| Les premiers, les derniers (Bouli Lanners; © Kris Dewitte)
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Church Film Awards 2016 (chronological) | |||
Festival Awards | |||
| Saarbrücken | 37th Film Festival Max Ophüls Prize 2016 | ||
| Prize of the 2nd Ecumenical Jury | |||
| Der Nachtmahr / The Nightmare, by AKIZ, Germany 2015 | |||
| Berlin | 66th International Film Festival 2016 | ||
| Ecumenical Award to a film in the official competition | |||
| Fuocoammare / Fire at Sea | |||
| by Gianfranco Rosi, Italy France 2015 | |||
| Ecumenical Award in the Panorama Section to the film | |||
| Les premiers, les derniers / The First, The Last | |||
| by Bouli Lanners, Belgium/France 2016 | |||
| Ecumenical Awards at the 46th Forum ex aequo to the films | |||
| Les sauteurs /Those Who Jump | |||
| by Abou Bakar Sidibé. Estephan Wagner, Moritz Siebert, Denmark 2016 | |||
| and | |||
| Barakah yoqabil Barakah / Barakah Meets Barakah | |||
| by Mahmoud Sabbagh, Saudi Arabia 2016 | |||
| Fribourg | 30ème Festival International de Films 2016 | ||
| Prix du Jury Œcuménique | |||
| Alias Maria | |||
| by José Luis Rugeles, Colombia/Argentina/France 2015+B54 | |||
| Nyon | 17th Visions du Réel 2016 │ 47e Festival international du cinema | ||
| Award of the Interreligious Jury | |||
| Bref manuel de liberation | |||
| by Alexander Kuznetsov, France 2016 | |||
| Commendations | |||
| Looking Like My Mother | |||
| by Dominique Margot, Switzerland 2016 | |||
| and | |||
| Il respire encore | |||
| by Anca Hirte, France 2016 | |||
| Oberhausen | 62nd International Short Film Days / Kurzfilmtage 2016 | ||
| Prize of the Ecumenical Jury | |||
| 489 Years | |||
| by Hayoun Kwon, France 2016 | |||
| Cannes | 69ème Festival International du Film 2016 | ||
| 43e Prix Œcuménique | |||
| Juste la fin du monde / It’s only the end of the world | |||
| by Xavier Dolan, Canada 2016 | |||
| Commendations for two films in the official competition: | |||
| American Honey | |||
| by Andrea Arnold, USA 2016 | |||
| and | |||
| I, Daniel Blake / Moi, Daniel Blake | |||
| by Ken Loach, United Kingdom 2016 | |||
| Zlin | 56th International Film Festival for Children and Youth 2016 | ||
| Ecumenical Award to a film for Children | |||
| Abulele | |||
| by Jonathan Geva, Israel 2015 | |||
| Commendation to a film for Youth | |||
| La Vie en Grand / Learn by Heart | |||
| by Mathieu Vadepied, France 2015 | |||
| Karlovy Vary | 51th International Film Festival 2016 | ||
| Prize of the Ecumenical Jury | |||
| Le Confessioni │The Confessions│Die Bekenntnisse | |||
| by Roberto Andò, Italy/France 2016 | |||
| Yerevan | 13th Golden Apricot Festival 2016 | ||
| Prize of the Ecumenical Jury | |||
| Immortal │ Mamiroo | |||
| by Seyed Hadi Mohaghegh, Iran 2015 | |||
| Locarno | 69th Festival del Film 2016 | ||
| Prize of the Ecumenical Jury | |||
| Godless | |||
| by Ralitza Petrova, Bulgaria/Denmark/France 2016 | |||
| Commendations | |||
| Mister Universo | |||
| by Tizza Covi and Rainer Frimmel, Austria/Italy 2016 | |||
| Marija | |||
| by Michael Koch, Germany/Switzerland 2016 | |||
| Venice | 73rd Mostra Internazionale d’Arte Cinematografica 2016 | ||
| 6th INTERFILM Award for Promoting Interreligious Dialogue | |||
| White Sun / Seto Surya | |||
| by Deepak Rauniyar, Nepal/USA/Qatar/ Netherlands 2015 | |||
| Miskolc | 13th Miskolc Jameson CineFest 2016 – 6th Ecumenical Award | ||
| 6th Prize oft he Ecumenical Jury | |||
| Under sandet / Land of Mine / Unter dem Sand – Das Versprechen der Freiheit | |||
| by Martin Zandfliet, Denmark/Germany 2015 | |||
| Chemnitz | 21st International Film Festival for Children and Young Audience “Schlingel” 2016 | ||
| 1st Ecumenical Award | |||
| Hunt for the Wilderpeople | |||
