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Festivals / Switzerland


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

Visions du Réel awards European films

At the end of Luciano Barisone’s first edition, the Visions du Réel Film Festival awarded its Grand Prize to Tatiana Huezo Sánchez’s Mexican feature The Tiniest Place, which also won the...  

14/04/2011 | Festivals | Switzerland

Barisone unveils his Visions du Réel

After last year’s departure of Jean Perret (director) and Gabriela Bussmann (assistant director and market manager), who had headed the event together for 16 years, it could be guessed that the...  

06/04/2011 | Festivals | Switzerland

Waintrop heads his last Fribourg fest

“Celebration, rhythm and blood” will be the keynotes at the opening of the 25th FIFF – Fribourg International Film Festival (March 19-26). Under the influence of its artistic director the renowned...  

17/03/2011 | Festivals | Switzerland

Cinema and human rights in Geneva

There is no doubt the debates will be lively at the 9th Film Festival and International Forum on Human Rights (FIFDH), which opens tomorrow in Geneva against the backdrop of the “Arab spring”....  

03/03/2011 | Festivals | Switzerland

Chair left empty for Panahi at Geneva’s FIFDH

Iranian filmmaker and critic of his country’s regime, Jafar Panahi is one of the jury members (along with film director Jean-Stéphane Bron, writer Jorge Semprun and others) of the 9th...  

28/01/2011 | Festivals | Switzerland

FIFF gets new director

After French journalist and film professional Edouard Waintrop was appointed head of Genevan cine-club CAC-Voltaire, the Freiburg International Film Festival (FIFF), of which he was director, had...  

28/01/2011 | Festivals | Switzerland

Best Swiss Feature 2010 Animal Heart presented in Japan

Winner of the 2010 Quartz for Best Swiss Feature, Séverine Cornamusaz’s Animal Heart screened at a gala evening attended by the director at the 17th Osaka European Film Festival. The event, which...  

26/11/2010 | Festivals | Switzerland

Cinéma Tous Ecrans mixes formats and media

From November 1-7, the 15th Cinéma Tous Ecrans Film Festival will try to blend cinema and television, whilst adding – in the name of modernity – a touch of multimedia creation and a hint of...  

02/11/2010 | Festivals | Switzerland

Swiss festivals unite

To make their voice heard in Swiss political circles and improve their coordination, the main Swiss film festivals have got together to set up the Festivals Conference. Ivo Kummer, president of...  

04/10/2010 | Festivals | Switzerland

Zurich fest honours Forman

Since its creation in 2005, the Zurich Film Festival has aimed to establish itself as an important national event: distinguished guests invited to the festival have included Roman Polanski, who...  

22/09/2010 | Festivals | Switzerland

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