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Priest
Country of origin
Germany

Christian Olding (*1983) received in 2011 the ordination to the priesthood and is currently working as pastor in the parish St. Maria Magdalena in Geldern. His services are events full of medial and digital surprises for people of every age. His ambition: to communicate Jesus Christ’s message in a modern way of presenting, with video sequences and through sermons. He is convinced if Jesus would come back he had to create a new series on a movie platform to touch peoples heart with his parables. He already manages to do this in his project ‘Vision von Hoffnung’: church and cinema services, believer’s evenings, dinner, religious exercises in cinema – all these events are components of this projects as well as various cooperations with photographers, artists and physiotherapists. And all these events focus on one goal: to convey belief in its relevance for daily life.

Festivals

Current issues

Mythical figures and images from the worlds of culture, sport and politics formed the subject matter of some of the films screened at DocFest Sheffield 2026. Peter Paul Huth explores them.
The extent to which the documentary film has evolved was once again evident this year at DocFest Sheffield (10–15 June 2026). The classic ideal of Direct Cinema or Cinéma Vérité has given way to a wide variety of cinematic possibilities. Report by Peter Paul Huth.

Events

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

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