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1534 articles available in total starting from 12/08/2002. Last article published on 25/04/2024.

Japanese Fish Story triumphs at NIFFF

The 9th Neuchâtel International Fantasy Film Festival (NIFFF) closed on July 5. At the end of the six-day event, the international competition jury (composed of Korean director Bong Joon-ho,...  

07/07/2009 | Festivals | Switzerland

Liechti in competition at Karlovy Vary

Swiss director Peter Liechti’s The Sound of Insects: Record of a Mummy is being presented in international competition at the 44th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (July 3-11). This...  

06/07/2009 | Festivals | Switzerland

Home strikes gold at Torun

At the 7th Tofifest International Film Festival in Torun (Poland), which closed on July 3, Ursula Meier’s Home won the Golden Angel Grand Prize, worth €5,000. Selected in international competition...  

06/07/2009 | Awards | Switzerland

TV drama takes theatres by storm

Originally intended for television, Die Standesbeamtin was deemed good enough for the big screen by distributor Walt Disney (Switzerland). Released at the end of March, the film by Micha Lewinsky...  

04/06/2009 | Box Office | Switzerland

Interview: Nicolas Steil • Director

“Choosing between the plague and cholera”

A tale of resistance and hiding during WWII in the mines of the Franco-Luxembourg border region. The French-language film is the directorial debut of Luxembourg producer Nicolas Steil  

29/05/2009

Réfractaire

Luxembourg producer-turned-director Nicolas Steil explores a relatively unknown part of WWII history for his coming-of-age drama Réfractaire  

29/05/2009 | Films | Reviews

Obstacle to Swiss Media membership

The renewal of Switzerland’s membership of the Media Programme is still being hampered by the European Union’s demand for recognition of the so-called “country of origin” principle of the “without...  

29/05/2009 | Media Programme | Switzerland

Two documentaries get export funding

A total of €25,000 has been awarded by the Federal Office for Culture and the promotion agency Swiss Films for the international release of two documentaries. Released in France in April and...  

15/05/2009 | Distribution | Switzerland

Creation of third producers organisation

Since May 8, Switzerland no longer has two, but three film producers organisations: as well as the “historic” Swiss Film Producers Association and the Authors, Directors and Producers Group...  

13/05/2009 | Production | Switzerland

Tracing the footsteps of Nicolas Bouvier

Young Swiss director Gaël Métroz’s debut feature Nomad’s Land has just won Best Documentary at the 52nd San Francisco International Film Festival. The film was previously lauded at Cinema Planeta...  

12/05/2009 | Awards | Switzerland

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