Festivals

31.03.2017 to 08.04.2017
Fribourg
"This should be the primary purpose of any self-respecting festival: to never indulge certainties. Quite the opposite: it should question and destabilise them and, if possible, take them on unexpected new journeys." Thus Thierry Jobin, artistic director of the Festival International de Films de Fribourg, characterizes the guiding idea of the event.
09.02.2017 to 19.02.2017
Berlin
Ildikó Enyedi's "On Body and Soul" is the winner of the Berlinale 2017. The film not only carried off the Golden Bear but also the Prize of the Ecumenical Jury.
23.01.2017 to 29.01.2017
Saarbruecken
"Vanatoare", directed by Alexandra Balteanu, won the Prize of the Ecumenical Jury at the 38th Film Festival Max-Ophuels-Prize. The director, born in Romania, studies at...
10.11.2016 to 20.11.2016
Mannheim and Heidelberg
The International Film Festival Mannheim-Heidelberg focusses on young filmmakers. It is a festival of discoveries. The Ecumenical Jury awarded a Ukrainian-Italian and a Serbian film.
08.11.2016 to 13.11.2016
Cottbus
The Ecumenical Jury has awarded its Prize to "Kills On Wheels" by Attila Till From Hungary. The International Jury of the festival gave its Prize for Best Film to "Zoology" by Ivan I. Tverdovskij.
02.11.2016 to 06.11.2016
Luebeck
The INTERFILM Jury at the Nordic Film Days 2016 has awarded its Prize to the Norwegian film "Rosemari" by director Sara Johnsen. The winner of the NDR Film Prize is "Hjartasteinn" (Heartstone) by Guðmundur Arnar Guðmundsson from Iceland.
31.10.2016 to 06.11.2016
Leipzig
For the first time an Interreligious Jury at DOK Leipzig has awarded a prize. It went to the German-Swiss co-production "Cahier africain" by Heidi Specogna.
22.10.2016 to 30.10.2016
Kyiv
"Une vie" by Stéphane Brizé, a story about a woman's life based on a novel by Guy de Maupassant, was the opening film of the 46th Molodist International Film Festival. It had 250 programme entries...
07.10.2016 to 16.10.2016
Warsaw
"Hjartasteinn" (Heartstone) by Icelandic director Guðmundur Arnar Guðmundsson is the winner of the Ecumenical Jury's Prize in Warsaw 2016. Guðmundsson was also awarded as Best Director by the official festival jury.
26.09.2016 to 02.10.2016
Chemnitz
2016 an Ecumenical Jury will award prizes for the first time at the International Film Festival for Children and Young Audience "Schlingel" in Chemnitz.
09.09.2016 to 18.09.2016
Miskolc
"Under sandet" by Danish director Martin Zandvliet has won the Ecumenical Prize ath the 13th International film Festival Miskolc 2016.
31.08.2016 to 10.09.2016
Venice
Venice 2016: The INTERFILM Jury has chosen as winner of the INTERFILM Award for Promoting Interreligious Dialogue a film from Nepal, "Seto Surya" (White Sun) by director Deepak Rauniyar.
03.08.2016 to 13.08.2016
Locarno
"Godless" by Bulgarian director Ralitza Petrova won the Golden Leopard, as well as the Prize of the Ecumenical Jury.
10.07.2016 to 17.07.2016
Yerevan
"Immortal" by Iranian director Seyed Hadi Mohaghegh won the Ecumenical Jury Award in Yerevan 2016. The Golden Apricot was awarded to "Ungiven" by Branko Schmidt from Croatia.
01.07.2016 to 09.07.2016
Karlovy Vary
"It's Not the Time of My Life" (Ernelláék Farkaségnál) from Hungary, directed by Szabolcs Hajdu, has won the Crystal Globe, the Grand Prix of Karlovy Vary. The Ecumenical jury awarded its prize to "The Confessions" (Le confessioni) by Italian director Roberto Andò.
27.05.2016 to 03.06.2016
Zlín
"Abulele" by Jonathan Geva, a film from Israel, has won the Prize of the Ecumenical Jury in Zlín 2016. The jury awarded in addition a Commendation to "La vie en grand", directed by Mathieu Valepied, France.
