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Media scientist
Country of origin
Germany

Christian Gürtler (*1993) is a media scientist at the Christian Department of Publicity at the FAU Erlangen-Nuremberg. His main research interests are: Social media in the field of media ethics, play and media education and cultural education. He is also a certified theatre pedagogue and leads two theatre groups at a German grammar school. As a freelancer, he creates video and photo content for cultural institutions and university projects on social media. He is a member of INTERFILM and was part of the ecumenical jury for the International Competition of the Oberhausen Short Film Festival 2021.

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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