"It's Just the End of the World" by Xavier Dolan is the winner of the Ecumenical Jury Prize in Cannes 2016. Two other competition films got a Commendation by the jury, "American Honey" by Andrea Arnold and "I, Daniel Blake" by Ken Loach who also won the Golden Palm of the International Jury.
For the 43rd time an Ecumenical Jury awarded prizes in Cannes, the most prestigious international film festival, which opened with a film by Woody Allen. Among the 21 competition entries the new films by Pedro Almodóvar, the Dardenne brothers, Asghar Farhadi, Jim Jarmusch, Ken Loach and Brillante Mendoza competed for the festival prizes. An honourable Golden Palm was awarded to actor Jean-Pierre Léaud who 1959 with 14 years took part in the festival for the first time in François Truffauts "Les quatre cents coups" (The 400 Blows).
In a special screening Cannes Classics honoured Georges Rouquiers "Farrebique" which has been awarded 70 years ago, 1946, with the prize of the international film critics (FIPRESCI) for the first time although not admitted to the international competition. The film portrays the life of a French peasant family over a year. In a digital restored copy the festival also screened Andrej Tarkowsky's "Solaris" which won the prize of the INTERFILM Jury in 1972.
During the festival the church film organisations operated a stand at the Marché de film in the festival palais which offers contacts, information on the church film commitment, and events. An ecumenical celebration took place on Wednesday, May 18, in a church in Cannes, followed by a reception of the City of Cannes.
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