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1751 articles available in total starting from 12/08/2002. Last article published on 12/11/2025.

Three Swiss films get export grants

Three export grants have been awarded to foreign distributors of Swiss features. Apex Entertainment Co. have received €5,000 for the release of That Day in South Korea. The film by Jacob Berger...  

07/07/2008 | Funding | 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

Spanish fantasy films in the spotlight at Neuchâtel

Founded eight years ago, the Neuchâtel International Fantastic Film Festival (NIFFF) – which has already established itself as an unmissable event – is taking place this year from July 1-6. The...  

16/06/2008 | Festivals | 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

Make way for the Robber Girls

Swiss director Carla Lia Monti has finished shooting her first feature film Robber Girls (Räuberinnen), a very loose adaptation of the Friedrich Schiller play The Robbers, which in turn inspired...  

05/06/2008 | Production | Switzerland/Luxembourg

Two Swiss features at Brooklyn Festival

The 11th Brooklyn International Film Festival – which is being held in New York from May 30-June 8 – has selected two Swiss features to screen in competition: Fulvio Bernasconi’s Out of Bounds...  

30/05/2008 | Festivals | Switzerland

Swiss filmmaker receives Student Oscar

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in Los Angeles have awarded the 2008 Oscar for Best Foreign Student Film to Reto Caffi for his film short Auf der Strecke, which was made at the...  

27/05/2008 | Awards | Switzerland

Echoes of Home lauded in Italy

Winner of the Quartz for Best Documentary at the 2008 Swiss Film Awards, Stefan Schwietert’s Echoes of Home also won over the jury at the 56th Trento International Festival of Mountain,...  

06/05/2008 | Awards | Switzerland

Swiss director honoured in Schwerin

After Bettina Oberli (North Wind) in 2005, Stina Werenfels (Going Private) in 2006 and Oliver Rihs (Black Sheep) in 2007, once again a young Swiss filmmaker has won the German television...  

06/05/2008 | Awards | Switzerland

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