The Gemeinschaftswerk der Evangelischen Publizistik (GEP) - Joint Association for Evangelical Communication - is the central media corporation of the Evangelical Church in Germany (EKD), its member churches, facilities, and institutions. It is a publishing house and offers online and print products as well as special services in the fields of media ethics and media education, public relations, radio, television and film. Concerning film, GEP  incorporates the monthly film magazin epd Film, the Film Cultural Centre including the FILM OF THE MONTH, the Evangelical Centre for Films Concerning Development Problems (EZEF), the production company Eikon and the distribution agency Matthias-Film. The Film Cultural Centre chaired by Christian Engels also hosts the INTERFILM Office.
 
GEP, Filmkulturelles Zentrum, Emil-von-Behring-Str. 3, 60394 Frankfurt/Main;
Postal adress: PB 500 550, 60439 Frankfurt/Main (Germany)
Karsten Visarius

Current issues

Die Preisverleihung in Cannes endete mit einer Überraschung. Paweł Pawlikowski mit „Fatherland“ und Ryusuke Hamaguchi mit „Soudain“ waren die Favoriten, die beim Ranking der Kritiker in Führung lagen, dicht gefolgt von Andrej Svjagincev mit „Minotaur“.
Individualists with distinctive styles: Peter Paul Huth reviews the new films by Valeska Grisebach and Cristian Mungiu.

Dossier

The lists in this dossier summarize the church film awards of past years.

Events

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