Belief on Screen

06/10/2023

Participants at the Bertlesmann Foundation

06/10/2023

02/10/2023

The festival "Belief on Screen" took place in Berlin in the past few days. The festival, organised by the two international church media umbrella organisations WACC (Protestant) and SIGNIS (Catholic), provided a special insight into new and established religious programmes on television and online platforms. Founded more than 50 years ago, the tradition-rich festival takes place every three years in alternating European countries, in each case in cooperation with local church organisers and broadcasters.
Who the winners were this year and why the festival offers a valuable opportunity for exchange - the answers can be found in the video prepared by Catolic Archdiocese of Berlin.

30/09/2023

"The Attraction of the Invisible" from France won the grand prize of the Belief on Screen festival in Berlin.

30/09/2023

The documentary "The Third and Fourth Generation" by Lukas Zünd received the special prize at the Belief on Screen festival. This recognition highlights the documentary's exceptional storytelling.

30/09/2023

The Hans W. Florin prize for cultural diversity was awarded to the productions "Sign of the Times" from the Netherlands and "What We Laugh At" from Germany. These works were honored for their significant contributions to promoting cultural diversity and understanding. The prize recognizes their efforts in aligning with the Christian Principles of Communication advocated by Hans W. Florin, former general secretary of the World Association for Christian Communication ( ) from 1976 to 1986.

30/09/2023

Audience reward for „Pastor in search of Paradise”.

29/09/2023

„Conflicts and Clashes? Europe’s changing religious landscape”. Meeting at the Bertelsmann Stiftung with presentation of the results of the new Bertelsmann Religion Monitor. Keynote: Yasemin El-Menuar (Head of the Religionsmonitor-Projekt)

29/09/2023

Today is the second day of film screenings as part of the Belief on Screen festival. We invite you to Babylon movie theatre in Berlin!

28/09/2023

We have just experienced the first screening. Learn more:
🎬 Program: https://beliefonscreen.tv/en/
🎞 Info: https://bit.ly/3XKMwZV

28/09/2023

Soon the auditorium of Babylon Cinema in Berlin will be filled with participants of the festival.

16/08/2023

The Berlin Festival is approaching rapidly! We're introducing the Preselection-Jury and the Festival-Jury. 🎬🌟

16/08/2023

The Ecumenical Jury in Locarno has awarded its CHF 10,000 prize to the Italian production "Patagonia" by Simone Bozzelli. The jury also awarded a Commendation to "Don't Expect Too Much From the End of the World" by Radu Jude, which also received the special prize of the international festival jury. The Golden Leopard, the festival's main prize, went to "Critical Zone" by Ali Ahmadzadeh, an underground production from Iran. The prize was accepted by producer Sina Ataeian Dena, who called for resistance against authoritarian regimes all over the world. The festival jury awarded the prize for best director to Maryna Vroda from Ukraine for her film "Stepne", which also won the Fipresci Prize of International Film Critics.

Link: Award ceremony of the international festival jury
Link: Award ceremony of the independent juries

Fifty years ago, in 1973, in Locarno an ecumenical jury was established for the first time. INTERFILM and SIGNIS celebrated this anniversary during the Festival with an ecumenical reception at which the director István Szabó was awarded the Honorary Prize of the Ecumenical Jury.

The Ecumenical Jury in Locarno has awarded its CHF 10,000 prize to the Italian production "Patagonia" by Simone Bozzelli. The jury also awarded a Commendation to "Don't Expect Too Much From the End of the World" by Radu Jude, which also received the special prize of the international festival jury.....

30/05/2023

We have an important update regarding the submissions for the Belief on Screen Film Festival. Deadline has been extended until June 9th.

Register and submit your film! Final date for submissions is the 31st of May 2023.

28/04/2023

Brilliant seminar presentations and discussion!
https://waccglobal.org/wacc-europe-considers-agenda-for-the-future-to-promote-digital-justice/

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28/04/2023

27/04/2023

The Festival is a joint effort of the European regions of the international associations SIGNIS (World Catholic Association for Communication) and WACC (World Association for Christian Communication).

The local organization of the 2023 Festival has been entrusted to the german church corporations EKD (Protestant church) and DBK (Catholic church).

26/04/2023

The main venue of the festival will be the Babylon, a cinema rich in tradition in the bustling inner city of Berlin (www.babylonberlin.de). The guests of the festival will get together here for three days for screenings and exchange of ideas.

Furthermore you are invited to evening receptions and to the final festive awarding ceremony at representative locations nearby.

26/04/2023

Time to register!

Registration fee: € 350 (including VAT)

A reduced fee for students and low-income earners is available on request. In exceptional cases it is possible to reimburse the fee.

This fee includes lunches, receptions, social events, screenings for the whole period of the festival. The fee doesn’t include the cost for accommodation/hotels

Payment should be made to the bank account of the Festival via electronic transfer.

Registration form and more information on the webpage: https://beliefonscreen.tv/en/

25/04/2023

How to submit your programme for the competition?

24/04/2023

Register and submit your film! Final date for submissions is the 31st of May 2023.

24/04/2023

Registration fee: € 350 (including VAT)

A reduced fee for students and low-income earners is available on request. In exceptional cases it is possible to reimburse the fee.

This fee includes lunches, receptions, social events, screenings for the whole period of the festival. The fee doesn’t include the cost for accommodation/hotels

Payment should be made to the bank account of the Festival via electronic transfer.

Registration form and more information on the webpage: https://beliefonscreen.tv/en/

31/01/2023

Belief on Screen -- 20th European Festifal of Religious Television Programmes will be in Berlin from 27th – 30th September 2023.

More information and registration for entries

WACC (World Association for Christian Communication) and SIGNIS (World Catholic Association for Communication) invite you to participate in this 20th edition...