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Yerevan
In 2007, an Ecumenical Jury attended the Golden Apricot Film Festival in Yerevan for the first time, with the presidents of INTERFILM and SIGNIS, Hans Hodel and Peter Malone, as international members, and Father Gevork Saroyan, seminary lecturer (and later Bishop) of the Armenian Church, as local member.
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Karlovy Vary
The main award of the festival, the Crystal Globe, went to "Mýrin" (Jar City) an Icelandic-German coproduction directed by Baltasar Kormákur. The Ecumenical Jury awarded the Russian film "Prostye veš?i" (Simple Things) by Aleksej Popogrebskij which also won the FIPRESCI Prize.
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Cannes
In its 60th anniversary, the Golden Palm was awarded to a Romanian film for the first time: "4 Months, 3 Weeks, and 3 Days" by Cristian Mungiu. The Ecumenical Jury choose Fatih Akin's "Edge of Heaven" (Auf der anderen Seite) as its winner.
Awards
Current issues
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.
Obituary for the cultural politician, director of various film festivals and promoter of world cinema. By Peter Ciaccio, president of the Associazione protestante del cinema "Roberto Sbaffi".