Cristina Karrer
Director, Screenwriter
Born 1961 in Zurich. 1980-89 Studies geography and social history at the University of Zurich. Foreign correspondent for Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan. 1991 Wins Zurich's journalist award for NZZ reports. Independent correspondent in Africa for Swiss television, based in Johannesburg. 2008 Zurich Film Prize for “Hidden Heart”.
Filmography
(a selection)
Director
- 2011
- Drama am Gauligletscher by Cristina Karrer, Patricia Wagner
- 2008
- Hidden Heart by Cristina Karrer, Werner Swiss Schweizer
- 2006
- Wälder der Hoffnung by Cristina Karrer
- 2005
- Schweiz in Bukavu by Cristina Karrer
- 2005
- Afrika in der Schweiz by Cristina Karrer
- 2002
- Schweizer Bauern in Simbabwe by Cristina Karrer
- 1999
- In der Stille Gottes; die Altgläubigen in Sibirien by Cristina Karrer
- 1999
- Helveistan by Cristina Karrer
- 1997
- Wasser in Jemen by Cristina Karrer
- 1995
- Ser ca Van, 4 kurdische Frauen by Cristina Karrer
- 1994
- Unser Leben - Jiyana Me by Dorothea Keist, Cristina Karrer
Screenwriter
- 2011
- Drama am Gauligletscher by Cristina Karrer, Patricia Wagner
- 2008
- Hidden Heart by Cristina Karrer, Werner Swiss Schweizer