Publication trimestrielle multilingue Multilingual quarterly magazine Revista trimestral multilingüe Dialogue Diálogo Geula (Redemption) de Joseph Madmony & Boaz Yehonatan Yaacov EDITO Le dialogue favorisant la compréhension et la cohésion sociale et spirituelle entre les différentes cultures et religions, fait partie de l’ADN d’OCIC/SIGNIS. Ses activités dans les festivals internationaux de cinéma sont considérées par certains comme prophétiques dans le monde chrétien et non-chrétien, mais aussi dans le monde du cinéma. Elles défendent le cinéma de qualité qui exprime également des valeurs humaines et spirituelles. Déjà dans les années 1950, elles entraient en dialogue avec d’autres cultures/religions que la leur. Ainsi des films indiens comme Pather Panchali de Satyajit Ray (Mention OCIC Cannes 1955) et Do Ankhen Barah Haath de Shantaram V. (Prix OCIC Berlin 1958), ou celui du Japonais Kon Ichikawa, La Harpe Birmane (Prix OCIC Venise 1956) ont été primés. Pour ce film, le jury voulait souligner la portée spirituelle et humaniste d’une œuvre émanant d’une religion non- chrétienne. Des festivals comme Religion Today (Trento) et Popoli & Religioni (Terni) ont pour thème principal le dialogue entre plusieurs religions. D’autres festivals comme celui de Barcelone (MCEC) et de Guadalajara (FIC) présentent des films de différentes religions et cultures afin de rassembler toutes les communautés. Des festivals comme Visions du réel (Nyon) et DOK/ Leipzig veulent, à travers les jurys interreligieux soutenir artistiquement des films promouvant le dialogue interculturel. Des festivals dans le monde musulman (Fajr/Téhéran) et dans le monde juif (Jérusalem) ont invité SIGNIS à développer ce dialogue et à promouvoir des films qui défendent des valeurs qu’ils ont en commun. Depuis 1952, en Égypte et au Sri Lanka, des membres de SIGNIS construisent, à travers le cinéma de leur pays, un dialogue avec le monde musulman, bouddhiste et hindou. 2 CineMag EDITO Dialogue promoting social and spiritual understanding and cohesion among different cultures and religions is part of the OCIC / SIGNIS DNA. Some consider their Jury activities in international film festivals as prophetic for the Christian and non-Christian world, but also for the world of cinema. They defend quality cinema that expresses human and spiritual values. A considerable number of its awards are considered as classics in film history. Already in the 1950s, these juries entered into dialogue with other cultures-religions than their own. Indian films such as Pather Panchali by Satyajit Ray (OCIC Mention at Cannes 1955) and Do Ankhen Barah Haath by Shantaram V. (OCIC Prize Berlin, 1958) or Japan’s Kon Ichikawa The Burmese Harp (OCIC Prize Venice 1956) were lauded. For Ichikawa’s film the jury wanted to point out the spiritual and humanitarian significance of a work from a non-Christian religion. Festivals such as Religion Today (Trento) and Popoli & Religioni (Terni) have engaged in dialogue with other religions as their reflection theme. Others like those in Barcelona (MCEC) and Guadalajara (FIC) are working with films with stories about different religions and cultures to bring the different faith communities together. Festivals such as Visions du réel (Nyon) and DOK/Leipzig want interreligious juries to artistically support films promoting inter-cultural dialogue. Festivals in the Muslim (FAJR/Tehran) and Jewish (Jerusalem) worlds, have invited SIGNIS members to develop dialogue and to promote films that uphold values they share. Since 1952 members of SIGNIS in Egypt and Sri Lanka have been building through the cinema a dialogue with the Muslim, Buddhist and Hindu world in their country. GC N°3/2019 Publication éditée par l’Association Catholique Mondiale pour la Communication Publication of the World Catholic Association for Communication Publicación editada por la Asociación Católica Mundial para la Comunicación SIGNIS – Rue Royale, 310 – 1210 Brussels – Belgium – Tel: 32 (0)2 734 97 08 – www.signis.net Secretary General: Ricardo Yáñez Chief Editor: dr Guido Convents – Lay-Out: Pascale Heyrbaut Team/Correspondents: Magali Van Reeth, Peter Malone, Marianela Pinto, Marc Bourgois, Alejandro Hernández, Douglas Falheson, Hans Hodel, Peio Sánchez, Katia Malatesta, Boutras Danial, Juan Orellana, Sergio Joel Ascencio Casillas, Peter Sheehan, Mac Machida, Masahide Haresaku, Inês Gil Administration: Fabienne Deseau, Florentina Gonzalo, Nadia Tekal E-mail: [email protected] – @SIGNIS – facebook.com/signisworld – youtube.com/user/signisworld Photo Cover: Still from the filmLove and Shukla withTaneea Rajawat (main actress) ISSN 0771-0461 – Prix : 7 euros par numéro - 25 euros par an (frais de port inclus) Les articles signés expriment les opinions personnelles des auteurs. EDITO