The Prize of the Ecumenical Jury, endowed with €2,500 by the Katholische Erwachsenenbildung Saarland – Landesarbeitsgemeinschaft e.V. and the Landesarbeitsgemeinschaft für Evangelische Erwachsenenbildung im Saarland e.V., represented by the Evangelische Akademie im Saarland, is awarded to the film:
Scham (Shame)
directed by Lukas Röder (Germany, 2025)
(EN) This film is an imposition. It shows the struggle of mother and son for mutual understanding between their guilt and reproachful accusations. The film oscillates between coldness of feeling and heated arguments over a lack of recognition. With merciless directness, the film puts its finger in the wounds of our society: excessive demands, (sexualized) violence, disappointed life models, and biographical entanglements are the breeding ground for this existential conflict, which is as painful as it is versatile. Last but not least, the whole range of human needs for redemption is revealed in this courageous, brittle, and disturbing film. Like punk …
The film treats the audience as ruthlessly as the characters treat each other. It is a film that needs to be talked about!