Prize of the Ecumenical Jury

The Prize of the Ecumenical Jury () is an independent film award for feature-length films shown at major international film festivals since 1973. The award was created by Christian film makers, film critics and other film professionals. The objective of the award is to "honour works of artistic quality which witnesses to the power of film to reveal the mysterious depths of human beings through what concerns them, their hurts and failings as well as their hopes." The ecumenical jury can be composed out of 8, 6, 5, 4 or 3 members, who are nominated by SIGNIS for the Catholics and Interfilm for the Protestants. SIGNIS and Interfilm appoint ecumenical juries at various international film festivals, including Cannes Film Festival (where The Ecumenical Jury () is one of three juries at the film festival, along with the official jury and the FIPRESCI jury), Berlin International Film Festival, Locarno International Film Festival, Montreal World Film Festival and the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival.

First Awarded 1973 (Locarno), 1974 (Cannes), 1978 (Nyon, later renamed to "Visions du Réel"), 1979 (Montreal), 1992 (Berlin), 1994 (Karlovy Vary), 1994 (Leipzig), 1995 (Mannheim-Heidelberg), 1998 (Fribourg), 1999 (de:Cottbus), 2000 (Oberhausen Kurzfilmtage), 2001 (Bratislava), 2001 (Zlín Children & Youth), 2007 (Yerevan), 2008 (Kyiv "Molodist"), 2010 (Warsaw), 2011 (Miskolc CineFest), 2015 (de:Saarbrücken Max Ophüls), 2016 (de:Chemnitz Schlingel), 2019 (Faludi), 2024 (Cluj-Napoca).

Winners

Cannes Film Festival (1974–present) Films from diverse countries have won the Prize of the Ecumenical Jury at the Cannes Film Festival. Most films having won the award are from European countries, with Italy, Germany and Poland dominating. Andrei Tarkovsky is the only director to have won three times. Samira Makhmalbaf was the first woman to win the award (followed by Naomi Kawase and Nadine Labaki). Samira's father Mohsen Makhmalbaf had also won the award. Countries that are not predominantly Christian that have won the award are Japan and the People's Republic of China. In 1998 a special award was given to Ingmar Bergman at Cannes film festival for his whole body of work.

