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

Stealth continues world tour

Lionel Baier’s second feature, Stealth, will be among 26 international films screening at the upcoming 36th New Directors/New Films in New York (March 21-April 1). Organised by the Film Society of...  

21/03/2007 | Festivals | Switzerland

Qué viva Mauricio Demierre continues festival circuit

After screenings at the Locarno and Havana film festivals, Stéphane Goël’s Qué viva Mauricio Demierre – y tambien la revolución (Climage) will be shown this month at the Movies That Matter –...  

14/03/2007 | Festivals | Switzerland

De Rivaz shoots Luftbusiness

Principal photography on Dominique de Rivaz’s new feature Luftbusiness kicked off in Luxembourg a few days ago. The Swiss filmmaker, who won the Swiss Film Prize for Best Feature in 2004 with My...  

13/03/2007 | Production | Switzerland

Vitus in Argentina

Winner of the 2007 Swiss Film Prize, Fredi M. Murer’s Vitus (see Focus) will be flying the Swiss flag at the 22nd Mar del Plata International Film Festival (March 8-18). The film, which opens on...  

06/03/2007 | Festivals | Switzerland

Vitus hits quarter million mark in Germany and Austria

Out in Germany and Austria since December 21 (see news), Fredi M. Murer’s Vitus (see Focus) has reached the 250,000 admissions mark in 10 weeks. In Germany – where it was released on over 100...  

05/03/2007 | Distribution | Switzerland

Swiss take centre stage in Germany and Austria

After last December’s invasion of German screens with the release of Vitus, My Name is Eugen, Lenz and The Short Life of José Antonio Gutierrez (see news), this month marks Swiss films’ return to...  

01/03/2007 | Distribution | Switzerland

Government to support export of Swiss films

Although they are selected, and often win, at major international film festivals (see news), Swiss films still remain largely unseen beyond their national borders. To remedy this, the Cinema...  

28/02/2007 | Funding | Switzerland

News from Locarno

The Locarno International Film Festival (August 1-11) is this year celebrating its 60th anniversary. The event is taking advantage of the occasion to give its visual communication a facelift and...  

27/02/2007 | Festivals | Switzerland

Fischli & Weiss on show in Paris

The Modern Art Museum of Paris is hosting a comprehensive exhibit on the work of Zurich artists Peter Fischli and David Weiss until May 13. Entitled Fleurs & Questions - Une rétrospective, the...  

27/02/2007 | Events | Switzerland

Imbach honoured in Vienna and Berlin

A comprehensive retrospective, entitled Happiness is a Warm Gun, has been dedicated for the first time to Thomas Imbach, the Swiss-German writer/director/producer famous beyond Swiss borders. The...  

21/02/2007 | Events | Switzerland

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