| by Taika Waititi, New Zealand 2016 | |||
| Commendation: | |||
| Mister Frog / Meester Kikker | |||
| by Anna Van Den Heide, Belgium/Netherland 2016 | |||
| Warsaw | 3rd Warsaw Film Festival 2016 – 7th Ecumenical Award | ||
| Heartstone / Hjartasteinn | |||
| by Gudmundur Arnar Gudmundsson, Iceland/Denmark 2016 | |||
| Kyiv | 46th Molodist International Film Festival | ||
| Prize of the Ecumenical Jury (Full-length Films) | |||
| Keeper | |||
| by Guillaume Senez, Belgium/France/Netherlands, 2016 | |||
| Prize of the Ecumenical Jury (Short Films) | |||
| Ascensão | |||
| by Pedro Peralta, Portugal, 2016 | |||
| Prize of the Ecumenical Jury (Student Films) | |||
| Esel / Carry On | |||
| by Rafael Haider, Austria, 2015 | |||
| Leipzig | 59th International Festival for Documentary and Animated Films | ||
| Prize of the 1st Interreligious Jury | |||
| Cahier africain | |||
| by Heidi Specogna. Germany, Switzerland, 2016 | |||
| Luebeck | 58th Nordic Film Days | ||
| Church Film Prize of the INTERFILM-Jury | |||
| Rosemari / Framing Mom | |||
| by Sara Johnsen, Denmark, Germany, Norway, 2016 | |||
| Cottbus | 26th FilmFestival Cottbus - Festival of East European Cinema | ||
| Prize of the Ecumenical Jury | |||
| Tiszta szívvel / Kills On Wheels | |||
| by Attila Till, Hungary, 2016 | |||
| Mannheim-Heidelberg | 65th International Film Festival Mannheim-Heidelberg | ||
| Prize of the Ecumenical Jury | |||
| Gnizdo Gorlytsi /The Nest of the Turtledove | |||
| by Taras Tkachenko, Italy, Ukraine, 2016 | |||
| Commendation of the Ecumenical Jury | |||
| Dnevnik masinovodje / Train Driver's Diary | |||
| by Milos Radovic, Serbai, 2016 | |||
Additional Church Film Awards | |||
| Göteborg | 39th International Film Festival | ||
| Church of Sweden Film Award "Angelos" | |||
| Flickan som räddade mitt liv / The Girl Who Saved My Life | |||
| by Hogir Hirori, Sweden, 2016 | |||
| Malmö | 33rd International Children and Youth Film Festival | ||
| The Church of Sweden Youth Film Award | |||
| Microbe et Gasoil | |||
| Michel Gondry, France, 2015 | |||
| Honourable Mention | |||
| Sonita | |||
| by Rokhsareh Ghaem Maghami, Germany, Switzerland, Iran, 2015 | |||
| Nyborg | Film Prize of the Denish Church "Gabriel" | ||
| Louder Than Bombs | |||
| by Joachim Trier, Denmark, France, Norway, 2015 | |||
| München | 34. Filmfest München | ||
| 31. One-Future-Prize of the Interfilm Academy, Munich | |||
| Eine unerhörte Frau | |||
| by Hans Steinbichler, Germany, 2016 | |||
| Commendations of the Interfilm Academy | |||
| Die Reise mit Vater | |||
| by Anca M. Lăzărescu, Germany, Romania, Sweden, Hungary, 2016 | |||
| and | |||
| Lo and Behold, Reveries of the Connected World | |||
| by Werner Herzog, USA, 2016 | |||
| Ehrenpreis | |||
| Prof. Heiner Stadler | |||
| Oulu | 35th International Children's and Youth Film Festival | ||
| Look at Me Award of the Church Media Foundation | |||
| Tyttö nimeltä Varpu / Little Wing | |||
| by Selma Vilhunen, Finland, Denmark, 2016 | |||
| Frankfurt | FILM DES JAHRES der Jury der Evangelischen Filmarbeit | ||
| Toni Erdmann | |||
| by Maren Ade, Germany, 2016 | |||
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Church Film Awards 2016 (alphabetical) | ||
| Title | Director | Award |
| À ses enfants la patrie reconaissante | Stéphane Landowski | Prize of the Ecumenical Jury, Kyiv, 2015 (Short Films Competition) |
| Au moins le sais-tu... | Arthur Lecouturier | Prix interculturel der Interfilm-Akademie, FilmSchoolFest München 2015 |
| Babai | Visar Morina | One Future Prize of the Interfilm Academy, Munich, 2015 |
| Bai ri gaobie (Zinnia Flower) | Tom Lin | Special Mention of the Ecumenical Jury in Estonia, Tallinn, 2015 |
| Bella perduta | Pietro Marcello | Commendation of the Ecumenical Jury, Locarno, 2015 |
