The Protestant Film Jury in Germany has chosen the Italian film "C'e ancora domani" (Tomorrow is another day) by Paola Cortellesi as FILM OF THE YEAR 2024.
An interfaith film jury, including an INTERFILM representative for the first time, awarded the Faith in Film Award 2025 to François Ozon's "When Fall Is Coming".
At the Oulu's Children's and Youth International Film Festival 2024 the Church Media Foundation presented its "Look at Me..." Award to Nellie Rajala for her film "The Elf Ring".
Sascha Keilholz, director of the International Film Festival Mannheim-Heidelberg, in his greetings at the Ecumenical Reception reflects the actual political challenges after the US elections and the threats to democracy.
Australian INTERFILM member Eloise Scherer reflects on the themes of faith, culture, and the human experience in a number of festival films.
Commentary on the award ceremony at the 81st Venice International Film Festival 2024
Series seem like a foreign body at a film festival, like aliens from the banal world of television. But in recent years, the perception and appreciation of series has changed fundamentally. This year, Venice dared to experiment by placing four so-called mini-series in the official programme.
Peter Paul Huth reports about the films by Justin Kurzel, Walter Salles, Delphine and Muriel Coulin as well as Anastasia Trofimova
Follow-up to Peter Paul Huth's reporting on the Venice Film Festival 2024.
For the first time INTERFILM was present at the Mostra dell'arte cinematographica, the International Film Festival in Venice (August 27-September 6, 2008). During the festival INTERFILM organised a panel discussion on Chinese cinema of today, in cooperation with the Organisazione protestante del cinema Roberto Sbaffi and the Italian Catholic film organisation Fondazione Ente dello Spettacolo. Karsten Visarius, Executive Director of INTERFILM, presented a keynote speech which is published below.
Peter Paul Huth reports from Venice on the films by John Watts (with George Clooney and Brad Pitts) and Pedro Almodóvar
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From 1998 to 2007, INTERFILM awarded the European John Templeton Film Award on behalf of the Templeton Foundation. The awarded film was chosen from European films of the previous year that had been honoured by a church film organisation.