Welcome to INTERFILM, the International Interchurch Film Organisation. INTERFILM links cinema and church, cultures and religions. INTERFILM is looking beyond the screen.
05/2026
The Palme d'Or and the Prize of the Ecumenical Jury at the 2026 Cannes Film Festival went to the same film, ‘Fjord’ by Cristian Mungiu. It also won the International Federation of Film Critics (FIPRESCI) Prize.
04/2026
‘Hei Dong Dong’ (Dark Channel, China 2025) by Yu Zhe has won the Ecumenical Jury Prize in the International Competition at the 2026 Oberhausen Short Film Festival. The Ecumenical Jury in the Children’s and Youth Film Competition awarded its Prize to ‘Just Jools’ (Belgium 2025) by Ezra Verbist.
03/2026
The Ecumenical Jury at the 40th Fribourg International Film Festival awarded its prize, worth CHF 5,000, to the Chinese feature film ‘The Sun Rises on Us All’ by Cai Shangjun. The festival’s Grand Prix went to “Divine Comedy” by Ali Asgari (Iran 2025).
News
Mythical figures and images from the worlds of culture, sport and politics formed the subject matter of some of the films screened at DocFest Sheffield 2026. Peter Paul Huth explores them.
The extent to which the documentary film has evolved was once again evident this year at DocFest Sheffield (10–15 June 2026). The classic ideal of Direct Cinema or Cinéma Vérité has given way to a wide variety of cinematic possibilities. Report by Peter Paul Huth.
Annette Gjerde-Hansen, Norwegian President of the Ecumenical Jury in Cannes 2026, writes about the background of the jury's decision to award Cristian Mungiu's "Fjord" with their prize.
Dossier
The lists in this dossier summarize the church film awards of past years.
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List of awards given by ecumenical or INTERFILM juries (international festival awards), or by national church institutions.
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