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Burton Buller writes about the film which won a Commendation of the Ecumenical Jury in Montreal 2015.

Burton Buller, member of the Ecumenical Jury in Montreal 2015, tells about his impressions of the festival and the jury experience.

Ola Sigurdson, member of the Ecumenical Jury Locarno 2015, reports about his experiences as film juror.

In his essay about the Festival de Cannes 2015 jury member Jolyon Mitchell reflects on the use and the meaning of faces in media communication

Zlin is a true international film festival with this year’s Official Competition films originating from 15 countries. The overall theme apparent from this year’s competitive slate of films seemed to be that of a young protagonist from a broken home that is forced into adulthood a bit too quickly, leaving innocence and childhood behind, in order to care for or teach an adult an important life lesson, jury member Douglas Fahleson reports.

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.