Spanish director Eva Libertad’s debut solo function Deaf (Sorda), a couple of deaf lady anticipating a toddler along with her listening to accomplice, has received the 2026 European Parliament’s LUX Viewers Award.
The award continues a prizewinning run for the movie which world premiered within the Berlinale’s Panorama part in 2025, the place it was feted with the viewers award and the CICAE arthouse cinema prize.
Since then it has garnered a number of prizes together with Greatest New Director for Libertad on the Goyas with lead actress Miriam Garlo, who’s deaf, successful Greatest Actress, and co-star Álvaro Cervantes, Greatest Supporting Actor, within the prestigious Spanish awards.
The LUX Prize was created in 2007 with the intention of supporting movies which elevate consciousness of socio-political points in Europe in addition to to encourage the distribution of European movies all through the area and worldwide. The successful movie is chosen by combining a public vote and a vote by MEPs, every weighted at 50%.
“The LUX Viewers Award shines a light-weight on movies that open our eyes to experiences past our personal. This yr’s winner, Deaf, does precisely that – with braveness, heat, and uncommon authenticity. Director Eva Libertad provides us an unforgettable window into the lifetime of a deaf lady navigating motherhood in a world not constructed for her,” mentioned European Parliament vice-president Sabine Verheyen on the award ceremony in Brussels on Tuesday night.
“Led by a surprising efficiency from deaf actress Miriam Garlo, the movie challenges us to pay attention in a different way and to construct a Europe the place nobody is left unheard.”
The opposite short-listed movies had been Brendan Canty’s Christy, Jafar Panahi’s It Was Simply An Accident, Anna Cazenave Cambet’s Love Me Tender and Joachim Trier’s Greatest Worldwide Function Movie Oscar-winner Sentimental Worth.
The initiative additionally helps the distribution in Europe of all of the shortlisted movies by offering subtitles in 24 European Union languages. This yr, for the primary time and retaining with Parliament’s dedication to accessibility, shortlisted movies have subtitles for the deaf and exhausting of listening to.
“I hope that this award will assist to give attention to the Deaf neighborhood, and the range of individuals in Europe, and to advertise inclusion insurance policies that enhance their dwelling circumstances. I’m additionally assured that it’s going to contribute to society altering its view of range, that it’s going to now not be seen as an issue and that it will likely be perceived as human wealth”, mentioned Libertad.
The movie was produced by Distinto Movies, Nexus CreaFilms and A Contracorriente Movies. Bought internationally by Latido Movies, it has been launched in additional than 40 nations worldwide.
“This extraordinary successful movie that isn’t only a worthy winner of this prestigious award, it’s a textbook instance of the way to get audiences into cinemas to observe inspiring European movies and encourage them to have interaction in debates about Europe – elevating consciousness of a few of Europe’s social, political and historic points, and so they reflecting the sweetness and variety of European cinema,” mentioned Mike Downey, Honorary President of the choice panel.
