Peter Paul Huth comments favourably on the 2026 Venice Film Festival awards ceremony, highlighting in particular the Golden Lion winner, “Kvinde Ukendt” (Unknown Woman) by May el-Toukhy, and “Un bon petit soldat” by Stéphane Brizé, which won the award for Best Screenplay and the INTERFILM Jury Prize.
"State Legislature", a film by the celebrated American filmmaker Frederick Wiseman, has won the John Templeton Foundation Special Prize worth 5’000 Swiss Francs, at the International Film festival "Visions du Réel", 20-26 April, in Nyon, Switzerland.
Now in his sixth year as director of the Berlin International Film Festival, Dieter Kosslick takes particular pride in changing the image of the festival each time around. Festival report by Ron Holloway
The 10th European John Templeton Film Prize for 2006 is awarded to the film ‘Grbavica’ (Esma’s Secret) by the Bosnian film director Jasmila Žbanic.
Während der 57. Internationalen Filmfestspiele Berlin 2007 fand die 40. INTERFILM-Generalversammlung statt. Sie bestätigte Präsident Hans Hodel und die Mitglieder des Leitungsausschusses in ihren Ämtern.
The Locarno Film Festival is not Cannes. There are no red carpets and grand entries and no photographers vying for the attention of stars. In fact, stars are not the highlight of the event. Actors and actresses—many of them famous — do attend the Locarno festival but manage to blend into the crowd and not create commotion. Unlike Cannes, the festival screenings are open to the public. Maggie Morgan, Cairo, member of the Ecumenical Jury Locarno 2006, reports about the festival
Film critic Ron Holloway in his report reviews the competition entries of the Festival de Cannes 2006, and portrays the event as a whole.
Ron Holloway reviews the accessory sections of the Festival de Cannes 2006.
Ron Holloway reports on the Berlin International Film Festival 2006
Dossier
The lists in this dossier summarize the church film awards of past years.