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Religious educator and filmmaker
Country of origin
Germany

Phil Rieger (*1996), religious educator and social worker, studies educational sciences (M.A.) in Hannover. He is interested in questions of chances for film in the context of adult and youth education.  As a filmmaker he has created some shortfilms in the last years.

Currently he is coordinating the ecumenical project „Churches and Cinema. The Film Tip.“ for the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Hanover and works at the University Hanover with focus on topics like „Creating and publishing video services“ and „Religion in film as a chance for educational work“.

Current issues

Peter Paul Huth comments favourably on the 2026 Venice Film Festival awards ceremony, highlighting in particular the Golden Lion winner, “Kvinde Ukendt” (Unknown Woman) by May el-Toukhy, and “Un bon petit soldat” by Stéphane Brizé, which won the award for Best Screenplay and the INTERFILM Jury Prize.
Alex Gibney’s documentary *Musk* portrays a ‘hero of capitalism’, whilst Ilya Khrzhanovsky’s *DAU* evokes the victims of Stalinism.

Events

16.02.2025
Haus der EKD, Charlottenstraße 53/54, 10117 Berlin

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