PIRATE PRODUCTIONS
Luxembourg Film Festival presents their
16th Film Festival
There are a number of films being shown throughout the festival which are British and Irish co-productions. For fuller description of these films please see the Press Release below.
- Fri 6 March @ 20:30 @ Kinepolis-Kirchberg: Die My Love (EN, CA, US), 118 mins
- Fri 6 March 20:30 @ Kinepolis & Sat 7 March @ 19:00 @ Kinepolis: The Testament of Ann Lee (EN, US) 135 mins
- Sat 7 March @ 16:30 @ Cine Utopia: H is for Hawk (EN,SI, US) 115 mins
- Sun 8 March @18:00 @ Kinepolis-Kirchberg: The Wolf, the Fox and the Leopard LU, IE, NL, HR, TW)
- Mon 9 March @20:30 @ Cine Utopia & Fri 13 March @14:00 @ Cinémathèque: Rose of Nevada (EN) 114 mins
- Fri 13 March @18:00 @ Kinepolis-Kirchberg: How to make a Killing (EN, FR) 106 mins
- Sun 15 March @19:00 @Kinepolis-Kirchberg: Rosebush Pruning (DE, IT, ES, EN, US) 97 mins
Tickets: Adults - €10.50 per film; Students: €8 (For details of various passes please click here)
Reservations: luxfilmfest.lu or Luxembourg-ticket.lu (click here)
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Specifically about British and Irish (co-)productions
British, Irish (Co-)Productions on at Luxembourg City Film Festival
While the British & Irish Film Festival 2026 Spring Edition will take place from 18-22 March, just before that will be the Luxembourg City Film Festival from 5 to 15 March, with the programme including a number of British and Irish (co-)productions, as follows:
- Die My Love (EN, CA, US) on Friday 6 March 2026 @ 18:00 in Kinepolis-Kirchberg: Grace and Jackson relocate to a secluded house near his family in rural Montana, where Grace pursues her writing career but soon falls pregnant. Frequently left alone with their baby while Jackson travels for work, Grace bears the weight of isolation and unmet desires as her domestic life becomes increasingly claustrophobic. With the relationship under strain, Grace’s behaviour becomes increasingly erratic as depression tips into psychosis. Adapted from Ariana Harwicz’s 2012 novel, Die My Love delivers a ferocious portrait of psychic volatility under the pressures of motherhood. Career-defining performances from Jennifer Lawrence and Robert Pattinson give shape to the film’s uncompromising intensity, which was recognized with a Palme d’Or nomination. Tickets: https://luxfilmfestfilms.
- H Is for Hawk (EN, SI, US) on Saturday 7 March 2026 @ 16:30 in Ciné Utopia & Thursday 12 March 2026 @ 18:00 in Ciné Utopia: In rural Pakistan, a precocious ten-year-old girl named Rabia discovers that her school has mysteriously closed. Rumours of a haunting spread, and villagers claim that her teacher has become possessed by a spirit. But when Rabia embarks on a quest for answers, defying both fear and convention, her search turns into a haunting fable where superstition and corruption collide. Drawing on the real phenomenon of Pakistan’s “ghost schools,” Seemab Gul’s exceptional debut feature blends social critique with elements of magical realism to forge a sharp, lyrical reflection on class, power, and belief—and the steady defiance of a young girl’s calm but unyielding desire for truth. Tickets: https://luxfilmfestfilms.
- How to Make a Killing (EN, FR) on Friday 13 March @ 18:00 in Kinepolis-Kirchberg: Becket Redfellow is a blue-collar disowned at birth by his wealthy family. When he learns that he is in fact the rightful heir of an obscene fortune, he embarks on a ruthless quest to reclaim his inheritance, no matter how many relatives stand in his way. Tickets: https://luxfilmfestfilms.
- Rose of Nevada (EN) on Monday 9 March 2026 @ 20:30 in Ciné Utopia, Tuesday 10 March @ 20:20 in the Cinémathèque and on Friday 13 March @ 14:00 in the Cinémathèque: In a declining Cornish fishing village, the arrival of a boat appears in the old harbour. The Rose of Nevada, which had been lost at sea with its entire crew thirty years earlier, has mysteriously returned. For the few who still remember, the meaning is clear: the ship must sail again if the curse hanging over the village is to be broken. Nick (George MacKay), struggling to provide for his family, signs on as a crew member, joined by Liam (Callum Turner), a newcomer eager to escape his past. Four years after the surprise of Enys Men, Mark Jenkin returns with a new cinematic anomaly. A fully immersive sensory experience, the film pairs raw, spectral images with a narrative that follows the loose and drifting logic of a dream. An intimate drama grounded in the uncanny poetry of reality. Tickets: https://luxfilmfestfilms.
