Peter Paul Huth

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Film publicist

Country of origin

Germany

Peter Paul Huth (*1954) studied Sociology, Political Science, English Literature and History in Cologne, Marburg, Hannover and at UC Riverside, California, and Ohio University, Athens. As a free lance critic he wrote about cinema and cultural affairs for the daily Hannoversche Allgemeine Zeitung and the weekly Deutsches Allgemeines Sonntagsblatt (Hamburg). Since 1987 he has been working in the feature film department of ZDF German Television. Until 2011 he was the responsible editor of the cinema programme „Kennwort Kino“ on ZDF/3sat, as well as the author and co-author of TV portraits of numerous renowned directors. He has been a member of the critics jury in San Sebastián 1985, Huesca 1994, Karlovy Vary 2013.

Articles

Cannes 2025: Epilogue

Peter Paul Huth's reporting from Cannes ends with a look at the ‘Cannes Classics’ section.

Cannes 2025: The Award Ceremony

Commentary on the decisions of the festival jury chaired by Juliette Binoche. By Peter Paul Huth

Family Stories

Peter Paul Huth discusses two outstanding films from the Cannes 2025 festival, ‘Jeunes mères’ by Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne and ‘Miroirs No. 3’ by Christian Petzold.

Making Of

Under the title ‘Making Of’, Peter Paul Huth refers in his report from Cannes to the cinematically reconstructed history of the creation of two works, one from film history and one from architectural history.

Iranian Cinema

In his report, Peter Paul Huth looks at the two Iranian films in the International Competition at Cannes 2025.

Female Directors

Attentive observers of the gender balance have calculated that six out of 18 films in the competition were directed by women. In another report from Cannes, Peter Paul Huth explores this topic.

Military Dictatorship

Two films in the competition at Cannes deal with the military dictatorships in Brazil and Egypt: Peter Paul Huth honours ‘The Secret Agent’ and ‘Eagles of the Republic’.

Law and Order

Peter Paul Huth writes about two historically and conceptually contrasting films on the subject of state violence from the international competition in Cannes 2025.

American Stories

Peter Paul Huth reports about "Eddington" by Ari Aster and "Die, My Love" by Lynne Ramsay.

German Films in Cannes

With a critical eye, Peter Paul Huth presents two German films in Cannes 2025 and contrasts them with a project by the late Laurent Cantet realised by Robert Campillo.