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: 38
Dates: 23-29 January, 2017
Location: Saarbrücken
Genres and formats: german speaking films
Website: www.max-ophuels-preis.de

Berlin International Film Festival
Edition: 67
Dates: 09 - 19 February, 2017
Location: Berlin
Genres and formats: short and feature films
Website: www.berlinale.de

Festival International Film de Fribourg 
Edition: 31
Dates: 31 mars - 8 avril 2017
Location: Friburg, Suisse
Genres and formats: short and feature films
Website : www.fiff.ch

Rencontres Cinémas d’Amérique Latine
Edition: 29
Dates: 17 - 26 mars 2017
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: 41
Dates: 11 - 25 April 2017 
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: 23
Dates: 20 - 26 Mars 2017
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: 19
Dates: 19 - 30 abril de 2017
Location: Buenos Aires, Argentina
Genres and formats: independent films
Website: [www.bafici.gov.ar]

Visions du Réel Festival International du Cinéma
Edition : 22
Dates : 21 - 29 avril 2017
Location : Nyon, Switzerland
Genres and formats : documentaries
Website: http://www.visionsdureel.ch

Fajr International Film Festival
Edition: 34
Dates: 21 - 28 april 2017
Location: Tehran, Iran
Genres and formats: short and feature films
Website: http://www.fajriff.com/en/

International film Festival Washington DC
Edition: 29
Dates: 20 - 30 April 2017
Location: Washington DC, USA
Genres and formats : short and feature films
Website : http://www.filmfestdc.org

International Short Film Festival Oberhausen
Edition: 63
Dates: 11 - 16 May 2017 
Location: Oberhausen, Germany
Genres and formats: short films
Website: www.kurzfilmtage.de

Festival International du Film de Cannes
Edition: 70
Dates : 17 - 28 mai 2017
Location: Cannes, France
Genres and formats : short, documentaries and feature films
Website : www.festival-cannes.org

Muestra Internacional de Cine
Edition: 19
Dates : 4-13 de mayo
Location: Santo Domingo
Genres and formats : short, documentaries and feature films
Website : http://muestradecine.com

International Film Festival for Children and Adolescents
Edition : 57
Dates: 26 May - 03 June 2017
Location: Zlin, Czech Republic
Genres and formats: short, documentaries and feature films for young people
Website: www.zlinfest.cz

FilmFest Munchen
Edition: 34
Dates: 22 June – 1 July 2017
Location: Munich
Genres and formats: short, documentaries and feature films
Website: www.filmfest-muenchen.de

Karlovy Vary International Film Festival
Edition: 52
Dates: 30 June -8 July 2017
Location: Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic
Genres and formats: short, documentaries and feature films
Website: www.kviff.com

Zanzibar International Film Festival
Edition: 20
Dates: 8 - 16 July, 2017
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: 14
Dates: 09 -16 July 2017
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: 32
Dates: 24 -28 de julio de 2017
Location: Montevideo, Uruguay
Genres and formats: films for children and youth
Website: www.divercine.com.uy/

Festival International du Film de Locarno
Edition: 70
Dates : 2-12 août 2017
Location: Locarno, Switzerland
Genres and formats: New cinema and young directors
Website: www.pardo.ch

Mostra Internazionale d’Arte Cinematografica
Edition: 74
Dates: 30 aout - 9 septembre 2017
Location: Venice, Italy
Genres and formats: short, documentaries and feature films
Website: www.labiennale.org

Miskolc Internationl Film Festival 
Edition: 14
Dates: 8 - 17 septembre 2017
Location: Miskolc
Genres and formats: short, documentaries and feature films
Website: www.cinefest.hu

Festival Internacional de Cine de Donostia - San Sebastian
Edition: 65
Dates: 22-30 de septiembre de 2017
Location: San Sebastian, Spain
Genres and formats: short, documentaries and feature films
Website: www.sansebastianfestival.com

Warsaw Film Festival 
Edition: 33
Dates: 13 -22 October 2017
Location: Varsovie
Genres and formats: short, documentaries and feature films
Website: www.wff.pl/en

International Film Festival Mannheim & Heidelberg
Edition: 66
Dates: 9 - 19 November 2017
Location: Mannheim & Heidelberg, Germany
Website: www.mannheim-filmfestival.com

International Leipzig Festival for Documentary and Animated Film
Edition: 59 
Dates: 30 October - 5 November 2017
Location: Leipzig, Germany
Genres and formats: documentaries and animated films
Website: www.dokfestival-leipzig.de

International Festival of Cinema and Religion – Religion Today
Edition: 20
Dates: 
Location: Rome
Genres and formats : short, documentaries and feature films about spirituality
Website : http://www.religionfilm.com

Molodist Kyiv International Film Festival
Edition : 47
Dates : 21 - 29 octobre 2017
Location: Kiev, Ukraine
Genres and formats : short, documentaries and feature films
Website : www.molodist.com

Cottbus Festival of Eastern European Cinema
Edition: 27
Dates: 7 -12 novembre 2017
Location: Cottbus, Germany
Genres and formats: East European cinema
Website: www.filmfestivalcottbus.de

Festival du film Lumières d’Afrique Besançon
Edition: 17
Dates : 11 - 18 novembre 2017
Location : Besançon, France 
Genres and formats : African cinema
Website : www.lumieresdafrique.com

Festival Internacional de Cine de Mar del Plata
Edition: 32
Dates: 18 - 27 noviembre de 2017
Location: Mar del Plata, Argentina
Genres and formats: short, documentaries and feature films
Website: www.mardelplatafilmfest.com

Festival Internacional del Nuevo Cine Latinoamericano 
Edition: 39
Dates: 8 - 17 de diciembre de 2017
Location: Havana, Cuba
Genres and formats: Latin America and Spanish speaking cinema
Website: www.habanafilmfestival.com