INTERFILM member Hans-Martin Gutmann traces a narrative arc from his departure for the KVIFF 2026, through his work on the festival’s Ecumenical Jury and its decision on the winner, right up to his return.
On the occasion of the church reception in Cottbus 2003, Hans Werner Dannowski, INTERFILM's Honorary President, talks about the development of the relationship between church and film in Germany
Ron Holloway reports on a film seminar organised by INTERFILM, WACC and SIGNIS in Iasi, Romania, with the support of the Metropolitan of Moldova and Bukovina. The event took place as part of the series "Europa eine Seele geben - Giving a Soul to Europe".
Robin Gurney reports on the 2nd International Content Summit at the 2003 Berlin Film Festival focussing on the topic "Film, Values, and Society".
The 6th European John Templeton Film Prize went to ‘The Man Without a Past’ by Aki Kaurismäki. The film tells the story of a man who survives a brutal act of violence and starts a new life. It was awarded the Ecumenical Jury Prize at Cannes in 2002.
Some highly plausible reasons were given by the organizer of the 24th Moscow International Film Festival (21-30 June, 2002) for scaling down the budget to approximately half of last year's 3 million rubles. Since a blowout festival is planned for the 25th anniversary in 2003, the 24th outing was stylized as a modest showcase of better things to come.
Viewed from the critical side, the 55th Cannes International Film Festival will unfortunately be remembered by critics and professionals for its faulty jury decisions, judges Ron Holloway at the beginning of his extensive report about the Cannes film festival 2002.
Dossier
The lists in this dossier summarize the church film awards of past years.