Rinke Dellebeke-van-Hell studied at Tilburg University for a M.A. in Culture & Arts (1995-2000) and finished her PhD in Practical Theology in 2016 at VU Amsterdam & ETF Leuven (Joint Degree, on a dissertation relating film viewing & religious identity). She started her career as a film programmer and publicity worker for several movie theatres until 2014. She also worked as a freelance film critic for several Christian publications and as a teacher & researcher for several Dutch Universities of Applied Sciences and the Belgian university ETF Leuven. She currently holds a position as Programme Manager for a Primary School Teacher's Training Programme (B.A.) at HZ University of Applied Sciences in Vlissingen, The Netherlands. She is a member of INTERFILM.
Practical theologian, lecturer and film critic
Country of origin
Netherlands
Articles
In the east of Germany, somewhere between Leipzig and Dresden, the city of Chemnitz turns into a children’s walhalla every year, just before the start of the autumn holidays. That’s when the SCHLiNGEL film festival starts – and children take their classes at the cinema rather than at school.
Current issues
Annette Gjerde-Hansen, Norwegian President of the Ecumenical Jury in Cannes 2026, writes about the background of the jury's decision to award Cristian Mungiu's "Fjord" with their prize.
In his retrospect of the festival, Peter Paul Huth highlights, above all, the films in the Cannes Classics series.
Events
16.02.2025
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