| Bob and the Trees | Diego Ongaro | Prize of the Ecumenical Jury, Karlovy Vary, 2015 |
| Bracia | Wojciech Staron | Prize of the Ecumenical Jury, Leipzig, 2015 |
| Chaharshanbeh, 19 Ordibehesht | Vahid Jalilvand | Award for Promoting Interreligious Dialogue, Venezia, 2015 |
| Conducta | Ernesto Daranas | Prize of the Ecumenical Jury, Zlín, 2015 |
| Dap cánh giua không trung | Diep Hoang Nguyen | Prize of the Ecumenical Jury, Fribourg, 2015 |
| De ce eu? | Tudor Giurgiu | Commendation of the Ecumenical Jury, Miskolc, 2015 |
| Distancia cortas | Alejandro Guzmán Álvarez | Prize of the Ecumenical Jury, Mannheim, 2015 |
| Doroga na Berlin | Sergej Popov | Commendation of the Ecumenical Jury, Montreal, 2015 |
| Driften | Karim Patwa | Prize of the Ecumenical Jury, Saarbrücken, 2015 |
| El boton de nácar | Patricio Guzmán | Prize of the Ecumenical Jury, Berlin, 2015 (Competition) |
| Every Face Has a Name | Magnus Gertten | Angelos Award of the Swedish Church |
| Fúsi | Dagur Kári | Church Film Prize of the INTERFILM Jury, Luebeck, 2015 |
| Histoire de Judas | Rabah Ameur-Zaïmeche | Prize of the Ecumenical Jury, Berlin, 2015 (Forum) |
| Homeland | Iraq Year Zero | Abbas Fahdel | Commendation of the Interreligious Jury, Nyon, 2015 |
| If I Ruled | Jenni Kangasniemi, Aino Suni | "Look At Me" Award of the Church Media Foundation, Oulu, 2015 |
| Imena višne | Branko Schmidt | Prize of the Ecumenical Jury, Cottbus, 2015 |
| Ixcanul | Jayro Bustamante | Prize of the Ecumenical Jury, Kyiv, 2015 (Feature Films Competition) |
| Jigeumeun matgo geuttaeneun teullida | Hong Sangsoo | Commendation of the Ecumenical Jury, Locarno, 2015 |
| La loi du marché | Stéphane Brizé | Commendation of the Ecumenical Jury, Cannes, 2015 (Competition) |
| La pasión de Judas | David Pantaleón | Prize of the Ecumenical Jury, Oberhausen, 2015 |
| Loin des hommes | David Oelhoffen | Andreas Award of the Norwegian Churches, Haugesund, 2015 |
| L'orchestre de minuit | Jérôme Cohen Olivar | Prize of the Ecumenical Jury, Montreal, 2015 |
| Ma dar behesht | Sina Ataeian Dena | Prize of the Ecumenical Jury, Locarno, 2015 |
| Madres de los dioses | Pablo Agüero | Prize of the Interreligious Jury, Nyon, 2015 |
| Mediterranea | Jonas Carpignano | Commendation of the Interfilm Academy, Munich, 2015 |
| Mennesker bliver spist | Eric Clausen | The Danish Church Film Prize "Gabriel" |
| Mia madre | Nanni Moretti | Prize of the Ecumenical Jury, Cannes, 2015 |
| Mina Walking | Yosef Baraki | Commendation of the Ecumenical Jury, Zlín, 2015 |
| Moskvich, My Love | Aram Shabayan | Prize of the Ecumenical Jury, Yerevan, 2015 |
| Ned Rifle | Hal Hartley | Prize of the Ecumenical Jury, Berlin, 2015 (Panorama) |
| Paradise Suite | Joost van Ginkel | Prize of the Ecumenical Jury in Estonia, Tallinn, 2015 |
| Pesn pesney | Eva Neymann | Commendation of the Ecumenical Jury, Karlovy Vary, 2015 |
| Sivas | Kaan Müdejci | Coemmendation of the Ecumenical Jury, Yerevan, 2015 |
| Sunrise | Partho en-Gupta | Commendation of the Interfilm Academy, Munich, 2015 |
| Superwelt | Karl Markovicz | Prize of the Ecumenical Jury, Miskolc, 2015 |
| Taklub | Brillante Mendoza | Commendation of the Ecumenical Jury, Cannes, 2015 (Un certain regard) |
| Taxi | Jafar Panahi | SIGNIS-WACC Human Rights Award, 2014 |
| Taxi | Jafar Panahi | FILM DES JAHRES 2014 der Jury der Evangelischen Filmarbeit |
| Tišina Mujo | Ursula Meier | Commendation of the Ecumenical Jury, Oberhausen, 2015 |
| Un instante en La Habana | Guillermo Ivan | Commendation of the Ecumenical Jury, Montreal, 2015 |
| X+Y | Morgan Matthews | The Church of Sweden Youth Film Award |
| Ya tayr el tayer (The Idol) | Hani Abu-Assad | Prize of the Ecumenical Jury, Warsaw, 2015 |