Born in Copenhagen 1966, Mia Lund Rao has worked as a pastor since 2001. During that time, she had an artistic way of life as well. She finished an education as director at “The Short and Documentary Film School” in 2008, and has worked as a script advisor at several Danish films, among them the Dogma movie “Forbrydelser” (In Your Hands) by Anette K. Olesen. She has made the short film “Mommy Dear” and a music video “Calling You”. She attended, in her youth, the “Istituto Statale d’arte” in Udine, Italy, and has through all the years done works including paintings and other form of arts. She is a keen photographer and has attended several courses in that area, and has participated in exhibitions with her works. As chair of the Danish association Church and Film (Kirke og Film), she is actively involved in strengthening the dialogue between cinema and faith. She writes film reviews and regularly participates in public film talks and panel discussions.
Pastor and artist
Country of origin
Denmark
Current issues
Mit einem jungen neuen Team unter der Leitung von Joanna Szymańska-Szcześniak und dem Programmdirektor Bartłomiej Pulcyn startete das Warschauer Filmfestival bei seiner 41. Ausgabe in gleich acht verschiedenen Spielstätten., so Holger Twele, Miglied der Ökumenischen Jury in Warschau 2025, in seinem Bericht.
Land of A Thousand and One Nights and Persian poetry, Iran has turned cinema into the art of suggestion: when speech is monitored, the image becomes a poem and editing a figure of style.
Events
16.02.2025
Haus der EKD, Charlottenstraße 53/54, 10117 Berlin
11.10.2023
Café of the Propsteikirche Leipzig, Nonnenmühlgasse 2