Film historian
Country of origin
Bundesrepublik Deutschland

*18.02.1933 (Chodzież), †06.02.2008 (Köln)

1957-1965 Director of the Film Seminar of the University in Bonn

1970-1980 Director of the Institute for Media Research in Cologne

1971-1983 FilmCommissioner of the Evangelical church in Germany (EKD)

1981-1996 Director of the Deutsches Institut für Filmkunde (DIF) in Frankfurt/M

Link: Nachruf von Karsten Visarius (German)

Current issues

"Look at Me..." Award 2024
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".
Ecumenical Reception at the IFFMH 2024
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
Get Together - Meeting with the 8th Interreligious Jury at DOK Leipzig 2023
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26.04.2023
Budapest
In Uncertain Times
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.
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