| Prize of the Ecumenical Jury | |
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Logo of the Jury œcuménique |
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| Awarded for | honours works of quality which touch the spiritual dimension of our existence[1] |
| Presented by | Jury œcuménique at the Cannes Film Festival |
| Location | Cannes |
| Country | France |
| First awarded | 1974 |
| Official website | http://cannes.juryoecumenique.org |
The Prize of the Ecumenical Jury (French: Prix du Jury Œcuménique) is an independent film award for feature films at the Cannes Film Festival since 1974. The Ecumenical Jury (French: Jury Œcuménique) is one of three juries at the Cannes Film Festival, along with the official jury and the FIPRESCI jury. 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."[1] The ecumenical jury is composed of 6 members, who are nominated by SIGNIS for the Catholics and Interfilm for the Protestants.[2] The jury is also present at other film festivals, including the Berlin International Film Festival, the Locarno International Film Festival, the Montreal World Film Festival and the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival.[1]
Since 1974, 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. Samira Makhmalbaf is the only woman who has won the award, and she and her father Mohsen Makhmalbaf are the only winning directors from a predominantly Muslim country. Other countries that are not predominantly Christian that have won the award are Japan and the People's Republic of China. At the 2009 Cannes Film Festival the ecumenical jury gave its first anti-award to Lars von Trier's film Antichrist.[3]
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