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Hamburg’s Tamtam Film on working with European partners to expand drama, doc and series slate
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
ZFF’s main competition line-up comprises 14 films.
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Zurich adds world premieres ’Der Spitzname’ and ‘Landesverräter’ to line-up
‘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
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
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
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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Features
Locarno 2024 line-up guide: Piazza Grande and International Competition titles
The festival runs August 7-17.
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Norwegian horror ‘Handling The Dead’ is awarded best film at Switzerland’s Neuchâtel festival
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 Premium (exclusive)
The film stars David Pareja and Estefania de los Santos as a couple with a table that changes their lives.
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‘Savages’: Annecy Review
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
Swiss animator will present his latest film Sauvages at the festival.
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‘Dog On Trial’: Cannes Review
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
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 panel
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
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
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’
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)
Fröhner is head of programme and guests at Zürich Film Festival.
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Reviews
‘The Landscape And The Fury’: Visions du Reel Review
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
Further winners included Kamal Aljafari’s ‘A Fidai Film’ in Burning Lights.