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

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

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.

The first co-production by Swiss public television RTS and Netflix premiered last Christmas.

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Don’t think small: first Swiss Netflix series, ‘Winter Palace’ sets tone of what’s to come

This content was published on Feb 16, 2025 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 made Switzerland her home so she could lead a normal life

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Audrey Hepburn valued the discretion of the Swiss Alps

This content was published on Feb 16, 2025 The sale of a Swiss villa which once belonged to film star Audrey Hepburn demonstrates Switzerland's status as a haven for the stars.

Lithuanian director Saule Bliuvaite poses with her Giolden Leopard award at Locarno's Piazza Grande, last August.

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A double triumph in Locarno raises the profile of Lithuanian cinema

This content was published on Feb 2, 2025 At the Locarno Film Festival in 2024, two Lithuanian films swept up five prizes, including the Golden Leopard.

She doesn't have to yell to make her point: Anne-Marie Miéville with Jean-Luc Godard in a scene of her film "Nous sommes tous encore ici" (We are all still here), 1996.

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Beyond Godard’s shadow: in search of the evasive Anne-Marie Miéville

This content was published on Jan 30, 2025 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.

Bady Minck's "La Belle est la Bête / Beauty is the Beast", 2005.

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Against ‘Kids, Kitchen, Church’: the surrealist women who fought the legacies of fascism

This content was published on Jan 3, 2025 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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