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.
Politics notwithstanding, the 23rd Moscow International Film Festival (21-30 June 2001) was by far the best, programme-wise, in post-perestroika times. The festival catalogue, with a replica of the St. George Statuette Award on the cover, stretched over 235 pages.
Ron Holloway reports on the 36th International Film Festival Karlovy Vary 2001
Awarded both the Main Prize of the Hungarian Jury and the Gene Moskowitz Critics Prize at the 32nd Hungarian Film Week (1-6 February 2001), Bela Tarr’s "Werckmeister Harmoniak" (The Werckmeister Harmonies) crowned the Budapest festival with one of the finest European films produced in 2000.
The 2nd European John Templeton Film Award was presented to "My Name is Joe" by Ken Loach. The award ceremony took place on 14 February 1999 at a church service in the Kaiser-Wilhelm-Gedächtniskirche during the Berlin International Film Festival.
The 1st European John Templeton Film Award went to "De Verstekeling" (The Stowaway) by Ben van Lieshout and was presented at a church service to the director on February 22, 1998, in the Kaiser-Wilhelm-Gedächtniskirche during the Berlin Film Festival.
Dossier
The lists in this dossier summarize the church film awards of past years.