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1761 articles available in total starting from 12/08/2002. Last article published on 11/12/2025.

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

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

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