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Journalist and film critic
Country of origin
Togo

Kodjo Ognandou Ayetan is journalist and editor for the newspaper Présence Chrétienne (Togo) since 2002. He is the author of a great number of articles about cinema published in Présence Chrétienne, Awotele, Signis Media and CineMag, Fuorivista Cinema e Multimedia, and on Africiné, the website of the African federation of film critics. President of the association of journalists and film critics of Togo, he is also the Communication Officer of the African federation of film critics. Law and Communication graduate, passionate about cinema and poetry, and instructor in workshops in film criticism.

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
Haus der EKD, Charlottenstraße 53/54, 10117 Berlin

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