Church Film Awards 2019

Vitalina Varela (Pedro Costa)

Commnedation of the Ecumenical Jury, Locarno 2019: "Vitalina Varela" by Pedro Costa

   
 

Church Festival Awards 2019

   
Saarbruecken 40th Film Festival Max Ophüls Prize 2019 – Award of the 5th Ecumenical Jury
  Das melancholische Mädchen (Aren't You Happy)
  by Susanne Heinrich, Germany 2019
   
Berlin 69th International Film Festival 2019
  Ecumenical Award to a film in the International Competition
  God Exists, Her Name Is Petrunya (Gospod postoj, imeto i' e Petrunija)
  by Teona Strugar Mitevska, North Macedonia, Belgium, Slovenia, Croatia, France, 2019
   
  Ecumenical Award in the Panorama
  Erde (Earth)
  by Nikolaus Geyrhalter, Austria, 2019
   
  Ecumenical Award at the 48th Forum
  Buoyancy
  by Rodd Rathjen, Australia, 2019
   
  Commendation for a film in the Panorama
  Midnight Traveler
  by Hassan Fazili, USA, Great Britain, Katar, Chile, 2019
   
Fribourg 33e Festival International de Films 2019 – Prix du Jury Œcuménique 
  Compañeros - La noche de 12 años (A Twelve Year Night)
  by Álvaro Brecher, Uruguay, Spain, Argentina, France, Germany, 2018
   
  Commendation
  Volcano (Vulkan)
  by Roman Bondarchuk, Ukraine, Germany, Monaco, 2018
   
Nyon 50e Visions du Réel 2019, Festival international du cinema
  Prize of the Interreligious Jury
  When the Persimmons Grew ( Xurmalar Yetişən Vaxt)
  by Hilal Baydarov, Azerbaidjan, Austria, 2019
   
  Commendation
  Norie
  by Yuki Kawamura, Luxembourg, Japan, 2019 
   
Oberhausen  65th International Short Film Days / 65. Internationale Kurzfilmtage 2019
  Prize of the Ecumenical Jury
  NoirBLUE - Delocamentos de uma danca (NoirBLUE - Displacements of a Dance)
  by Ana Pi, France, Brasil, 2018
   
  Commendation
  amelina
  by Rubén Guzmán, Argentina, 2018
   
  Certificate for a film in the International Children's and Youth Film Competition
  La gita (The School Trip)
  by Salvatore Alloca, Italy, 2018
   
Cannes 72e Festival de Cannes 2019 - 46e Prix Œcuménique
  A Hidden Life
  by Terrence Malick, Germany, USA, 2019
   
Zlin  59th International Film Festival for Children and Youth 2019
  Prize of the Ecumenical Jury
  Psychobitch
  by Martin Lund, Norway, 2018
   
  Commendation
  Rocca verändert die Welt (Rocca Changes the World)
  by Kathrin Benrath, Germany, 2019
   
Kyiv 48th International Film Festival Kyiv Molodist
  Prize of the Ecumenical Jury (International Competition for Full-Length Films)
  Systemsprenger (System Crasher)
  by Nora Fingscheidt, Germany, 2019
   
  Prize of the Ecumenical Jury (International Competition for Short Films)
  Miłość bezwarunkowa (Unconditional Love)
  by Rafał Lysak, Poland, 2018
   
  Prize of the Ecumenical Jury (International Competition for Student Films)
  Provence
  by Kato de Boeck, Belgium, 2018
   
Karlovy Vary 54th International Film Festival 2019 - Ecumenical Award 
  Lara
  by Jan Ole Gerste
   
  Commendation
  Nech je svetlo (Let There Be Light) 
  by Martin Škop, Slovak Republic, Czech Republic, 2019
   
Locarno 72nd Festival del Film 2019
  Prize of the Ecumenical Jury
  Maternal
  by Laura Delpero, Italy, Argentina, 2019
   
  Commendation
  Vitalina Varela
  by Pedro Costa, Portugal, 2019
   
Venice 76th Mostra Internazionale d’Arte Cinematografica 2019
  9th INTERFILM Award for Promoting Interreligious Dialogue 
  Bik eneich - Un fils
  by Mehdi Barsaoui, Tunisia, 2019
   
Miskolc 16th Cinefest Miskolc 2019
  Prize of the Ecumenical Jury
  Teheran - City of Love (Tehran shahr-e eshgh)
  by Ali Jaberansari, Iran, Great Britain, The Netherlands, 2018
   
Chemnitz 24th International Film Festival for Children and Young Audience “Schlingel” 2019
  4th Ecumenical Award
  Zu weit weg (Too Far Away)
  by Sarah Winkenstette, Germany, 2019
   
Warsaw 35th Warsaw Film Festival 2019
  Prize of the Ecumenical Jury
  Omar ve biz (Omar and Us)
  by Marina Er Gorbach and Mehmet Bahadir Er, Turkey, 2019
   
