SIGNIS presidents for the period 2001–: Fr. Peter Malone (MSC, Australia, 2001–2005); M. Augie Loorthusamy (Malaysia, 2005–2014). M. Gustavo Andujar (Cuba, 2014–2017), Ms. Helen Osman (USA, 2017–) Structure and activities of SIGNIS SIGNIS, an international organisation according to Swiss law, has its General Secretariat in Brussels and a specialized technical office in Rome (SIGNIS Service Rome). In 2015, SIGNIS chose Archbishop Oscar Romero as its patron because of his willingness to give his life rather than be silent in the face of justice. Romero was canonized in October 2018. The arrival of the Cuban Gustavo Andujar in 2014 as president of the organisation meant a radical shift in the policy of SIGNIS, less transparent, authoritarian and rejecting the dialogue with the modern world, contesting the idea that the organisation has to be active in those places where the church cannot be heard. This disastrous policy was implemented by the Argentinean secretary general Ricardo Yanez, and Andujar's successor the American Helen Osman. A situation which tends to be changed after the General Assembly of SIGNIS in September 2022. The organization's diverse programmes cover different media/communication fields and for each one, a special department was founded, called a "desk". It consists of a president and a network of regional representatives. Each desk has a secretary who works with the General Secretariat in Brussels. Each secretary is responsible for the coordination and the daily work of the desk. The desks develop the different media/communication fields, promote the work of members in these fields, and help coordinate meetings and training. The Cinema Desk With the merger of OCIC with Unda into SIGNIS, the presence in festivals of Catholic members of the organisation not only continued but developed considerably. It is one way of having contact with the professional world and also a way of bringing together in a jury, professionals who are active in TV, media education, radio, and film criticism. OCIC gave its very first prize to the Italian film Vivere in Pace (To Live in Peace) by Luigi Zampa, at the Brussels World Film Festival in 1947. The first award of SIGNIS went in 2002 to the Egyptian film Asrar al Bana (The secret of the young girl) by Magdi Ahmed Ali at the Milan African Film Festival. In 2017, SIGNIS juries (representing the national and international members of SIGNIS) were in Venice, San Sebastían, Mar del Plata, Buenos Aires, Havana, Montevideo,