Initially research and teaching of Systematic Theology at the university, specialized in the dialogue with culture / film. Later consultant for education and trainer for workshops on aesthetics and film in a diocese. Since 2013 working for the German Bishops' Conference, focusing on the networking of liturgy and cultural education, especially in the fields of film, art, spirituality, mediality. Management of international projects with the Vatican. Management, editorial, content and media development (print, film, apps) of the Ecumenical Way of the Cross of Youth. Member of the Catholic Film Commission and counsellor for the program of the Catholic Film Work. Since 2019 Head of the Department for Media Policy Issues and Film of the German Bishops' Conference.
Catholic theologian, Head of the Department for Film and Media Policy at the German Bishops Conference
Country of origin
Germany
Festivals
Festivals
Current issues
Mit einem jungen neuen Team unter der Leitung von Joanna Szymańska-Szcześniak und dem Programmdirektor Bartłomiej Pulcyn startete das Warschauer Filmfestival bei seiner 41. Ausgabe in gleich acht verschiedenen Spielstätten., so Holger Twele, Miglied der Ökumenischen Jury in Warschau 2025, in seinem Bericht.
Land of A Thousand and One Nights and Persian poetry, Iran has turned cinema into the art of suggestion: when speech is monitored, the image becomes a poem and editing a figure of style.
Events
16.02.2025
Haus der EKD, Charlottenstraße 53/54, 10117 Berlin
11.10.2023
Café of the Propsteikirche Leipzig, Nonnenmühlgasse 2