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Theologian and pastor
Country of origin
Switzerland

Dr. theol. Hermann Kocher (*1955) studied Protestant theology in Bern and Heidelberg. Afterwards he was assistant for church history at the University of Bern. He completed his doctorate with a thesis on Swiss Protestantism and Switzerland's refugee policy 1933-1948. A first pastorate took him to the diaspora parish of Escholzmatt in the canton of Lucerne. For eleven years he headed a centre for the further education of pastors in Switzerland. In the last years of his career before retirement, he worked as a pastor in Langnau in Emmental. Today he works as a freelance supervisor/coach. He is also Vice-President of INTERFILM Switzerland.

Current issues

Director Janicke Askevold from Norway wins the Ecumenical Prize of the Churches at the Locarno Film Festival. Her film centres on a journalist and single mother who wants to get to know the father of her child
Film review of Australian INTERFILM member Eloise Scherer

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16.02.2025
Haus der EKD, Charlottenstraße 53/54, 10117 Berlin
11.10.2023
Café of the Propsteikirche Leipzig, Nonnenmühlgasse 2

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