- Rosebush Pruning (DE, IT, ES, EN, US) on Sunday 15 March 2026 @ 19:00 in Kinepolis-Kirchberg: In a Spanish villa, American siblings Jack, Ed, Anna and Robert wallow in isolation and their inherited fortune. When Jack wants to move in with his girlfriend and Ed uncovers the truth about their mother’s death, the fabric of the family begins to unravel. From award-winning director Karim Aïnouz, Rosebush Pruning is an outrageous contemporary satire about the absurdity of the traditional patriarchal family. Tickets: https://luxfilmfestfilms.
- The Testament of Ann Lee (EN, US) on Friday 6 March 2026 @ 20:30 in Kinepolis-Kirchberg and on Saturday 7 March 2026 @ 19:00 in Kinepolis-Kirchberg: At the end of the 18th century, Ann Lee left England for New York, where she found the Shaker religious movement. Preaching gender and social equality, she is quickly revered by her followers as the female Christ. Based on real events, the film depicts the creation of a utopian society and the Shakers’ cult through song and dance. Tickets: https://luxfilmfestfilms.
- The Wolf, the Fox and the Leopard (LU, IE, NL, HR, TW) on Sunday 8 March 2026 @ 18:00 in Kinepolis-Kirchberg: Set in the near future at a time when climate change has got much worse. It follows a girl who has been raised by wolves and is found in the woods. She is studied at a medical centre before being freed by environmentalists as they see her as a potential saviour of the world. She learns to stand upright, speak and evolve. World premiered at Tribeca in New York in June 2025 and screened at the Galway Film Fleadh in July 2025. In English and Japanese (with EN sub-titles). Tickets: https://luxfilmfestfilms.
For full details, see https://www.luxfilmfest.lu/en/
Geoff THOMPSON
Festival Organiser
Pirate Productions is holding
Auditions for The Sorceress
The director is looking for adult (sixteen years and over) actors, singers and dancers. There will be roles available that just consist of dancing, singing, or acting, so auditionees need not be skilled in all three disciplines. The show’s language is English.
The show will be performed at the Centre Culturel Kinneksbond in Mamer on the following dates:
- Thursday 12th November at 19:30
- Friday 13th November at 19:30
- Saturday 14th November at 15:00
- Saturday 14th November at 19:30
- Sunday 15th November at 15:00
Show Synopsis:
When a medieval kingdom is ravaged by an epidemic, the King summons a renowned herbalist to the capital to seek a remedy. However, she soon turns from helper to accused. As the kingdom plunges into chaos, she is caught in a trap laid by a trio of witches and is condemned to death for sorcery. Her only hope for escape rests on the assistance of a natural philosopher, a knight, and her faithful fox companion.
For more details of the characters and to sign up for the audition please click here.
