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© Roberto Rivoira
Pastor and film critic
Country of origin
Italy

Pastor and film critic of Italian and Northern Irish descent. Born in Belfast in 1975. He graduated in theology with a thesis on the pastoral models depicted in Ingmar Bergman’s films. He is a founding member of the Associazione Protestante Cinema “Roberto Sbaffi” and a member of INTERFILM. He has published several pop theology books, including “The Gospel According to Star Wars” (2015). He hosts a film review programme for Italian Adventist Radio. Since 2005, he has been a pastor of the Methodist and Waldensian Churches in Italy. He is honorary citizen of Palermo.

Current issues

Film from New Zealand wins Prize and INTERFILM diploma at BUFF Malmö 2025
Comment by Peter Paul Huth on the decisions of the international festival jury

Events

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

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