Christoph Terhechte

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Christoph Terhechte (* 1961 in Münster ) is a German journalist and film critic . From 2001 to 2018 he was director of the International Forum for New Cinema at the Berlinale .

Life

After studying political science and journalism in Hamburg , Terhechte started working as a film critic in 1984. In 1987 he became editor of the taz Hamburg. From 1988 he worked as a freelance journalist in Paris for two years and at the same time worked on the editorial team of the European Low Budget Film Forum Hamburg. In 1991, he took over the film department of the Berlin city magazine tip . Since 1997 he has been a member of the selection committee for the forum of the Berlinale and in June 2001 he succeeded Ulrich Gregor as head of the forum.

Terhechte further developed the profile of the forum with its political and avant-garde aspirations and that of the Berlinale as a public festival. Under his aegis, the "Forum Expanded" was created, which has been presenting artistic installations of film and video works with changing focuses since 2006. Since 2002 Terhechte was also a member of the selection committee of the Berlinale competition. In July 2018 he gave up the management of the forum and is going to the international film festival in Marrakech as artistic director .

In September 2019 it was announced that he would take over as the successor to Leena Pasanen as artistic director and artistic director of the Dok-Filmfestival Leipzig on January 1st, 2020 .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Berlinale 2002: “We have streamlined the program wherever possible” , interview with Christoph Terhechte, artechock
  2. ^ Berlinale Forum , Arsenal Berlin
  3. ↑ Bettina Klein : Terhechte: The global crisis has arrived in the cinema , Deutschlandfunk , February 11, 2010
  4. ^ Liane von Billerbeck : Berlinale makers: Cannes is no competition , Deutschlandradio Kultur , May 15, 2013
  5. ^ International Forum of New Films , Wegweiser Film, Goethe-Institut
  6. ↑ Susanne Gupta: The International Forum for Young Films: Radical and unbiased ( Memento from March 11, 2014 in the Internet Archive ), fluter , February 14, 2008
  7. ↑ Berlin Film Festival: Christoph Terhechte retires as head of the Berlinale Forum , Der Tagesspiegel , May 16, 2018
  8. ↑ Nick Vivarelli: Former Berlinale Section Director to Head Revived Marrakech Film Festival , Variety , June 25, 2018
  9. ↑ Christoph Terhechte is the new director of the Dok-Filmfestival Leipzig. In: Der Tagesspiegel . September 24, 2019, accessed September 24, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Terhechte, Christoph
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German film critic
DATE OF BIRTH 1961
PLACE OF BIRTH Muenster