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Cultural scientist and journalist
Country of origin
Germany

Susanne Birck (*1969) studied Cultural Sciences and received a university degree as Magistra Artium. During her studies, her main subject was film history. Her master thesis is about the US-American Western movies by John Ford. She works at a district administration in northern Germany as a project manager for cross-border German-Danish co-operations. As a freelance journalist, she regularly attends the Nordic Film Days Lübeck in order to write film reviews and do interviews with filmmakers (published in an online magazine). Highlight in her journalist career was definitely to interview the Finnish filmmaker Klaus Härö.

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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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