'A perfect day', by Fernando León de Aranoa, selected for the 2015 LUX Prize

Every year the European Parliament grants this award to recognize the best European cinema.

The film produced by Mediapro and directed by Fernando León de Aranoa, A Perfect Day, has been one of the ten films included in the official selection of the LUX Awards, which were announced at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival.

The European Parliament promotes this recognition, which is granted once a year with the aim of paying tribute to the diversity of film production in Europe and its relevance in the construction of social and cultural values. At the end of July, at the Venice Day conference to be held in Rome, three selected among the ten chosen will be announced, of which A perfect day She is the only Spanish one. The winner will be announced at the end of the year in Strasbourg.

A perfect day is Fernando León de Aranoa's most internationally oriented project and stars Oscar winner Benicio del Toro (Traffic) y Tim Robbins (Mystic River), and by actresses Olga Kurylenko (Oblivion) y Mélanie Thierry (The Zero Theorem). Completing the cast are Fedja Stukan (In the land of blood and honey), the child Eldar Residovic and Sergi López, in a special appearance.

The film, which participated in the last edition of the Cannes Festival, has become an international bestseller. Distributed internationally by WestEnd Films, A perfect day has managed to close sales in countries on all five continents thanks to its good reception from critics and the interest it has aroused in the industry. Universal Pictures International Spain distributes the film in Spain, which will be released in theaters on August 28.