An interreligious jury has chosen the film "Orphan" by László Nemes as winner of the Interfaith Award at the Hungarian Film Week 2026.
The 82nd Venice International Film Festival, the Mostra internazionale d'arte cinematografica, celebrated its opening with Italian films and American stars. Report by Peter Paul Huth
Director Janicke Askevold from Norway wins the Ecumenical Prize of the Churches at the Locarno Film Festival. Her film centres on a journalist and single mother who wants to get to know the father of her child
Film review of Australian INTERFILM member Eloise Scherer
The quality of the films in competition in TIFF24, the Transilvania International Film Festival in Cuj-Napoca, was outstanding and impressed the ecumenical jury. The festival focusses on debuts of filmmakers or second films.
Marie Starck, complemented by Dietmar Adler, reports about a symposium at Judson Memorial Church, New York, which was supported by INTERFILM
The establishment of the Sheffield DocFest in 1994 was one of the city's cultural innovations that year. It has since become the largest documentary film festival in the United Kingdom, as well as a meeting place for producers and representatives of European television stations, according to Peter Paul Huth in his festival report.
The Norwegian drama "Elskling" (Loveable), directed by Lilja Ingolfsdottir, has been awarded with the Danish Church Film Prize "Gabriel" 2025.
Peter Paul Huth's reporting from Cannes ends with a look at the ‘Cannes Classics’ section.
Commentary on the decisions of the festival jury chaired by Juliette Binoche. By Peter Paul Huth
Dossier
The lists in this dossier summarize the church film awards of past years.