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1533 articles available in total starting from 12/08/2002. Last article published on 24/04/2024.

Interview: Alice Rohrwacher • Director

"Great things can be born out of a crisis"

Analysis of Corpo Celeste, selected in the Cannes Directors' Fortnight 2011, the debut narrative feature by a young Italian director trained in documentary filmmaking.  

02/12/2011

Corpo Celeste

What lies behind the stranglehold of Catholicism in southern Italy. A realistic, sensitive and subtle debut feature unveiled at Cannes.  

02/12/2011 | Films | Reviews

The Foster Boy rides high at Swiss box office

Directed by Markus Imboden, The Foster Boy has topped the Swiss box office since its release on November 3. This historical drama, which looks at one of the darkest chapters in Swiss history, has...  

28/11/2011 | Box Office | Switzerland

Melgar brings the “direct cinema” of Special Flight to Gijón

There are films that remain imprinted in viewers’ minds long after being watched. Swiss documentary Special Flight, by director Fernand Melgar, the son of Spanish immigrants, is one of those...  

25/11/2011 | Festivals | Switzerland

Dan Wechsler, Bord Cadre : "If you don’t open up, it is impossible to evolve"

Two minds, one philosophy: "Making and producing films with a powerful content in a European context". It is around this idea they have of cinema that Dan Wechsler (pictured) and Laurent Nègre set...  

18/11/2011 | Production | Switzerland

Interview: Milagros Mumenthaler • Director

"I don’t believe in forced dialogues to inform viewers"

Interview with a director brought up with both European and South American cultures, who triumphed at Locarno with Back to Stay 

24/10/2011

Back to Stay

Three sisters are struggling to find their way into a future of their own. Winner of the Golden Leopard for Best Film in Locarno.  

24/10/2011 | Films | Reviews

Summer Games picked as Switzerland’s Oscar entry

The Swiss entry in the nomination race for the 2012 Best Foreign Language Film Oscar has now been announced: it is Rolando Colla’s Swiss/Italian co-production Summer Games. The jury put together...  

30/09/2011 | Oscars 2012 | Switzerland

Best Intentions: Too subjective to attract large audiences?

One of the two Romanian productions in Locarno's main competition, Best Intentions is Adrian Sitaru's second feature (after Hooked, Venice Days 2008). It tells the story of Alex (Bogdan...  

10/08/2011 | Festivals | Switzerland

25 German (co)productions in Locarno

The 64th Locarno Film Festival (August 3-13) is welcoming quite a few German titles, including three coproductions in competition: French director Mia Hansen-Love's Goodbye First Love (coprod....  

03/08/2011 | Festivals | Switzerland/Germany

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