Jacques Guillon (France/Switzerland)
Jacques Michel (Switzerland)
Nathalie Roncier (France)
Bernd Wolpert (Germany)

has given the 

ECUMENICAL JURY AWARD

to the film

Araïs al-Teïn (Dolls of Clay)
by Nouri Bouzid, Tunisia 2002

"We have chosen this film for its high cinematographic quality and its universal language. A film which encourages respect for the rights of the humble, whether children or women, but also of men, inviting them to grow in dignity."

The Ecumenical Jury Award carries a check of 5.000 SFr, courtesy of "Brot für alle" und "Fastenopfer".

In addition, the jury awarded a

MENTION

to the film

                                           Zendan-e Zanan (Women’s Prison)
by Manijeh Hekmat, Iran 2002

This committed Iranian filmmaker clearly demonstrates that in order to change the world, it is necessary that we all listen to each other and that we change our vision and attitudes. This film is an hymn to solidarity and freedom, in spite of imprisonment.

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