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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

Annette Gjerde-Hansen, Norwegian President of the Ecumenical Jury in Cannes 2026, writes about the background of the jury's decision to award Cristian Mungiu's "Fjord" with their prize.
In his retrospect of the festival, Peter Paul Huth highlights, above all, the films in the Cannes Classics series.

Events

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

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