Church Film Awards 2020

There is No Evil (Mohammad Rasoulof)

There is No Evil (Sheytan vojud nadarad) by Mohammad Rasoulof, winner of the Prize of the Ecumenical Jury in Berlin, 2020

 

                        Church Film Awards 2020 (chronological)

The following list registers awards in two categories: "Festival Awards" refers to awards given by ecumenical or interreligious juries appointed by INTERFILM and SIGNIS, or by an INTERFILM jury. "Additional Church Film Awards" refers to awards made by juries supported by other organisations. Awards given by SIGNIS juries can be found at www.signis.net. The chronological list is followed by an alphabetical list of film titles. For detailed information please click either on the film titles in the column to the right, or on the festival places left.
 

                                                        Festival Awards 2020

 

Saarbrücken

40st Film Festival Max Ophüls Prize 2020 – Award of the 6th Ecumenical Jury

 

Jiyan

 

by Süheyla Schwenk, Germany,2019

   

Berlin

70th International Film Festival 2020

 

Ecumenical Award to a film in the International Competition

 

Sheytan vojud nadarad (There is No Evil)

 

by Mohammad Rasoulof, Iran 2020

   
 

Ecumenical Award in the Panorama

 

Otac (Father)

 

by Srdan Golubovic, Serbia, France, Germany, Croatia, Slovenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2020

   
 

Ecumenical Award at the 49th Forum

 

Seishin 0 (Zero)

 

by Kazuhiro Sôda, Japan, USA, 2020

   
 

Commendation for a film in the Panorama

 

Saudi Runaway

 

by Susanne Regina Meures, Switzerland, 2020

   

Fribourg

34e Festival International de Films 2020 – no Ecumenical Jury

 

 

Nyon

51e Visions du Réel 2020, Festival international du cinema

 

Prize of the Interreligious Jury

 

Fuera del camino (Off the Road)

 

by José Permar, Mexico, USA, 2020

   

Oberhausen

66th International Short Film Days / 65. Internationale Kurzfilmtage 2019

 

Prize of the Ecumenical Jury

 

Shepherds

 

by Teboho Edkins, France, South Africa, Germany, 2020

   
 

Commendations

 

Las muertes de Arístides (The Many Deaths of Arístide)

 

by Lázaro Lemus, Cuba, 2019

 

and

 

Milenina píseň (Milena’s Song)

 

by Marie Lukáčová and Anna Remešová, Czech Republic, 2019

   
 

Certificates for a film in the International Children's and Youth Film Competition

 

Warum Schnecken keine Beine haben (Why Slugs Have No Legs)

 

by Aline Höchli, Switzerland, 2019

 

and

 

I’m Not Your F***cking Stereotype

 

by Hesome Chemamah, Thailand, 2019

   

Cannes

Festival cancelled

   

Zlin

59th International Film Festival for Children and Youth 2019

 

Prize of the Ecumenical Jury

 

Dein Herz tanzt (Into the Beat)

 

by Stefan Westerwelle, Germany, 2020

   
 

Commendation

 

Rocks

 

by Sarah Gavron, United Kingdom, 2020

   

Kyiv

49th International Film Festival Kyiv Molodist

 

Prize of the Ecumenical Jury (International Competition for Full-Length Films)

 

Canción sin nombre (Song Without a Name)

 

by Melina León, Peru, Spain, USA, 2019

   
 

Commendation

 

Kuessipan

 

by Myriam Verreault, Canada, 2019

   
 

Prize of the Ecumenical Jury (International Competition for Short Films)

 

Bul’mastif (Bullmastif)

 

by Anastasiia Bukovska, Ukraine, 2020

   
 

Prize of the Ecumenical Jury (International Competition for Student Films)

 

Elli

 

by Vivien Hartmann, Germany, 2020

   

Karlovy Vary

Festival cancelled

   

Locarno

No international competition, no Ecumenical Jury

   

Venice

77th Mostra Internazionale d’Arte Cinematografica 2020 / no INTERFILM Jury

   

Miskolc

Festival cancelled

   

Chemnitz

25th International Film Festival for Children and Young Audience “Schlingel” 2020

 

5th Ecumenical Award

 

Le voyage du prince (The Prince’s Voyage)

 

by A1, France, Luxewmbourg, 2019

   
 

Commendation

 

Sestrenka (My Little Sister)

 

by Alexander Galibin, Russia, 2019

   

Warsaw

36th Warsaw Film Festival 2020

 

Prize of the Ecumenical Jury

 

Muž se zaječíma ušima (The Man With Hare Ears)

 

by Martin Sulík, Czech Republic, Slovakia, 2020

   

Leipzig

63rd International Leipzig Festival  for Documentary and Animated Film

 

Prize of the Interreligious Jury

 

En route pour le milliard (Downstream to Kinshasa)

 

by Dieudo Hamadi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, France, Belgium, 2020

   

Lübeck

62snd Nordic Film Days Luebeck 2020

 

Church Film Prize of the INTERFILM Jury

 

