UNDER BLUE SKIES  again in the cinema from April 22nd 2021!   Zurich Houdini, Lucerne Bourbaki, Chur, Pontresina …   Special projection with a discussion with the director:   Zurich Riff Raff, May 5, 2021 at 6:50 pm Davos Kulturplatz, May 27th, 2021 at 8 p.m.

The film WAKE UP ON MARS is in competition at the CPHDOX Festival in the Highlights section! Première online April 25 – 2:00 p.m. doxonline.dk You can watch the film on doxonline.dk from April 25 to May 5. For more information: CPHDOX Highlights

Das sind die 10 grössten Talente im Schweizer Film Von den Festival-Stars bis zum Netflix-Autor – wir sagen, welche jungen Filmschaffenden uns jetzt faszinieren.   Eine Bestenliste, das ist auch im besten Fall eine Anmassung. Wir haben es trotzdem versucht: Hier sind die zehn Schweizer Regisseurinnen und Drehbuchautoren, deren Werke uns zuletzt umgehauen haben. Sie kommen aus allen Landesteilen und sind zwischen 35 und 45 Jahre alt. Einziges Kriterium: die Qualität ihrer Filme und Serien.   Klaudia Reynicke Man könnte […]

The film Under Blue Skies by Ivo Zen is in competition at Bolzano Film Festival 2021! For more information:UNDER BLUE SKIES – Bolzano Film Festival  

UNDER THE SKIN 3rd release of the film UNDER THE SKIN in Swiss cinemas from tomorrow April 21 at the cinema BIO in Carouge. And certainly the last opportunity to see him indoors. 2 sessions per day 6:15 p.m. and 8:15 p.m. Attention 6 pers. max per session !! Book on the Cinema BIO website! More info on https://aardvarkfilm.com/catalogue-2/sous-la-peau/

Elene Naveriani’s new fictional short film is nominated for best short film at the 2021 Swiss Film Prize! The nominees’ evening will take place on Friday March 26, 2021. Tap here to find the nominees.

For more information: New Orleans’ 24th French Film Festival

SUNDANCE ANNOUNCES ITS AWARD WINNERS Blerta Basholli‘s Hive [+], a tale about a single mother struggling to survive after her husband’s disappearance during the Kosovo War, is the first film in Sundance history to win all three main awards – the Grand Jury Prize, the Audience Award and the Directing Award – in the World Cinema Dramatic Competition. Accepting the prize, Basholli said during the online ceremony that the award was “dedicated to all the women who really need their voice to […]

“Hive”, coproduction helvétique de la réalisatrice Blerta Basholli, a décroché trois prix, dont celui du meilleur film dramatique étranger (jury, public et réalisateur), au festival du film américain de Sundance. Si “CODA”, un drame indépendant adapté de la comédie française “La famille Bélier”, a remporté le premier prix du festival du film américain de Sundance mardi, la Suisse ne repart pas les mains vides. “Hive”, la coproduction helvétique de la réalisatrice Blerta Basholli, a décroché trois prix, dont celui du […]

2021 SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL AWARDS ANNOUNCED   HIVE receives three awards at Sundance Film Festival 2021! – The World Cinema Grand Jury Prize –  The Directing Award: World Cinema Dramatic – The Audience Award: World Cinema Dramatic   After six days and 73 feature films, the 2021 Sundance Film Festival’s Awards Ceremony took place tonight, hosted by actor and comedian Patton Oswalt, with jurors presenting 24 prizes for feature filmmaking and seven for Short Films. Honorees, named in total below, represent […]

Sundance 2021 Review: A Woman Stung Becomes a Budding Entrepreneur in Blerta Basholli’s “Hive” Amidst a great tragedy in Kosovo, a ray of hope emerges in the story of a woman who builds a business against all odds. You don’t know exactly what Fahrijie (Yllka Gashi) is looking for at the beginning of “Hive,” and to a degree, she doesn’t either. Ducking under some police tape, she sneaks a peek inside a tent where dozens of body bags are laid […]

