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1765 articles available in total starting from 12/08/2002. Last article published on 22/01/2026.

Liechti picks up Grand Prize at Montreal

At the 12th Montreal International Documentary Film Meetings (November 11-21), Swiss director Peter Liechti received the highest honour, the Camera-Stylo Grand Prize, for The Sound of Insects....  

25/11/2009 | Awards | Switzerland

Meier’s Home presented in avant-premiere in New York

Selected as the Swiss title in the nomination race for the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar, Swiss-French director Ursula Meier’s debut feature for the big screen, Home, is being released...  

23/11/2009 | Distribution | Switzerland

Wave of Swiss films hit France

From mid-November, several Swiss films are hitting screens in France. November 11 saw the release of Séverine Cornamusaz’s harsh film Animal Heart, adapted from Noëlle Revaz’s novel Rapport Aux...  

13/11/2009 | Distribution | Switzerland/France

Swiss docs honoured in Eastern Europe

Vadim Jendreyko’s documentary The Woman with the 5 Elephants won the DEFA Sponsoring Prize (worth €4,000) at Germany’s 52nd DOK Leipzig - International Documentary and Animated Film Festival...  

03/11/2009 | Awards | Switzerland

Six Swiss films get export funding

With support from the Federal Office for Culture, film promotion agency Swiss Films has granted a total of €81,400 for the foreign distribution of six Swiss films. Sums totalling €25,000 and...  

02/11/2009 | Distribution | Switzerland

Cinema, TV and multimedia at Geneva

Since its creation in 1995, the Cinéma Tous Ecrans Festival in Geneva has been exploring audiovisual art in all its forms – from TV series to cinematic features and multimedia productions for the...  

30/10/2009 | Festivals | Switzerland

Mermoud’s Partners honoured in Chicago

At the 45th Chicago International Film Festival (October 8-22), Swiss director Frédéric Mermoud’s debut feature Partners won the Gold Plaque in the New Directors competition. Partners deals with...  

20/10/2009 | Awards | Switzerland

The Fortress honoured in Japan

Fernand Melgar’s subtle documentary The Fortress, which takes a critical look at the treatment of refugees in Switzerland, received an Award of Excellence at the 11th Yamagata International...  

16/10/2009 | Awards | Switzerland

Double honours for Hillside Crowd at Namur

At the Namur International Francophone Film Festival in Belgium, Swiss director Berni Goldblat’s The Hillside Crowd picked up two accolades: the Special Jury Prize (worth €10,000 in...  

13/10/2009 | Awards | Switzerland

Zurich’s Golden Eye goes to Swiss documentary

Although overshadowed by the arrest of Roman Polanski on his arrival in Switzerland where he was set to receive “A Tribute to…” for Lifetime Achievement, the 5th Zurich Film Festival (September...  

08/10/2009 | Awards | Switzerland

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