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Minister, Head of EZEF
Country of origin
Germany

 

Pastor Christian Engels is head of EZEF, the Protestant Centre for Development-Related Film Activities, which makes films from the Global South available for educational work, as well as official in charge of filmcultural activities at the Gemeinschaftswerk der Evangelischen Publizistik (GEP) and thus responsible for the Protestant FILM OF THE MONTH Jury.

He is also a commissioner for SAT.1 and ProSieben.

Christian Engels worked for a film production company and was a parish priest for the Protestant Church in Hesse and Nassau.

Current issues

At the 57th film festival Visions du Réel in Nyon the Interreligious Jury has awarded its Prize to the documentary "Dentro" by Elsa Amiel.
Jacqueline Jansen’s ‘Sechswochenamt’ won the Prize of the Ecumenical Jury at the achtung berlin 2026 film festival. The jury awarded a Special Mention to Katrin Sikora’s documentary ‘Schwarze Häuser’.

Events

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

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