Philip Lee studied modern languages at the University of Warwick (Coventry) and conducting and piano at the Royal Academy of Music, London. Since 1975 he has been on the staff of the World Association for Christian Communication, where he is currently General Secretary and editor of the international journal Media Development. His publications include The Democratisation of Communication (ed.) (1995), Requiem: Here's Another Fine Mass You've Gotten Me Into (2001), Many Voices, One Vision: The Right to Communicate in Practice (ed.) (2004), Communicating Peace: Entertaining Angels Unawares (ed.) (2008). In 2013, he was awarded Doctor of Theology honoris causa by the Academy of Ecumenical Indian Theology and Church Administration, Chennai, India.
General Secretary of WACC
Country of origin
Canada
Articles
The Berlin Film Festival celebrated its 60th birthday in style with a poster listing the titles of 15,477 films shown so far, a photographic exhibition entitled ‘Star Parade’, and an art installation of recycled festival billboards, film footage, and other materials called ‘The Curtain’ preceding an open-air screening at the Brandenburg Gate of Fritz Lang’s fully restored 1927 masterpiece 'Metropolis'.
Festivals
Current issues
Mythical figures and images from the worlds of culture, sport and politics formed the subject matter of some of the films screened at DocFest Sheffield 2026. Peter Paul Huth explores them.
The extent to which the documentary film has evolved was once again evident this year at DocFest Sheffield (10–15 June 2026). The classic ideal of Direct Cinema or Cinéma Vérité has given way to a wide variety of cinematic possibilities. Report by Peter Paul Huth.
Events
16.02.2025
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