Natalie Fritz graduated with a Master’s degree in the Study of Religions and Scandinavian Studies from the University of Zurich. She then joined the international research group «Medien und Religion» (www.media-religion.net) at the University of Zurich where she worked as lecturer and scholar in the field of media and religion. Since 2016 she holds a PhD in the Study of Religions based on her thesis on the motif of the Holy Family in contemporary arthouse cinema. She now works at the Catholic Media Centre in Zurich as an editor for Film, Media and Religion and is coordinator of the academic online magazine «Journal for Religion, Film and Media» (JRFM, www.jrfm.eu). Furthermore she teaches media ethics on a regular basis at the Hochschule für Technik und Wirtschaft Chur and the Berner Fachhochschule. (Photo: © Ursula Markus)
Editor and lecturer
Country of origin
Switzerland
Festivals
Current issues
Comment by Peter Paul Huth on the decisions of the international festival jury
Towards the end of the Berlinale, it becomes clear what criteria had to be met for a film to be invited to the Competition. Either it had to be directed by a female director or the protagonist had to be female, says Peter Paul Huth in his Berlinale report on competition films from four countries.
Events
16.02.2025
Haus der EKD, Charlottenstraße 53/54, 10117 Berlin
11.10.2023
Café of the Propsteikirche Leipzig, Nonnenmühlgasse 2