Welcome to INTERFILM, the International Interchurch Film Organisation. INTERFILM links cinema and church, cultures and religions. INTERFILM is looking beyond the screen.
08/2026
At the 2026 Locarno Film Festival, the Ecumenical Jury awarded its Prize, worth 10,000 CHF and donated by the Catholic Church and the Reformed Church in Switzerland, to the film “Nun Dul Dega Eomne” (Nowhere to Lay My Eyes, South Korea 2026) by Hong Sangsoo.
07/2026
The Ecumenical Jury in Karlovy Vary 2026 awarded their Prize to "The Lion at My Back", directed by Tonia Mishiali. The Crystal Globe was presented to "Fruit Gathering" by Aung Phyoe.
06/2026
The Ecumenical Jury in Cluj-Napoca awarded their Prize to "Truly Naked" by Muriel d'Ansembourg. The festival's main award, the Transilvania Trophy, was awarded to "Lionel" by Carlos Saiz.
05/2026
The Palme d'Or and the Prize of the Ecumenical Jury at the 2026 Cannes Film Festival went to the same film, ‘Fjord’ by Cristian Mungiu. It also won the International Federation of Film Critics (FIPRESCI) Prize.
News
INTERFILM member Hans-Martin Gutmann traces a narrative arc from his departure for the KVIFF 2026, through his work on the festival’s Ecumenical Jury and its decision on the winner, right up to his return.
Obituary for the cultural politician, director of various film festivals and promoter of world cinema. By Peter Ciaccio, president of the Associazione protestante del cinema "Roberto Sbaffi".
"What a Laugh" by Eva Müller and Isabel Schneider and "Agnes & Amir" by Helena Hufnagel are the winner of the One-Future-Prize (ex aequo) at the Filmfest Munich 2026.
Dossier
The lists in this dossier summarize the church film awards of past years.
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List of awards given by ecumenical or INTERFILM juries (international festival awards), or by national church institutions.
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