Second Swiss-American Film Festival in New York

11.11.2004

The Swiss-American Film Festival, which took place for the second time in New York from November 5-11, 2004, focused on US and Swiss film culture and presented new talents and trends. 30 contemporary Swiss and 24 US productions were shown in three movie theatres in Manhattan over a period of seven days. A special day was devoted to seminars on "Shooting and Producing Films in Switzerland" and "Co-productions" during which the international success of Swiss documentary filmmaking was also highlighted. The festival was opened with a kick-off party at the Tribeca Cinema.