The European Festival for Religious TV and Online Programmes is expanding space for vital dialogue with its next edition, “Belief on Screen: Communicating Religion, Faith, and Ethics,” on 23–25 September in Copenhagen, Denmark.“Being more alone in the world than for many years, Europe needs to...
Twenty-six television productions exploring religious, ethical, and moral perspectives through a wide range of genres were showcased at the 20th European Festival of Religious Television and Online Programmes, Belief on Screen, held in Berlin at the end of September. WACC Europe organized the four-day Festival in...
Radio Silence (Silencio Radio), directed by Juliana Fanjul (Mexico, 2019), has received the WACC-SIGNIS Human Rights Award 2020.[ Click to read this article in French.] A feature-length documentary (77 min.), it highlights the essence of freedom of speech, human rights and democracy expressed by the courage of...
In the first issue of 2021, WACC’s Media Development magazine explores various aspects of cinema’s future, “recognising that people need art, drama, literature, music, and film in order to help make sense of the world and to find meaning.” Even before the Covid-19 pandemic, which temporarily...
The 20th European Festival of Religious TV and Online Programmes will not go ahead as scheduled this June in Helsinki, Finland. The postponement follows a wave of event cancellations worldwide due to the novel coronavirus Covid-19, which has affected more than 140 countries, including Finland. The festival, which was...
WACC and the World Council of Churches (WCC) are hosting the screening
of Fe en la Resistencia (Faith in the Resistance Movement), a
documentary on the role of churches and faith communities in resisting
the military dictatorship in Uruguay from 1973-1985.
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Eldorado, a brutally honest documentary, reveals the hidden dimensions of what has become a universal tragedy.
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A “modern day parable” about a young Macedonian woman who breaks church and patriarchal traditions has won the Ecumenical Jury prize at the 2019 Berlin International Film Festival.
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Two international church film and media organizations presented an honorary award to Dieter Kosslick, renowned director of the Berlin International Film Festival, during an ecumenical reception in Berlin February 10....