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ECUMENICAL JURY AWARD by INTERFILM and SIGNIS

This award consisting of CHF 5'000 is conferred jointly by two institutions of the churches working in development cooperation, Action de Carême (Catholic) and “Bread for All” (Protestant), to the director whose film reflects best the working criteria of the two institutions in the field of North-South cooperation.

The Ecumenical Jury of the 24th Fribourg International Film Festival with the members

Vesna Andonovic, Luxembourg (G.D. de Luxembourg)
Beat Dietschy, Bern (Switzerland), President
Arielle Domon, Montpellier (France)
Valérie Lange, Lausanne (Switzerland)

awards its prize to the film

Lola
by Brillante Mendoza, Philippines 2009

In Manila, the fates of two grandmothers cross paths: the grandson of one of the women has murdered the grandson of the other. While the victim’s grandmother seeks justice and struggles to scratch together money for his funeral, the culprit’s grandmother fights to have him freed through an extrajudicial financial agreement. Even through the limits between good and evil, victims and perpetrators are well-defined, both grandmothers are united in their struggle for the survival of their families in everyday life. With a documentary precision, the filmmaker transports us into a context that embraces the reality of death, justice, poverty and the quest for honor.

The members of the jury (from left): Arielle Domon, Valérie Lange, Vesna Andonovic, Beat Dietschy