En helt almindelig familie (A Perfectly Normal Family)

 

by Malou Reymann, Denmark, 2020

   
 

Commendation

 

Tigrar (Tigers)

 

by Ronny Sanndahl, Sweden, Denmark, Italy, 2020

   

Cottbus

30tth FilmFestival Cottbus - Festival of East European Cinema

 

Prize of the Ecumenical Jury

 

Jak najdalej stad (I Never Cry)

 

by Piotr Domalewski, Poland, 2020

   

Mannheim-Heidelberg

69th International Film Festival Mannheim-Heidelberg

 

Prize of the Ecumenical Jury

 

Una promessa (The Stonebreaker)

 

by Gianluca and Massimiliano de Serio

 

Italy, France, Belgium, 2020

   
 

Commendation

 

Koshtargah (The Slaughterhouse)

 

by Abbas Amini

 

Iran, 2020

   

                                               Additional Church Film Awards

 

Tromsø

30th Tromsø International Film Festival

 

Faith in Film Award

 

Qi Qiu (Balloon)

 

by Pema Tseden, China, 2019

   

Göteborg

43rd International Film Festival Göteborg

 

Church of Sweden Film Award "Angelos"

 

Cinema Pameer

 

by Martin von Krogh, Sweden, 2020

   

Tampere

50th Tampere Film Festival

 

Church Media Foundation Award

 

Neiti Aika (Lady Time)

 

by Elina Talvensaari, Finland, 2019

   

Malmö

37th International Children and Young People’s Festival BUFF Malmö

 

Church of Sweden Youth Film Award

 

Lola (Lola vers la mer)

 

by Laurent Micheli, Belgium, France, 2019

   
 

INTERFILM Diploma

 

La inocencia

 

by Lucía Alemany, Spain, 2019

   

Berlin

16. Festival achtung berlin - new berlin film award

 

Prize of the Ecumenical Jury

 

Zustand und Gelände

 

by Ute Adamczewski, Germany, 2019

   
 

Commendation

 

Jiyan

 

By Süheyla Schwenk, Germany, 2019

   

Nyborg

no award 2020

   

Gauting

14. Fünf-Seen-Filmfest

 

35. One-Future-Preis der Interfilm-Akademie München

 

The Great Green Wall

 

by Jared P. Scott, United Kingdom, 2020

   
 

Lobende Erwähnung

 

Corpus Christi

 

by Jan Komasa, Poland, 2019

   
 

Ehrenpreis

 

Matthias Helwig, Kinobetreiber

   

Amsterdam

cancelled

   

Haugesund

48th International Film Festival

 

Andreas Award of the Ecumenical Jury of the Norwegian Churches

 

Kunstneren og tyven (The Painter and the Thief)

 

by Benjamin Ree, Norway, 2020

   

Biel/Bienne

16e Festival du Film Français d’Helvétie

 

Prix Célestine d'Interfilm Suisse

 

Petit pays

 

by Éric Barbier, France, 2020

   

Oulu

39th International Children and Youth Film Festival

 

Church Media Foundation “Look at me” Award

 

Ráhkis eadni (My Dear Mother)

 

by Paul-Anders Simma, Finland, Sweden, Norway, 2019

   

Zürich

17th Zurich Film Festival

 

Ökumenischer Filmpreis der Zürcher Kirchen

 

Sami, Jo und ich

 

by Karin Heberlein, Switzerland, 2020

   

Munich

39. Internationales Festival der Filmhochschulen

 

Prix Interculturel der Interfilm-Akademie

 

Voor Eunice (For Eunice)

 

by Jaan Stevens, Belgium, 2020

   

Tallinn

24th Black Nights Film Festival

 

Prize of the Ecumenical Jury in Estonia

 

Armugan

 

by Jo Sol, Spain, 2020

   

Budapest

23rd Faludi Film Festival and Photo Competition

 

Prize of the Ecumenical Jury

 

Dzień jak co dzień (A Day Like Today)

 

by Magda Strzyżyńska, Poland, 2020

   

N.P.

WACC-SIGNIS Human Rights Film Award: 2019: no award

   

Frankfurt

FILM DES JAHRES 2020 der Jury der Evangelischen Filmarbeit

 

Never Rarely Sometimes Always

 

by Eliza Hittman, USA, 2020

 

                         Church Film Awards 2020 (alphabetical)

 

Title

Director

Award

 

Armugan

Jo Sol

Prize of the Ecumenical Jury in Estonia, Tallinn, 2020

Bul’mastif (Bullmastif)

Anastasïa Bukovska

Prize of the Ecumenical Jury, Kyiv, 2020 (Int. Comp. for Short Films)

Canción sin nombre (Song Without a Name)

Melina León

Prize of the Ecumenical Jury, Kyiv, 2020 (Int. Comp. for Full-Length Films)

Cinema Pameer

Martin von Krogh

Church of Sweden Film Award "Angelos", Göteborg, 2020

Corpus Christi Jan Komasa Commendation of the Jury of the Interfilm Academy, Gauting, 2020

