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Theologian and film publicist
Country of origin
Finland

Sofia Sjö is a researcher and librarian at the Donner Institute for Religious and Cultural Studies and holds the title of Associate Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Åbo Akademi. She has studied film for several years as a researcher in the field of religion, media and popular culture. She wrote her doctoral thesis on gender and the messiah myth in contemporary science fiction films and TV series. She has also gained experience as a lecturer for university courses on religion and film. She has been a volunteer film critic for the science fiction and fantasy website Enhörningen for many years and has also written film reviews for the church magazine Nyckeln for the last two years.

Articles

INTERFILM member Sofja Sjö from Finland reports about a conference in Sárospatak (Hungary) on representations of the Eucharist in film and other forms of actual visual culture.
Sofia Sjö, president of the Ecumenical Jury at the 67th International Film Festival Mannheim-Heidelberg, reviews the films of the competition.
INTERFILM member Sofia Sjö informs about the 2015 International Conference on Religion and Film in Istanbul.
Jury member Sofia Sjö reflects upon the similarities and differences of Nordic films by considering the competition entries of this year's Nordic Film Days.

Festivals

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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