“The Studios Where We Edited Had to Close All of a Sudden”: Director Blerta Basholli | Hive How did events of 2020—any of them—change your film, either in the way you approached it, produced it, post-produced it, or are now thinking about it? It mostly affected the post-production process. I was in Prague locking the film with editor Enis Saraci when the lockdown in March happened, so it was surreal. The studios where we edited had to close all of […]

Sundance Review: Hive Captures a Portrait of Resilience in the Patriarchal Society of Post-War Kosovo Hive has a similar based-on-a-true-story inspirational narrative as many English-language crowdpleasers: through sheer force of will, a resilient woman triumphs against great personal and systemic obstacles. These sorts of films are cranked out by studios, particularly in the UK, all the time (just last year we had Misbehaviour), usually in glossy packaging and with a comedic bent. Hive, however, trades that gloss for a handheld […]

‘Hive’ Trailer: Sundance World Premiere Finds a Woman Defying the Patriarchy in Kosovo EXCLUSIVE: BLERTA BASHOLLI’S DEBUT FILM PREMIERES IN THE WORLD CINEMA SECTION AT THE VIRTUAL SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL THIS YEAR. The Sundance Film Festival is just weeks away from launching on January 28, and this year it’s coming to your living room with a first-of-its-kind virtual edition. One of the films to look out for in the World Cinema section of the Dramatic competition is “Hive,” the debut […]

La réalisatrice genevoise Dea Gjinovci a suivi une famille kosovare en demande d’asile en Suède, dont les deux filles sont tombées en coma profond quand leur demande a été rejetée. Un film à découvrir en streaming jusqu’à jeudi. A Horndal, village au centre de la Suède, Furkan et sa famille doivent faire face à une énigme médicale qui bouleverse leur quotidien. Les deux filles aînées, Ibadeta et Djeneta, ont sombré dans le coma l’une après l’autre, quand la demande d’asile […]

Film-autel grisé de bleu Sous le ciel bleu, du réalisateur romanche Ivo Zen auquel on doit une petite dizaine de documentaires et de fictions réalisés depuis 2000, est une promesse de bleu. Le bleu acier du ciel d’hiver de Haute-Engadine dans la région de Samedan donne le vertige. Tellement puissant, immensément immaculé à perte de vue, il inocule l’impérieux besoin pour certains de prolonger l’expérience de cet accomplissement en une dimension plus étourdissante encore. Années 1980 et 1990, la cocaïne, […]

We are pleased to inform you of the replay of the documentary “Delphine and Carole” on Sunday January 31, 2021 at 10:25 pm on RTS 2 as part of the program “Histoire vivante”. The documentary will be available on the rts.ch site from Sunday January 24 at 10:30 p.m. (webfirst) until March 3, 2021 (catch-up), this geolocated in Switzerland. > Watch the film    

Elene Naveriani’s short in competition for the “Bridging the Borders Award” “Red Ants Bite” by Elene Naveriani in competition at Palm Springs International ShortFest 2020

“Filmatique, one of the rising online distributors of international cinema, has launched its first Talents Initiative, an online film festival promoting first and second projects made by budding filmmakers from around the world” – Variety Fisnik Maxhuni in the Filmatique Talents 2020 Line-Up with his short feature LOST EXILE and an exlusive interview. “Lost Exile” by Fisnik Maxhuni available in the UNITED STATES and CANADA in June on Filmatique Talents

NICOLE BORGEAT, LATE BLOOMER Je raccroche et ris encore. J’ai appelé Nicole Borgeat pour fixer une rencontre virtuelle – Covid-19 oblige – pour parler de son engagement pour la Suisse romande au sein du comité de l’Association suisse des scénaristes et réalisateur·trice·s de films (ARF/FDS). Elle est d’abord réticente : « Quand tu viens d’un milieu social modeste, et que tu es, en plus, une femme, on t’apprend à faire partie du troupeau. Tu ne te sens pas légitime. » […]

Elene Naveriani’s beautiful long feature is now available on art house streaming swiss platform Filmingo. “I am Truly a Drop of Sun on Earth” by Elene Naveriani distributed by Sister Distribution, available online

