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1715 articles available in total starting from 12/08/2002. Last article published on 18/08/2025.

Locarno : french production on the bill

No less than 10 features, produced or co- produced in France are in the programme for the 58th Locarno Film Festival (from 3rd to 13th August). Heading the bill are four films selected for the...  

29/07/2005 | Festivals | Switzerland

Stupid Boy's American and German premieres

Lionel Baier, a Swiss filmmaker who used to specialize in documentaries made his first fiction feature film last year. Stupid Boy, a very personal , atypical, and intelligent work, registered...  

29/07/2005 | Distribution | Switzerland

Irene Bignardi explains her departure from Locarno

On the 16th of June, after five years as artistic director of the Locarno International Film Festival, Irene Bignardi announced her departure during the 2005 edition (3 - 13 August). The Italian...  

22/07/2005 | Festivals | Switzerland

Strong presence for Swiss cinema at Locarno

This year, the largest Swiss cinema event highlights national production, which is represented in every section of the 58e Locarno International Film Festival (3 to 13 August). Though the...  

22/07/2005 | Festivals | Switzerland

Nicolas Bideau : the new Mr. Swiss Cinema

Jean-Frédéric Jauslin, director of The Federal Office for culture (OFC), named Nicolas Bideau head of the cinema section. He succeeds Marc Wehrlin, who became Deputy Director of the OFC in April,...  

20/07/2005 | Institutions | Switzerland

Nineteen German (co-)productions in Locarno

Germany is well represented this year in competition for the 59th Locarno Film Festival(3-13 August). Indeed, Three Degrees Colder, Florian Hoffmeister's debut feature, was selected. This film,...  

19/07/2005 | Festivals | Switzerland

Triumph in Germany

No-one is a prophet in his own land, as the proverb goes, but even more so in Switzerland, it seems. Add very modest state aid, its tiny market, broken up into three distinct languages, losing its...  

19/07/2005 | Prices | Switzerland

Jean-Stéphane Bron shoots a drama

Having made three feature documentaries – Connu de nos services, La bonne conduite and Le génie helvétique – Mais im Bundeshuus, a political thriller very well received in France (winning over the...  

18/07/2005 | Production | Switzerland

Locarno 2005 is on!

On the 12th of July, Irene Bignardi, artistic director of the upcoming Swiss festival, revealed the programme for the 58th Locarno International Film Festival (3-13 August). Amongst the features...  

13/07/2005 | Festivals | Switzerland

Who's next in Locarno?

The Italian journalist Irene Bignardi having announced her intention to leave the Locarno International Film Festival after the 2005 edition (3-13 August), everybody wants to know who will be the...  

11/07/2005 | Festivals | Switzerland

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