Year English Title Original Title Director(s) Production Country 1974 Ali: Fear Eats the SoulAngst essen Seele auf Rainer Werner Fassbinder West Germany 1975 The Enigma of Kaspar HauserJeder für sich und Gott gegen alle Werner Herzog 1977 The LacemakerLa dentellière Claude Goretta France 1978 The Tree of Wooden ClogsL'albero degli zoccoli Ermanno Olmi Italy 1979 Without Anesthesia Bez znieczulenia Andrzej Wajda Poland 1979 StalkerСталкер Andrei Tarkovsky Soviet Union 1980 The Constant FactorConstans Krzysztof Zanussi Poland 1981 Man of IronCzłowiek z żelaza Andrzej Wajda 1982 The Night of the Shooting StarsLa notte di San Lorenzo Paolo and Vittorio Taviani Italy 1983 Nostalghia Ностальгия Andrei Tarkovsky 1984 Paris, Texas Wim Wenders West Germany 1985 The Official StoryLa Historia Oficial Luis Puenzo Argentina 1986 The SacrificeOffret Andrei Tarkovsky Sweden 1987 Repentance Tengiz Abuladze Soviet Union 1988 A World Apart Chris Menges United Kingdom 1989 Jesus of Montreal Jésus de Montréal Denys Arcand Canada 1990 Everybody's FineStanno tutti bene Giuseppe Tornatore Italy 1991 The Double Life of Véronique Podwójne życie Weroniki Krzysztof Kieślowski Poland 1992 The Stolen ChildrenIl ladro di bambini Gianni Amelio Italy 1993 Libera me Alain Cavalier France 1994 To Live 活着 Zhang Yimou China 1994 Burnt by the Sun Утомлённые солнцем Nikita Mikhalkov Russia 1995 Land and Freedom Ken Loach United Kingdom 1996 Secrets & Lies Mike Leigh 1997 The Sweet Hereafter Atom Egoyan Canada 1998 Eternity and a Day Μια αιωνιότητα και μια μέρα Theodoros Angelopoulos Greece 1999 All About My MotherTodo sobre mi madre Pedro Almodóvar Spain 2000 Eureka Shinji Aoyama Japan 2001 Kandahar Mohsen Makhmalbaf Iran 2002 The Man Without a PastMies vailla menneisyyttä Aki Kaurismäki Finland 2003 At Five in the Afternoon Samira Makhmalbaf Iran 2004 The Motorcycle DiariesLos diarios de motocicleta Walter Salles Brazil 2005 Hidden Caché Michael Haneke France 2006 Babel Alejandro González Iñárritu United States 2007 The Edge of HeavenAuf der anderen Seite Fatih Akın Germany 2008 Adoration Atom Egoyan Canada 2009 Looking for Eric Ken Loach United Kingdom 2010 Of Gods and MenDes hommes et des dieux Xavier Beauvois France 2011 This Must Be the Place Paolo Sorrentino Italy 2012 The HuntJagten Thomas Vinterberg Denmark 2013 The Past Asghar Farhadi France, Iran 2014 Timbuktu Abderrahmane Sissako France, Mauritania 2015 Mia Madre Nanni Moretti Italy 2016 It's Only the End of the WorldJuste la fin du monde Xavier Dolan Canada 2017 Radiance光 Naomi Kawase Japan 2018 Capernaum Nadine Labaki Lebanon 2019 A Hidden Life Terrence Malick United States, Germany 2021 Drive My Car Ryusuke Hamaguchi Japan 2022Broker 브로커 Hirokazu Kore-eda South Korea 2023Perfect DaysWim WendersJapan, Germany2024The Seed of the Sacred Fig Mohammad RasoulofIran, Germany, France2025Young MothersJeunes mèresJean-Pierre and Luc DardenneBelgium, France2026FjordCristian MungiuRomania, Norway, Denmark, France, Sweden

Berlin International Film Festival (1992–present) Year English TitleOriginal title Director(s) Production Country 1992 InfinitasБесконечность Marlen Khutsiev Russia 1993 Le Jeune Werther Jacques Doillon France 1994 Ladybird, Ladybird Ken Loach United Kingdom 1995 Summer Snow女人四十 Ann Hui Hong Kong 1996 Dead Man Walking Tim Robbins United States 1998 Central StationCentral do Brasil Walter Salles Brazil Cinema Alcázar (short film) Florence Jaugey France 1999 It All Starts TodayÇa commence aujourd'hui Bertrand Tavernier 2000 The Road Home我的父亲母亲 Zhang Yimou China 2001 Italian for BeginnersItaliensk for begyndere Lone Scherfig Denmark, Sweden 2002 Bloody Sunday Paul Greengrass Ireland, United Kingdom 2003 In This World Michael Winterbottom United Kingdom 2004 Ae Fond Kiss… Ken Loach 2005 Sophie Scholl – The Final DaysSophie Scholl – Die letzten Tage Marc Rothemund Germany 2006 Grbavica Jasmila Žbanić Bosnia and Herzegovina 2007 Tuya's Marriage图雅的婚事 Wang Quan'an China 2008 I've Loved You So LongIl y a longtemps que je t'aime Philippe Claudel France 2009 Little SoldierLille soldat Annette K. Olesen Denmark 2010 HoneyBal Semih Kaplanoğlu Turkey 2011 A Separation Asghar Farhadi Iran 2012 Caesar Must DieCesare deve morire Paolo and Vittorio Taviani Italy 2013 Gloria Sebastián Lelio Chile 2014 Stations of the CrossKreuzweg Dietrich Brüggemann Germany 2015 The Pearl ButtonEl botón de nácar Patricio Guzmán Chile 2016 Fire at SeaFuocoammare Gianfranco Rosi Italy 2017 On Body and SoulTestről és lélekről Ildikó Enyedi Hungary 2018 In the AislesIn den Gängen Thomas Stuber Germany 2019 God Exists, Her Name Is PetrunyaГоспод постои, името ѝ е Петрунија Teona Strugar Mitevska Macedonia 2020 There Is No Evil Mohammad Rasoulof Iran 2022 One Year, One NightUn año, una noche Isaki Lacuesta Spain 2023TótemLila AvilésMexico 2024 My Favourite Cake Maryam Moghaddam and Behtash Sanaeeha Iran2025 The Blue Trail (International Competition)

