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Switzerland

Brigitte Affolter (*1954) is a retired pastor and co-president of Interfilm Switzerland. She studied theology at the University Bern, had then her first experience as pastor in a parish followed by several further trainings in the pastoral-psychological area. She worked in the region of Biel as a moderator of the local tv-station. From 2006-2012 she was pastor at the University Bern and animator of its „Reformed Forum“. Passionate cinephile, she organized film talks with the students, followed film seminars in Lübeck and Locarno, became a member of INTERFILM and was member of several Ecumenical Juries.

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Events

16.02.2025
Haus der EKD, Charlottenstraße 53/54, 10117 Berlin
11.10.2023
Café of the Propsteikirche Leipzig, Nonnenmühlgasse 2

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