SUOT TSCHÊL BLAU BY NOEMIE DAUGAARD Während der 1980er- und 1990er-Jahren ist das Oberengadin Schauplatz einer Krise: Jugendunruhen und Heroinkonsum schwappen aus Zürich in die Berge über und finden in den rebellionsfreudigen Jugendlichen rund um Samedan dankbare Abnehmer. In der Folge sterben zahlreiche junge Menschen. In Suot tschêl blau (Under Blue Skies) widmet sich Ivo Zen erneut, nach Zaunkönig – Portrait einer Freundschaft (2016) dem Drogenkonsum und dessen Folgen. In seinem neusten Film gibt Zen den Hinterbliebenen und Überlebenden dieser […]

VISIONS DU RÉEL: DÉMATÉRIALISÉ MAIS VIVANT par Antoine Duplan Le festival nyonnais a conjuré le virus en proposant avec succès une édition online. Au programme, parmi 164 autres films, trois documentaires qui parlent de la Suisse ou témoignent d’un regard suisse sur le monde Pendant la guerre, pour la Suisse confinée en son réduit national, le Tessin tenait lieu de rêve tropical. Il était l’Espagne, le Maroc, le Brésil dans les films zurichois. Les décennies ont passé, le plus méridional […]

«I saw it and saw it every week» by Marine Guillain – “This week, what are we looking at?” Director Fisnik Maxhuni recommends four favorite feature films to watch at home. This week, it is the director Fisnik Maxhuni who shares his favorites films. We met this 30-year-old young man at the last Berlinale in February 2020, where he had been selected to participate in the Berlinale Talents. Born in Kosovo, Fisnik Maxhuni came to Switzerland when he was a […]

TRIBECA 2020 Dea Gjinovci • Director of Wake Up On Mars “I didn’t want to make a medical or investigative film; my main aim was to paint the portrait of a family” by Fabien Lemercier Unveiled in a world premiere within the competition section of the 19th Tribeca Film Festival, an event currently unspooling online for juries and film professionals, the Swiss-French co-production Wake Up On Mars [+] is the first full-length work by documentarian Dea Gjinovci. Cineuropa: How did you come across the […]

Visions/Tribeca review: WAKE UP ON MARS by Business Doc Europe by Nicole Santé How do you deal with the harsh reality of escaping a country where you’re not wanted, only to find that the safe haven in which you have invested so much hope doesn’t want you either?  The children in this visually beautiful film, which screens in National Competition, escape through sleeping and dreaming, but their story could have made a bigger impact.  Swiss-Kosovan director Dea Gjinovci stumbled upon the […]

WAKE UP ON MARS: Film Review by The Hollywood Reporter   A debut documentary delves into one family’s experience of “resignation syndrome,” a mysterious affliction affecting hundreds of children whose families are caught in immigration limbo. [Note: In the wake of the Tribeca festival’s postponement this year, The Hollywood Reporter is reviewing select entries that elected to premiere digitally.]   It’s fitting that Wake Up on Mars opens in winter. The frozen Swedish landscape is an apt backdrop for this real-life tale of […]

WAKE UP ON MARS press review by Cineuropa “Do your parents see the difference between when your sisters are awake and when they’re asleep?” It is at the heart of a very endearing family of Kosovar roma refugees awaiting regularisation in Sweden and dealing every day with a very strange illness, the “Resignation Syndrome”, that Swiss-Albanian filmmaker Dea Gjinovci has anchored her first feature film, the documentary Wake Up on Mars [+], which had its world premiere in competition at the 19th Tribeca Film […]

‘Wake Up on Mars’ Trailer: Tribeca Documentary Explores a Mysterious Illness Afflicting Refugees

Tomorrow Friday from 5pm our film “Wake up on Mars” will be available online for free on the RADIO TELEVISION SUISSE (RTS) website as part of the National Competition of the Visions du réel 2020 festival! https://www.visionsdureel.ch/2020/film/wake-up-on-mars

Two of our films to watch online for 24 hours at Visions du réel 2020! bit.ly/VdR2020_National “Wake up on Mars” by Dea Gjinovci Available April 17. This film can be viewed online for free on rts.ch from 5pm and for 24 hours, only in Switzerland. “Under blue skies” by Ivo Zen Available April 24. This film can be viewed online for free on rts.ch, srf.ch and rsi.ch from 5pm and for 24 hours, only in Switzerland.   National competition program

