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Film critic
Country of origin
France

Garance Hayat (*1966) was preparing to become a teacher in German, but that was before pushing the doors of the Cinemathèque. To see even more films, she found nothing better than to become a film critic. Her average: 300 films per year. She shares her passion on Fréquence Protestante, for which she is also an interviewer. She was head of the cinema section at Aime magazine, collaborated with the magazines Chronic'art and Paris Mômes, among others. Juror at the Arras festival (2022), Poitiers (2019), Valenciennes (2019). She also serves as press officer of the Ecumenical Jury in Cannes. Passionate about theatre, she even wrote a few plays. In addition, she is a designer-editor and runs a website to tell all this: https://garance-hayat.fr

Festivals

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.

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