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NewsHamburg’s Tamtam Film on working with European partners to expand drama, doc and series slate 2o1n6d
Company has two projects - Kerstin Polte’s Highly Explosive and Charlotte Sieling’s Way Home - playing at Filmfest Hamburg.
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Zurich Film Festival unveils 2024 line-up; Edward Berger to be honoured 8214a
ZFF’s main competition line-up comprises 14 films.
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NewsZurich adds world premieres ’Der Spitzname’ and ‘Landesverräter’ to line-up 5i3j5e
‘Conclave’, ‘The Last Showgirl’ and ‘Blitz’ will also screen in the gala premieres section.
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NewsLocarno’s Open Doors forced to “drastically” reduce activities from 2025 due to major budget cut 5n285z
The Swiss government is redirecting cultural spending to a future Ukrainian reconstruction fund.
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NewsParaguay’s ‘Encina’ is the big winner at Locarno’s Open Doors 2024 n6j11
Paz Encina’s film is about a couple living in exile and waiting for news of their disappeared son.
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Reviews‘The Sparrow In The Chimney’: Locarno Review 4v83s
A family celebration proves a melting pot for sisterly tension in the final part of Ramon and Silvan Zurcher’s animal trilogy
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FeaturesLocarno 2024 line-up guide: Piazza Grande and International Competition titles 1l6k3w
The festival runs August 7-17.
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Norwegian horror ‘Handling The Dead’ is awarded best film at Switzerland’s Neuchâtel festival y3so
The fantasy film festival is a launchpad for key title into the Swiss market.
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NewsSpanish comedy horror ‘The Coffee Table’ brews up key deals for MPM (exclusive) 2o2r59
The film stars David Pareja and Estefania de los Santos as a couple with a table that changes their lives.
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Reviews‘Savages’: Annecy Review v4e5k
Claude Barras follows My Life As A Courgette with an eco-animation set in Borneo
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Locarno to honour ‘My Life As A Courgette’ director Claude Barras 1b4sr
Swiss animator will present his latest film Sauvages at the festival.
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‘Dog On Trial’: Cannes Review o6e3u
Laetitia Dosch directs and stars in this Swiss legal comedy with more bark than bite
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FeaturesHow Switzerland is embracing its role as a vital international production partner 6pt55
Switzerland is the country in focus at the Cannes market this year.
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In pictures: Swiss Films and the European Film Academy Cannes 4a4kw
Leading European film strategists and creatives discussed how to build a successful campaign for the European Film Awards.
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'The Gentlemen' director to make true crime action-comedy ‘The King Of Sting’ for Silver Reel hh13
Adapted from 2010 novel ‘The King of Sting: The Amazing True Story of a Modern American Outlaw.’
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Jessica Hausner to chair international competition jury of 2024 Locarno Film Festival m1tg
Leading Austrian filmmaker returns to Swiss festival having won its short film prize back in 1997.
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FeaturesSwiss filmmaker puts ChatGPT to the test in AI-scripted feature ‘The Last Screenwriter’ b1w2y
Made as an experiment, director Peter Luisi says the not-for-profit feature reveals how “scarily good” AI can be in filmmaking.
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FeaturesFuture Leaders 2024: Anja Fröhner (Switzerland) 5q3r2a
Fröhner is head of programme and guests at Zürich Film Festival.
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‘The Landscape And The Fury’: Visions du Reel Review m151n
The fragility of life in the Bosnia and Herzegovina borderlands is challenged by the arrival of refugees in this immersive Visions du Reel winner
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NewsSwiss doc ‘The Landscape And The Fury’ leads Visions du Réel 2024 winners i3c2v
Further winners included Kamal Aljafari’s ‘A Fidai Film’ in Burning Lights.
