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The Elf Ring (Nellie Rajala)
25.11.2024
Prize of the Church Media Foundation Presented to Director Nellie Rajala in Oulu
At the Oulu's Children's and Youth International Film Festival 2024 the Church Media Foundation presented its "Look at Me..." Award to Nellie Rajala for her film "The Elf Ring".
25.05.2020
Milja Radovic argues that "The Many Deaths of Aristides" is a visual artistic masterpiece.
08.05.2020
Annet Betsalel, member of the Interreligious Jury of the Festival Visions du Réel Nyon 2020, reflects on the conditions of an online festival and presents a number of films of the competition for long documentaries.
08.03.2020
Director Elina Talvensaari received the Church Media Foundation Award for her documentary "Lady Time" at the 50th Tampere Film Festival.
07.01.2020
List of Church Film Prizes 2019
09.12.2019
For the first time, an ecumenical jury has awarded a prize at the Faludi International Film Festival and Photo Competition.
23.10.2019
The General Assembly of INTERFILM in Erlangen 2019 elected a new Board and confirmed Julia Helmke as INTERFILM President.
13.10.2019
On 10 October, the 2018 WACC-SIGNIS Human Rights Award was presented to Swiss director Markus Imhoof in Palermo.
16.09.2019
A film about a noise rock drummer who suddenly loses his hearing has been awarded an unofficial prize at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) 2019.
25.08.2019
"A Tale of Three Sisters" by Emin Alper wins the first World Cinema Exchange Award in Amsterdam. The World Cinema Amsterdam Film Festival promotes films from Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean.
20.07.2019
In her report Alyda Faber gives a detailed analysis of "Lara" and "Let There Be Light", the films which received, respectively, the Ecumenical Jury prize, and a commendation.  Three other films that especially impressed the Ecumenical Jury are also discussed.