Robert K. Johnston

Professor of Theology and Culture

Articles

Cannes International Film Festival, 2018: A Focus on the Marginalized
Member of the Ecumenical Jury in Cannes 2018 Robert K. Johnston analyzes the church film award winners of the festival, and identifies the focus on the marginalized as central issue of many festival films.
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The Meaning of Life
Robert K. Johnston, member of the Ecumenical Jury, reports on the Locarno Festival 2017, and reflects on religious elements of awarded films.
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Festivals

08.05.2018 to 19.05.2018
Cannes
71st Festival de Cannes
02.08.2017 to 12.08.2017
Locarno
70th Festival Locarno

Current issues

Karlovy Vary Film Festival 2019
In her report Alyda Faber gives a detailed analysis of "Lara" and "Let There Be Light", the films which received, respectively, the Ecumenical Jury prize, and a commendation.  Three other films that especially impressed the Ecumenical Jury are also discussed.
Ecumenical Jury Karlovy Vary 2019: A Video Documentation

Events

30.03.2017 to 01.04.2017
Syracuse University, New York
The Place of Religion in Film. 3rd International Conference on Religion and Film
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12.02.2017
Katholische Akademie in Berlin
Ecumenical Reception at the 67th Berlinale 2017
At the Ecumenical Reception at the Berlinale 2017 the Ecumenical Jury will be presented. Speakers are Bishop Dr. Gebhard Fürst for the Catholic Church, Pastor Dr. Johann Hinrich Cloaussen for the Evangelical Church and Amir Esfandiari from the Film Festival in Teheran as guest.
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