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131 articles available in total starting from 20/07/2009. Last article published on 14/08/2025.

Episode 64: Pure Unknown (Italy/Switzerland/Sweden)

Episode 64: Pure Unknown (Italy/Switzerland/Sweden)

The producers of the film by Mattia Colombo and Valentina Cicogna are invited to speak about their collaboration and the financing of their film, which has received Eurimages support  

12/12/2023 | The Co-production Podcast

Samuel Perriard • Director of 8 Days in August

Interview: Samuel Perriard • Director of 8 Days in August

“You’re together for 10-20 years, and then everything changes in just one or two days”

We met with the Swiss director at Lecce to talk about his film which was shot in Apulia and which revolves around a couple who call everything into question following a minor incident  

21/11/2023 | Lecce 2023

Grazia Tricarico • Director of Body Odyssey

Interview: Grazia Tricarico • Director of Body Odyssey

"We wanted to create the voice of the body"

The Italian director talked to us about what bodies are able to tell us, as well as her experience with the bodybuilding world and her artistic approach to it  

21/11/2023 | Black Nights 2023 | First Feature Competition

Review: Body Odyssey

Review: Body Odyssey

Grazia Tricarico’s debut is an overly ambitious tale about a forty-something bodybuilder obsessed with perfection  

17/11/2023 | Black Nights 2023 | First Feature Competition

Carlos Marqués-Marcet shoots the musical tragicomedy They Will Be Dust

Carlos Marqués-Marcet shoots the musical tragicomedy They Will Be Dust

Ángela Molina, Alfredo Castro and Mònica Almirall star in the film that tackles the decision to die and raises questions such as the limits of unconditional love between parents and children  

06/11/2023 | Production | Funding | Spain/Switzerland/Italy

Review: Lonely

Review: Lonely

Michele Pennetta’s documentary transports us to a world on the margins inhabited by drifting characters who dream of a future in which to reinvent themselves  

13/10/2023 | Zurich 2023

The MIA shines a light on Italian-language Swiss cinema

The MIA shines a light on Italian-language Swiss cinema

Three new Italian-Swiss projects were presented in Rome, followed by a round table about the potential for collaboration between Italy and Ticino  

11/10/2023 | MIA 2023

Review: Nowhere

Review: Nowhere

VENICE 2023: With his first feature, the master of stop motion animation Simone Massi tells with vivid images the archetypal story of three peasant children from the 1920s to the 1980s  

13/09/2023 | Venice 2023 | Orizzonti

Giorgio Diritti  • Director of Lubo

Interview: Giorgio Diritti • Director of Lubo

“When I saw him doing a breakdance on YouTube, I knew I had my Lubo”

VENICE 2023: The Italian director shares some thoughts and knowledge on the subject of the Yenish minority in Switzerland, which his film revolves around  

09/09/2023 | Venice 2023 | Competition

Giorgio Diritti  • Director of Lubo

Interview: Giorgio Diritti • Director of Lubo

"The process of selecting the actors is an obsession for me and carries on until I've fallen in love with 'the one'"

VENICE 2023: The Italian director chats about his latest work, in which a Yenisch busker knows that he will never find peace until he attains justice for his story  

09/09/2023 | Venice 2023 | Competition

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