Joël Friso, member of the Ecumenical Jury in Oberhausen 2022 and Board Member of INTERFILM, writes about his experience at the festival.
At the International Children and Youth Film Festival in Malmö (March 19-25, 2022), a jury appointed by the Church of Sweden has awarded the Church of Sweden Youth Film Prize to "Olga" by Elie Grappe
The Church Media Foundation Award at the 52nd Tampere Film Festival in 2022 goes to Susanna Helke for the film "Ruthless Times - Songs for Care" (Armotonta menoa – Hoivatyön lauluja, Finland, 2022).
Angelos, the Church of Sweden Film Award, in 2022 was given to "Day for Day" (Dag för Dag) , directed by Felix Herngren.
At the 32nd Tromsø International Film Festival (17-23 January, 2022) the Faith in Film Award was given to "Medusa", directed by Anita Rocha da Silveira from Brazil.
Freek L. Bakker, member of the Interreligious Jury, comments on the award winning films of DOK Leipzig 2021.
INTERFILM member Sofja Sjö from Finland reports about a conference in Sárospatak (Hungary) on representations of the Eucharist in film and other forms of actual visual culture.
S. Brent Rodriguez Plate, President of the Ecumenicval Jury in Locarno 2021, reflects on the festival experience and comments on films which were discussed in the jury extensively.
At the festival World Cinema 2021 in Amsterdam, a jury of INTERFILM member Het Filmgesprek awarded a film for the second time.
Dossier
The lists in this dossier summarize the church film awards of past years.