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Hamburg’s Tamtam Film on working with European partners to expand drama, doc and series slate 1ay
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 5g1q6w
ZFF’s main competition line-up comprises 14 films.
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Zurich adds world premieres ’Der Spitzname’ and ‘Landesverräter’ to line-up 5a5q5m
‘Conclave’, ‘The Last Showgirl’ and ‘Blitz’ will also screen in the gala premieres section.
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Locarno’s Open Doors forced to “drastically” reduce activities from 2025 due to major budget cut 3b1k6o
The Swiss government is redirecting cultural spending to a future Ukrainian reconstruction fund.
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Paraguay’s ‘Encina’ is the big winner at Locarno’s Open Doors 2024 46301n
Paz Encina’s film is about a couple living in exile and waiting for news of their disappeared son.
- Reviews
‘The Sparrow In The Chimney’: Locarno Review 82ly
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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Locarno 2024 line-up guide: Piazza Grande and International Competition titles 414q1p
The festival runs August 7-17.
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Norwegian horror ‘Handling The Dead’ is awarded best film at Switzerland’s Neuchâtel festival 2856y
The fantasy film festival is a launchpad for key title into the Swiss market.
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Spanish comedy horror ‘The Coffee Table’ brews up key deals for MPM (exclusive) 5p6vp
The film stars David Pareja and Estefania de los Santos as a couple with a table that changes their lives.
- Reviews
‘Savages’: Annecy Review 305u2m
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 6d6p67
Swiss animator will present his latest film Sauvages at the festival.
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‘Dog On Trial’: Cannes Review 426p4d
Laetitia Dosch directs and stars in this Swiss legal comedy with more bark than bite
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How Switzerland is embracing its role as a vital international production partner 1wk4w
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 4z5y3j
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 46715t
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 5id3y
Leading Austrian filmmaker returns to Swiss festival having won its short film prize back in 1997.
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Swiss filmmaker puts ChatGPT to the test in AI-scripted feature ‘The Last Screenwriter’ 5b4a3y
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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Future Leaders 2024: Anja Fröhner (Switzerland) 1u6z4m
Fröhner is head of programme and guests at Zürich Film Festival.
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‘The Landscape And The Fury’: Visions du Reel Review 12s73
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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Swiss doc ‘The Landscape And The Fury’ leads Visions du Réel 2024 winners 6r5t4q
Further winners included Kamal Aljafari’s ‘A Fidai Film’ in Burning Lights.