when a compromising video of her is shared on social media. A powerful story about rivalry, online reputation and resilience.

Directed by Julie Schroell, with the workshop participants

Production: Filmreakter and Juvenile Productions

Our Problems

6 min 05 sec • French

Made by students from Lycée Vauban as part of the Cinécourts en Herbe competition, Our Problems, winner of the Luxembourg Jury Award for Best Fiction (Ages 12–18), gives voice to three teenagers during sessions with a psychologist. A sensitive film exploring academic and family pressure, the need to be accepted and adolescent mental health.

A fiction film created by students

Production: Lycée Vauban Luxembourg

Screening organised in collaboration with Vauban, École et Lycée Français de Luxembourg, Filmreakter / Juvenile Productions and Films Fauves and in partnership with: Filmakademie Luxembourg, Cultur’Up