El diálogo que promueve la comprensión y la cohesión social y espiritual entre las diferentes culturas y religiones forma parte del ADN de OCIC / SIGNIS. Algunos consideran que sus actividades como jurado en festivales internacionales de cine, son proféticas para el mundo cristiano y no cristiano, pero también para el mundo del cine. Un número considerable de los premios que otorgan defienden un cine de calidad que expresa valores humanos y espirituales. Un número considerable de sus premios son considerados clásicos en la historia del cine. Ya en los años cincuenta, estos jurados entablaron un diálogo con otras culturas y religiones que no eran las suyas. Películas indias comoPather Panchali de Satyajit Ray (Cannes, 1955) y Do Ankhen Barah Haath de Shantaram V. (Berlín, 1958) o la película japonesa dirigida por Kon Ichikawa Arca birmana (Venecia, 1956) fueron elogiadas. Con el filme de Ichikawa, el jurado remarcó el talante espiritual y humano de una obra procedente de una religiosidad no cristiana. Festivales como Religion Today y Popoli & Religioni han entablado diálogos con otras religiones como tema de reflexión. Otros como los de Barcelona (MCEC) y Guadalajara (FIC) exhiben largometrajes provenientes de diferentes religiones y culturas, con la intención de unir a las diferentes expresiones religiosas de sus ciudades. Festivales como Visions du Réel (Nyon) y DOK/Leipzig quieren que los jurados interreligiosos apoyen artísticamente las películas que promueven el diálogo intercultural. Los festivales en el mundo musulmán (FAJR/ Teherán) y Judío (Jerusalén) han invitado a SIGNIS a participar en un jurado interreligioso para desarrollar el diálogo y promover películas que defiendan los valores que comparten. Desde 1952, miembros de OCIC/SIGNIS han estado construyendo, a través del cine, un diálogo con el mundo musulmán en Egipto y, budista e Hindi, en Sri Lanka. EDITO CineMag 3 DIALOGUE Living together and understanding each other in a globalized world - It is all about values we share! Culture and religion are strongly intertwined and today they are all over the media, in politics, and in communities. With aesthetics and ethics, religion creates culture. Questions arise as to whether Islamic religion can be part of Western Culture, given that it is heavily influenced by modernity, Can Christianity, and how it embraces modernity, be part of Oriental culture shaped by Buddhism, Hinduism or/and Shintoism? Some cinema professionals express surprise at the idea of film and intercultural dialogue in general and specific interfaith dialogue. They can begin to understand ecumenical dialogue, dialogue between Catholics and Protestants, but seem to think that Christianity and its culture is so different from other world religions that interfaith sharing does not make sense. SIGNIS sees cinema as a meeting place for dialogue Pope John Paul II called media the new areopagus and his promotion of cinema and dialogue in his 1999 address to the Festival of the Third Millennium, held in Rome), there should be an eagerness for this kind of interfaith sharing, essential to understand also culture and to foster inter-cultural dialogue. Since 1947 OCIC, SIGNIS and Ecumenical juries have been giving at International film festivals many awards to films which come from countries with Hindu, Buddhist and Islamic cultures, and especially in recent decades to many films from Iran and North Africa. They all dramatize basic human values, shared values between all human beings no matter what their religion. OCIC, Unda and SIGNIS offices in Taiwan and Sri Lanka have made awards to films in Buddhist culture. The SIGNIS Prize in Zanzibar and the Catholic Cinema Centre awards in Cairo are made in a Muslim context. OCIC juries were active between 1977 and 1978 at the Cairo International Filmfestial and between 1978 and 1992 at the Carthage International Filmfestival in Tunisia. There is a strong dialogue between Hindus and Christians through film in India and several Hindu directors who studied in Kolkata with Gaston Roberge SJ express their indebtedness to him. Former OCIC president Ambros Eichenberger started from the 1970’s with a policy to foster ecumenical and interreligious and intercultural dialogue. After 9/11, 2001 an official delegation from the Iranian government and cinema industry visited the Vatican. This led to a mutual visit to Tehran’s Fajr festival in 2002 and the establishment of the SIGNIS Interfaith award there, which still continues. It wanted and wants to make clear that there is not a war of religions, or a clash of cultures, going on. A similar prize found place between 2006 and 2014 in Bangladesh, while in Australia, the Brisbane film festival between 2003 and 2008 established an interfaith jury composed with