On 15 February at 6 p.m., the Ecumenical Reception of the Churches at the Berlinale 2026 will take place. The programme includes a welcome address by Johann Hinrich Claussen, Commissioner for Culture of the EKD, a discussion between Cardinal Reinhard Marx, Chairman of the Media Commission of the German Bishops' Conference, and directors Maik Lüdemann and Max Ahrens (‘Kein Land für Niemand’), as well as the presentation of the Ecumenical Berlinale Jury.

Date

18.00 Uhr

Location
Silent Green, Berlin
Organiser
German Bishops' Conference (DBK) and Evangelical Church in Germany
Contact

Eduard Möking, Sekretariat der Deutschen Bischofskonferenz - e.moeking@dbk.de

Events

Current issues

Peter Paul Huth comments favourably on the 2026 Venice Film Festival awards ceremony, highlighting in particular the Golden Lion winner, “Kvinde Ukendt” (Unknown Woman) by May el-Toukhy, and “Un bon petit soldat” by Stéphane Brizé, which won the award for Best Screenplay and the INTERFILM Jury Prize.
Alex Gibney’s documentary *Musk* portrays a ‘hero of capitalism’, whilst Ilya Khrzhanovsky’s *DAU* evokes the victims of Stalinism.

Events

16.02.2025
Haus der EKD, Charlottenstraße 53/54, 10117 Berlin
11.10.2023
Café of the Propsteikirche Leipzig, Nonnenmühlgasse 2