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459 articles available in total starting from 12/03/2014. Last article published on 11/12/2025.

Petra Volpe • Director

Interview: Petra Volpe • Director

"I hope the film encourages people not to give in to oppression and injustice"

Swiss director Petra Volpe talks to us about her latest feature film, The Divine Order, screening in competition at the Tribeca Film Festival: an homage to women and their courage  

21/04/2017

The Divine Order, a hilarious comedy that hides ill-concealed discomfort

The Divine Order, a hilarious comedy that hides ill-concealed discomfort

With her latest film, in competition at Tribeca, Petra Volpe continues to talk to us about women, and does so by turning the spotlight on a somewhat inglorious episode in Swiss history  

20/04/2017 | Tribeca 2017

Valentin Hitz’s Hidden Reserves snags the Crystal Larch at the Saas-Fee Filmfest

Valentin Hitz’s Hidden Reserves snags the Crystal Larch at the Saas-Fee Filmfest

The jury of the Saas-Fee Filmfest, which has now reached its fourth edition, awarded four movies that focus on tenacious characters grappling with difficult decisions  

04/04/2017 | Festivals | Switzerland

My Life as a Zucchini and The Divine Order win the Swiss Film Awards

My Life as a Zucchini and The Divine Order win the Swiss Film Awards

Once again, Geneva’s majestic Bâtiment des Forces Motrices played host to this year’s unmissable rendezvous for national cinema: the Swiss Film Awards  

27/03/2017 | Awards | Switzerland

The complete programme for the DOC Outlook International Market at Visions du Réel has been unveiled

The complete programme for the DOC Outlook International Market at Visions du Réel has been unveiled

Like every year, the market of Visions du Réel in Nyon will be rich in top-class activities aiming to develop new and fruitful synergies  

02/03/2017 | Industry | Switzerland

Animals, a surreal fairy-tale mixing poetry and terror

Animals, a surreal fairy-tale mixing poetry and terror

BERLIN 2017: Greg Zglinski presents the world premiere of a demanding and lysergic film that gives us a different experience of reality in the Forum section of the Berlinale  

14/02/2017 | Berlinale 2017 | Forum

Seven Swiss Film Award nominations for Petra Volpe’s The Divine Order

Seven Swiss Film Award nominations for Petra Volpe’s The Divine Order

Petra Volpe’s movie has curried favour with the Swiss Film Academy, which has recognised it with seven nods across five categories  

26/01/2017 | Awards | Switzerland

Impasse: A film that has us over a barrel

Impasse: A film that has us over a barrel

Producer and now filmmaker Elise Shubs, who worked with Lausanne-based company Climage for a long time, presents the world premiere of her first medium-length film at the Solothurn Film Festival  

25/01/2017 | Solothurn 2017

The Valley of Salt, a personal and cathartic first film

The Valley of Salt, a personal and cathartic first film

For his debut feature film, which tells the story of how his parents’ lives were threatened, Christophe M. Saber has chosen to use the camera to exorcise his fear  

24/01/2017 | Solothurn 2017

I Am Truly a Drop of Sun on Earth: A film that “simply” needs to exist

I Am Truly a Drop of Sun on Earth: A film that “simply” needs to exist

Elene Naveriani, a young Georgian director who trained in Switzerland, brings the Solothurn Film Festival a fascinating and radical first film  

23/01/2017 | Solothurn 2017

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