11.05.2016 to 22.05.2016
Cannes
"It's Just the End of the World" by Xavier Dolan is the winner of the Ecumenical Jury Prize in Cannes 2016. Two other competition films got a Commendation by the jury, "American Honey" by Andrea Arnold and "I, Daniel Blake" by Ken Loach.
05.05.2016 to 10.05.2016
Oberhausen
"489 Years" by Hayoun Kwon, a video about the demilitarized zone between North and South Corea, has won the Prize of the Ecumenical Jury at the International Short Film Days Oberhausen 2016. In about 100 performances in 5 days the International Short Film Festival 2016 screened more than 550 films, including 64 films in 10 programs of the International Competition.
15.04.2016 to 23.04.2016
Nyon
The main prize of Visions du Réel 2016 was awarded to Chinese director Shengze Zhu for her film "Another Year". The Interreligious Jury awarded its Prize to "Liberation, The User's Guide" by Alexander Kuznetsov, and picked two films for Commendations in addition.
11.03.2016 to 19.03.2016
Fribourg
The International Film Festival Fribourg has dedicated ist anniversary to women. More than half of the 126 films screened have been directed by woman directors. Thus, Fribourg set an example in a male dominated film industry.
11.02.2016 to 21.02.2016
Berlin
The prize winner of the Ecumenical Jury, "Fuocoammare" (Fire at Sea) by Gianfranco Rosi, was also awarded by the International Jury with the Golden Bear.
18.01.2016 to 24.01.2016
Saarbruecken
The Film Festival Max Ophuels Prize in Saarbruecken, dedicated to young talented film directors in German-speaking countries, in 2016 screened 16 productions in the competition. The Prize of the Ecumenical Jury was awarded to the German entry "Der Nachtmahr" (The Nightmare).
04.11.2015 to 08.11.2015
Luebeck
"Returning Home" (Å vende tilbake) by Henrik Martin Dalsbakken from Norway is the winner of the NDR Film Prize at the 57th Nordic Film Days. The Church Film Prize of the INTERFILM Jury was awarded to "Virgin Mountain" by Dagur Kári from Iceland.
03.11.2015 to 08.11.2015
Cottbus
In 2015 the festival celebrated its 25th anniversary. A Croatian film won the top award: "Zvizdan" (The High Sun) by Dalibor Matanić. The Ecumenical Jury awarded "Imena višne" (The Ungiven) by Branco Schmidt, also from Croatia.
26.10.2015 to 01.11.2015
Leipzig
The 58th International Leipzig Festival for Documentary and Animated Films in 2015 started with a new artistic direction. Leena Pasanen, successor of Claas Danielsen, initiated a major change...
24.10.2015 to 01.11.2015
Kyiv
Winner of the Grand Prix at Molodist 2015 is the Israeli film "Princess" by Tali Shalom Ezer. The Ecumenical Jury awarded its prize to "Ixcanul" (Volcano) by Jayro Bustamante from Guatemala.
09.10.2015 to 18.10.2015
Warsaw
Yesterday October 17 the juries at the 31st Warsaw Film Festival awarded their prizes. "Boi Neon" (Neon Bull) by Gabriel Mascaro from Brasil won the Warsaw Grand Prix. The Ecumenical Jury awarded a Palestinian film, "The Idol".
09.10.2015 to 24.10.2015
Mannheim and Heidelberg
The 64th Film Festival Mannheim-Heidelberg's motto is "Weltkino." (World Cinema) - as open as succinct and more appropriate to the megatopic of the moment...
11.09.2015 to 20.09.2015
Miskolc
As part of a Western retrospective Sergio Leone's "Once Upon a Time in the West" opened the 12th International Film Festival Miskolc. The Ecumenical Jury awarded its prize to "Superwelt" (Superworld) by Austrian director Karl Markovics.
02.09.2015 to 12.09.2015
Venice
In Venice 2015, the INTERFILM Jury choose the winner of the 5th INTERFILM Award For Promoting Interreligious Dialogue. It decided upon the Iranian Orizzonti entry "Wednesday, May 9", directed by Vahid Jalilvand.