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Film critic
Country of origin
France

Chantal Laroche-Poupard is a film critic for www.signis.net/nouvelles/culture and for the team of Ecumenical Jury during the Festival de Cannes. She is a member of the team of the film club “Open world: crossed views”. She was a member of the organizing team of the Eurafriclap Festival "A week of Euro-African movies in Paris" (2017-2020) and general delegate of the AAFEE (Association des Amis du Festival de Films d’auteurs, L’Europe autour de l’Europe) (2010-2017). She is member of the European Education Association, author of an European concept of communication, gave courses on German cinema and gives also lectures in the cultural context of the Church.

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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