"While at the Cannes Film Festival, I selected one film as a recipient for my Inaugural FECK FILM AWARD because it stood out in its ability to exhibit all four of my FECK Principles: That film is "It Was Just an Accident" by Iranian director Jafar Panahi. I watched in astonishment as Panahi's film breathlessly took us through aspects of forgiveness, empathy, compassion and kindness in unexpected ways."
"Back home, I saw another film to which I will grant a FECK Film AWARD. That film is "The Man Who Saves the World?" by American director Gabe Polsky. The journey in that film reminded me of our relationship with Mother Earth as seen through the eyes of Indigenous peoples in South America, and of how we are all connected."
2025 is presented as the Year of FECK — Forgiveness, Empathy, Compassion, and Kindness — emphasized as vital amid societal divisiveness, anger, and cruelty. A symbolic Christmas ornament underscored the FECK theme. Art is described as a healing and enlightening force that enables experiencing the world through others' perspectives. Thirty favorite films are listed alphabetically, many serving as empathy-generating works, some as pure entertainment, and one noted as a Guilty Pleasure. FECK Film Awards were given to Jafar Panahi's It Was Just an Accident and Gabe Polsky's The Man Who Saves the World? for exemplifying FECK principles and connectedness to Indigenous perspectives and the Earth.
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