Lawyer and journalist
Country of origin
Switzerland

*1903 Lucerne, † 14.4.1985 Lucerne

Studied law; 1929 editor in Berlin; 1934 return to Switzerland

1947 founder of the "Swiss Protestant Film and Radio Association

1950 Editor-in-Chief of "Film and Radio" (1948-1970)

1959-1970 INTERFILM President

since 1971 Honorary President of INTERFILM

1974 President of the "International Association for Film and Television Industry

Current issues

Prize of the Ecumenical Jury Goes to "Solomamma"
Director Janicke Askevold from Norway wins the Ecumenical Prize of the Churches at the Locarno Film Festival. Her film centres on a journalist and single mother who wants to get to know the father of her child
The Assessment: A Cultural Criticism of Parenting
Film review of Australian INTERFILM member Eloise Scherer

Events

16.02.2025
Haus der EKD, Charlottenstraße 53/54, 10117 Berlin
Ecumenical Reception at the Berlinale
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11.10.2023
Café of the Propsteikirche Leipzig, Nonnenmühlgasse 2
Get Together - Meeting with the 8th Interreligious Jury at DOK Leipzig 2023
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