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Festivals / Switzerland


271 articles available in total starting from 12/08/2002. Last article published on 09/01/2019.

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

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

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

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

Neuchâtel is fantastically European

The 5th Neuchâtel International Fantastic Film Festival (NIFFF) is taking place from the 28th of June to the 3d of July. This year, this event, created in 2000 to defend an unprejudiced approach...  

28/06/2005 | Festivals | Switzerland

Bignardi's last festival

This year's Locarno Film Festival (3d-13th August) will be the last festival for its director Irene Bignardi. “I will go back to being a spectator,' said the journalist at a presentation held...  

21/06/2005 | Festivals | Switzerland

First of French-speaking film Festival

Fonction: Cinéma, the Geneva association for independent cinema opens the first edition of the French-speaking Film Festival. From June, 3rd to June, 5th, this new event proposes a selection of 20...  

26/05/2005 | Festivals | Switzerland

Swiss documentaries across the Atlantic

The documentary Coca – The Dove from Chechnya (Coca – Die Taube aus Tschetschenien) which premiered in Berlin (at the young directors’ Forum) and was shown recently (19th April) at the Swiss...  

21/04/2005 | Festivals | Switzerland

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