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The 79th Cannes Film Festival opened on 12 May with the French-Belgian co-production *La Vénus électrique* (The Electric Kiss) by Pierre Salvadori. The Ecumenical Jury, which was established in Cannes in 1974, awards its prize to a film in the International Competition.

‘Hei Dong Dong’ (Dark Channel, China 2025) by Yu Zhe has won the Ecumenical Jury Prize in the International Competition at the 2026 Oberhausen Short Film Festival. The Ecumenical Jury in the Children’s and Youth Film Competition awarded its Prize to ‘Just Jools’ (Belgium 2025) by Ezra Verbist.

The Ecumenical Jury at the 40th Fribourg International Film Festival awarded its prize, worth CHF 5,000, to the Chinese feature film ‘The Sun Rises on Us All’ by Cai Shangjun. The festival’s Grand Prix went to “Divine Comedy” by Ali Asgari (Iran 2025).

The Ecumenical Jury Prize at the 76th Berlinale in the international competition went to ‘Moscas’ (Flies) by Fernando Eimbcke from Mexico. ‘Yellow Letters’ by İlker Çatak won the Golden Bear.

‘Wovon sollen wir träumen’ (‘What shall we dream of’), directed by Milena Aboyan and Constantin Hatz, won the Prize of the Ecumenical Jury at the Max Ophuels Prize Saarbruecken 2026. The festival jury awarded its feature film prize to ‘Gropiusstadt Supernova’ by Ben Volt.