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1716 articles available in total starting from 12/08/2002. Last article published on 21/08/2025.

Interview: Jeanne Waltz • Director

The art of breaking the ice

Director Jeanne Waltz spent many years in Portugal where she made several shorts and one feature. Now she has come back to Switzerland to direct her second long feature  

24/05/2007

Late Bloomers scores in Germany

Released on March 29 on 46 prints by X-Verleih, Late Bloomers has clocked up over 100,000 admissions in German cinemas. The Berlin-based outfit received €25,000 from the Swiss fund for export...  

23/05/2007 | Distribution | Switzerland

My Brother is Getting Married awarded in Spain

At the 3rd New European Film Festival (NEFF), which ended on May 12 at Vitoria-Gasteiz (Basque Country), Jean-Stéphane Bron’s debut feature My Brother is Getting Married (Box Productions, see...  

16/05/2007 | Festivals | Switzerland

San Francisco singles out Parting Shot

After winning an award at the end of April at the 4th Lisbon International Independent Film Festival - IndieLisboa, Swiss director Jeanne Waltz’s Parting Shot (Prince Film, Pierre-Alain Meier) won...  

15/05/2007 | Awards | Switzerland

Echoes of Home at Planete Doc Review

Created in 2004, the Polish Festival Planete Doc Review is holding its fourth edition from May 11-20. This year, 47 international documentaries will screen, including two Swiss productions. Stefan...  

09/05/2007 | Festivals | Switzerland

Swiss films awarded at Schwerin and Verona

Two Swiss features won awards on May 6. Swiss director Oliver Rihs’s Berlin-shot Black Sheep took Best NDR Film at the 17th Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Film Festival in Schwerin, Germany. At the 11th...  

08/05/2007 | Awards | Switzerland

Swiss at Cannes

After last year’s edition, at which it had a short in competition and a Swiss Day as part of the All the Cinemas of the World section, this year Swiss cinema will have a low-key presence at...  

07/05/2007 | Festivals | Switzerland

Two French-speaking Swiss films at NEFF

The 3rd New European Film Festival (NEFF) (May 2-12) in Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain is hosting two features by popular young directors in French-speaking Switzerland. Competing for the Best European...  

04/05/2007 | Festivals | Switzerland

Swiss talent at the Lolas

Two Swiss films and a Swiss actress are in competition at the German Film Awards (Lolas), to be presented tomorrow in Berlin. Heidi Specogna’s 2007 Swiss Film Prize winner, The Short Life of José...  

03/05/2007 | Awards | Switzerland

Rabaglia shoots in Italy

Principal photography on the new feature by Swiss director Denis Rabaglia gets underway today in Italy, in Liguria and on Ventotene Island. Winner of the Swiss Film Prize in 2001 with Azzurro,...  

02/05/2007 | Production | Switzerland

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