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Françoise Deriaz


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

Triomphe de Home à Tübingen

Le premier long métrage de cinéma de la réalisatrice suisse et française Ursula Meier s’est vu décerner trois prix au 25e Festival international du film francophone de Tübingen (11 au 19...  

21/11/2008 | Festivals | Suisse

The Friend is Swiss Oscar hopeful

Winner at the 2008 Swiss Film Awards in the categories of Best Feature and Best Emerging Actor, Micha Lewinsky’s The Friend has been selected to represent Switzerland in the nomination race for...  

30/09/2008 | Oscars 2009 | Switzerland

Père takes over from Maire at Locarn

While the Director’s Fortnight laments the departure of Olivier Père, its delegate general since 2003 (see news), the Locarno Film Festival are pleased to have quickly found a replacement for...  

29/09/2008 | Festivals | Switzerland

A Swiss friend at Seoul

German-Swiss director Micha Lewinsky’s debut film The Friend (produced by Langfilm) continues its international journey a year and a half after its theatrical release. Following its win of the...  

03/09/2008 | Festivals | Switzerland

Locarno Leopard flexes its claws

Inaugurated in 1946 by the fonts of the Grand Hotel gardens, which remain in the background, the Locarno International Film Festival today opens its 61st edition on the famous Piazza Grande, the...  

06/08/2008 | Festivals | Switzerland

New theatres open in deprived areas

In a European landscape dominated by concentrations, this event deserves a mention: in the past month, five new movie theatres have opened in areas where the big screen had disappeared or risked...  

25/07/2008 | Exhibitors | Switzerland

Humans arrives in Lötschen Valley

Zurich-based company Vega Film (headed by Ruth Waldburger) are co-producing Humans – the debut feature by Pierre-Olivier Thévenin and Jacques-Olivier Molon – along with La Fabrique de Films...  

24/07/2008 | Production | Switzerland

Alain Tanner crowned Doctor Honoris Causa

For the first time in Switzerland, a film director has been awarded the honorary title of Doctor Honoris Causa. This distinction celebrates the work of Alain Tanner (79), who made his last film in...  

18/06/2008 | People | Switzerland

Out of Bounds at Setúbal

Winner of the Silver Leopard at the 2007 Locarno Film Festival for actor Michele Venitucci’s performance, Out of Bounds by Swiss Italian director Fulvio Bernasconi (produced by Ventura Film) will...  

09/06/2008 | Festivals | Switzerland

Maire leaves Locarno Fest for Swiss Cinémathèque

Appointed in October 2007 to succeed Hervé Dumont, Vinzenz Hediger (39) has decided to step down as director of the Swiss Cinémathèque in Lausanne (see news). The official reason given is that the...  

06/06/2008 | Institutions | Switzerland

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