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03/2025
The Ecumenical Jury in Fribourg 2025 awarded its Prize to the Chinese film "My Friend An Delie" by Dong Zijian. The festival's Grand Prix went to "Black Dog" by Guan Hu, also from China.
02/2025
The Ecumenical Jury of the 75th Berlinale awarded its prizes to "The Blue Trail" by Gabriel Mascaro from Brazil (International Competition), "The Heart is a Muscle" by Imran Hamdulay from South Africa (Panorama) and "Holding Liat" by Brandon Kramer from the USA (Forum). The Golden Bear went to the Norwegian film "Dreams" by Dag Johan Haugerud.
01/2025
The Ecumenical Jury in Saarbrücken 2025 awarded its € 2,500 prize to "Scham" by Lukas Röder. The Max Ophüls Prize for Best Feature Film went to "Ungeduld des Herzens" by Lauro Cress.
11/2024
"Bound in Heaven" by Xin Huo from China received the €2,500 Prize of the Ecumenical Jury at the Filmfestival Mannheim-Heidelberg 2024. The festival's International Newcomer Award for Best Director went to "Manas" by Marianna Bernhard.
11/2024
"When the Light Breaks" by Rúnar Rúnarsson from Iceland has won the INTERFILM Church Film Prize in Lübeck 2024. The festival's main prize, the NDR Film Prize, went to the Danish film "My Eternal Summer" by Sylvia le Fanu. Finnish actress Kati Outinen received the festival's prize of honour.
News
Film from New Zealand wins Prize and INTERFILM diploma at BUFF Malmö 2025
Comment by Peter Paul Huth on the decisions of the international festival jury
Towards the end of the Berlinale, it becomes clear what criteria had to be met for a film to be invited to the Competition. Either it had to be directed by a female director or the protagonist had to be female, says Peter Paul Huth in his Berlinale report on competition films from four countries.
Dossier
The lists in this dossier summarize the church film awards of past years.
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List of awards given by juries appointed by INTERFILM and SIGNIS or INTERFILM alone (international festival awards) or by other church institutions (national awards).
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16.02.2025
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11.10.2023
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