Cristina Karrer
Biography
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
- 1995 Ser ca Van, 4 kurdische Frauen (documentary)
- 1997 Wasser in Jemen (documentary)
- 1999 In der Stille Gottes; die Altgläubigen in Sibirien (documentary)
- 1999 Helveistan (documentary)
- 2002 Schweizer Bauern in Simbabwe (documentary)
- 2005 Schweiz in Bukavu (documentary)
- 2005 Afrika in der Schweiz (documentary)
- 2006 Wälder der Hoffnung, Kenia (documentary)
- 2008 Hidden Heart (co-director, documentary)
- 2011 Drama am Gauligletscher (co-director, documentary)