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Professor for science of religion at the University Munich
Country of origin
Switzerland

Daria Pezzoli-Olgiati studied theology and religion at the universities of Fribourg (CH) and Zürich. She works as a professor for the study and the history of religion at the university of Munich (LMU). Her research focuses on the relation between religion and media, with particular interest for visual and audiovisual forms of communication. She is coeditor of the Journal for Religion, Film and Media (jrfm.eu) and the publication series Religion, Film und Medien (Schüren Verlag, Marburg). She was a member of ecumenical juries in Locarno and Karlovy Vary, of the interreligious jury in Nyon, and the INTERFILM Jury in Venice (2018).

Articles

Daria Pezzoli-Olgiati, professor for the Study and the History of Religion at the LMU University of Munich, presents a periodical on the relations between media, film, and religion.

Current issues

An interfaith film jury, including an INTERFILM representative for the first time, awarded the Faith in Film Award 2025 to François Ozon's "When Fall Is Coming".
List of awards given by juries appointed by INTERFILM and SIGNIS or INTERFILM alone (international festival awards) or by other church institutions (national awards).

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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