Ten Swiss films in Kiev
21.10.2009
No less than ten Swiss film productions will be screened at the 39th Kyiv International Film Festival Molodist, which is held in the Ukrainian capital from October 24 to November 1, 2009. The fiction film debut “Coeur animal” by Severine Cornamusaz (production: PS Films, Vevey) will be screened in the feature film competition and is thus in the running for the Grand Prix endowed with 10,000 USD. The 13-minute film “Spur null” by Selina Weber and Ramon Königshausen will participate in the short film competition, with an award amounting to 2,500 USD. The following films will be screened in the student film competition, with an award for 2,500 USD: “Signalis” by Adrian Flückiger (Lucerne School of Art and Design); “Schonzeit” by Irene Ledermann (Zurich University of the Arts); and “Polar” by Michael Koch (Academy of Media Arts, Cologne).
The festival, which ranks among the most important in Eastern Europe, will present five other Swiss film productions in various sections: Christoph Schaub’s comedy film “Happy New Year!” will be screened in the “Festival of Festivals” section; the experimental film “A travers les branches d'un arbre” by Daniel Duqué will be presented in “Our Participants”; and in the “Eastern Express” programme will be Vladimir Perisic’s fiction film “Ordinary People”, a coproduction with France, Holland and Serbia. The festival is honouring French actor Guillaume Depardieu, who passed away in 2008, with the screening of Alexandre Iordachescu’s Rumanian-Swiss coproduction “L’enfance d’Icare”, the last film in which he starred in the leading role.
In addition, the festival in Kiev will also screen the “Stories on Human Rights” programme, a collective presentation comprised of works by 24 filmmakers. The programme was screened in Sarajevo earlier this year. It showcases 22 three-minute short films commemorating the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. One of the films in this collective series is “I Drink Your Bathwater” by the Swiss video artist Pipilotti Rist. Swiss film director Alain Gsponer’s film “Lila, Lila”, produced in Germany and honoured as the opening film at this year’s Zurich Film Festival, rounds off the particularly strong Swiss presence this year at the Molodist Film Festival.
Zurich, October 21, 2009
In addition, the festival in Kiev will also screen the “Stories on Human Rights” programme, a collective presentation comprised of works by 24 filmmakers. The programme was screened in Sarajevo earlier this year. It showcases 22 three-minute short films commemorating the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. One of the films in this collective series is “I Drink Your Bathwater” by the Swiss video artist Pipilotti Rist. Swiss film director Alain Gsponer’s film “Lila, Lila”, produced in Germany and honoured as the opening film at this year’s Zurich Film Festival, rounds off the particularly strong Swiss presence this year at the Molodist Film Festival.
Zurich, October 21, 2009