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Since 2005 SIGNIS (World Association for Catholic Communication) and INTERFILM (International Inter-Church Film Organisation) have been present at the Festival Visions du Réel in Nyon (Switzerland) with an interreligious jury. The jury includes a representative of a member of INTERFILM and SIGNIS and a member of Jewish and Muslim faith. The jury awards a prize to a feature-length film of the international competition and possibly a commendation that sheds light on existential, social; or spiritual questions as well as human values. The prize of CHF 5’000 is donated by both the Swiss Catholic Church and Médias-pro, the Media Departement of the Reformed Churches in the French speaking part of Switzerland (CER).

The members of the interreligious jury 2014, appointed by the Swiss delegates of SIGNIS and INTERFILM, are : 

Jean-Jacques Cunnac (Mauguio, France)
Amira Hafner-Al Jabaji (Grenchen, Switzerland)
Serge Molla (Prilly, Switzerland), president
Brigitta Rotach (Zürich, Switzerland)

The jury has given its Prize to

This film challenges how to live together, focussing on a Russian artist and the Abhkazian Minister for Sport. Their relationship mirrors local social and political tensions. Involved in reconstructing Abhkazia and their love, Natasha and Rafael open trails for an intercultural dialogue.

In addition, the jury awards a Commendation to

Immersion into the daily life of a Nahua family, rich of human values and desires for justice.

The members of the jury, from left: Jean-Jacques Cunnac,
Amira Hafner-Al Jabaji, Brigitta Rotach, Serge Molla (Photo: Miguell Bueno)