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

Samir is currently working on The Miraculous Transformation of the Working Class into Foreigners

Samir is currently working on The Miraculous Transformation of the Working Class into Foreigners

The director is once again exploring his own personal story, setting it alongside that of Switzerland where he moved to as a child  

20/01/2023 | Production | Funding | Switzerland/Italy

Elettra Fiumi • Director of Radical Landscapes

Interview: Elettra Fiumi • Director of Radical Landscapes

“What always inspired me about my father was his strong and original approach to things”

We met up with the Swiss-based Italian-American director to talk in depth about her first feature, revolving around the life of her father, architect Fabrizio Fiumi  

15/11/2022 | /Switzerland/Italy

Review: Radical Landscapes

Review: Radical Landscapes

Elettra Fiumi’s debut feature film whisks us away to a fantasy world of utopias and radical reflections which sought to fundamentally remould society  

14/11/2022 | Films | Reviews | Switzerland/Italy

Six First Cut Labs are on the lookout for their next projects

Six First Cut Labs are on the lookout for their next projects

After enjoying its most successful year yet, the consultancy programme is awaiting new projects for its upcoming editions, dotted around the globe  

07/11/2022 | First Cut Lab 2023

Alain Ughetto • Director of No Dogs or Italians Allowed

Interview: Alain Ughetto • Director of No Dogs or Italians Allowed

"Stop-motion animation is nothing like cartoons"

The French filmmaker discusses his highly original second feature film telling the story of a family of Italian migrants, and his approach to stop-motion animation  

17/06/2022 | Annecy 2022

Review: No Dogs or Italians Allowed

Review: No Dogs or Italians Allowed

Combining poetry and realism, small and big history, in an original and personal animation style, Alain Ughetto signs a very endearing work of testimony on Italian migration  

15/06/2022 | Annecy 2022

Alice Rohrwacher directing Josh O'Connor in La chimera

Alice Rohrwacher directing Josh O'Connor in La chimera

Produced by tempesta and co-produced by Switzerland and France, the filmmaker’s new movie will revolve around an archaeologist involved in the illegal trafficking of archaeological artifacts  

17/02/2022 | Production | Funding | Italy/Switzerland/France

Chiara Bellosi • Director of Swing Ride

Interview: Chiara Bellosi • Director of Swing Ride

“We meet a lot of people, we have irreplaceable individuals around us, but we’re always on our own when faced with real choices”

BERLINALE 2022: The Italian director’s film follows a young female protagonist who meets a new friend who helps her to grow  

14/02/2022 | Berlinale 2022 | Panorama

Review: Swing Ride

Review: Swing Ride

BERLINALE 2022: Body shaming is the focus of this sensitive and knowingly restrained teen drama, which is a second work coming courtesy of Chiara Bellosi  

13/02/2022 | Berlinale 2022 | Panorama

Chiara Bellosi’s second work Swing Ride is now ready and waiting

Chiara Bellosi’s second work Swing Ride is now ready and waiting

Produced by tempesta in co-production with Tellfilm, the director’s new film has been chosen for the 72nd Berlinale’s Official Selection, within the Panorama section  

23/12/2021 | Production | Funding | Italy/Switzerland

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