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

A Parting Shot wins at Lisbon

The jury of the 4th Lisbon International Film Festival – IndieLisboa (April 19-29) presented a Distribution Award to A Parting Shot, the second feature by Swiss director Jeanne Waltz. The film,...  

02/05/2007 | Awards | Switzerland

German documentary triumphs at Nyon

Söhne by Germany’s Volker Köpp has won the Grand Prize at the 13th Visions du Réel Festival, which ended yesterday. The international jury also presented an award to Claudio Pazienza’s...  

27/04/2007 | Festivals | Switzerland

European films out in force at Visions du Réel

The 13th Visions du Réel International Film Festival (April 20-26) opens this evening with the screening of a Swiss/German documentary by Stefan Schwietert, Echoes of Home, which is among 20...  

20/04/2007 | Festivals | Switzerland

A Parting Shot competes in Lisbon

The second feature by Swiss director Jeanne Waltz, A Parting Shot (Prince Film, Pierre-Alain Meier), has been selected among one of the 12 entries in international competition at the 4th...  

18/04/2007 | Festivals | Switzerland

Swiss documentaries are hot

Two Swiss documentaries will be screening at the 14th Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival (April 19-29) in Toronto. Currently on release in German-speaking Switzerland, Thomas...  

17/04/2007 | Festivals | Switzerland

Domestic titles take 9.62% market share in 2006

Good box office figures for Grounding (378,381 admissions), Late Bloomers (374,749 in 2006 and over 500,000 to date), Handyman (207,885) and Vitus (218,000 to date, 197,541 of which last year, see...  

16/04/2007 | Box Office | Switzerland

Two Swiss titles travel to Hong Kong

Two Swiss productions – Andrea Staka’s feature Fraulein (Dschoint Ventschr ) and Marcel Schüpbach’s documentary Carla’s List (CAB Productions) – are screening at the 31st Hong Kong International...  

28/03/2007 | Festivals | Switzerland

Documentary on show at Visions du Réel festival

The best of documentary will be presented at the 13th Visions du Réel International Film Festival (April 20-26) in Nyon. The 2007 programme features some 130 films, including over 20 selected in...  

27/03/2007 | Festivals | Switzerland

Ein Lied für Argyris awarded in Thessaloniki

The ERT3 Audience Award of the ninth Thessaloniki Documentary Film Festival went to Swiss title Ein Lied für Argyris by Stefan Haupt (Fontana Film). Haupt, who previously directed the attention...  

27/03/2007 | Festivals | Switzerland

Government announces first beneficiaries of new export fund

Five foreign distributors are to benefit from the Swiss support fund for export, which was created this year by the Cinema Section of the Swiss Office for Culture (OFC) and the national...  

22/03/2007 | Funding | Switzerland

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