The Heart is a Muscle (Panorama Section)

Holding Liat (Forum Section) O Último Azul

The Heart is a Muscle Holding Liat Gabriel Mascaro

Imran Hamdulay

Brandon Kramer Brazil, Mexico, Chile, Netherlands

South Africa United States

Montreal Film Festival (1979–2019) Year English TitleOriginal title Director(s) Production Country 1979 Night-Flowers Louis San Andres United States 1980 Sunday DaughtersVasárnapi szülök János Rózsa Hungary 1981 Sally and FreedomSally och friheten Gunnel Lindblom Sweden 1982 Begin the BeguineVolver a Empezar José Luis Garci Spain 1983 The Go Masters Ji-shun Duan, Junya Sato Japan 1984 Annie's Coming Out Gil Brealey Australia 1985 Power of EvilLe pouvoir du mal Krzysztof Zanussi France 1986 My Sweet Little VillageVesničko má středisková Jiří Menzel Czechoslovakia 1987 Farewell MoscowMosca addio Mauro Bolognini Italy 1988 Salaam Bombay! Mira Nair India 1989 Last Images of the ShipwreckÚltimas imágenes del naufragio Eliseo Subiela Argentina, Spain 1989 My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown Jim Sheridan Ireland 1990 Landscape with a WomanŽena s krajolikom Ivica Matić Yugoslavia 1991 War and Youth Tadashi Imai Japan 1992 Sofie Henri Nathansen Denmark 1993 The Long SilenceIl lungo silenzio Margarethe von Trotta Italy 1994 Once Were Warriors Alan Duff New Zealand 1995 Deep River Kei Kumai Japan 1996 Hamsun Jan Troell Norway, Denmark, Sweden 1997 Children of Heaven Majid Majidi Iran 1998 The LighthouseEl faro Eduardo Mignogna Argentina, Spain 1999 Goya in BordeauxGoya en Burdeos Carlos Saura Spain 2000 Ali Zaoua: Prince of the Streets Nabil Ayouch Morocco 2001 AbandonedTorzók Arpád Sopsits Hungary 2002 The Last TrainEl último tren: Corazón de fuego Diego Arsuaga Uruguay, Argentina 2003 Gaz Bar Blues Louis Bélanger Canada 2004 The Syrian Brideהכלה הסורית Eran Riklis Israel 2005 Kamataki Claude Gagnon Canada, Japan 2006 A Long Walk Eiji Okuda Japan 2007 Ben X Nic Balthazar Belgium, Netherlands 2008 WolfVarg Daniel Alfredson Sweden 2009 Waffenstillstand Lancelot von Naso Germany 2010 OxygenAdemHans Van Nuffel Belgium 2011 David Joel Fendelman United States 2012 End of the No-Hunting SeasonEnde der Schonzeit Franziska Schlotterer Germany 2013 Life Feels GoodChce się żyć Maciej Pieprzyca Poland 2014 Cape Nostalgia Izuru Narushima Japan 2015 The Midnight OrchestraL'orchestre de minuit Jérôme Cohen Olivar Morocco

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