History of the prize
The term Spiritus is Latin for spirit or breathing and connects this to the Wisdom for the Common Good criteria above. It’s about ‘raising audience consciousness of the transcendent dimension of life and/or portraying spiritual values’.
The Spiritus Short Film Prize began in 2015 as the Religious Short Film Prize. This is an initiative of the Australian Centre for Christianity and Culture as part of its commitment to promote the lively interaction between the arts, religion, faith and culture. The Centre believes that there is wisdom to be found in such an interaction which can contribute to a vision of hope and the common good for Australia. In 2020, the Prize was renamed along with new criteria and prize categories to better reflect the Centre's aims and purposes.
The original logo of the Religious Short Film Prize
