Martin Horálek started to work as a chemistry teacher after secondary school. During this time, he began to study theology and history more intensively and finally decided to study at the Theological Faculty in Olomouc. In 1998, he was accepted in the Merrill Program of the Moravian College in Bethlehem (PA). After graduation, he started to work at the Media Center of the Czech Bishops Conference - first as a redactor, then as the spokesman of the Czech catholic bishops. In 2007 came a tempting offer for the position of press officer of the Christian Democratic Party and spokesman of the vice-premier of the national government. He worked for this conservative political party for six years, finally as a chief manager in the presidential campaign. Since 2013, he works as an Editor in Chief for the Religious Broadcast Center of Czech TV. He is the head of the editorial board of a prominent magazine and participated in several international conferences.
Journalist and dramaturg
Country of origin
Czech Republic
Festivals
Current issues
"Defiant" by director Visa Koiso-Kanttila wins the Prize of the Church Media Foundation in Finland at the International Chidren's and Youth Festival in Oulu 2025.
The Hof Film Festival is now in its 58th year and has become a hallmark of the city, which is why Hof likes to call itself the “Home of Films,” a phrase that is said to have originated with Wim Wenders. In the late 1960s and 1970s, the Munich film scene came to Hof (...). As a nostalgic reminder, this year there was a 35mm screening of Fassbinder's early work “Gods of the Plague”. Peter Paul Huth reports about the festival.
Events
16.02.2025
Haus der EKD, Charlottenstraße 53/54, 10117 Berlin
11.10.2023
Café of the Propsteikirche Leipzig, Nonnenmühlgasse 2