Pastor
Country of origin
Germany

Martin Ammon studied theology, philosophy, theater and literature in Kiel and Marburg. After several years as a parish priest, he was responsible for the broadcasting of Protestant services on ZDF from 1989-1994 and from 1992-1999 Film Commissioner of the EKD Council. 1994-2000 he was superintendent of the church district Göttingen Süd and 2001-2017 head of the office of the "Foundation for the Preservation of Church Monuments in Germany" in Hanover. In 1996 he published the volume "Kino und Kirche im Dialog" with Eckhard Gottwald.

Current issues

In his retrospect of the festival, Peter Paul Huth highlights, above all, the films in the Cannes Classics series.
Die Preisverleihung in Cannes endete mit einer Überraschung. Paweł Pawlikowski mit „Fatherland“ und Ryusuke Hamaguchi mit „Soudain“ waren die Favoriten, die beim Ranking der Kritiker in Führung lagen, dicht gefolgt von Andrej Svjagincev mit „Minotaur“.

Events

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

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