The FIFDH unveils its 2020 awards list The Festival juries watched the films remotely and delivered their awards list. HUG – Artopie Jury Prize Artopie Prize – An HUG-Children Action Project, with the support of the Harcourt Foundation Sous la peau by Robin Harsch “We, the Hug Artopie jury, award the prize for best film to Sous la peau of Robin Harsch for the quality of its direction on an important subject that concerns us all. The highlighting of the […]

«Sous La Peau» – À corps perdu vers son identité Les questions de genres et d’identité sont au cœur de l’actualité et pour mieux les comprendre, le réalisateur suisse Robin Harsch a choisi de suivre trois jeunes en pleine transition pendant près de deux ans. D’une grande sincérité, le documentaire s’avère aussi passionnant que touchant. Nés avec des attributs sexuels qui ne leur correspondent pas, Söan, Logan et Effie Alexandra ont décidé d’entreprendre des démarches pour changer de sexe. De […]

Sober, modest and moving. Audience award at the Biarritz documentary festival, “Under the skin” hits theaters Wednesday, March 11, 2020. The filmmaker Robin Harsch was able to follow during two years the transition led by Soän, Logan and Effie Alexandra, bornes in a body that didn’t match their gender identity. With Robin Harsch, Effie Alexandra and Alexia Scappaticci, social worker at Refuge Genève, reception center for LGBTi + people. By Raphaële Bouchet.   To listen to the interview, click here: […]

«Sous la peau»: Juste pouvoir être soi-même Le documentaire «Sous la peau» raconte l’histoire d’adolescentEs trans* en transition au Refuge, un lieu d’accueil à Genève. Effie et Logan, deux des protagonistes du film ont accepté de partager avec nous leurs expériences. Rencontre. Par Julie Bianchin, publié le 11.03.2020 C’est dans un café genevois que je fais la rencontre d’Effie Alexandra et de Logan, deux des protagonistes du film «Sous la peau» de Robin Harsch. Ma première question est de circonstance […]

« SOUS LA PEAU » : UN DOCUMENTAIRE SUR LE COURAGE DE TROIS JEUNES TRANS(GENRES) Ils s’appellent désormais Söan, Logan et Effie Alexandra et tous trois ont en commun le désir d’adapter leur genre à leur identité sexuelle. Le lausannois Robin Harsch les a suivis en pleine période de transition et raconte leurs luttes au quotidien. Ce documentaire du diplômé de l’Ecal Robin Harsch (« Biceps ») débute par une courte séquence où le cinéaste demande à ses deux tout jeunes fils s’ils se […]

Sous la peau: Robin Harsch se fond dans l’intimité du genre par Lucas Millet Dans le cadre du FIFDH, EPIC est parti à la rencontre de Robin Harsch, un jeune réalisateur genevois qui signe son dernier documentaire Sous la peau, une étude intime et profonde des vies de trois jeunes transgenres.   La condition de la transidentité Dans son documentaire Sous la peau, Robin Harsch aborde de manière frontale et profondément intime le sujet encore assez peu évoqué de la transidentité. Cette […]

Visions du réel – Compétition Nationale A competition dedicated to feature and medium-length films (co) produced by Switzerland.  

To listen to Robin’s radio interview, click here:  

To watch the movie on the ARTE website, click here: Delphine et Carole, insoumuses

Hair in the wind, hexagonal sunglasses, long black coat and large silver suitcase: he has the Fisnik style. When we meet him, he has just landed in the German capital. The 30-year-old Swiss director has been selected to participate in the Berlinale Talents: the event brings together 255 film professionals from 86 countries and mainly allows them to exchange and make useful contacts for their profession. Born in Kosovo, Fisnik Maxhuni came to Switzerland when he was a child. He […]

UNDER THE SKIN – Premieres in Switzerland: Monday 9 march – 18h15 – Cinema Bio (Genève) Tuesday 10 march 20h – Cinema Zinéma (Lausanne) Wednesday 11 march – official Romande release Tuesday 17 march 20h – Cinema Minimum (Neuchatel) Wednesday 18 march 20h – Cinema ABC (Chaux des Fonds) Sunday 22 march 18h – Cinema d’Oron (Oron)

