The 2017 Ecumenical Jury awards its Prize to Hikari (Radiance) by Naomi Kawase

The 2017 Ecumenical Jury awards its Prize to Hikari (Radiance)

by Naomi Kawase
(Official Competition)

Misako, a young woman who provides audio-description, renders films more accessible for blind people. It is through poetry that this masterpiece allows us to pay more attention, to watch and listen to the world around us. The film allows for new conversations and inspires a broadening of the mind to understand others better.
Hikari explores the responsibility, resilience, hope, and the possibility, even for those in the dark, to see the light.

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The 2017 Jury :
Denyse MULLER, France, President
Gaelle COURTENS, Italia
Andreas ENGELSCHALK, Deutschland

Jos HOREMANS, Belgium
Benjamin Lorenzo SANCHEZ, Spain
Valérie de MARNHAC, France

Italian :
Una giovane donna, Misako, grazie all’audio-descrizione rende accessibili i film ai non vedenti. Questa pellicola, di grande qualità artistica, ci invita con la sua poesia a guardare e ascoltare con maggiore attenzione il mondo che ci circonda. Ci incoraggia al dialogo e all’accoglienza dell’altro.
Hikari ci parla di responsabilità, resilienza, speranza, e della possibilità, per chi è nell’oscurità, di scorgere la luce.

Denyse Muller, Présidente

Gaelle Courtens

Andreas Engelschalk

Jos Horemans

Benjamin Lorenzo Sanchez

Valérie de Marnhac

SIGNIS (World Catholic Association for Communication) and INTERFILM (International Interchurch Organisation for Cinema) are international organizations whose mission is to promote films and producers, including those who express the cultural identity of young nations and developing countries.
The two organizations set up Ecumenical Juries in many festivals across the world, such as Cannes, Berlin, Locarno, Montréal, Karlovy Vary ...