Voices International presents
Letz Sing with Pop, Rock and Indie Hits
Tickets - Adults: €15, €25, €35
Reservations - Please click here
BIFFL presents
BIFFL Programme / Schedule
2026 - Spring Edition
Below are the films and timings of the showings over the 5-day British Irish Film Festival
- Wed 18 Mar @ 19:00 @ Ciné Utopia: SHORTS Evening, including Young Filmmakers Competition 2025/26 AWARDS
- Wed 18 Mar @ 21:15 @ Ciné Utopia: Never Had A Chance (EN), 102 mins
- Thu 19 Mar @ 19:00 @ Ciné Utopia: I Swear (SC), 120 mins- OPENING SCREENING
- Thu 19 Mar @ 21:15 @ Ciné Utopia: From That Small Island (IE), 100 mins
- Fri 20 Mar @ 19:00 @ Ciné Utopia: The Song Cycle (IE), 95 mins
- Fri 20 Mar @ 21 :15 @ Ciné Utopia: Testimony (EN, IE, IS, US), 105 mins
- Sat 21 Mar @ 19:00 @ Ciné Utopia: The Soccermen (EN), 90 mins
- Sat 21 Mar @ 21:15 @ Ciné Utopia: Saipan (IE), 91 mins
- Sun 22 Mar @ 14:00 @ Ciné Utopia: The Marbles (EN), 114 mins
- Sun 22 Mar @ 16:30 @ Ciné Utopia: Mr Burton (WA, IE, CA, US), 124 mins
- Sun 22 Mar @ 19:00 @ Ciné Utopia: Baite (IE), 94 mins - CLOSING SCREENING & AWARDS
For more information about the films please click here
Tickets: €10 (For details about special discounts please see the Press Release included below)
Reservations: Please click here
For more information about the following topics please refer to the Press Release below:
- Young Filmmakers Competition
- Special Guests
- Shorts Evening
- Awards & Prizes
- Tickets
- Partners & Sponsors
In collaboration with Luxembourg City Film Festival, Deal Productions and Tarantula Distribution there is an additional film showing at Kinepolis
- Sun 8 Mar @ 18:00 @ Kinepolis-Kirchberg: The Wolf, the Fox & the Leopard (LU, IE, NL, HR, TW), 120 mins
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British & Irish Film Festival Luxembourg 2026 SPRING EDITION launched
Festival Events Asbl today announced the launch of the 17th British & Irish Film Festival Luxembourg 2026 Spring Edition: screenings will be held at Ciné Utopia between 18 -– 22 March.
The film festival provides a unique opportunity for viewers to experience a wide selection of new films from Britain and Ireland. The 2026 SPRING EDITIONincludes 11 feature-length films from a cross-section of genres and representing mainly independent cinema. In addition, we will be screening some short films, including a 15-minute documentary from the winners of the Young Filmmakers Competition 2024/25, plus the holding of the Awards for the Young Filmmakers Competition 2025/26, the top prize being 2 Industry Passes to the Galway Film Fleadh 2026.
The British & Irish Film Festival Luxembourg (BIFFL) 2026 SPRING EDITION will have “I SWEAR” as its official Opening Screening, a Scottish drama, and will close with “BAITE”, an Irish-language drama, with many filmmakers in attendance.
Geoff THOMPSON, Festival Organiser and President of Festival Events Asbl, stated: “We are delighted to be able to bring strong and creative storytelling from Britain and Ireland to Luxembourg screens, in the form of both informative documentaries and entertaining dramas, addressing issues from state care homes and cultural misappropriation, to behind the scenes in the world of football, from a team that had yet to win a match to a team going to the World Cup. We also address important issues of sustainability and social stigma associated with medical conditions such as Tourette Syndrome. We are thrilled to showcase the best of Luxembourg’s young filmmaking talent by way of the awards for the Young Filmmakers Competition 2025-26, for which we received over a dozen entries in Environment and Cultural Heritage categories. For our Opening Screening, we will present the acclaimed drama I SWEAR from Scotland, and with end with BAITE, an Irish-language mystery drama for our Closing Screening.”
SPECIAL GUESTS
We are delighted to be welcoming a number of Special Guests coming over for the 2026 Spring Edition, including:
- From That Small Island: Briona NicDhiarmada (producer)
- The Song Cycle: Nick KELLY (director)
- Testimony: Aoife Kelleher (director)
- The Soccermen: Matthew Conrad (director)
- The Marbles: David Wilkinson (director)
- Baite: Eleanor O'Brien (actor)
SHORTS Evening
The winners of the 2nd Young Filmmakers Competition 2024/25 will have their documentary ECHOES OF GALWAY screened as part of this evening, along with other short films. Excerpts of the 12 entries for the 2025/26 competition will be screened, with the winning entries in their entirety.
AWARDS & PRIZES
This edition also features both an Audience Award as well as an Audience Prize, with two entries winning a Magnum of Crémant from Bernard-Massard / a Hamper from Home from Home, and also a Critics’ Award, with the involvement of members of the Association Luxembourgeoise de la Presse Cinématographique (ALPC).
TICKETS
Ticket prices are €10 for Ciné Utopia, available via Luxembourg-Ticket.lu, apart from the BIFFL Presents… screening in collaboration with Ciné Utopia (tickets for this screening are on sale at Kinepolis.lu) at commercial rates.
The popular Season Special Tickets are available for €35, and Double Billtickets for €15, by calling Luxembourg-Ticket.lu. Tickets may also be available at the venues prior to screenings, depending on availability.
