From 2025 onwards, KULT will step down as a co-owner of the award. The Faith in Film Award will now be managed by Tromsø Church Academy and the Norwegian Church Academies.
INTERFILM will contribute by proposing an international member for the jury.
The winner film should engage and stimulate to reflection and critical thinking about the religion’s place in society and in people’s lives.
The winner of the Faith in Film Award receives a hand-painted icon, made in the Carmelite monastary in Tromsø.
THE FAITH IN FILM JURY 2025
Mette Arnstad, actress and associate professor, representative for INTERFILM
Aslaug Eidsvik, media scholar, administrative director at Perspektivet Museum
Carl Axel Reibo Gundersen, project manager for the Nordic Youth Film Festival at Tvibit
Previous winners
2024 Punishment, Øystein Mamen, Norway, Medieoperatørene
2023 Women Talking, Sarah Polley, USA, SF Studios Norway
2022 Medusa, Anita Rocha da Silveira, Brazil, Best Friend Forever
2021 Scarecrow, Dmitry Davydov, Russia
2020 Balloon, Pema Tseden, China, Redience
2019 Happy as Lazzaro, Alice Rohrwacher, Italy/Switzerland/France/Germany, Arthaus
2018 Per Fugelli – siste resept, Erik Poppe, Norway, Nordisk Film Distribusjon
2017 Forever Pure, Maya Zinshtein. Israel/UK/Norway
