Commentary on the award ceremony at the Venice International Film Festival 2025. By Peter Paul Huth
Director Elina Talvensaari received the Church Media Foundation Award for her documentary "Lady Time" at the 50th Tampere Film Festival.
The 2020 Church of Sweden Film Prize went to the film "Cinema Pameer" by Martin von Krogh.
For the first time, an ecumenical jury has awarded a prize at the Faludi International Film Festival and Photo Competition.
The General Assembly of INTERFILM in Erlangen 2019 elected a new Board and confirmed Julia Helmke as INTERFILM President.
On 10 October, the 2018 WACC-SIGNIS Human Rights Award was presented to Swiss director Markus Imhoof in Palermo.
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.
"A Tale of Three Sisters" by Emin Alper wins the first World Cinema Exchange Award in Amsterdam 2019. The World Cinema Amsterdam Film Festival promotes films from Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean.
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.
Dossier
The lists in this dossier summarize the church film awards of past years.