Nicola Galliner, born in London in 1950, has lived in Berlin since 1969. From 1988 to 2008 she directed the Jewish Adult Education Centre of the Jewish Community of Berlin. She is the initiator and founder of the Jewish Film Festival Berlin & Brandenburg, which she directed for 26 years until 2021. In 2018, she received the Order of Merit of the State of Brandenburg. She is the editor or co-editor of several publications, including „Wegweiser durch das jüdische Berlin“ (1987), the exhibition catalogue „Als wäre es nie gewesen“ (1988), "Öffne deine Hand für die Stummen"(1993), „Im jüdischen Leben“ (1995), „Jewish Film Festival Berlin - Die ersten zehn Jahre“ (2004). „Celebration! 25 Jahre JFBB Jüdisches Filmfestival Berlin & Brandenburg” (2019). She has been a jury member at various film festivals in Germany and Israel.
Cultural scientist
Country of origin
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.
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.