Who are we underneath the skin? What defines us as a person? If one day your child were to tell you that he or she wants to change sex, would you still love him or her as much as you did before? This intimate film tells the story of the quest for identity and the family upheaval experienced by three teenagers in transition at Le Refuge, a shelter for young LGBTIQ people in Geneva. With deep sensitivity and in successive […]

Congratulations to ROBIN HARSCH awarded with the audience prize at FIPADOC 2020 – Festival International Documentaire with UNDER THE SKIN !     UNDER THE SKIN/ Robin Harsch Who are we underneath the skin? What defines us as a person? If one day your child were to tell you that he or she wants to change sex, would you still love him or her as much as you did before? This intimate film tells the story of the quest for identity […]

We are very pleased to announce the screening of RED ANTS BITE at the IFFR (International Film Festival Rotterdam) 2020.   RED ANTS BITE/ Elene Naveriani Obinna and Afame are two Nigerians stranded in Tbilisi. Their journey through the city will reveal the complexity of their emotional and social ties in a country that wants them to disappear. Projections: friday 24.01 16:00 Cinerama 2 saturday 25.01 16:00 Cinerama 3 monday 27.01 15:00 Cinerama 2 Ticketing & info

Congratulations to Fisnik Maxhuni for his selection to the BERLINALE TALENTS – Berlin International Film Festival  with “The land within me”.     THE LAND WITHIN ME/ Fisnik Maxhuni Winter, 2008. After years of exile in Geneva, Val returns home to Kosovo where the exhumation of a mass grave forces him to deal with vile secrets from the past.

We are very happy and happy to announce the screenings of RED ANTS BITE, DELPHINE AND CAROLE and THE FREE PLACE at Solothurner Filmtage which will take place from January 22 to 29.   RED ANTS BITE/ Elene Naveriani Obinna and Afame are two Nigerians stranded in Tbilisi. Their journey through the city will reveal the complexity of their emotional and social ties in a country that wants them to disappear. Projections: thursday 23.01 18:15 | Canva Club saturday 25.01 15:00 […]

We are delighted to announce the screening of DELPHINE ET CAROLE, INSOUMUSES on the occasion of Doc Fortnight 2020 at MoMa.     DELPHINE AND CAROLE / Callisto Mc Nulty The portrait of 1970s enchanted feminism, the film retraces the encounter of actress Delphine Seyrig and director Carole Roussopoulos in 1974, their creative and disruptive use of video, their radical actions and incisive humour. Projections: saturday 08.02

RED ANTS BITE by Elene Naveriani world premiere at Winterthur International Kurzfilmtage on November 8, 2019

“Under the skin” by Robin Harsch will be screened on October 31 – November 2 and November 3 next to the 72. Internationales Leipziger Festival Für Dokumentar und Animationsfilm. https://filmfinder.dok-leipzig.de/de/film/?ID=25560

Belgian premiere at the Namur International Film Festival @fiffnamur Projections 28 September – 13:30 – Caméo 4 29 September – 15:30 – Delta Grande Salle

World premiere at the São Paulo International Short Film Festival @curtakinoforum Screenings August 22 – 7PM – @cinesescsp August 24 – 5PM – Espaço Itaú de Cinema August 25 – 9PM – @cinemateca.brasileira – sala BNDES A short fiction film by Filippo Demarchi with @nemoflouret and #antoninschopfer produced by Britta Rindelaub @alvafilmprod in coproduction with @rsionline

BOOMERANG Screening on Tuesday 13.08.19 at 9:15 p.m. at the Open Air Cinema Friborg in the presence of co-scriptwriter Jacqueline Surchat! A Nicole Borgeat film, written by Jacqueline Surchat and Nicole Borgeat With @guillaumekerbusch and @marlenesaldana, @david_kammenos and Zoé Schellenberg Produced by Britta Rindelaub @alvafilmprod, in coproduction with NEED Productions, @radiotelevisionsuisse, #Umedia, in association with #uFund, with the participation of @TV5Monde, #Cinéforom and the support of @loterieromande, Fonds de Production Télévisuelle, Fonds des intermittents genevois, stage Pool FOCAL et Tax Shelter du gouvernement fédéral de Belgique et des investisseurs Tax Shelter.

