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1717 articles available in total starting from 12/08/2002. Last article published on 22/08/2025.

NIFFF 2014: Perfectly balanced between tradition and innovation

NIFFF 2014: Perfectly balanced between tradition and innovation

The masters of fantastic cinema join the genre’s freshest talents in an exciting atmosphere that places the emphasis on tradition and avant-garde  

07/07/2014 | Festivals | Switzerland

Cherry Pie: The uncompromising portrait of a drifting character

Cherry Pie: The uncompromising portrait of a drifting character

With his first feature Lorenz Merz offers us a complex film, claustrophobic in places, that depicts a dangerously charming and decadent Lolita Chammah  

03/07/2014 | Films | Switzerland

Olivier Assayas  • Director

Interview: Olivier Assayas • Director

“It is not a film with Binoche, it is a film about Binoche”

The French writer-director talks about his Cannes contender, Clouds of Sils Maria, and his method of filmmaking, where the screenplay is only the starting point.  

02/07/2014

Switzerland honoured at the Deutscher Kamerapreis

Switzerland honoured at the Deutscher Kamerapreis

Lutz Konermann, Hansjörg Weissbrich, Bigna Tomschin and Renato Berta have done Swiss cinema proud at the 24th edition of the prestigious Deutscher Kamerapreis  

26/06/2014 | Awards | Germany/Switzerland

Emma Dante  • Director

Interview: Emma Dante • Director

“A street: observation tower for the rest of the world”

A female duo is the film debut by the avant-garde filmmaker, who hopes her film A Street in Palermo will cross European borders.  

16/06/2014

Switzerland shows a strong presence at the Munich Film Festival

Switzerland shows a strong presence at the Munich Film Festival

The Munich Film Festival to be the stage for many Swiss premieres at the end of the month  

16/06/2014 | Festivals | Germany/Switzerland

Tiziana Soudani • Producer

Interview: Tiziana Soudani • Producer

"In Switzerland, production and filmmaking are going on and attention is being paid to quality"

After the great success in Cannes of The Wonders by Alice Rohrwacher, Tiziana Soudani is getting ready to take on other projects with determination and innovation  

13/06/2014

Unknown Territory, the sincere account of an extraordinary adventure

Unknown Territory, the sincere account of an extraordinary adventure

The graduation film of promising filmmaker Anna Thommen continues to shine, bringing home another important prize, the SOS-Documentarfilmpreis, from the DOK.fest in Munich  

12/06/2014 | Films | Switzerland

Cannes 2014, an edition Switzerland will not easily forget

Cannes 2014, an edition Switzerland will not easily forget

CANNES 2014: The Wonders by Alice Rohrwacher, co-produced by Ticino-based Amka Films, and Goodbye to Language by Jean-Luc Godard make Swiss cinema shine on the Croisette  

27/05/2014 | Cannes 2014 | Awards/Switzerland

The Swiss director of photography Carlo Varini deceased in France

The Swiss director of photography Carlo Varini deceased in France

Varini was killed in a fire on the night of 17-18 May 2014  

21/05/2014 | People | Switzerland

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