Leipzig 62nd International Leipzig Festival  for Documentary and Animated Film
  Prize of the Interreligious Jury
  Exemplary Behaviour
  by Audrius Mickevičius, Nerijus Milerius, Lithuania, Slovenia, Bulgaria, Italy, 2019
   
Luebeck 61st Nordic Film Days Luebeck 2019
  Church Film Prize of the INTERFILM Jury
  Bergmál (Echo)
  by Rúnar Rúnarsson, Iceland, France, Switzerland, 2019
   
Cottbus 29th FilmFestival Cottbus - Festival of East European Cinema
  Prize of the Ecumenical Jury
  Pun mjesec (Full Moon)
  by Nermin Hamzagić, Bosnia and Hercegovina, 2019
   
Mannheim-Heidelberg 68th International Film Festival Mannheim-Heidelberg
  Prize of the Ecumenical Jury
  Rona, Madar-e Azim (Rona, Azim's Mother)
  by Jamshid Mahmoudi, Iran, Afghanistan, 2018
   
  Commendation
  The Grizzlies
  by Miranda de Pencier, Canada, 2018
   
 

Additional Church Film Awards

   
Tromsø 29th Tromsø Internsational Film Festival
  Faith in Film Award
  Lazzaro felice (Happy as Lazzaro)
  by Alice Rohrwacher, Italy, Switzerland, France, Germany, 2018
   
Göteborg 42nd International Film Festival Göteborg
  Church of Sweden Film Award "Angelos"
  Till drömmarnas land (The Unpromised Land)
  by Victor Lindgren, Sweden, 2019
   
Tampere 48th Tampere Film Festival
  Church Media Foundation Prize
  Aatos ja Aminem (Gods of Molenbeek)
  by Reetta Huhtanen, Finland, 2019
   
Malmö 36th International Children and Young People’s Festival BUFF Malmö
  Church of Sweden Youth Film Award
  Zen sul ghiaccio sottile (Zen in the Ice Rift)
  by Margherita Ferri, Italy, 2018
   
  INTERFILM Diploma
  Harajuku
  by Eirik Svensson, Norway, 2018
   
Berlin 15. Festival achtung berlin - new berlin film award
  Prize of the Ecumenical Jury
  Der Stein zum Leben
  by Katinka Zeuner, Germany, 2018
   
Nyborg 17th Gabriel Film Prize of the Danish Church 2019
  Unge Astrid (Becoming Astrid)
  by Pernille Fischer Christensen, Denmark, Sweden, 2018
   
Munich 37. Filmfest München
  34. One Future Prize of the Interfilm Academy Munich
  Perro Bomba
  by Juan Cacéres, Chile, 2019
   
  Honorary Award
  Elisabeth Wicki-Endress, Schauspielerin
   
Amsterdam 10th World Cinema Amsterdam
  1st World Cinema Exchange Award
  Kiz kardeşler (A Tale of Three Sisters)
  by Emin Alper, B31Turkey, Germany, Netherlands, Greece, 2019
   
Haugesund 47th International Film Festival
  Andreas Award of the Ecumenical Jury of the Norwegian Churches
  Pupille (In Safe Hands)
  by Jeanne Herry, France, Belgium, 2018
   
Biel/Bienne 15e Festival du Film Français d’Helvétie
  Prix Célestine d'Interfilm Suisse
  Les éblouis
  by Sarah Zuco, France, 2019
   
Oulu 38th International Children and Youth Film Festival
  Church Media Foundation “Look at me” Award
  Vedenneito (Maiden of the Lake)
  by Petteri Saario, Finland, 2019
   
Zurich 16th Zurich Film Festival
  Film Award of the Churches in Zurich
  Waren einmal Revoluzzer (Once Were Rebels)
  by Johanna Moder, Austria, 2019
   
Munich 39th International FilmSchoolFest
  Prix Interculturel of the Interfilm Academy Munich
  La dernière séance (Rock Out)
  by Alice Gadbled, Belgium, 2019
   
Tallinn 23rd Black Nights Film Festival
  Prize of the Ecumenical Jury in Estonia
  Gipsy Queen
  by Hüseyin Tabak, Germany, Austria, 2019
   
Budapest 22nd Faludi Film Festival and Photo Competition
  Prize of the Ecumenical Jury
  Rozgonyine (Mrs. Rozgonyi)
  by Rozália Szeleczky, Hungary, 2019
   
N.P. WACC-SIGNIS Human Rights Film Award 2018
  Eldorado
  by Markus Imhoof, Switzerland, Germany, 2018
   
Frankfurt FILM OF THE YEAR 2019 of the Evangelical Film Jury in Germany
  So Long, My Son (Di jiu tian chang)
  by Wang Xiaoshuai, VR China, 2019