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White Angel - The End of Marinka (Arndt Ginzel, Germany 2023; © DOK Leipzig)
The Documentary Segment of the Festival. Report by Bojidar Manov, Member of the Interreligious Jury
66 editions of a major international festival of non-fiction films (documentaries and animations) is in itself a sign of significant attention. Leipzig has long established and defended its name as an important centre for world cinema of the two types mentioned, and this holds true especially strongly for the documentary production.
Jury member Bo Torp Pedersen reflects on films rarely shown beyond the festival circuit
At the International Children's and Young People's Film Festival in Malmö 2015 the Church of Sweden Youth Film Award was conferred to "X+Y" by British film director Morgan Matthews.
Today, people are more likely to visit the cinema than the church in their search for enlightenment.
Cinema and church have a lot in common - they are both "storytelling organisations" as the president of the Protestant film organisation, INTERFILM, puts it.
The award-winning film "Every Face Has a Name" is about survivors of the concentration camps who arrived in Sweden in 1945.
As best film of the year 2015, the Protestant Film Jury in Germany has awarded the Iranian winner of the Berlinale, "Taxi Teheran" by Jafar Panahi.
Milja Radovic and Alyda Faber, jury members, review films of Locarno 2014
The Evangelical Film Jury in Germany has chosen the FILM OF THE YEAR: "Boyhood", directed by Richard Linklater. The film will be released on Blue-ray and DVD for American viewers on January 6, 2015.
Seit 1995 gibt es den Ökumenischen Empfang der Kirchen, zu dem die örtlichen Kirchen einladen. Bei dieser Gelegenheit stellte der diesjährige Präsident der Ökumenischen Jury, Alain le Goanvic, eine "Kleine Kinotheologie" vor.
Jean Collet, Michel Cazenave: "Petite théologie du cinéma". Eine Buchvorstellung von Alain le Goanvic, Präsident der Ökumenischen Jury Mannheim 2014
