The Ecumenical Jury awards its Prize to the film

Impar Par (Paired Off)
by Esmir Filho (Brazil 2005).

The Ecumenical Jury awards its Prize to this film about a young shoemaker, who tries to find the right pair of shoes for everybody.
We find that this film is a praise of beauty, of joy, of life. In our world of today – full of anger, pain and unhappiness – this humours and well made film has an important message: that life is a gift, a gift that we have to take care of.
And the symbol: that everybody needs to have the right shoes to be able to walk safely around on this earth is simple, intelligent and funny.

The Ecumenical Jury awards its Commendation to the film

Sorstalansag (Fateless)
by Lajos Koltai (Hungary 2005)

The first impression is that this is another holocaust-film, but this film opens a new aspect, because the point of the film is not the evil and stupidity and violence, but it is about a young man, who has to cope with adult life after the evil events.
In his long speech at the end of the film he points out, that what he sees around him in Budapest after he has returned, is the same kind of indifference as before he was taken away. And that it was in the camp, that he learned about self-esteem, about care for each other, about real humanity. Maybe it sounds absurd, but so it is.

Members of the Ecumenical Jury:
Rev. Jes Nysten, president (Denmark), Dr. Otto Brabec (Czech Republic), Br. Vasyl Chudiyovych (Ukraine), Anatoly Tsymbal (Ukraine).