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> New web site for film enthusiasts launched

Written by Philip Lee, WACC Deputy Director of Programs

> Tuesday, 27 July 2010 13:49

Interfilm North America has launched its new website. The site had
been created to build and strengthen a network of communicators who
have an interest in contemporary films that explore social justice,
human values, and how religion and spirituality are reflected in cinema.

Interfilm is an international network which brings together interested
individuals and institutions concerned with film and theology, church
and cinema. Interfilm was founded at the initiative of representatives
of German, French, Dutch and Swiss Protestant film work in 1955. It is
affiliated to the World Council of Churches (WCC), Geneva. Today, it
includes Anglican, Orthodox and Jewish experts as well as other
Protestant church denominations.

One of Interfilm's main tasks is to be present at international film
festivals with its own jury. For their awards, the juries select films
that stand out due to their artistic quality; that reveal human
attitudes or expressions of the Gospel or prompt discussion; and which
sensitize viewers to spiritual and social questions and values.

At the 41st General Assembly of Interfilm, held 12 June 2010 in
Copenhagen, Denmark, Philip Lee, WACC's Deputy Director of Programmes,
was elected as one of three Vice-Presidents. He will represent the
interests of Interfilm North America on Interfilm's Steering Committee.