Malik Berkati

Political Scientist:

Regional integration and disintegration; Developing countries; Arabic Maghreb Union (Union du Maghreb Arabe-UMA).

Specialties: Political & International Issues.

Elections, votations and legislative procedures in Switzerland and Germany; Presidential and parliamentarian elections in France, European Union issues, Middle East issues.
Political communication Switzerland, France, Germany.
Field of research: Arabic Maghreb Union (Union du Maghreb Arabe-UMA)

Journalist and Film critic:

I did work for several years at festivals in Western Switzerland as a PR and program adviser. Additionally, I am the co-founder and editor-in-chief of an international multilingual online magazine focusing on culture and civic awareness (j:mag), and serves as a correspondent in Eastern Europe for various newspapers and magazines from the French-speaking part of Switzerland.
I have served on numerous international juries in Europe and Asia for FIPRESCI (International Federation of Film Critics), including on the German Association of Film Critics juries for Best German Documentary (2017, 2022, and 2023), Best German Short Film (2019-2021). Since 2020, I have been a Jury Member of The Critics Award for Arab Films of the Arab Cinema Center (ACC). In addition to my affiliations with the German Association of Film Critics (VdFK) and the Swiss Association of Film Journalists (SVFJ • ASJC • ASGC), I am also a member of the European Film Academy (EFA).