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Director Elina Talvensaari received the Church Media Foundation Award for her documentary "Lady Time" at the 50th Tampere Film Festival.
The Church Media Foundation Award at the Tampere Film Festival 2019 was given to the director Reetta Huhtanen for her feature-length documentary film debut "Gods of Molenbeek" (Aatos ja Aminen, Finland 2019).
Love is Potatoes (Netherlands/Russia, 2017) is a documentary first and foremost about personal memory and family history. Aliona Van Der Horst is the director of the film and its principle guide.
The film Maman Colonelle (DR Congo, 2017) begins with the eponymous Colonel Honorine Munyole as she prepares for another day of work. A tall husky lady bearing white-rimmed glasses, gentle facial features and a firm gaze...
Kristine Greenaway, member of the Ecumenical Jury in Berlin 2019, reflects on the cultural background of the Canadian competition entry "Répertoire des villes disparues" by Denis Coté
"Till drömmarnas land" (The Unpromised Land) by Swedish film director Victor Lindgren wins the "Angelos", the Church of Sweden Film Award, in 2019.
The 75th Venice International film Festival gave plenty of cause to celebrate. In 2018 it arguably outshone the other leading international film festivals...
Sofia Sjö, president of the Ecumenical Jury at the 67th International Film Festival Mannheim-Heidelberg, reviews the films of the competition.
On the occasion of the church reception at the 67th International Film Festival Mannheim Karsten Visarius gave a speech on the motif of the "soul" in film
Gabriella Racsok, member of the Ecumenical Jury in Miskolc 2018, reflects on "The Guilty", winner of the Ecumenical Film Award.
