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
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