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Swiss director Simon Edelstein’s triumphant return to Locarno, 50 years on

This content was published on Aug 16, 2025 This year the Locarno Film Festival paid homage to the influential Swiss director Simon Edelstein.

Jackie Chan will receive a honour Pardo prize for his career at Locarno. The festival will screen some early Jackie Chan films, like "Project A" (1983), pictured above with Chan in the center.

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How the Locarno Film Festival brought Chinese films to the West

This content was published on Aug 7, 2025 Over the past 75 years, some pivotal Chinese films and filmmakers have had their first encounter with international critics at Locarno.

Michael Powell's "Peeping Tom" (1960) is probably the most well-known film among the selection curated for Locarno's retrospective this year.

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Locarno Festival sheds light on an under-appreciated era of British cinema

This content was published on Aug 6, 2025 Films restored by the British and the Swiss film archives illuminate a period of national reconstruction and cultural transformation.

Radu Jude is back: the Romanian director's anarchic version of "Dracula" is in the main competition of Locarno this year.

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Locarno Festival counters the somber mood of the world with art and comedy

This content was published on Aug 5, 2025 The Swiss film festival kicks off with a program reflecting the current pulse of the planet - and offers a roster of comedies celebrating art.

Scene of "Rapt" (1934), the first Swiss avantgarde film, directed by exiled Estonian author Dimitri Kirsanoff.

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Love letters and technology help restore pivotal Swiss film from ashes

This content was published on Jul 15, 2025 "Rapt", shot in 1934 by an Estonian who fled the Bolshevik Revolution, has won a new lease of life after meticulous restoration.

Fortune Mbitounou and Kevin Ossol, protagonists of the documentary "Kevine and Fortune"

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Young filmmakers target Africa and hit Switzerland’s post-colonial legacy

This content was published on May 11, 2025 This year, the Visions du Réel Film Festival's national competition featured three Swiss documentaries set in Africa.

Scene of "Heldin" (Late Shift), by Petra Volpe, 2025

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Berlin Film Festival: the heroic ‘Late Shift’ of a Swiss nurse

This content was published on Feb 24, 2025 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.

Fire in Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe's main city, in a scene of "L'Homme Vertige: Tales of a City", screened at the latest Black Movie Festival in Geneva, and at this year's Berlin Film Festival.

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Architecture of loss: how the pressure on living spaces becomes a source for drama

This content was published on Feb 23, 2025 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.

Tout un hiver sans feu, 2005, Greg Zglinski

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Poor, cold and rebellious: the Swiss Jura shows its rich imagination in films

This content was published on Feb 21, 2025 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.

Two people stand on a wooden lookout tower, with a red flag fluttering above against a backdrop of blue sky and fluffy white clouds.

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From soldiers to Scouts, a Swiss filmmaker explores youth in uniform

This content was published on Feb 20, 2025 Mateo Ybarra discusses his latest documentary, 'Camp d'été' (Summer Camp), which follows a 14-day Scout jamboree in Switzerland.

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