The "Haus kirchlicher Dienste" (House of Church Services) is the central institution of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Hannover for  the support of communities, parishes, and church districts. Its activities include art and culture, as well as media distribution. Both are concerned with film from different perspectives. The workgroup "Church and Film" is associated to the department.  

Archivstraße 3, 30169 Hannover (Germany)
Pastor Achim Kunze

Current issues

At the Oulu's Children's and Youth International Film Festival 2024 the Church Media Foundation presented its "Look at Me..." Award to Nellie Rajala for her film "The Elf Ring".
Sascha Keilholz, director of the International Film Festival Mannheim-Heidelberg, in his greetings at the Ecumenical Reception reflects the actual political challenges after the US elections and the threats to democracy.

Dossier

From 1998 to 2007, INTERFILM awarded the European John Templeton Film Award on behalf of the Templeton Foundation. The awarded film was chosen from European films of the previous year that had been honoured by a church film organisation.

Events

11.10.2023
Café of the Propsteikirche Leipzig, Nonnenmühlgasse 2
26.04.2023
Budapest
In Budapest at the end of April 2023 INTERFILM is organising a seminar on the history of Hungarian film and the current situation in Central and Eastern Europe.