Cluster: Swiss Identity

New design school director aims to surprise

This content was published on Aug 15, 2011 Recently appointed to the helm of the Lausanne University of Art and Design (Ecal), Alexis Georgacopoulos has big shoes to fill following the 16-year reign of legendary Pierre Keller. Keller transformed the small Lausanne art school into a major design university and relocated it to a former hosiery factory in Renens, which was redesigned by renowned Swiss…

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Bikewhacking

This content was published on Aug 15, 2011 We used a map instead. As a result we are likely not only the first to navigate our way to Monteviasco by bike, but also likely the last. This little town high on the hillside on the Italian side of the border is pretty large on the map and full of tourists on this day,…

Tobacco ruling has a financial side

This content was published on Aug 15, 2011 Basic compulsory insurance, which currently does not reimburse any anti-tobacco medication, will have to pay up. The health office made its decision on August 9. Criteria have yet to be fixed. “This ruling is historical because it gives prevention the right place,” Jean-Charles Rielle, a doctor at the Information Centre for Tobacco Addiction Prevention in…

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Old Chestnuts

This content was published on Aug 14, 2011 Too bad it is illegal to pick them up. Or at least it would have been in the past, when chestnuts were so precious for their protein that you were only allowed to pick up nuts from your own trees. Until the early twentieth century this Malcantone region of Ticino (and elsewhere in Ticino as…

“The extent of the suffering is huge”

This content was published on Aug 14, 2011 Unicef worker Alexandra Rosetti spent four days in the refugee town, the largest of its kind in the world. She said while she had witnessed despair, she also saw hopefulness. Rosetti recorded her experiences on a blog which appeared on the Unicef Switzerland website. swissinfo.ch: Toni Frisch, deputy director-general of the Swiss Agency for Development…

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Weather and anniversary boost Street Parade

This content was published on Aug 14, 2011 There were 29 “love mobiles”, with the first one featuring the event’s founder Marek Krynski. The parade was largely peaceful, but medics were busier than in 2010. The Street Parade said that the weather had been perfect – 25 degrees – and the atmosphere excellent. Last year only 650,000 people attended the parade because of…

Culture

And the award goes to …

This content was published on Aug 13, 2011 Milagros Mumenthaler’s tale of three sisters dealing with the death of the grandmother who had raised them was also the Fipresci critics’ choice for Best Film. Maria Canale picked up Best Actress for her performance as one of the sisters. (See trailer) There were 20 films in the international competition and jury chair Paul Branco…

Ancient Times

This content was published on Aug 13, 2011 But my discoveries today make a century seem like this morning’s news. Dale Bechtel and I left Chiasso by bike. A few kilometers out of town, I had to use my GPS in briar-infested woods to find the unmarked spot that is Switzerland’s southernmost point. To me it’s a significant place, but from the evidence…

As seen by a critic

This content was published on Aug 13, 2011 Young, aka @jigsawlounge, tweeted on Saturday: “Hunches: Golden Leopard: GOODBYE FIRST LOVE. Best Director: Loktev, THE LONELIEST PLANET.” Young, sitting on the Fipresci jury of international critics, has not given any of the 20 films in the international competition more than 6/10. He told swissinfo.ch: “Overall in the competition I did not find an outstanding film that I…

Doing business

This content was published on Aug 13, 2011 The answer has been to hold three industry networking days in the middle of the festival – a new feature introduced last year – where buyers and distributors can see the best of the crop of films on offer in very short space of time. On the periphery, forums and round tables are held on…

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