News
Cannes 2013: Films by Basil Da Cunha, Marie-Elsa Sgualdo and Kaveh Bakhtiari in Directors’ Fortnight
16.05.2013
This marks the third year Basil Da Cunha has been invited to Cannes, this time with his feature-length fiction film debut “Até ver a luz” in the 45th Directors’ Fortnight.
“Der Imker” wins in Munich
15.05.2013
The Swiss film “Der Imker” was honoured with the Grand Prix of the “DOK.deutsch” German Language Competition, endowed with EUR 5,000, at the Munich Documentary Film Festival.
Two Swiss directors honoured with Student Oscar
14.05.2013
Switzerland celebrates a historic success with two winners of the Student Academy Award 2013: Talkhon Hamzavi won the award for his short film “Parvaneh” and Mauro Mueller for “Un mundo para Raúl.”
Peter Mettler featured as guest in Warsaw and Wroclaw
08.05.2013
The Swiss-Canadian artist Peter Mettler is featured as the special guest at this year’s Planete + Doc Film Festival in Warsaw and Wroclaw with a retrospective comprised of five of his films.
“Der Imker” celebrates international premiere in Munich
07.05.2013
Mano Khalil’s “Der Imker” will celebrate its international premiere with a screening in competition at the Munich International Documentary Film Festival.
Nadasdy Film guest in Trebon, Czech Republic
02.05.2013
Swiss film producers Zoltán Horváth and Nicolas Burlet will present eleven films from their Nadasdy Film studio at the international Festival of Animated Films Anifilm in Trebon and provide insight into their experience with international coproductions.
Two short films from Switzerland in Oberhausen
30.04.2013
Two short film productions from Switzerland will be screened in Oberhausen at Germany’s oldest and most renowned festival for the short film genre at the beginning of May.
Successful weekend for Swiss documentary films
29.04.2013
“More Than Honey” was honoured with a Lola in Berlin and “Karma Shadub” with the Grand Prix in Nyon; “Vaters Garten” won an award in both Nyon and Linz; and “Paul Bowles: The Cage Door Is Always Open” was voted as the audience’s favourite in Turin.
German Film Award 2013: LOLA for box-office hit “More Than Honey”
27.04.2013
Markus Imhoof’s “More Than Honey” was honoured with the German Film Award 2013 for Best Documentary Film.