For two years, all Catholics in the world are invited by Pope Francis to reflect on how we do church together. Cinema has a special place in the mission of SIGNIS. In the impetus of Catholic Action at the beginning of the 20th century, Christians adopted this popular artistic expression which, better than any other, speaks of light and incarnation.
In this spirit, we propose a few films that can open up a debate, a personal journey, a shared reflection. Like us, film-makers are asking questions about living together, faith, communion and shared hope.
COMMUNION-COMMUNITY:
Babette’s Feast (Denmark, 1987)
As in heaven, so on earth (Sweden, 2004) Of gods and men (France, 2010)
SOCIAL DIALOGUE:
Babel (2006)
Invictus (2009)
Even the Rain (Spain, 2010) Monsieur Lazhar (Canada, 2011) Life of Pi (2012)
Pope Francis, a man of his word (Germ, Ital, Switzerland, 2018) The Trial of the Chicago 7 (2020)
EMBRACING:
Dead Man Walking (EU, 1995) Le Havre (France, 2011) Monsieur Lazhar (Canada, 2011) Champions (Spain, 2018)
La vita davanti a se (italy, 2020)
ACCOMPANY – WALKING TOGETHER:
The eighth day (Belgium, 1996) Good Will Hunting (1997)
The Kid with a Bike (Belgium, 2011) Untouchables (France, 2012)
Marie Heurtin (France, 2014)
DISCERNMENT – LISTENING:
As in heaven, so on earth (Sweden, 2004) Of gods and men (France, 2010)
Marie Heurtin (France, 2014)
INCLUSION AND PARTICIPATION :
La veuve de Saint-Pierre (France, 2000) City of God (Brazil, 2002)
Babel (2006)
The Motorcycle Diaries (EU, Argent, Brazil, 2004) Wonder (2017)
MISSION:
The Mission (US, 1986) Romero (1989)
City of Joy (UK, 1992) Calvary (Ireland, 2012)
Silence (USA, 2016)
Pope Francis, a man of his word (Germ, Ital, Switzerland, 2018) The two popes (GB-USA-It, 2019)
A hidden life (USA-Germ, 2019)
RECONCILIATION AND UNION:
21 Grams (2003)
Seasons of Life (South Korea, 2003) The edge of heaven (Turkey, 2007) Departures (Japan, 2008)
Gran Torino (2008)
Invictus (2009)
The tree of life (2011) Les misérables (2012)
Ida (Poland, 2013)
Les Innocents (France, 2016) Lazzaro felice (Italy, 2018) Corpus Christi (Poland, 2019)
The Professor and the Madman (Ireland, 2019) Miracle in Cell No. 7 (Turkey, 2019)
The Specials (France, 2019)
RESPONSIBILITY:
Doubt (2008)
White Elephant (Argentina, 2012) Spotlight (2015)
Pope Francis, a man of his word (Switzerland, 2018) The Forgetfulness We Will Be (Spain, Colombia, 2020)
WITHOUT CATEGORIZATION:
Fuocoammare de Gianfranco Rosi http://signis.net/nouvelles/aussi-dans- lactualite/28-09- 2016/fuocoammare-par-dela-lampedusa-prix-oecumenique- berlinale-2016
Adam de Maryam Touzani http://signis.net/nouvelles/culture/03-02- 2021/adam-de-maryamtouzani-laurat-duprix-croire-au-cinma
Supa Modo de Likarion Wainaina http://signis.net/nouvelles/culture/26-07- 2018/supa-modo-prixcumnique-zlin-2018
La Confession de Nicolas Boukrief http://signis.net/nouvelles/culture/08-03- 2017/la-confession
De l’autre côté de l’espoir d’Aki Kaurismaki http://signis.net/nouvelles/culture/15-03-2017/lautrect-de-lespoir
Marie Madeleine de Garth Davis http://signis.net/nouvelles/culture/29-03- 2018/marie-madeleine
Fortuna de Germinal Roaux http://signis.net/nouvelles/culture/19-09- 2018/fortuna
Jerico, l’envol infini des jours de Catalina Mesa http://signis.net/nouvelles/culture/20-06- 2018/jerico-lenvol-infini-des-jours- mention-signis-toulouse-2017
En guerre de Stéphane Brizé http://signis.net/nouvelles/culture/16-05- 2018/en-guerre
Hors normes d’Eric Toledano et Olivier Nakache http://signis.net/nouvelles/culture/26-10-%202019/hors-normes
Le Grain et l’ivraie de Fernando Solanas http://signis.net/nouvelles/culture/14-04-2019/le-grain-etlivraie
Lourdes de Thierry Demaizière et Alban Teurlaï http://signis.net/nouvelles/culture/08-05- 2019/lourdes-1
Le Nouvel évangile de Milo Rau http://signis.net/nouvelles/culture/28-01- 2021/le-nouvel-vangile
La Tortue rouge de Michael Dudok de Wit http://signis.net/nouvelles/aussi- dans-lactualite/29-06-%202016/la-tortue-rouge
Parvana de Nora Twomey http://signis.net/nouvelles/culture/09-10- 2018/parvana-prix-cumniquechemnitz-2018