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Journalist
Country of origin
France

Magali Van Reeth is Vice-President of SIGNIS Europe and chair of the SIGNIS International Cinema Desk as well as film reviewer for the SIGNIS website and for a network of French Catholic parishes and French Catholic media (radio, TV and magazines). She is moderating premiere screenings in cinemas and a workshop on Cinema and Spirituality in prison. She is member of the FIPRESCI through the French Union des journalistes de cinéma (presently board member) and was General Secretary of SIGNIS France (2006–2017). 2013-2017 she was president of SIGNIS Europe.

Articles

The Fascination of Rituals
We often talk about Christians' attachment to cinema, as a path of faith, a crisp look to the world and a window open to an invisible kingdom. Today, I would like to reverse the discourse and evoke the fascination of filmmakers for the religious rituals, says Magali van Reeth in her greeting at the Ecumenical Reception in Mannheim 2022.
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Current issues

Art as an Act of Resistance
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.
Obituary to Robert Redford
“To get straight to the point, Robert Redford was an idol of my youth.” This is how Peter Paul Huth begins his obituary for the famous actor, director, and festival founder.

Events

16.02.2025
Haus der EKD, Charlottenstraße 53/54, 10117 Berlin
Ecumenical Reception at the Berlinale
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11.10.2023
Café of the Propsteikirche Leipzig, Nonnenmühlgasse 2
Get Together - Meeting with the 8th Interreligious Jury at DOK Leipzig 2023
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