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256 articles available in total starting from 24/04/2006. Last article published on 11/07/2025.

French contingent heads to Locarno

Gallic production will be particularly in the spotlight at the 64th Locarno International Film Festival, which opens on Wednesday, August 3. Four films will indeed be shown in international...  

29/07/2011 | Festivals | Switzerland/France

Hansen-Love, Klotz and Ameur-Zaimèche in competition at Locarno

The arrival last year of Olivier Père (photo), the former Cannes Directors’ Fortnight selector, as artistic director of the Locarno International Film Festival seems to be a pulling point for...  

23/06/2011 | Festivals | Switzerland/France

Interview: Béla Tarr • Director

Simple and pure

Hungarian auteur Béla Tarr won the Silver Bear at the 2011 Berlinale for his latest film, The Turin Horse. He speaks about his poetics and why he intends to stop making films  

04/03/2011

The Turin Horse

A radical and terrifying journey towards the end of the world in the last film in Hungarian maestro Béla Tarr's career. An outstanding work that won the Silver Bear at Berlin  

04/03/2011 | Films | Reviews

Francophone Film Development Fund announces results in Berlin

The committee at the second session of the Francophone Film Development Fund announced its results on Monday in Berlin. The Fund, set up in May 2009 at Cannes, aims to contribute to the...  

16/02/2011 | Funding | Belgium/France/Switzerland/Luxembourg

Interview: Jean-Stéphane Bron • Director

“A process of disclosure”

After his behind-the-scenes look at Swiss Parliament in Le Génie Helvétique (“The Swiss Genius”), the director has tackled the subprime crisis in Cleveland Versus Wall Street  

05/07/2010

Cleveland Versus Wall Street

A highly original, moving and enlightening documentary about the subprime crisis, shot in the US by Swiss director Jean-Stéphane Bron and unveiled in the Cannes Directors' Fortnight  

05/07/2010 | Films | Reviews

Interview: Nicolas Wadimoff • Director

“I always return”

Long-time director and producer at Akka Films, Nicolas Wadimoff has made several films in Palestine  

06/05/2010

Aisheen (Still Alive in Gaza)

Swiss director Nicolas Wadimoff’s camera explores war-torn Gaza and brings to life its inhabitants who, between pain and despair, find the energy to continue living  

06/05/2010 | Films | Reviews

Ordinary People

A masterful and merciless debut feature on the trivialization of murder in times of war. A film unveiled at Cannes and selected at around 15 international festivals  

08/04/2010 | Films | Reviews

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