Robin Gurney

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Journalist

Country of origin

United Kingdom/Switzerland

Honorary Member of INTERFILM since 2010

Media secretary of the Conference of European Churches 1990-2002

Press officer of the World Council of Churches 1977-1985

Link: Biographical article on Robin Gurney on the occasion of his honorary INTERFILM membership

Articles

Locarno 2007: Celebrating Discoveries and Cinema Attractions

Jury member Robin Gurney reports about the festival

Special Prize of the John Templeton Foundation for the film "State Legislature" by Frederick Wiseman. By Robin Gurney

"State Legislature", a film by the celebrated American filmmaker Frederick Wiseman, has won the John Templeton Foundation Special Prize worth 5’000 Swiss Francs, at the International Film festival "Visions du Réel", 20-26 April, in Nyon, Switzerland.

Towards Tolerance

Robin Gurney reports on the 2nd International Content Summit at the 2003 Berlin Film Festival focussing on the topic "Film, Values, and Society".

2nd European John Templeton Film Award 1998

The 2nd European John Templeton Film Award was presented to "My Name is Joe" by Ken Loach. The award ceremony took place on 14 February 1999 at a church service in the Kaiser-Wilhelm-Gedächtniskirche during the Berlin International Film Festival.

1st European John Templeton Film Award 1997

The 1st European John Templeton Film Award went to "De Verstekeling" (The Stowaway) by Ben van Lieshout and was presented at a church service to the director on February 22, 1998, in the Kaiser-Wilhelm-Gedächtniskirche during the Berlin Film Festival.