Radiance – Seeing the Light
Movies are the interaction of light and shadow. We watch the way the light moves on the screen and...
Tag: Ecumenical Jury Prize
God Exists, Her Name is Petrunya
?Haven?t I got the right to be happy?? In Teona Strugar Mitevska?s God Exists, Her Name Is...
Styx – The Ethics of Life and Death
This is a new telling of the Parable of the Good Samaritan (Luke 10:25ff.). Jesus spoke that parable in answer to the question ?Who is my neighbor (who the Law says I must love)??
Capernaum – Chaos or Miracles
In production notes for the film, Labaki says the title comes from the French word ?capharna?m? which translates as ?chaos?. She also notes that it is the name of a biblical city, which was ?a place where miracles could happen.?
Mia Madre – The Illusion of Control
Mia Madre was the winner of the Prize of the Ecumenical Jury at Cannes in 2015. Ecumenical Juries often focus on finding stories of the human condition that speak to the spiritual needs that are common to us all. That is certainly the case with Mia Madre.