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Mathieu Loewer


281 articles available in total starting from 28/02/2003. Last article published on 30/01/2009.

Brandauer and Koch to star in Swiss film

Austrian actor Klaus Maria Brandauer (Mephisto) and Germany’s Sebastian Koch (The Lives of Others) will star in the upcoming Swiss production Das Verhör des Harry Wind (“The Interrogation of Harry...  

21/08/2007 | Production | Switzerland

Television films more popular than features

A study by the Swiss Statistics Office (Office fédéral de la statistique) on the broadcasting of Swiss films on television has been published in German and French. According to this new research,...  

20/08/2007 | Television | Switzerland

Huppert to star in Home

Principal photography on Home, the feature debut by the young Swiss-French director, Ursula Meier, began on July 30 in the Bulgarian town of Skalitsa. Written by Antoine Jaccoud and Raphaëlle...  

17/08/2007 | Production | Switzerland

Japanese film wins Locarno Golden Leopard

The official jury of the 60th Locarno International Film Festival, presided over by Irène Jacob and whose members included Walter Carvalho, Saverio Costanzo, Jia Zhang-ke, Romuald Karmakar and...  

16/08/2007 | Festivals | Switzerland

60th Locarno Film Festival opens its doors

The 60th Locarno International Film Festival opens this evening with Vexille, a Japanese CG animation film by Fumihiko Sorin, which will be shown on a giant screen on the Piazza Grande. No less...  

01/08/2007 | Festivals | Switzerland

Court places levy on private copies

After three years of proceedings, the Swiss Federal Court has delivered its decision: regardless of the media used to make private copies, right holders have to be paid for the use of their works....  

27/07/2007 | Legislation | Switzerland

Swiss films on VOD

On August 1, public television service SRG SSR idée suisse is launching a series of films that will be available on video on demand (VOD) for a fee. For a six-month pilot phase, Internet sites and...  

24/07/2007 | Video | Switzerland

Locarno celebrates 60 years

The Locarno International Film Festival (August 1-11) – which has been under the artistic direction of Frédéric Maire since 2006 – will this year celebrate its 60th anniversary. The history of...  

11/07/2007 | Festivals | Switzerland

Five films get export funding

The upcoming releases of five new Swiss films have received €46,180 from the distribution support programme launched earlier this year by the Swiss Federal Office for Culture (OFC) and the...  

05/07/2007 | Funding | Switzerland

Max & Co to premiere at Annecy

The debut feature by Swiss directors Samuel and Frédéric Guillaume, Max & Co, is among the eight films in competition at the 31st Annecy International Animated Film Festival (June 11­16), where it...  

04/06/2007 | Festivals | Switzerland

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