66th Festival de Cannes
 May 15-26, 2013

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The 2013 Ecumenical Jury awards its Prize to

Le Passé (The Past)
by Asghar Farhadi, France (Official Competition)

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Motivation: How do we take responsibility for our past mistakes? In a thriller style, the director shows the daily life of a stepfamily, where everyone’s secrets and the complex relationships gradually disentangle. A dense, deep and engaging film that illustrates this verse : "The truth will make you free" (John, 8:32).

In addition, the Jury awards two Commendations

to

Soshite chichi ni naru (Like father, like son)
by Hirokazu Kore-eda. Japan (Official Competition)

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Motivation: At what point does a father actually become a father? Two couples from different social backgrounds discover that their sons have been exchanged at the maternity ward. The film deals in a simple and subtle way with a human dilemma: are blood ties more important than the love which bonded them for seven years?

and to

Miele (Honey)
by Valeria Golino, Italy (Un Certain Regard)

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Motovation: The film offers a complex and unprejudiced view on the issue of euthanasia. The filmmaker shares with discretion and mastery the doubts and the torments of a Young woman who helps terminally ill people to die, leaving to the audience the freedom and the responsibility to take a stand.

© Daniel Beguin
 
The 2013 Jury (from left): Gianluca Arnone, Italy; Samuel Petit, France;
Gianna Urizio, Italy; Marek Lis, Poland; Denyse Muller, France (Jury President);
Tiziana Conti, Switzerland