PARTNERS & SPONSORS
The British & Irish Film Festival Luxembourg is held under the patronage of both the Embassy of Ireland in Luxembourg and the British Embassy in Luxembourg.
The festival acknowledges its support again for this edition from a number of organisations including the Galway Film Fleadh, the Irish Film Institute, Screen Ireland, Culture Ireland, the Ville de Luxembourg, the Luxembourg Film Fund, Luxembourg’s Ministry of Culture, and PwC Luxembourg Foundation, as well the Œuvre Nationale de Secours Grande-Duchesse Charlotte (for our Young Filmmakers Competition) and also the financial contribution of Ireland’s Emigrant Support Programme.
The festival also enjoys support from its sponsors and, all our community partners and our media partners: AraCityRadio, Chronicle.lu, RTL Today and l’Essentiel. The festival sincerely thanks these organisations for their support through their commitment to supporting community and cultural events through Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR).
For full details, see https://festivalevents.lu/
Geoff THOMPSON
Festival Organiser
LEAPA presents
Sultry Concert
Tickets - €15 (€10 for LEAPA Members)
Reservations - info@leapa.eu (Places are limited so please book early to avoid disappointment)
Deadline - Wednesday 6th March, 2026
Sultry is a dynamic a cappella jazz / pop / rock group founded in 2017. Based in Luxembourg, the group is composed of singers from various countries and cultures who are all passionate about singing. Sultry uses their voices to create an intense atmosphere ranging from sentimental and exuberant to comical. Bringing back the cool elegance of Ella Fitzgerald, the rhythm of Stevie Wonder, Queen and Bruno Mars and the fun of Disney movies, Sultry's versatility has something to suit any musical taste.
Artistekëscht Kayl presents
Wëi een an de Bësch rifft (op Lëtzbuergesch)
There are four performances
- Sat 14th March at 19:00
- Sun 15th March at 16:00
- Sat 21st March at 19:00
- Sun 22nd March at 16:00
Tickets: Adults - €15, Students - €8
Reservations: Please click here
Kinepolis presents
Paris Opéra Ballet - Le Parc
Tickets: €17.95 to €26.15
Reservations: Click here to make a reservation
Running time: 1h 45m
Le Parc is a 1994 ballet by Angelin Preljocaj for the Paris Opera Ballet, exploring the themes of love, desire, and restraint within a stylized 17th and 18th-century European court setting, inspired by classical literature and ballet traditions. The ballet depicts the evolving dynamics of courtship, seduction and eventual abandon between a couple, set in a formal garden where the strict rules of etiquette are eventually challenged by intense passion, leading to a climatic, yet still somewhat ambiguous, final embrace.
NWTC Youth Theatre presents
Not So Grimm
Reservations - nwtc.lu or at the door
A journey through the tales of the Brothers Grimm
Kinepolis presents
Met Opera - Tristan und Isolde
Live performance: Saturday 21st March at Utopia, Kinepolis Kirchberg & Kinepolis Belval
Time: 19:00
Tickets: €31.45 to €39.65
Reservations: Click here to make reservations for the live performance
Running time: 5h 15m
Repeat performance: Monday 30th March at Utopia
Time: 18:00
Tickets: €20.45 to €28.65
Reservations: Click here to make reservations for the repeat performance
Tristan und Isolde tells the tragic tale of Tristan, an Irish princess Isolde's escort to marry his uncle, King Marko of Cornwall. Isolde's maid, Brangäne, inadvertently substitutes a love potion for the poison Isolde intended for herself and Tristan. This unbreakable bond leads to a secret, passionate affair, but the lovers are eventually discovered by a jealous courtier. Tristan is mortally wounded, and Isolde follows him in death in a dramatic final union of love and death known as the "Liebestod"
Theatre National de Luxembourg (TNL) presents
Where Are We Now
Tickets: €30
Reservations: Click here to make an online reservation 47 08 95 1
- Where are we now?
- Where are we now?
- The moment you know
- You know you know
Syen Ratzke dives into the universe of legendary David Bowie and gives his very own unique musical take on it. In between he takes you on a touching and often hilarious journey with his stories. Where are we now was performed with great success in New York, Amsterdam, Berlin, Hamburg, Zurich, Melbourne and many other cities around the world.
