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Filmmaker and theologian
Country of origin
Sweden

Johannes Rydinger (*1991) has worked as a freelance filmmaker, in both film productions and artistic processes as well as in social and community building projects. He has also studied theology and worked within the Swedish church. Right now he is about to resume his theology studies to become a priest. He also works as a cultural counsellor/film pedagogue for youths in a cultural centre in the south of Stockholm.

He has a bachelor in sociology from Lund University, and also a Master of Fine Arts after completing a film & media master at the Stockholm University of the Arts. His special interests revolves around working with both fact, fiction and experimental storytelling through film, media and artistic research as well as working together with NGO:s and non-profit organizations focusing on human rights, social justice, ecology and creativity.

Festivals

Current issues

Peter Paul Huth comments favourably on the 2026 Venice Film Festival awards ceremony, highlighting in particular the Golden Lion winner, “Kvinde Ukendt” (Unknown Woman) by May el-Toukhy, and “Un bon petit soldat” by Stéphane Brizé, which won the award for Best Screenplay and the INTERFILM Jury Prize.
Alex Gibney’s documentary *Musk* portrays a ‘hero of capitalism’, whilst Ilya Khrzhanovsky’s *DAU* evokes the victims of Stalinism.

Events

16.02.2025
Haus der EKD, Charlottenstraße 53/54, 10117 Berlin

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