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1717 articles available in total starting from 12/08/2002. Last article published on 22/08/2025.

Carmen Jaquier • Director of Thunder

Interview: Carmen Jaquier • Director of Thunder

"I needed to rewrite history, to create a powerful ancestor capable of inspiring me today"

The director spoke to us about her compelling portrayal of a character who fights for freedom to love, which society would rather censor forever  

13/09/2022 | Toronto 2022 | Platform

Jasmin Basic  • Head of fiction International Film Festival and Human Rights Forum Geneva

Interview: Jasmin Basic • Head of fiction International Film Festival and Human Rights Forum Geneva

"As a human rights festival it took us a lot of time and effort to get the full support of the cinema"

Jasmin Basic explains how to deal with partners and discusses the importance of the films’ quality  

12/09/2022 | Euro Film Fest

Review: Thunder

Review: Thunder

Swiss director Carmen Jaquier’s debut feature film captures the restlessness of a young woman at the end of the nineteenth century and her need for affection  

12/09/2022 | Toronto 2022 | Platform

Review: Habib, la grande aventure

Review: Habib, la grande aventure

Benoît Mariage delivers a moving chronicle of the tug-of-war of a young actor, caught between his origins and the destiny he dreams of  

26/08/2022 | Angoulême 2022

André Schäfer • Director of Everything About Martin Suter. Everything but the Truth.

Interview: André Schäfer • Director of Everything About Martin Suter. Everything but the Truth.

"And this is how a novel has to be in my opinion, it has to capture, to swallow you"

The German filmmaker presents a warm-hearted and formally intriguing portrait of Swiss author Martin Suter  

22/08/2022 | Locarno 2022 | Piazza Grande

Kaspar Kasics  • Director of Erica Jong: Breaking the Walls

Interview: Kaspar Kasics • Director of Erica Jong: Breaking the Walls

“That’s what I learnt from Erica Jong: to be honest”

The Swiss director takes on the legacy of Erica Jong, the American writer behind the 1973 novel Fear of Flying  

19/08/2022 | Locarno 2022 | Out of Competition

10 Film Festival@PalaCinema, a new initiative to promote Swiss festivals

10 Film Festival@PalaCinema, a new initiative to promote Swiss festivals

The House of Cinema and Audiovisual of Locarno (the PalaCinema) launches a new project to promote Swiss film festivals  

16/08/2022 | Festivals | Awards | Switzerland

Valentin Merz • Director of De noche los gatos son pardos

Interview: Valentin Merz • Director of De noche los gatos son pardos

"I wanted the actors and their characters to have enough space to explore their own desires"

With his debut feature, the Swiss filmmaker brings us into a mysterious world of desire, revolt and lightness  

15/08/2022 | Locarno 2022 | Competition

Rule 34 wins the Golden Leopard in Locarno

Rule 34 wins the Golden Leopard in Locarno

The festival put the powerful and radical film by Brazilian director Júlia Murat on the top step of the podium, while the films by Alessandro Comodin and Valentina Maurel also won awards  

15/08/2022 | Locarno 2022 | Awards

Review: Sermon to the Fish

Review: Sermon to the Fish

A no-frills film boasting beauty and soul, Hilal Baydarov’s ninth feature ponders what remains after winning a war  

12/08/2022 | Locarno 2022 | Competition

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