The Ecumenical Jury at the 71st Locarno Festival awarded its Prize to "Sibel", directed by Guillaume Giovanetti und Çağla Zencirci. The Golden Leopard awarded by the international festival jury went to "A Land Imagined", directed by Yeo Siew Hua from Singapore.

The Israeli film "Geula" (Redemption), directed by Joseph Admony and Boaz Yehonatan Yakov, is the winner of the Prize of the Ecumenical Jury in Karlovy Vary 2018. The Crystal Globe, the main prize of the festival, went to the Romanian competition entry " I Do Not Care If We Go Down in History as Barbarians" by Radu Jude.

The Ecumenical Jury at Molodist 2018 has awarded its prizes in the three international competition sections: to "Retablo" (full length films), "Petites filles" (short films) and "The Moment" (student films).

"Supa Modo" is the winner of the Prize of the Ecumenical Jury in Zlín 2018. The Kenyan-German co-production also won the Golden Slipper, the main award of the festival.

Nadine Labaki's "Capharnaüm" won the Prize of the Ecumenical Jury at the Festival de Cannes 2018. The Golden Palm went to "Shoplifters", directed by Kore-eda Hirokazu.