The LUX prize 2010 went to 'Die Fremde', a German production about a Turkish girl in Berlin. The prize makes the film travel by offering subtitles in 23 EU languages, acting as a boon to EU films.

Reporter: Making cinema travel

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As the first woman to win the  Parliament's LUX Prize for European film,

Feo Aladag, in 'Die Fremde', explores  the problems of a young, Turkish woman

who feels rejected by her family  in Istanbul and Berlin.

EuroparlTV goes to the movies  at the EP.

Stop dreaming, says the mother  to her daughter of 25,

when she leaves for  Berlin with her son.

The Turkish girl leaves Istanbul  where she's abused by her husband.

On returning to Berlin, she wants  to live the life of her choosing.

But she's shunned by her family, unable  to throw aside their cultural conventions.

MEPs, won over by this story, awarded  the LUX Prize to Feo Aladag's film.

Our film, 'Die Fremde', is about  overcoming intolerance

and I made this film because I believe  we live in a multicultural society

which can no longer rest  on promoting consensus.

The LUX Prize is an essential bridge  between national identities and beyond.

That is why the European  Parliament's commitment

to culture and education  is of such great importance.

European identity, integration  within the EU and cultural diversity

are the themes of the LUX Prize and are  present in the two other finalists' films.

In 'Akadimia Platonos', by Filippos Tsitos,  which is a plea to combat xenophobia,

a Greek man finds out he's Albanian and  feels like a foreigner even to himself

Illegal immigration and the violence  it brings with it

are dealt with in 'Illegal',  by Olivier Masset-Depasse.

Europe sees immigration as a battle,  rather than a challenge.

We're all prepared for battle  but we have to look at it in a different way.

We should instead look  at combating the mafia groups,

who are growing and becoming  more and more dangerous.

These are poignant subjects  for Europeans

but they attract fewer people  than Hollywood films.

3 out of 4 films showing  at cinemas are American.

We got the thoughts of the German  director, Wim Wenders.

European cinema  is doing better than ever before.

National cinemas all over  Europe are booming.

But less and less films  actually travel.

The borders have disappeared.  Europeans can go anywhere

but movies don't any more.  That is a problem.

So films can be shown all over Europe,  the LUX prize offers the winner

subtitles in the 23 languages  of the EU

and a copy of the film  for each Member State to distribute.