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Françoise Deriaz


134 articles available in total starting from 06/08/2003. Last article published on 17/03/2011.

Locarno gets underway

On August 5, the 62nd Locarno International Film Festival starts unveiling its 2009 selection and will announce the prize-winners on August 15. To mark the Centenary of Film Music, the festival...  

05/08/2009 | Festivals | Switzerland

La Suisse de retour à la Mostra

Très discrète sur le Lido depuis la sélection en compétition officielle (et les deux prix) de Tout un hiver sans feu de Greg Zglinski en 2004, la Suisse reprend le chemin de Venise avec deux...  

31/07/2009 | Venise 2009 | Suisse

Locarno unveils enticing line-up

The 62nd Locarno International Film Festival (August 5-15) has just announced its line-up. Exile, identity and the relationship between man and nature are the dominant themes of the selection...  

16/07/2009 | Festivals | Switzerland

Japanese Fish Story triumphs at NIFFF

The 9th Neuchâtel International Fantasy Film Festival (NIFFF) closed on July 5. At the end of the six-day event, the international competition jury (composed of Korean director Bong Joon-ho,...  

07/07/2009 | Festivals | Switzerland

Liechti in competition at Karlovy Vary

Swiss director Peter Liechti’s The Sound of Insects: Record of a Mummy is being presented in international competition at the 44th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (July 3-11). This...  

06/07/2009 | Festivals | Switzerland

Home strikes gold at Torun

At the 7th Tofifest International Film Festival in Torun (Poland), which closed on July 3, Ursula Meier’s Home won the Golden Angel Grand Prize, worth €5,000. Selected in international competition...  

06/07/2009 | Awards | Switzerland

Obstacle to Swiss Media membership

The renewal of Switzerland’s membership of the Media Programme is still being hampered by the European Union’s demand for recognition of the so-called “country of origin” principle of the “without...  

29/05/2009 | Media Programme | Switzerland

Another Man

Combining humour and mischievousness, Swiss director Lionel Baier’s third feature centres on an unscrupulous apprentice journalist initiated in the art of film criticism  

29/04/2009 | Films | Reviews

Home honoured in Athens

Having already won around 12 international awards, Ursula Meier’s Home has just scooped the City of Athens Grand Prize at the 10th Greek Francophone Film Festival, which was held from April 2-12....  

16/04/2009 | Awards | Switzerland

Ascot Elite returns to production

After a long interlude devoted solely to distribution, Ascot Elite Entertainment Group is resuming its production activities. Founded in 1952, Elite Filmproduktion AG has produced over 300 films....  

15/04/2009 | Production | Switzerland

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