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Switzerland


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

Young Swiss cinema crosses French border

No less than 15 Swiss films have been presented in France as part of La belle voisine, which opened in January. Inaugurated early February at the Annonay International Film Festival, the showcase...  

20/02/2007 | Festivals | Switzerland

Two Swiss documentaries pick up prizes

Switzerland remained faithful to its world-class documentary reputation at the 57th Berlinale, where two domestic titles screened in the International Forum for Young Cinema won over the...  

19/02/2007 | Berlinale 2007 | Switzerland

Vitus wins Strasbourg Augenblick Award

Winner of the 2007 Swiss Film Prize, Fredi M. Murer’s Vitus (Hugofilm, see Focus) has been awarded Best Feature at the 3rd Strasbourg Augenblick Festival. Two other Swiss films also screened in...  

12/02/2007 | Awards | Switzerland

Coca wins in Germany

Chechen militant Sainap Gaschaiewa – the subject of Swiss director Eric Bergkraut’s documentary Coca: la Colombe de Tchétchénie (Doc Productions) – will be presented the International Human Rights...  

10/02/2007 | Awards | Switzerland

And the winner is ... Vitus

Fredi M. Murer’s Vitus (see Focus) was named Best Film of the Year at the 2007 Swiss Film Awards, which took place yesterday as part of the 42nd Solothurn Film Days. The jury honoured "a film rich...  

25/01/2007 | Awards | Switzerland

Strong Swiss presence in Forum

The International Forum of New Cinema of the 57th Berlin International Film Festival (February 8-18) will host three Swiss features and two documentaries. After last year’s Lenz, Thomas Imbach is...  

24/01/2007 | Berlinale 2007 | Switzerland

Swiss titles conquer Sundance and San Francisco

Four Swiss films feature at US film festivals this January. First up is Fraulein (Dschoint Ventschr Filmproduktion), which will be presented in competition at the 23rd Sundance International Film...  

15/01/2007 | Festivals | Switzerland

Murer’s work honoured in Italy and France

Currently in California at the Palm Springs International Film Festival to present his latest feature, Vitus (Hugofilm, see Focus), Swiss director Fredi M. Murer will soon be honoured in Trieste....  

10/01/2007 | Festivals | Switzerland

Interview: Thierry Spicher • Producer

The art of the co-production

Thierry Spicher’s cinematic debut, feature film My Brother is Getting Married, is a co-production with France, where it will be released on January 31  

17/12/2006

Interview: Jean-Stéphane Bron • Director

A small Helvetic genius

Before making his feature debut, 37 year-old Jean-Stéphane Bron gained experience and success in the documentary world. In 2003, his Le génie helvétique conquered over 100,000 Swiss filmgoers  

17/12/2006

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