Church Film Awards 2015

 
   
 

Festival Awards (chronological)

 
     
Saarbrücken 36th Film Festival Max Ophüls Prize 2015   
  Award of the 1st Ecumenical Jury  
  Driften  
  by Karim Patwa, Switzerland 2014  
     
Berlin 65th International Film Festival 2015  
  Ecumenical Award to a film in the International Competition  
  El botón de nácar │ The Pearl Button │Der Perlmuttknopf  
  by Patricio Guzmán, France/Chile/Spain 2015   
     
  Ecumenical Award to a film in the Panorama:  
  Ned Rifle  
  by Hal Hartley, USA 2014  
     
  Ecumenical Award to a film at the 45th Forum  
  Histoire de Judas │ History of Judas  
  by Rabah Ameur-Zaïmeche, France 2015  
     
Fribourg 29ème Festival International de Films 2015   
  Prix du Jury Œcuménique  
  Flapping in the Middle of Nowhere │ Dap cánh giua không trung  
  by Diep Hoang Nguyen, Vietnam 2014  
     
Nyon 16th Visions du Réel 2015 │ 46e Festival international du cinema  
  Award of the Interreligious Jury  
  Mothers of the Gods │ Madres de los dioses  
  by Pablo Agüero, Argentine/France 2015  
     
  Commendation of the Interreligious Jury  
  Homeland │ Iraq Year Zero  
  by Abbas Fahdel, Iraq/France 2015  
     
Oberhausen  61st International Short Film Days / Kurzfilmtage 2015  
  Award of the Ecumenical Jury  
  La pasión de Judas (Die Judas-Passion)  
  by David Pantaleón, Spain 2014  
     
  Commendation  
  Tišino Mujo │ Der stille Mujo  
  by Ursula Meier, France/Bosnia/Herzegowina/Switzerland 2014   
     
Cannes 68ème Festival International du Film 2015  
  42e Prix Œcuménique  
  Mia Madre  
  by Nanni Moretti, Italy 2015  
     
  Commendation for a film in the official competition:  
  La Loi du Marché  
  by Stéphane Brisé, France 2015  
     
  Mention spéciale dans la section “Un Certrain Regard”  
  Taklub  
  by Brillante Mendoza, Philippine 2015  
     
Zlin  55th International Film Festival for Children and Youth 2015  
  Ecumenical Prize to a Film for Youth  
  Behaviour │ Conducta  
  by Ernesto Daranas, Cuba 2014  
     
  Commendation to a Film for Youth  
  Mina Walking  
  by Yosef Baraki, Afghansatan/Canada 2015  
     
Karlovy Vary  50th International Film Festival 2015  
  Ecumenical Prize   
  Bob and the Trees │ Bob a stromy  
  by Diego Ongaro, USA 2015  
     
  Commendation  
  Song of Songs │ Pesn pesney │ Piseň pisni,   
  by Eva Neymann, Ukraine 2015  
     
Yerevan 12th Golden Apricot Festival 2015  
  Ecumenical Prize in the Armenian Panorama  
  Moskvich, My Love  
  by Aram Shabayan, Armenia 2014  
     
  Commendation in the section “Across Borders”:  
  Sivas  
  by Kaan Müjdeci, Turkey/Germany 2014  
     
Locarno 68th Festival del Film 2015  
  Ecumenical Prize  
  Ma Dar Behesht / Paradise  
  by Sina Ataeian Dena, Iran, B18Germany 2015  
     
  Commendations   
  Jigeumeun Matgo Geuttaeneun Teullida│Right Now - Wrong Then  
  by Hong Sangsoo, South Corea, 2015  
     
  Bella Perduta  
  by Pietro Marcello, Italy 2015  
     
Montréal 39ème Festival des Films du Monde 2015  
  Prix Œcuménique  
  The Midnight Orchestra / L’Orchestre de minuit   
  by Jérôme Cohen Olivar, Morocco 2015  
     
  Commendations  
  Un instante en La Habana  
  by Guillermo Ivan, USA/Cuba/Mexico/Colombia 2015  
  and   
  Doroga na Berlin / On the Road to Berlin   
  by Sergei Popov, Russia 2015  
     
Venice 72nd Mostra Internazionale d’Arte Cinematografica 2015  
  5th INTERFILM Award for Promoting Interreligious Dialogue  
  Chaharshanbeh, 19 Ordibehesht / Wednesday, May 9  
  by Vahid Jalilvand, Iran 2015  
     
Miskolc 12th Miskolc Jameson CineFest 2015  
  5th Ecumenical Prize  
  Superwelt / Superworld  
  by Karl Markovics, Austria 2015  
     
  Commendation  
  De ce eu? / Why me?  
  by Tudor Giurgiu, Romania/Bulgaria/Hungary, 2015  
     
