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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

At the 57th film festival Visions du Réel in Nyon the Interreligious Jury has awarded its Prize to the documentary "Dentro" by Elsa Amiel.
Jacqueline Jansen’s ‘Sechswochenamt’ won the Prize of the Ecumenical Jury at the achtung berlin 2026 film festival. The jury awarded a Special Mention to Katrin Sikora’s documentary ‘Schwarze Häuser’.

Events

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

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