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Theologian and film publicist
Country of origin
Finland

Sofia Sjö is a researcher and librarian at the Donner Institute for Religious and Cultural Studies and holds the title of Associate Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Åbo Akademi. She has studied film for several years as a researcher in the field of religion, media and popular culture. She wrote her doctoral thesis on gender and the messiah myth in contemporary science fiction films and TV series. She has also gained experience as a lecturer for university courses on religion and film. She has been a volunteer film critic for the science fiction and fantasy website Enhörningen for many years and has also written film reviews for the church magazine Nyckeln for the last two years.

Articles

INTERFILM member Sofja Sjö from Finland reports about a conference in Sárospatak (Hungary) on representations of the Eucharist in film and other forms of actual visual culture.
Sofia Sjö, president of the Ecumenical Jury at the 67th International Film Festival Mannheim-Heidelberg, reviews the films of the competition.
INTERFILM member Sofia Sjö informs about the 2015 International Conference on Religion and Film in Istanbul.
Jury member Sofia Sjö reflects upon the similarities and differences of Nordic films by considering the competition entries of this year's Nordic Film Days.

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Festivals

Current issues

Film from New Zealand wins Prize and INTERFILM diploma at BUFF Malmö 2025
Comment by Peter Paul Huth on the decisions of the international festival jury

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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