Swiss documentaries on artists in Marseille
Four Swiss films portraying artistic standpoints and concepts will be screened at the 22nd Festival International du Documentaire (FID) in Marseille (July 6-11, 2011).
05.07.2011
In the conductor portrait "Michel Corboz" directors Rinaldo Marasco and Jérôme Piguet confront the founder and director of the "Ensemble Vocal de Lausanne" with his distinct method which is also treated in the film. Two other works screened in Marseille illustrate the original approach and handling of documentary elements, hallmark of Swiss short film productions: Michaela Müller's animation film "Miramare" has received a great deal of international attention during the past year. The filmmaker painted the illustrations on glass and utilised real-life sounds and tones to evoke a family's summer vacation at the seaside. No less real is the setting for Daniel Zimmermann's "Stick Climbing," in which an alpine idyll is elevated with stupendous camera movements.
The FID in Marseille - apart from the Festival Cinéma du Réel in Paris, the most important festival in France for documentary film productions - is especially open to presenting new forms of cinematic art and examining other art disciplines.
Zurich, July 5, 2011