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.
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).
Film by Elodie Pong wins award in Oberhausen
03.05.2012
The 4-minute film “Ersatz” by Swiss artist Elodie Pong was honoured with the Zonta Prize, endowed with EUR 1,000, at the 58th International Short Film Festival in Oberhausen (April 26-May 1, 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).
Swiss films screened in the Azores
13.04.2012
Three Swiss film productions will be screened in competition at the 1st edition of the Panazorean Film Festival, which is held on the main island in the Portuguese Azores (April 14-21, 2012).
Awards for Swiss films at three European festivals
02.04.2012
The short film “Dürä..!” by Quinn Reimann and Rolf Lang won the 1st Prize, endowed with EUR 2,300, at the 22nd Short Film Festival in Cergy-Pontoise, France (March 30 - April 1, 2012). The animation film “Baka!!” by Immanuel Wagner.
Awards for Swiss documentary film and short films in Italy and Portugal
26.03.2012
The documentary film “Rouge parole” by Tunisian director Elyes Baccar, a coproduction between Tunisia, Qatar and Switzerland (producer: Akka Films, Geneva) was honoured with the award for Best Documentary Film.