Festivals

30.10.2018 to 04.11.2018
Luebeck
This year the Nordic Film Days celebrated their 60th anniversary. The INTERFILM jury awarded the Church Film Prize which is endowed with 5000.- € to "Woman at War", directed by Benedikt Erlingsson from Iceland.
29.10.2018 to 04.11.2018
Leipzig
The Interreligious Jury at DOK Lepzig 2018 has awarded their prize of 2500 € to "I Had a Dream" by Claudia Tosi, who has also won the Golden Dove of the International Festival Jury and the Prize of International Film Critics.
12.10.2018 to 21.10.2018
Warsaw
The Ecumenical Jury at the 34th International Film Festival Warsaw has awarded its prize to the Bulgarian competition entry "Irina".
01.10.2018 to 07.10.2018
Chemnitz
The Ecumenical Jury at SCHLINGEL 2018 awarded its Prize to Nora Twomey's animated film "The Breadwinner" and a Commendation to "Meerkat and Moon Rocket" by Hanneke Schutte, who also received the award of the Saxon State Media Authority.
14.09.2018 to 23.09.2018
Miskolc
"The Guilty" by Danish director Markus Möller, won the Prize of the Ecumenical Jury at the 15th Jameson Cinefest in Miskolc, as well as the main award of the festival, the Emeric Pressburger Prize.
29.08.2018 to 08.09.2018
Venice
"Tel Aviv On Fire" by Sameh Zoabi is the winner of the 8th. INTERFILM Award for Promoting Interreligious Dialogue at the film festival in Venice 2018. The Golden Lion went to "Roma" by Alfonso Cuarón.
01.08.2018 to 11.08.2018
Locarno
The Ecumenical Jury at the 71st Locarno Festival awarded its Prize to "Sibel", directed by Guillaume Giovanetti und Çağla Zencirci. The Golden Leopard awarded by the international festival jury went to "A Land Imagined", directed by Yeo Siew Hua from Singapore.
29.06.2018 to 07.07.2018
Karlovy Vary
The Israeli film "Geula" (Redemption), directed by Joseph Admony and Boaz Yehonatan Yakov, is the winner of the Prize of the Ecumenical Jury in Karlovy Vary 2018. The Crystal Globe, the main prize of the festival, went to the Romanian competition entry " I Do Not Care If We Go Down in History as Barbarians" by Radu Jude.
27.05.2018 to 03.06.2018
Kyiv
The Ecumenical Jury at Molodist 2018 has awarded its prizes in the three international competition sections: to "Retablo" (full length films), "Petites filles" (short films) and "The Moment" (student films).
25.05.2018 to 02.06.2018
Zlín
"Supa Modo" is the winner of the Prize of the Ecumenical Jury in Zlín 2018. The Kenyan-German co-production also won the Golden Slipper, the main award of the festival.
08.05.2018 to 19.05.2018
Cannes
Nadine Labaki's "Capharnaüm" won the Prize of the Ecumenical Jury at the Festival de Cannes 2018. The Golden Palm went to "Shoplifters", directed by Kore-eda Hirokazu.
03.05.2018 to 08.05.2018
Oberhausen
At the International Short Film Days 2018 the Ecumenical Jury awarded its Prize to the Chinese film "Magnificent Obsession". The Grand Prize of the City of Oberhausen went to "Dėmės ir įbrėžimai" (Stains and Scratches") from Latvia.
13.04.2018 to 21.04.2018
Nyon
At Visions du Réel 2018, the Interreligious Jury has awarded its Prize of 5.000 CHF to "Almost Nothing" by Anna de Manincor and ZimmerFrei. "O Processo" (The Trial) by Maria Augusta Ramos won the festival's main award, the Sesterce d'Or.
16.03.2018 to 24.03.2018
Fribourg
"Foxtrot" by Israeli director Samuel Maoz has won the Prize of the Ecumenical Jury at the International Film Festival Fribourg 2018.
