News
Swiss films in competition in Seattle
15.05.2012
Manuel von Stürler’s film “Hiver nomade,” considered as the documentary film discovery in the Berlinale Forum, will be one of the twelve films screened in the Documentary Competition at the 38th Seattle International Film Festivals (May 17-June 10, 2012).
Swiss presence in Cannes 2012, with films by Nicolas Wadimoff and Basil da Cunha in the Directors’ Fortnight
15.05.2012
Nicolas Wadimoff’s fiction film “Opération Libertad” (production: Dschoint Ventschr, Zurich, and Akka Films, Geneva) as well as the 30-minute short film “Os vivos tambem choram” (“Les vivants pleurent aussi”) by Basil Da Cunha, a Swiss-Portuguese coproduction of Box Productions in Vaud, will be screened in the 44th Directors’ Fortnight section.
Swiss documentary wins European CIVIS TV Prize
10.05.2012
The Swiss documentary film “Unser Garten Eden” was honoured with the prestigious CIVIS Media Prize for integration and cultural diversity on May 9.
“Messies …” and “Balkan Melodie” in competition in Warsaw
10.05.2012
The Swiss documentary film “Messies, ein schönes Chaos” in the running is with 15 works for the Millennium Award, endowed with EUR 8,000, at the 9th Planete Doc Film Festival in Warsaw (May 11-20, 2012).
International distribution of six Swiss films is granted
08.05.2012
The cinema releases for three fiction films – “Sister” by Ursula Meier in Belgium and Luxemburg, “Hell” by Tim Fehlbaum in Poland and “Stationspiraten” by Michael Schaerer in Germany – as well as for three documentary films – “Die Kinder vom Napf” by Alice Schmid in Germany, “The Substance – Albert Hofmanns’s LSD” by Martin Witz in the Netherlands and in Germany and “Vol spécial” in France – will be subsidised with a total of CHF 73,500.
Audience Award for “Retour à Mandima” at film festival in Lisbon
07.05.2012
Robert-Jan Lacombe’s 40-minute documentary film “Retour à Mandima” won the Audience Award for Best Short Film, endowed with EUR 1,000, at the 9th IndieLisboa Independent Film Festival (April 26-May 6, 2012).
Dindo retrospective in Madrid
02.05.2012
The 9th International Documentary Film Festival in Madrid will honour the Swiss cineaste Richard Dindo with a retrospective.
“Vol spécial” and “Messies …” in competition in Munich
30.04.2012
The 27th Munich International Documentary Film Festival will present an impressive selection of Helvetic filmmaking with two Swiss films in competition and four further productions in other festival sections (May 2-9, 2012).
Emerging filmmakers from Romandy at IndieLisboa Festival
25.04.2012
The 9th IndieLisboa International Independent Film Festival in Lisbon will showcase the emerging generation of filmmakers from the Romandy (April 26-May 6, 2012).