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Art Basel expands to Qatar despite the drums of war in the Middle East
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Art Basel will launch its first Qatar fair in 2026, led by the Italian curator Vincenzo de Bellis, with ambitious plans for the Middle East and North Africa region.
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Swiss Film Selection
We offer a selection of Swiss films chosen from the Swiss streaming platform Play Suisse to our international audience. These films are subtitled in English and are productions or co-productions of the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation (SBC), to which SWI swissinfo.ch also belongs.
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Echoes from the Indian Ocean: Swiss stories of the 2004 tsunami
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This Swiss docufiction tells the stories of people whose lives were devastated by the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami.
Swiss true crimes: the child serial killer Werner Ferrari (part 2/2)
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This two-part documentary film looks back at the police investigation into the shocking story of Switzerland’s infamous child serial killer.
Swiss true crimes: the child serial killer Werner Ferrari (part 1/2)
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This two-part documentary film looks back at the police investigation into the shocking story of Switzerland’s infamous child serial killer.
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A documentary film about the dramatic double murder case involving the married couple Peter and Ursula Breitschmid, instigated by their adopted son.
Swiss true crimes: the car park murderer who shocked Switzerland
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A documentary film about Caroline H, a serial pyromaniac who violently murdered two women, and almost killed a third, in Switzerland in the 1990s.
Patrick Chappatte: ‘The path for satire has been getting narrower’
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Patrick Chappatte is one of the most prolific cartoonists. We talked to him about the current state of satire, media and free speech in the world.
Around the world with a young Swiss explorer in 1900
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Long before he became president of the Red Cross, Zurich-born Max Huber travelled the world for two years documenting every step of his adventure.
The architecture of Miroslav Šik doesn’t need to shout
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Unlike the attention-seeking buildings that dominate global discourse, the architecture of Swiss-Czech architect Miroslav Šik favours a quieter sensibility.
How a Swiss fund helps Global South artists connect with rest of the world
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SWI swissinfo.ch speaks to Ghanaian artist Ibrahim Mahama as cuts to Switzerland’s cultural development assistance budget looms.
Cultural aid cuts deal blow to Global South creatives – and Swiss diplomacy
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Switzerland is among many countries slashing foreign aid, including funding for the arts. Cultural institutions argue these cuts hurt artists – and donors’ national interests.
Last chapter of Sylvain George’s migration trilogy heads to Cannes
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The French director talks to SWI swissinfo.ch as his film “Obscure Night – Ain’t I a Child?” premiered in Switzerland before being selected for Cannes.
Two Art Brut exhibitions 40 years apart expose the state of the arts in Cuba
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Isolated in an isolated island, Cuban outcast artists have been celebrated in Lausanne’s Art Brut museum, which revisited and revamped an exhibition from 1983.
American author turns Bern into a stage for murder mysteries
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Kim Hays talks about her crime series “Polizei Bern”, which explores Switzerland’s dark past and taboos creeping under the peaceful capital city.
How Switzerland helps protect the world’s endangered cultural heritage
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Geneva safeguards cultural treasures, from Spanish art to Ukrainian and Gaza heritage, reflecting Switzerland’s global heritage commitment.
Berlin Film Festival: the heroic ‘Late Shift’ of a Swiss nurse
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Swiss filmmaker Petra Volpe’s tense drama, Late Shift, about hospital life seen through the eyes of a dedicated nurse, had its Berlin Film Festival premiere last week.
Architecture of loss: how the pressure on living spaces becomes a source for drama
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Geneva’s Black Movie Festival questions the struggles of urban life, torn between construction, deconstruction, and the quest to sustain a home in systems where individuals are powerless.
Poor, cold and rebellious: the Swiss Jura shows its rich imagination in films
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In its 60th edition, the Solothurn Film Festival highlighted films about the Jura region – a place of Swiss separatism, linguistic divides, economic hardship, and nostalgia.
From soldiers to Scouts, a Swiss filmmaker explores youth in uniform
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Mateo Ybarra discusses his latest documentary, ‘Camp d’été’ (Summer Camp), which follows a 14-day Scout jamboree in Switzerland.
Don’t think small: first Swiss Netflix series, ‘Winter Palace’ sets tone of what’s to come
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Streaming platform co-productions such as Winter Palace will become a regular feature in the future. What’s in it for the Swiss entertainment industry?
Audrey Hepburn valued the discretion of the Swiss Alps
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The sale of a Swiss villa which once belonged to film star Audrey Hepburn demonstrates Switzerland’s status as a haven for the stars.
Beyond Godard’s shadow: in search of the evasive Anne-Marie Miéville
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The Swiss filmmaker Anne-Marie Miéville is perhaps best-known as Jean-Luc Godard’s partner in life and art. Her films are now gaining new attention at festivals.
The hard battle for women’s visibility in the streets of Geneva
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In 2019, the city of Geneva decided to give women more visibility in public spaces. What it didn’t expect was so much backlash.
Switzerland’s most renowned trans person no longer wants to be a woman
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Chris Brönimann became Nadia just before the turn of the millennium. Now Switzerland’s most famous transgender figure is publicly grappling with regret over that choice.
How film and literature have influenced the acceptance of assisted suicide
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Powerful stories of assisted dying are etched in our collective memory. Now, a research project from Switzerland is gathering artistic works on the subject.
Against ‘Kids, Kitchen, Church’: the surrealist women who fought the legacies of fascism
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The Traumatic Surreal, an exhibition in Leeds (UK), sheds light on a feminist – and overlooked – thread in the evolution of the surrealist movement.
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Billions of people around the world will be marking the New Year somehow – and the tradition-loving Swiss are no exception.
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From major international conferences to natural disasters and extreme weather, Switzerland has seen many memorable events over the past 12 months.
Saas-Fee celebrates 40 years of Wham!’s ‘Last Christmas’
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The small Swiss ski village where the British pop group filmed their classic video is making the most of the anniversary.
Train vs plane: would you take a direct train between London and Geneva?
Eurostar is planning to run direct trains from Britain to Germany and Switzerland from the early 2030s. Would you favour the train over the plane? If not, why not?
