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

Off Beat: Love and Other Drugs

The Swiss Panorama title Off Beat is director Jan Gassmann’s first fiction feature and his second effort to be showcased at the Berlinale after his 2007 documentary Chrigu. The 90-minute film is...  

18/02/2011 | Berlinale 2011 | Panorama/Switzerland

Francophone Film Development Fund announces results in Berlin

The committee at the second session of the Francophone Film Development Fund announced its results on Monday in Berlin. The Fund, set up in May 2009 at Cannes, aims to contribute to the...  

16/02/2011 | Funding | Belgium/France/Switzerland/Luxembourg

Swiss films descend on Berlin

There are numerous Swiss productions and co-productions in the line-up at the 61st Berlinale, which runs February 10-20. Co-produced by Zurich-based Vega Film, Hungarian director Béla Tarr’s The...  

09/02/2011 | Berlinale 2011 | Switzerland

Kummer appointed head of film at OFC

The job of Film Section head at the Swiss Federal Office for Culture didn’t remain vacant for long. As a replacement for Nicolas Bideau, who left his post on November 30, 2010, Jean-Frédéric...  

07/02/2011 | Institutions | Switzerland

Chair left empty for Panahi at Geneva’s FIFDH

Iranian filmmaker and critic of his country’s regime, Jafar Panahi is one of the jury members (along with film director Jean-Stéphane Bron, writer Jorge Semprun and others) of the 9th...  

28/01/2011 | Festivals | Switzerland

Four Swiss films get funding for European distribution

In collaboration with the Federal Office for Culture, film promotion agency Swiss Films grants an annual sum of €300,000 to support the foreign distribution of Swiss films. At the final funding...  

28/01/2011 | Distribution | Switzerland

FIFF gets new director

After French journalist and film professional Edouard Waintrop was appointed head of Genevan cine-club CAC-Voltaire, the Freiburg International Film Festival (FIFF), of which he was director, had...  

28/01/2011 | Festivals | Switzerland

Good year for Swiss cinema

According to provisional figures from ProCinema and the Swiss Federal Statistical Office, the market share for Swiss films has apparently risen compared to last year and stands at 5.18% for 2010...  

24/12/2010 | Box Office | Switzerland

Interview: Véronique Reymond, Stéphanie Chuat • Directors

"We’ve been friends since childhood"

Actress-directors Stéphanie Chuat and Véronique Reymond have known each other for almost 30 years. The Little Room marks their debut narrative feature  

04/12/2010

The Little Room

Switzerland’s entry for the 2011 Best Foreign Language Film Oscar race, a debut narrative feature, stars Michel Bouquet and Florence Loiret-Caille  

03/12/2010 | Films | Reviews

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