Beat Dietschy (* 1950) is a Reformed theologian and philosopher. As a former assistant of Ernst Bloch, he has published works on Bloch's philosophy of hope and, after spending many years in Latin America, on liberation theology and on intercultural and interreligious dialogue. He has worked as a lecturer in ethics in social work, as an editorial journalist in the religion department of Swiss Radio DRS and in church magazines, and since 2004 as head of information and education and director of Bread for All, responsible for ‘Films for One World’, among other things. He has been attending the Locarno Film Festival for 35 years and was president of the ecumenical jury at FIFF in 2010. Since his retirement in 2015, he has been a member of Interfilm and on the boards of Swisspeace, the Christian microfinance organisation ECLOF and the NGO Comundo.
Theologian, philosophe, development expert and journalist
Country of origin
Switzerland
Festivals
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
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