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Journalist and photographer
Country of origin
Switzerland

After an apprenticeship as a typesetter, Christian Murer took his Matura at the Alpenquai Cantonal School in Lucerne. He studied theology in Chur and Munich and media education in Munich. He completed the teacher training seminar in Zurich and worked as a teacher at the Moosmatt school in Urdorf. Christian Murer is a film journalist at ZOOM-Filmberater and a photographer and journalist at CH Media. He has been a member of the Ecumenical Jury at the Oberhausen Short Film Festival several times.

Current issues

Peter Paul Huth comments favourably on the 2026 Venice Film Festival awards ceremony, highlighting in particular the Golden Lion winner, “Kvinde Ukendt” (Unknown Woman) by May el-Toukhy, and “Un bon petit soldat” by Stéphane Brizé, which won the award for Best Screenplay and the INTERFILM Jury Prize.
Alex Gibney’s documentary *Musk* portrays a ‘hero of capitalism’, whilst Ilya Khrzhanovsky’s *DAU* evokes the victims of Stalinism.

Events

16.02.2025
Haus der EKD, Charlottenstraße 53/54, 10117 Berlin

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