Warsaw 31st Warsaw Film Festival 2015  
  6th Ecumenical Prize  
  The Idol / Ya tayr el tayer  
  by Hani Abu-Assad, UK/Palestine/Qatar/Netherlands/United Arab Emirates 2015  
     
Mannheim-Heidelberg 64th International Film Festival 2015  
  Ecumenical Prize  
  Distancia cortas / Walking Distance  
  by Alejandro Guzmán Álvarez, Mexico 2015  
     
Kyiv 45th International Film Festival MOLODIST 2015  
  Prize in the competition for full-length films:  
    Ixcanul / Volcano / Der Vulkan  
   by Jayro Bustamante, Guatemala 2015  
     
  Prize in the competition for professional short films:  
  Á ses enfants la patrie reconnaissante / Our Fallen Heroes  
  by Stéphane Landowski, France 2015  
     
Leipzig  58th DOK Leipzig International Festival for Documentary and Animation Film 2015  
  Prize of the 26th Ecumenical Jury, including two guests of Jewish and Muslim faith  
  Bracia / Brothers / Brüder  
  by Wojciech Staron, Poland 2015  
     
Cottbus 25th FilmFestival Cottbus 2015  
  Ecumenical Prize  
  Imena Višne / The Ungiven / Sauerkirschen  
  by Branko Schmidt, Croatia 2015  
     
Lübeck 57. Nordische Filmtage/Nordic Filmdays 2015  
  Church Film Prize by the INTERFILM Jury  
  Fúsi / Virgin Mountain    
  by Dagur Kári, Island/Denmark 2015  
     
 

Additional Church Film Awards

 
     
Göteborg 38th International Film Festival 2015  
  The Angelos Award of the Swedish Church  
  Every Face has a Name  
  by Magnus Gertten, Sweden 2014  
     
Malmö 32th International Children and Young People's Film Festival BUFF 2015  
  The Church of Sweden Youth Film Award  
  X + Y  
  by Morgan Matthews, United Kingdom 2014   
     
Berlin 11. achtung berlin - new berlin film award  
  Preis der Ökumenischen Jury  
  Müdigkeitsgesellschaft - Byung-Chul Han in Seoul / Berlin  
  von Isabella Gresser, Deutschland 2015   
     
Nyborg 13rd Gabrielprisen – The Danish Church Film Award ”Gabriel” 2015  
  Mennesker bliver spist  
  by Erik Clausen, Denmark 2015   
     
München 33. Filmfest München 2015 - “One-Future-Preis”   
  “One-Future-Preis” der INTERFILM-Akademie München  
  Babai  
  von Visar Morina, Germany/France/Kosovo/Macedonia 2015   
     
  Lobende Erwähnungen  
  Mediterranea  
  von Jonas Carpignano, France/Italy/USA 2015  
  Sunrise  
  von Partho Sen-Gupta, India 2014   
     
Haugesund 43rd Norwegian International Film Festival  
  Andreas Award of the Ecumenical Jury of the Norwegian Churches  
  Far From Men (Loin des hommes)  
  by David Oelhoffen, France, 2014  
     
Oulu 34th International Children- and Youth Film Festival  
  The Church Media Foundation “Look at me” Award  
  If I Ruled   
  by Jenni Kangasniemi and Aino Suni, Finland  
     
München 35th FilmSchoolFest Munich  
  Prix Interculturel der Interfilm-Akademie München  
  Do You Even Know... (Au moins le sais-tu...)  
  by Arthur Lecouturier, Belgium, 2014  
     
Tallinn 19th Black Nights Film Festival  
  Prize of the Ecumenical Jury in Estonia  
  Paradise Suite  
  by Joost van Ginkel, Sweden, Bulgaria, 2015  
     
  Commendation  
  Bai ri gaobie (Zinnia Flower)  
  by Tom Lin, Taiwan, 2015+B213  
     
WACC/SIGNIS Human Rights Film Award 2014  
  Taxi  
  by Jafar Panahi, Iran 2014  
     
Frankfurt FILM DES JAHRES der Jury der Evangelischen Filmarbeit  
  Taxi / Taxi Teheran  
  by Jafar Panahi, Iran 2014  
     
     

 

                            Church Film Awards 2015 (alphabetical)