Opera Nationale de Paris presents
Tosca
Tickets: €20.45 to €28.65
Reservations: Click here to make a reservation
Running time: 2h
Tosca is a tragic Italian opera set in 1800s Rome, where the famous singer Floria Tosca, her lover, the painter Mario Cavaradossi, and the villainous Police Chief Baron Scarpia become entangled in a deadly political and romantic drama. Cavaradossi is arrested for helping an escaped political prisoner, and Scarpia offers Tosca a horrifying deal: her body in exchange for her lover's life. Tosca stabs Scarpia in a desperate act of self-defense, only to discover that Scarpia's deception has led to Cavaradossi's real execution. Devastated, Tosca flees and leaps to her death from the Castel Sant'Angelo.
Kinepolis presents
Met Opera - Eugene Onegin
Live performance: Saturday 2nd May at Utopia, Kinepolis Kirchberg & Kinepolis Belval
Time: 19:00
Tickets: €31.45 to €39.65
Reservations: Click here to make reservations for the live performance
Running time: 4h 5m
Repeat performance: Monday 11th May at Utopia
Time: 18:00
Tickets: €20.45 to €28.65
Reservations: Click here to make reservations for the repeat performance
FEATS presents
FEATS 2026 organised by AATG
in The Hague, Netherlands
Tickets - €30 per day - includes Main Stage production + the Fringe
€100 for a season ticket covering the whole weekend
Reservations - Please click here
FEATS is an annual English-language One-Act play competition staged across 4 days. Amateur teams from across Europe perform short plays (roughly 35-50 minutes long). A Guild of Drama adjudicator is on hand to assess each performance. Ticket holders can also enjoy a non-competitive Fringe program. The festival is located in a different European city each year - The Hague-based theatre association, the AATG, are proud hosts in 2026, and are thrilled to be partnering with Theater Diligentia and Theater PePijn for Fringe events.
Kinepolis presents
Met Opera -
El Último Suēno de Frida y Diego
Live performance: Saturday 30th May at Utopia, Kinepolis Kirchberg & Kinepolis Belval
Time: 19:00
Tickets: €31.45 to €39.65
Reservations: Click here to make reservations for the live performance
Running time: 2h 50m
Repeat performance: Monday 8th June at Utopia
Time: 18:00
Tickets: €20.45 to €28.65
Reservations: Click here to make reservations for the repeat performance
Theatre National du Luxembourg (TNL) presents
Disappear Here
Performed on:
- Wed 3rd June at 19:30
- Sat 6th June at 19:30
- Wed 17th June at 19:30
- Fri 19th June at 19:30
- Sat 20th June at 19:30
Tickets: Prices to be announced
Reservations: Click here to make an online reservation 47 08 95 1
You're entering a zone of fading. A moment. A drug. The last bulb flickering. The others gave up long ago. Everything disappears. Everyone disappears. Slowly. Gradually. Fragment by fragment.
Following up on last season's acclaimed performance on paranoia High Over, Max Blow is about to craft another riveting, hilariously disturbing collage of texts, songs and magic moments for TNL.
Grand Theatre presents
COCK
Tickets - Adults: €20, €15, €8; Students: €8
Reservations - Click here tickets@lestheatres.lu 47 96 39 01
Duration - 1h 40 (No interval)
After a highly successful run in 2024, Mike Bartlett’s Cock returns to the Théâtres de la Ville for another gripping encounter, dissecting love, identity, and the complexities of human desire with biting humour and raw emotion.
In the heart of London, John’s seemingly stable life with his boyfriend splinters when he suggests a break and unexpectedly falls for a woman. What follows is neither a simple love triangle nor a tale of sexual awakening, but rather an explosive examination of identity in a world that offers limitless possibilities yet traps us in the very labels we create. Torn between two lovers and struggling with opposing societal expectations, John’s crisis of choice spirals into a storm of passion, cowardice, and flaky commitment.
Director Anne Simon’s staging strips the theatrical experience to its essence. On Anouk Schiltz’s bare, tilting stage that physically embodies the shifting power dynamics and John’s indecisiveness, Bartlett’s razor-sharp, darkly comical dialogue flies like daggers in this emotional cockfight, culminating in a dramatic dinner party where personal, generational and societal expectations collide.
The Olivier Award-winning play crackles with wit and contemporary resonance and at a time when identity has never been more fluid, nor more fiercely contested, Bartlett’s masterpiece feels more vital than ever.
This production is part of a special programme in collaboration with Rosa Lëtzebuerg, to mark Luxembourg Pride, celebrating the LGBTQI+ community, diversity and love.