Welcome to INTERFILM, the International Interchurch Film Organisation. INTERFILM links cinema and church, cultures and religions. INTERFILM is looking beyond the screen.

01/2026
‘Wovon sollen wir träumen’ (‘What shall we dream of’), directed by Milena Aboyan and Constantin Hatz, won the Prize of the Ecumenical Jury at the Max Ophuels Prize Saarbruecken 2026. The festival jury awarded its feature film prize to ‘Gropiusstadt Supernova’ by Ben Volt.
11/2025
The Ecumenical Jury in Mannheim-Heidelberg 2025 awarded its Prize to "Garaq" (Sink) by Zain Duraie from Jordan. The International Newcomer Award of the festival went to "Nighttime Sounds" directed by Zhongzhen Zhang from China.
11/2025
The INTERFILM Jury at the Nordic Film Days in Luebeck 2025 awarded the Church Film Prize, endowed with €5,000, to ‘Renovacija’ by Gabrielė Urbonaitė from Lithuania. The NDR Film Prize went to the Danish production ‘Second Victims’ by Zinnini Elkington.
11/2025
The Ecumenical Jury in Cottbus 2025 awarded its Prize to the Hungarian feature film ‘Pipás’ (Mayflies) by Emília Goldberg. The festival's main prize went to ‘Lijepa večer, lijep dan’ (Beautiful Evening, Beautiful Day) by Ivona Juka.
10/2025
The Prize of the Interreligious Jury at DOK Leipzig 2025 went to ‘The Thing to Be Done’ by Srđan Kovačević. The winner of the Golden Dove was ‘Peacemaker’ by Ilja Ramljak.

News

List of awards given by ecumenical or INTERFILM juries (international festival awards), or by national church institutions.
The Angelos Film Award 2026 of the Swedish Church was presented to Julia Thelin's debut film "Mecenaten" (The Patron, Sweden 2026) at its world premiere at the Gothenburg Film Festival on 24 January.
"Little Trouble Girls" by Urška Djukić won the 10th Faith in Film Award at the Tromsø International Film Festival 2026. An Honourable Mention was awarded to "The Little Sister" by Hafsia Herzi.

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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