All Switzerland articles – Page 8
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Features
Locarno’s Open Doors head Sophie Bourdon evaluates the end of the Southeast Asia cycle
Locarno’s Open Doors bids farewell to Southeast Asia and Mongolia this year, but pledges to stay connected with the region.
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Independent VoD players in focus: Kino On Demand
Users of Kino on Demand (KoD) receive a €5 ($6) voucher for the first and every fifth film viewed, which they can redeem at one of more than 800 participating cinemas.
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Independent VoD players in focus: filmingo
Switzerland’s trigon-film foundation has also been operating its own streaming platform since 2013.
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Reviews
‘Olga’: Cannes Review
Swiss debut about an obsessive gymnast en route to the Olympics is a timely release for director Elie Grappe
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Locarno to honour Japan’s Mamoru Hosoda with new Locarno Kids Award
Festival will give Hosoda’s Cannes title ‘ Belle’ a Piazza Grande screening.
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Charlotte Colbert’s ‘She Will’, Gleb Panfilov’s ‘100 Minutes’ join Locarno line-up
Swiss festival is gearing up for its first physical edition in two years, running August 4-14.
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Locarno and Zurich festivals receive huge Swiss funding boost
Locarno’s annual budget will rise to $1.88m from 2022 for four years.
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Berlin award-winner ‘La Mif’ acquired for UK-Ireland (exclusive)
Fred Baillif’s teenage drama won best film in the Generation 14plus competition at this year’s Berlinale.
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French-language buyers flock to fantasy comedy ‘Kaamelott’ (exclusive)
Arthurian legends spoof is set to launch theatrically on 1,000 screens in France on July 21.
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‘LUX’: Thessaloniki Review
Intriguing study of an army-training simulation exercise in Geneva
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Luca Guadagnino-produced Netflix thriller 'Beckett' to open Locarno
Feature will open festival with Piazza Grande screening on August 4.
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Neuchâtel International Fantastic Film Festival unveils hybrid 2021 line-up
Ben Wheatley’s ‘In The Earth’ is playing in the main competition of the Swiss festival.
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Locarno Pro unveils nine projects selected for Alliance 4 Development
Upcoming features from Brazilian director João Paulo Miranda Maria and Swiss-Rwandan director Philibert Aimé Mbabazi
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Locarno to fete Italian cinematographer Dante Spinotti
Swiss festival will screen Michael Mann’s The Insider and Heat for which Spinotti was Oscar-nominated.
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Locarno to honour ‘Star Wars’, 'RoboCop’, ‘Jurassic Park’ VFX maestro Phil Tippett
The festival will also world premiere Tippett’s long-awaited personal project Mad God.
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Locarno to honour Gale Anne Hurd with producer prize
Previous recipients include Jeremy Thomas, Christine Vachon and David Linde.
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Jessica Beshir’s ‘Faya Dayi’ wins top prize at upbeat hybrid Visions Du Réel
Full list of awards at Swiss documentary festival revealed.
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Locarno launches African strand of Industry Academy scheme
Locarno Industry Academy also runs in Mexico, Brazil, the US, Lebanon and Greece.
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Visions du Réel’s Emilie Bujès talks meeting the challenge of a second pandemic edition
Artistic director Emilie Bujès reveals the struggles and fresh alliances that have come out of hosting a second edition during the virus crisis.