Festivals

Due to the corona epidemic, the 34th Festival International de Films de Friborg had to be canceled. Instead, the festival organized a virtual edition.

The Ecumenical Jury awarded its Prize in the International Competition to "There Is No Evil" by Mohammad Rasoulof, which also won the Golden Bear.

The film "Jiyan" by Süheyla Schwenk won the Prize of the Ecumenical Jury at the 41st Max Ophüls Award. The festival jury awarded its prizes for the best feature film to "Neubau" by Johannes Maria Schmit.

The Iranian feature film "Rona, Azim's Mother" by Jamshid Mahmoudi won the € 2,500 Prize of the Ecumenical Jury at the IFF Mannheim-Heidelberg 2019, the last festival under the direction of Michael Kötz.

A film from Bosnia and Herzegovina won the Prize of the Ecumenical Jury at the FilmFestival Cottbus 2019: "Full Moon" by Nermin Hamsagi?. The Bulgarian film "Sestra" (Sister) by Svetla Tsotsorkov won a Lubina as Best Film of the Festival.

The Icelandic film "Bergmál" (Echo) by Rúnar Rúnarsson won the Church Film Prize of the INTERFILM Jury in Lübeck in 2019. The main prize of the festival went to a film from Iceland as well.

The winner of the festival DOK Leipzig 2019 is the film "Exemplary Behaviour" from Lithuania. He received the Golden Dove, the Prize of the Interreligious Jury and the Prize of the Jury of International Film Critics.

The Iranian film "Tehran: City of Love" won the Prize of the Ecumenical Jury in Miskolc in 2019. The Emeric Pressburger Prize for Best Picture went to the Latin American production "Monos".

"Bik eneich - Un fils" (A Son) is the winner of the 9th INTERFILM Award for Promoting Interreligious Dialogue in Venice 2019. The Golden Lion was awarded to "Joker" by Todd Philips.

The Ecumenical Jury in Locarno 2019 awarded its prize to "Maternal" by Maura Delpero. The Golden Leopard went to "Vitalina Valera" by Pedro Costa.

"Lara", directed by Jan-Ole Gerster, won the Prize of the Ecumenical Jury in Karlovy Vary 2019. The Crystal Globe, the main prize of the festival, was awarded to "The Father" by Kristina Grozeva and Petar Valchanov from Bulgaria.

The Ecumenical Jury at the Molodist Film Festival in Kiev in 2019 awarded three prizes. Their choices for Best Feature-Length Film was "Systemsprenger" by Nora Fingscheidt (Germany 2019), ...

"Psychobitch" by Martin Lund (Norway) has won the Prize of the Ecumenical Jury in Zlín 2019. The jury awarded a Commendation to "Rocca Changes the World" by Katja Benrath (Germany), with three other awards the most successful film of the festival.

"A Hidden Life" by Terrence Malick has won the Prize of the Ecumenical Jury in Cannes 2019. The Golden Palm went to "Parasite" by South Korean film director Bong Joon-Ho.

The Ecumenical Jury has awarded its 1500 € prize to the dance film "NoirBLUE" by Ana Pi. The Grand Prix of the City of Oberhausen went to "I Got My Things and Left" by Philbert Aimé Mbubazi Sharangabo.

With the motto "50 years of freedom, 50 years of openness, 50 years of film", the Festival Visions du Réel celebrates its 50th anniversary in 2019.

"Compañeros - La noche de 12 años" (A Twelve Years Long Night) by Álvaro Brechner from Uruguay won the Prize of the Ecumenical Jury in Friborg in 2019. The Grand Prix of the festival went to "The Good Girls"
by Alejandra Márquez Abella from Mexico.

"God Exists, Her Name Is Petrunya" is the winner of the Prize of the Ecumenical Jury in the International Competition. The jury awarded prizes in the Panorama and the Forum as well.

The Film Festival Max Ophuels Prize, dedicated to young German speaking cinema, in 2019 celebrated its 40th anniversary. The Prize of the Ecumenical Jury was won by the film "The Melancholy Girl" by Susanne Heinrich.

The Iranian film "Orange Days" won the Prize of the Ecumenical Jury at the 67th International Film Festival Mannheim-Heidelberg.

"Ayka" by Sergei Dvortsevoj won the Prize of the Ecumenical Jury at the 28th Film Festival Cottbus 2018. The film by the Kazakh director also received the main prize of the festival.

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.

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.

The Ecumenical Jury at the 34th International Film Festival Warsaw has awarded its prize to the Bulgarian competition entry "Irina".

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.

"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.

"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.

The Ecumenical Jury at the 71st Locarno Festival awarded its Prize to "Sibel", directed by Guillaume Giovanetti und Ça?la Zencirci. The Golden Leopard awarded by the international festival jury went to "A Land Imagined", directed by Yeo Siew Hua from Singapore.