     
Title Director Award
À ses enfants la patrie reconaissante Stéphane Landowski Prize of the Ecumenical Jury, Kyiv, 2015 (Short Films Competition)
Au moins le sais-tu... Arthur Lecouturier Prix interculturel der Interfilm-Akademie, FilmSchoolFest München 2015
Babai Visar Morina One Future Prize of the Interfilm Academy, Munich, 2015
Bai ri gaobie (Zinnia Flower) Tom Lin Special Mention of the Ecumenical Jury in Estonia, Tallinn, 2015
Bella perduta Pietro Marcello Commendation of the Ecumenical Jury, Locarno, 2015
Bob and the Trees Diego Ongaro Prize of the Ecumenical Jury, Karlovy Vary, 2015
Bracia Wojciech Staron Prize of the Ecumenical Jury, Leipzig, 2015
Chaharshanbeh, 19 Ordibehesht Vahid Jalilvand Award for Promoting Interreligious Dialogue, Venezia, 2015
Conducta Ernesto Daranas Prize of the Ecumenical Jury, Zlín, 2015
Dap cánh giua không trung Diep Hoang Nguyen Prize of the Ecumenical Jury, Fribourg, 2015
De ce eu? Tudor Giurgiu Commendation of the Ecumenical Jury, Miskolc, 2015
Distancia cortas Alejandro Guzmán Álvarez Prize of the Ecumenical Jury, Mannheim, 2015
Doroga na Berlin Sergej Popov Commendation of the Ecumenical Jury, Montreal, 2015
Driften Karim Patwa Prize of the Ecumenical Jury, Saarbrücken, 2015
El boton de nácar Patricio Guzmán Prize of the Ecumenical Jury, Berlin, 2015 (Competition)
Every Face Has a Name Magnus Gertten Angelos Award of the Swedish Church
Fúsi Dagur Kári Church Film Prize of the INTERFILM Jury, Luebeck, 2015
Histoire de Judas Rabah Ameur-Zaïmeche Prize of the Ecumenical Jury, Berlin, 2015 (Forum)
Homeland | Iraq Year Zero Abbas Fahdel Commendation of the Interreligious Jury, Nyon, 2015
If I Ruled Jenni Kangasniemi, Aino Suni "Look At Me" Award of the Church Media Foundation, Oulu, 2015
Imena višne Branko Schmidt Prize of the Ecumenical Jury, Cottbus, 2015
Ixcanul Jayro Bustamante Prize of the Ecumenical Jury, Kyiv, 2015 (Feature Films Competition)
Jigeumeun matgo geuttaeneun teullida Hong Sangsoo Commendation of the Ecumenical Jury, Locarno, 2015
La loi du marché Stéphane Brizé Commendation of the Ecumenical Jury, Cannes, 2015 (Competition)
La pasión de Judas David Pantaleón Prize of the Ecumenical Jury, Oberhausen, 2015
Loin des hommes David Oelhoffen Andreas Award of the Norwegian Churches, Haugesund, 2015
L'orchestre de minuit Jérôme Cohen Olivar Prize of the Ecumenical Jury, Montreal, 2015
Ma dar behesht Sina Ataeian Dena Prize of the Ecumenical Jury, Locarno, 2015
Madres de los dioses Pablo Agüero Prize of the Interreligious Jury, Nyon, 2015
Mediterranea Jonas Carpignano Commendation of the Interfilm Academy, Munich, 2015
Mennesker bliver spist Eric Clausen The Danish Church Film Prize "Gabriel"
Mia madre Nanni Moretti Prize of the Ecumenical Jury, Cannes, 2015
Mina Walking Yosef Baraki Commendation of the Ecumenical Jury, Zlín, 2015
Moskvich, My Love Aram Shabayan Prize of the Ecumenical Jury, Yerevan, 2015
Ned Rifle Hal Hartley Prize of the Ecumenical Jury, Berlin, 2015 (Panorama)
Paradise Suite Joost van Ginkel Prize of the Ecumenical Jury in Estonia, Tallinn, 2015
Pesn pesney Eva Neymann Commendation of the Ecumenical Jury, Karlovy Vary, 2015
Sivas  Kaan Müdejci Commendation of the Ecumenical Jury, Yerevan, 2015
Sunrise Partho en-Gupta Commendation of the Interfilm Academy, Munich, 2015
Superwelt Karl Markovicz Prize of the Ecumenical Jury, Miskolc, 2015
Taklub Brillante Mendoza Commendation of the Ecumenical Jury, Cannes, 2015 (Un certain regard)
Taxi Jafar Panahi SIGNIS-WACC Human Rights Award, 2014
Taxi Jafar Panahi FILM DES JAHRES 2014 der Jury der Evangelischen Filmarbeit
Tišina Mujo Ursula Meier Commendation of the Ecumenical Jury, Oberhausen, 2015
Un instante en La Habana Guillermo Ivan Commendation of the Ecumenical Jury, Montreal, 2015
X+Y Morgan Matthews The Church of Sweden Youth Film Award
Ya tayr el tayer (The Idol) Hani Abu-Assad Prize of the Ecumenical Jury, Warsaw, 2015