Awards

SIGNIS gives SIGNIS, Ecumenical and Interfaith Awards in more than 30 film festivals around the world, from the best-known, including Cannes, Berlin, and Venice, to more specialised festivals, including Mar del Plata, Zanzibar, Hong Kong, Fajr (Tehran) and Brisbane.

 

Filmfestival Max Ophüls Preis 
Edition: 39
Dates: 22-28 January, 2018
Location: Saarbrücken
Genres and formats: german speaking films
Website: www.max-ophuels-preis.de

Berlin International Film Festival
Edition: 68
Dates: 15 - 25 February, 2018
Location: Berlin
Genres and formats: short and feature films
Website: www.berlinale.de

Festival International Film de Fribourg 
Edition: 32
Dates: 16 mars - 24 mars 2018
Location: Friburg, Suisse
Genres and formats: short and feature films
Website : www.fiff.ch

Rencontres Cinémas d’Amérique Latine
Edition: 30
Dates: 16 - 25 mars 2018
Location: Toulouse, France
Genres and formats: films from Latin America, young directors
Website: http://www.cinelatino.com.fr

Hong Kong International Film Festival and TV Market
Edition: 42
Dates: 19 March - 5 April 2018 
Location: Hong Kong
Genres and formats: international, Asian and Hong Kong cinema
Website: www.hkiff.org.hk

 

Festival du Cinéma d’Afrique, d’Asie et d’Amérique Latine
Edition: 24
Dates: 18 - 25 Mars 2018
Location: Milan, Italy
Genres and formats: films from Africa, Asia and Latin America
Website: www.festivalcinemaafricano.org

Buenos Aires Festival Interbacional de Cine Indepediente
Edition: 20
Dates: 18 - 30 abril de 2018
Location: Buenos Aires, Argentina
Genres and formats: independent films
Website: [www.bafici.gov.ar]

Visions du Réel Festival International du Cinéma
Edition : 23
Dates : 13 - 21 avril 2018
Location : Nyon, Switzerland
Genres and formats : documentaries
Website: http://www.visionsdureel.ch

Fajr International Film Festival
Edition: 35
Dates: 19 - 27 april 2018
Location: Tehran, Iran
Genres and formats: short and feature films
Website: http://www.fajriff.com/en/

International film Festival Washington DC
Edition: 30
Dates: 19 - 29 April 2018
Location: Washington DC, USA
Genres and formats : short and feature films
Website : http://www.filmfestdc.org

International Short Film Festival Oberhausen
Edition: 64
Dates: 3 - 8 May 2018 
Location: Oberhausen, Germany
Genres and formats: short films
Website: www.kurzfilmtage.de

Festival International du Film de Cannes
Edition: 71
Dates : 9 - 20 mai 2018
Location: Cannes, France
Genres and formats : short, documentaries and feature films
Website : www.festival-cannes.org

Molodist Kyiv International Film Festival
Edition : 48
Dates : 27 May - 3 June 2018
Location: Kiev, Ukraine
Genres and formats : short, documentaries and feature films
Website : www.molodist.com

Muestra Internacional de Cine
Edition: 20
Dates : 
Location: Santo Domingo
Genres and formats : short, documentaries and feature films
Website : http://muestradecine.com

International Film Festival for Children and Adolescents
Edition : 58
Dates: 25 May - 02 June 2018
Location: Zlin, Czech Republic
Genres and formats: short, documentaries and feature films for young people
Website: www.zlinfest.cz

Karlovy Vary International Film Festival
Edition: 53
Dates: 29 June -7 July 2018
Location: Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic
Genres and formats: short, documentaries and feature films
Website: www.kviff.com

Zanzibar International Film Festival
Edition: 21
Dates: 7 - 15 July, 2018
Location: Zanzibar, Tanzania
Genres and formats: short, documentaries and feature films, animation
Website: www.ziff.or.tz

Yerevan International film Festival – the Golden Apricot
Edition: 15
Dates: 08 -15 July 2018
Location : Yerevan, Armenia
Genres and formats: short, documentaries and feature films, Armenian cinema 
Website : www.gaiff.am

Divercine: International Film Festival for Children and Young People
Edition: 33
Dates: 
Location: Montevideo, Uruguay
Genres and formats: films for children and youth
Website: www.divercine.com.uy/

Festival International du Film de Locarno
Edition: 71
Dates : 1 -11 août 2018
Location: Locarno, Switzerland
Genres and formats: New cinema and young directors
Website: www.pardo.ch

Mostra Internazionale d’Arte Cinematografica
Edition: 75
Dates: 28 Aug - 09 Sept 2018
Location: Venice, Italy
Genres and formats: short, documentaries and feature films
Website: www.labiennale.org

Miskolc Internationl Film Festival 
Edition: 15
Dates: 14 - 23 septembre 2018
Location: Miskolc
Genres and formats: short, documentaries and feature films
Website: www.cinefest.hu

Festival Internacional de Cine de Donostia - San Sebastian
Edition: 66
Dates: 
Location: San Sebastian, Spain
Genres and formats: short, documentaries and feature films
Website: www.sansebastianfestival.com

Warsaw Film Festival 
Edition: 34
Dates: 
Location: Varsovie
Genres and formats: short, documentaries and feature films
Website: www.wff.pl/en

International Film Festival Mannheim & Heidelberg
Edition: 67
Dates: 
Location: Mannheim & Heidelberg, Germany
Website: www.mannheim-filmfestival.com

Festival  Popoli e Religioni
Edition: 14
Dates : 
Location : Terni, Italie 
Genres and formats : Film and Spirituality
Website : www.popoliereligioni.it/

International Leipzig Festival for Documentary and Animated Film
Edition: 60 
Dates: 
Location: Leipzig, Germany
Genres and formats: documentaries and animated films
Website: www.dokfestival-leipzig.de

International Festival of Cinema and Religion – Religion Today
Edition: 21
Dates: 
Location: Rome
Genres and formats : short, documentaries and feature films about spirituality
Website : http://www.religionfilm.com

Cottbus Festival of Eastern European Cinema
Edition: 28
Dates: 
Location: Cottbus, Germany
Genres and formats: East European cinema
Website: www.filmfestivalcottbus.de

Festival du film Lumières d’Afrique Besançon
Edition: 18
Dates : 
Location : Besançon, France 
Genres and formats : African cinema
Website : www.lumieresdafrique.com

Festival Internacional de Cine de Mar del Plata
Edition: 33
Dates: 
Location: Mar del Plata, Argentina
Genres and formats: short, documentaries and feature films
Website: www.mardelplatafilmfest.com

Festival Internacional del Nuevo Cine Latinoamericano 
Edition: 40
Dates: 
Location: Havana, Cuba
Genres and formats: Latin America and Spanish speaking cinema
Website: www.habanafilmfestival.com