Dein Herz tanzt (Into the Beat)

Stefan Westerwelle

Prize of the Ecumenical Jury, Zlín, 2020

Dzień jak co dzień (A Day Like Today)

Magda Strzyżyńska Prize of the Ecumenical Jury, Budapest 2020

Elli

Vivien Hartmann

Prize of the Ecumenical Jury, Kyiv, 2020 (Int. Comp. for Student Films)

En helt almindelig familie (A Perfectly Normal Family)

Malou Reymann

Church Film Prize of the INTERFILM Jury, Luebeck, 2020

En route pour le milliard (Downstream to Kinshasa)

Dieudo Hamadi

Prize of the Interreligious Jury, Leipzig, 2020

Fuera del camino (Off the Road)

José Permar

Prize of the Interreligious Jury, Nyon, 2020

I’m Not Your F***cking Stereotype

Hesome Chemanah

Certificate of the Ecumenical Jury, Oberhausen, 2020

Jak najdalej stad (In Never Cry)

Piotr Domalewski

Prize of the Ecumenical Jury, Cottbus, 2020

Jiyan

Süheyla Schwenk

Prize of the Ecumenical Jury, Saarbruecken, 2020

Koshtargah (The Slaughterhouse)

Abbas Amini

Commendation of the Ecumenical Jury, Mannheim-Heidelberg, 2020

Kuessipan

Miriam Verreault

Commendation of the Ecumenical Jury, Kyiv, 2020 (Int. Comp. for Full-Length Films)

Kunstneren og tyven (The Painter and the Thief)

BenjaminRee

Andreas Award of the Ecumenical Jury of the Norwegian  Churches, Haugesund, 2020

La inocencia

Lucia Alemany

INTERFILM Diploma, Malmö, 2020

Las muertes de Arístides

Lázaro Lemus

Commendation of the Ecumenical Jury, Oberhausen, 2020

Le voyage du prince (The Prince’s Voyage)

Jean-François Laguionie, Xavier Picard

Prize of the Ecumenical Jury, Chemnitz, 2020

Lola (Lola vers la mer)

Laurent Micheli

Church of Sweden Youth Film Award, Malmö, 2020

Milenina píseň (Milena’s Song)

Marie Lukáčová and Anna Remešová

Commendation of the Ecumenical Jury, Oberhausen, 2020

Muž se zaječíma ušima (The Man With Hare Ears)

Martin Sulík

Prize of the Ecumenical Jury, Warsaw, 2020

Neiti Aika (Lady Time)

Elina Talvensaari

Church Media Foundation Prize Tampere, 2020

Never Rarely Sometimes Always

Eliza Hittman

Film of the Year, Evangelical Film Jury in Germany, Frankfurt, 2020

Otac (Father)

Srdan Golubovic

Prize of the Ecumenical Jury, Berlin, 2020 (Panorama)

Petit pays

Éric Barbier

Prix Célestine d'Interfilm Suisse, Biel/Bienne, 2020

Qi Qiu (Balloon)

Pema Tseden

Faith in Film Award, Tromsø, 2020

Ráhkis eadni (My Dear Mother)

Paul-Anders Simma

"Look at me" Award of the Church Media Foundation in Finland, Oulu, 2020

Rocks

Sarah Gavron

Comendation of the Ecumenical Jury, Zlín, 2020

Sami, Jo und ich

Karin Heberlein

Ökumenischer Filmpreis der Zürcher Kirchen, Zurich, 2020

Saudi Runaway

Susanne Regina Meures

Commendation of the Ecumenical Jury, Berlin, 2020 (Panorama)

Seishin 0 (Zero)

Kazuhiro Soda

Prize of the Ecumenical Jury, Berlin, 2020 Forum)

Sestrenka (My Little Sister)

Alexander Galibin

Commendation of the Ecumenical Jury, Chemnitz, 2020

Shepherds

Teboho Edkins

Prize of the Ecumenical Jury, Oberhausen, 2020

Sheytan vojud nadarad (There is No Evil)

Mohammad Rasoulof

Prize of the Ecumenical Jury, Berlin, 2020 (Int. Comp.)

The Great Green Wall

Jared P. Scott

One-Future-Prize of the Interfilm Academy, Gauting, 2020

Tigrar (Tigers)

Ronny Sanndahl

Commendation of the INTERFILM Jury, Luebeck, 2020

Una promessa (The Stonebreaker)

Gianluca and Massimiliano de Serio

Prize of the Ecumenical Jury, Mannheim-Heidelberg, 2020

Voor Eunice (For Eunice)

Jaan Stevens

Pix interculturel of the Interfilm Academy, Munich (FilmSchoolFestival), 2020

Warum Schnecken keine Beine haben

Aline Höchli

Certificate of the Ecumenical Jury, Oberhausen, 2020

Zustand und Gelände

Ute Adamczewski

Prize of the Ecumenical Jury, achtung berlin, 2020