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Theologian, lecturer at the Catholic university Eichstätt and the university of Erfurt
Country of origin
Germany

Dr. Martin Ostermann, born in Essen, Germany, studied Catholic Theology, German Literature and Philosophy. PhD-Thesis: „Stories of God – The search of God in Literature and Movies“ (2008). Head of the media office in the archdiocese of München und Freising. Lecturer at the Catholic University in Eichstätt-Ingolstadt with film seminars. Youth protection auditor for German Television (Berlin); member of the Catholic advisory film commission (Bonn)

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

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