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Telecommunications Engineer
Country of origin
France

Jacques Champeaux (*1948) is a graduate of the École Polytechnique and the École nationale supérieure des télécommunications. He worked for 35 years in the telecommunication industry. Since 2007, he has been deeply involved in Pro-Fil, a French protestant association for analyzing and discussing films, and an institutional member of INTERFILM. He is currently Chairman of Pro-Fil and a personal member of INTERFILM. He leads a Pro-Fil discussion group near Paris, is the author of many film reviews and participates in a monthly radio broadcast on new films on a Christian channel in Paris.

Articles

Committed Cinema and a Surprising Prize List
The Berlinale is more political than Cannes or Venice. Many of the films dealt with the war in Ukraine, the Palestinian question, oppression in Iran, young men going off to fight the jihad, and Iranian and Syrian refugees. Jacques Champeaux, INTERFILM member and member of the ecumenical jury in Berlin 2024, reports about the festival.
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Current issues

Art as an Act of Resistance
Land of A Thousand and One Nights and Persian poetry, Iran has turned cinema into the art of suggestion: when speech is monitored, the image becomes a poem and editing a figure of style.
Obituary to Robert Redford
“To get straight to the point, Robert Redford was an idol of my youth.” This is how Peter Paul Huth begins his obituary for the famous actor, director, and festival founder.

Events

16.02.2025
Haus der EKD, Charlottenstraße 53/54, 10117 Berlin
Ecumenical Reception at the Berlinale
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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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