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Bern film festival goes global

The short film festival shnit had humble beginnings – from a local film club in the Swiss capital Bern 13 years ago. Today it runs simultaneously in eight cities on five continents, bringing together more than 30,000 filmmakers and large audiences. The winning entries will receive their Flaming Faun statuettes in a ceremony in New York on October 18. (Michele Andina, swissinfo.ch)

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My work is focused on making videos and podcasts about science and technology topics. I specialize in developing explainatory video formats for mobile viewing, mixing animation and documentary styles. I studied filmmaking and animation at Zurich University of the Arts and began working as a video journalist at SWI swissinfo.ch in 2004. Since then I have specialised in creating different styles of animation for our visual products.

Michele Andina

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