"Life is a treasure". How this remains valid despite great adversity, how friendships endure beyond death and how faith in one's own dreams does not fade away, is shown in "England!" in an excellent way, both in terms of content and aesthetics.
Originating in 1991 from the film club movement of the former GDR, the festival is dedicated to the films of Central and Eastern Europe and the successor states of the USSR. The main prize is the glass statue of LUBINA. An ecumenical jury, appointed by INTERFILM and SIGNIS, has accompanied the festival since 1999.