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Professor for science of religion at the University Munich
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Daria Pezzoli-Olgiati studied theology and religion at the universities of Fribourg (CH) and Zürich. She works as a professor for the study and the history of religion at the university of Munich (LMU). Her research focuses on the relation between religion and media, with particular interest for visual and audiovisual forms of communication. She is coeditor of the Journal for Religion, Film and Media (jrfm.eu) and the publication series Religion, Film und Medien (Schüren Verlag, Marburg). She was a member of ecumenical juries in Locarno and Karlovy Vary, of the interreligious jury in Nyon, and the INTERFILM Jury in Venice (2018).

Articles

Daria Pezzoli-Olgiati, professor for the Study and the History of Religion at the LMU University of Munich, presents a periodical on the relations between media, film, and religion.

Current issues

At the Oulu's Children's and Youth International Film Festival 2024 the Church Media Foundation presented its "Look at Me..." Award to Nellie Rajala for her film "The Elf Ring".
Sascha Keilholz, director of the International Film Festival Mannheim-Heidelberg, in his greetings at the Ecumenical Reception reflects the actual political challenges after the US elections and the threats to democracy.

Events

11.10.2023
Café of the Propsteikirche Leipzig, Nonnenmühlgasse 2
26.04.2023
Budapest
In Budapest at the end of April 2023 INTERFILM is organising a seminar on the history of Hungarian film and the current situation in Central and Eastern Europe.

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