IRD Activities

• Cinema

  The activities of SIGNIS in the field of cinema follow in the footsteps of OCIC. OCIC was created in 1928 to gather the strengths of the Catholics active in the cinema world. The organisation built a tradition of film reviewing that is still very much alive today. In 1947, it broadened its activity by participating in film festivals. Today, SIGNIS organises SIGNIS, Ecumenical or Interfaith juries in more than 30 film festivals around the world, including Cannes, Berlin, Venice etc. By its presence in the professional cinema world, SIGNIS contributes in a concrete way to the development of a cinema aimed towards human and spiritual values through international seminars and conferences, the organisation of post production competitions for Latin American films, assistance in production, distribution of films through its network of televisions and conservation of the film heritage

• Cultural Diversity

  Cultural diversity is one of the core principles of the work of SIGNIS. In a practical way it promotes and supports this principle through its international and national film, television and other media awards. An important aspect of cultural diversity is the relationship among different ethnic and religious groups in different societies. SIGNIS is committed to the promotion of inter-religious dialogue and collaboration, not least through its inter-faith Jury at the Fajr Film Festival in Tehran.

Main Focus Countries of Activities

Angola - Benin - Burkina Faso - Burundi - Cameroon - Central African Republic - Chad - Congo - Democratic Republic of the Congo - Ethiopia - Gambia - Ghana - Ivory Coast - Kenya - Malawi - Mali - Mozambique - Nigeria - Rwanda - Senegal - South Africa - Tanzania - Togo - Uganda - Zambia - Zimbabwe - Madagascar - Mauritius - Réunion - Seychelles - Bangladesh - Cambodia - China - India - Indonesia - Japan - South Korea - Malaysia - Pakistan - Philippines - Singapore - Sri Lanka - Thailand - Viet Nam - Australia - Fiji - Guam - Kiribati - Marshall Islands - Micronesia (Federated States of) - New Caledonia - Northern Mariana Islands - Palau - Papua New Guinea - Samoa - Solomon Islands - French Polynesia - Tonga - Tuvalu - Vanuatu - Wallis and Futuna Islands - Austria - Belgium - Czechia - UK - France - Germany - Hungary - Ireland - Italy - Luxembourg - Malta - Monaco - Netherlands - Poland - Portugal - Romania - Slovakia - Slovenia - Spain - Switzerland - Egypt - Lebanon - Argentina - Bolivia - Brazil - Chile - Costa Rica - Cuba - Dominican Republic - Ecuador - Mexico - Paraguay - Peru - Grenada - Suriname - Trinidad and Tobago - Canada - USA - Angola - Benin - Burkina Faso - Burundi - Cameroon - Central African Republic - Chad - Congo - Democratic Republic of the Congo - Ethiopia - Gambia - Ghana - Ivory Coast - Kenya - Malawi - Mali - Mozambique - Nigeria - Rwanda - Senegal - South Africa - Tanzania - Togo - Uganda - Zambia - Zimbabwe - Madagascar - Mauritius - Réunion - Seychelles - Bangladesh - Cambodia - China - India - Indonesia - Japan - South Korea - Malaysia - Pakistan - Philippines - Singapore - Sri Lanka - Thailand - Viet Nam - Australia - Fiji - Guam - Kiribati - Marshall Islands - Micronesia (Federated States of) - New Caledonia - Northern Mariana Islands - Palau - Papua New Guinea - Samoa - Solomon Islands - French Polynesia - Tonga - Tuvalu - Vanuatu - Wallis and Futuna Islands - Austria - Belgium - Czechia - UK - France - Germany - Hungary - Ireland - Italy - Luxembourg - Malta - Monaco - Netherlands - Poland - Portugal - Romania - Slovakia - Slovenia - Spain - Switzerland - Egypt - Lebanon - Argentina - Bolivia - Brazil - Chile - Costa Rica - Cuba - Dominican - Republic - Ecuador - Mexico - Paraguay - Peru - Grenada - Suriname - Trinidad and Tobago - Canada - USA