BRISSOGNE ISLANDS / LES ÎLES DE BRISSOGNE selected at @ficbueu 2019 Short fiction film written and directed by Juliette Riccaboni with @Daphne_Scoccia and @AlessioGallo900 produced by Britta Rindelaub @alvafilmprod on coproduction with @radiotelevisionsuisse © image @ficbueu @juliettericcaboni @filippo_filliger @neyaroney @khadijadoh @noguibs @alexcabanne @raphaeldubach @jul.dumoulin #ficbueu2019 #brissogneislands #lesilesdebrissogne #shortfilm #femaledirector #aosta #italiancinema #swisscinema #socialissue #gabriellobos #leubage #swissfilms #cineforom #loterieromande #officefederaldelaculture #aostafilmcommission

THE FREE PLACE by Filippo Demarchi & BRISSOGNE ISLANDS by Juliette Riccaboni are both selected at Odense Film Festival  2019.

DELPHINE ET CAROLE, INSOUMUSES 💥 Previews in the presence of Callisto Mc Nulty to come: – 7 June, 20h00 @cinemacityclub Pully
-  8 June, 18h00 @cinemaroyalstecroix Sainte-Croix
-  9 June, 18h30 at Cinéma Rex Vevey
- 11 june at 20h15 at Centre de Culture ABC, La Chaux-de-Fonds
-  12 june, 18h00 at @cinesion_ Lux Sion
- 13 June at 20h15 @cinema_bio Carouge In cinemas @spoutnik_cinema (Geneva), @cinema_bio (Carouge), @cinemaroyalstecroix (Ste Croix), Cinéma Minimum (Neuchâtel) and @zinemazinema (Lausanne) Timetables: https://www.cineman.ch/

BOOMERANG wins the @civis_medienpreis TV.VIDEO Unterhaltung ! Congratulations to Nicole Borgeat, Jacqueline Surchat, @marlenesaldanana, @guillaumekerbusch, @david_kammenos, Zoé Schellenberg and everyone who made this film possible! @radiotelevisionsuisse

RED ANTS BITE The @alvafilmprod team is at the @festivaldecannes pitching at the Work in Progress tomorrow at 10h00 in the Short Film Corner !

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Lost Exile by Fisnik Maxhuni won an award at the Locarno Film Festival. The Cinema and Youth jury for the “Pardi di domani” section (Tomorrow’s Leopards) rewarded the young director in the national competition. He was awarded with a prize of 1,500 francs offered by the Department of Education, Culture and Sports of the canton of Ticino.

The new short film by Ivo Zen is broadcast on Swiss television:   RTS 2 Saturday November 21, 2015 at 11:45 am Tuesday, November 24, 2015 at 2:45 p.m.   SRF1 Saturday November 21, 2015 at 5:10 p.m.

Julie De Wispelaere’s film “From one species to another” was selected in international competition at the UPPSALA festival http://www.shortfilmfestival.com/en/films-in-competition-2015/

Otra isla / D’une île à l’autre

Britta Rindelaub’s feature documentary, Loin des yeux, is now available on VOD on the artfilm.ch platform.   http://www.artfilm.ch/index.php?action=search&query=loin+des+yeux&submit=%3F

The documentary Otra Isla by Heidi Hassan won the documentary prize at the Havana Film Festival in New York. Havana Film Festival Awards 2015

SAINTE CROIX, le 25 janvier à 20h, Cinéma Royal, projection en présence de la réalisatrice CHATEL SAINT DENIS, le 1er février à 11h, Cinéma Sirius, projection en présence de la réalisatrice. Puis projections le 8 février, le 15 février et le 22 février à 11h http://www.cinema-sirius.ch/index.php LE CHENIT, le 7 février à 18h, Cinéma Le Sentier, projection en présence de la réalisatrice. Puis projection le 8 février à 20h VEVEY, le 8 février à 11h, Cinéma Rex, projection en présence de la réalisatrice et table ronde sur Le maintien du lien parents-enfants […]