15.02.2018 to 25.02.2018
Berlin
The German competition entry "In the Aisles" by Thomas Stuber has won the Prize of the Ecumenical Jury. The film also received the Gilde Film Award from the German Arthouse Cinemas.
22.01.2018 to 28.01.2018
Saarbruecken
"Landrauschen" (The Murmur of the Country) has won the Prize of the Ecumenical Jury at the 39th Film Festival Max Ophuels Prize. The festival is dedicated to young German speaking cinema.
09.11.2017 to 19.11.2017
Mannheim and Heidelberg
​At the 66th International Film Festival Mannheim-Heidelberg the prizes have been awarded. The winner of the prize of the Ecumenical Jury is "Une vie ailleurs" (Life Beyond Me), directed by Olivier Peyon.
07.11.2017 to 12.11.2017
Cottbus
12 films form Eastern Europe are screened in the competition of the 27th FilmFestival Cottbus. Among them, the Ecumenical Jury chooses its winner.
01.11.2017 to 05.11.2017
Luebeck
On November 1, the 59th Nordic Film Days opened in Luebeck. Since 1996 the INTERFILM Jury awards the Church Film Prize of 5000.- €.
30.10.2017 to 05.11.2017
Leipzig
On November 4, the 60th Leipzig Festival for Documentary and Animated Film closed with the award ceremony. The Interreligious Jury, appointed by INTERFILM and SIGNIS, awarded its prize to "Love is Potatoes" by Aliona van der Horst.
13.10.2017 to 22.10.2017
Warsaw
The Ecumenical Jury at the 33rd Warsaw Film Festival awarded its Prize to "Beyond Words" by Urszula Antoniak and a Commendation to "The Miner" by Hanna Slak.
25.09.2017 to 01.10.2017
Chemnitz
An Ecumenical Jury participated in the film festival SCHLINGEL for the 2nd time. It awarded the Brazilian film "Sobre rodas" (On Wheels), directed by Mauro D'Addio.
08.09.2017 to 17.09.2017
Miskolc
"Aritmija" by Boris Khlebnikov won the Prize of the Ecumenical Jury at Miskolc 2017.
30.08.2017 to 09.09.2017
Venice
The INTERFILM Jury of the 74th Mostra internazionale d'arte cinematografica in Venice has chosen as winner of the 7th INTERFILM Award for Promoting Interreligious Dialogue "Oblivion Verses" by Alirezah Khatami.
02.08.2017 to 12.08.2017
Locarno
At the 70th Festival Locarno the awards have been decided. The Ecumenical Jury awarded its Prize to the American competition entry "Lucky" by John Carroll Lynch.
30.06.2017 to 08.07.2017
Karlovy Vary
"The Cakemaker", directed by Ofir Raul Graizer, won the Prize of the Ecumenical Jury in Karlovy Vary 2017. The Krystal Globe was awarded to the Czech competition entry "Little Crusader", directed by Vaclav Kádrnka.
26.05.2017 to 03.06.2017
Zlín
Two Indian films have been awarded by the Ecumenical Jury Zlín 2017. The winner of its prize is "Half Ticket" by Samit Kakkad. For a commendation the jury choose "Railway Children" by Prithvi Konanur.
17.05.2017 to 28.05.2017
Cannes
"Hikari" by Japanese director Naomi Kawase won the Prize of the Ecumenical Jury. The Golden Palm was awarded to "The Square" by Ruben Östlund from Sweden.
11.05.2017 to 16.05.2017
Oberhausen
The festival screened altogether 499 films from 58 countries. 56 films were running in the international competition from which the ecumenical jury chose its award winner.
21.04.2017 to 29.04.2017
Nyon
For the 13th time an interreligious jury awarded prizes at the festival Visions du Réel in Nyon. The jury, composed of a Catholic, Protestant, Jewish and Muslim member, took its choices among the 19 films of the international competition for long films.