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BODHI-DHARMA von Bae Yong-kyun
Three people live in a remote Buddhist monastery near Mount Chonan: Hyegok, the old master; Yong Nan, a young man who has left his extended family in the city to seek enlightenment, and an orphan lad Haejin.
2008-05-31 Permalink No comment Tweet Recommend

IGNACE REISS. VIE ET MORT D'UN REVOLUTIONNAIRE by Daniel Künzi
The assassination of Ignace Reiss illustrates the brutal changes of the soviet union society in the first twenty years and the upcoming of the Staline regime.
2008-05-31 Permalink No comment Tweet Recommend

MOIRES BEWEGUNG LICHT by Liberius Lucas and Robert Richter
Starting from the internationally renowned Moiré sculptures of the Bernese artist Werner Witschi, the film MOIRES BEWEGUNG LICHT offers a multi-level visual and acoustic experience and invites the spectator to perceive everyday life differently.
2008-05-30 Permalink No comment Tweet Recommend

FIDEL CASTRO by Rebecca Chávez
Cuban documentary on Fidel Castro
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LA SUISSE ET LA GUERRE D'ESPAGNE by Daniel Künzi
A ground swell of solidarity developed in Switzerland in support of Republican Spain but it was forbidden for any citizen to offer practical help to the Republican government.
2008-05-30 Permalink No comment Tweet Recommend

art-tv: LA REINA DEL CONDON 2008-05-29 (German)

LA ESTRATEGIA DEL CARACOL by Sergio Cabera
A lot of people live in an ocupated house; after many years of quiet living, the owner of the house wants them out. They try whatever they can to avoid being put out, without sucess.
2008-05-29 Permalink No comment Tweet Recommend

UN SUISSE A PART. GEORGES-HENRI POINTET by Daniel Künzi
George-Henri Pointet came of age when facist clouds began to darken the skies of Europe.Intelligent, clear-thinking and generous, he was one of the first people to understand that sectarian loyalties must give way to a unified front against the monster.
2008-05-29 Permalink No comment Tweet Recommend

WOZ: Der Typograf als Philosoph 2008-05-28 (German)

Tages Anzeiger: Gradlinige, stilsichere Filme 2008-05-28 (German)

LE COLLIER PERDU DE LA COLOMBE by Nacer Khemir
The fairy tale by Nacer Khemir tells the story of Hassan, a young man who is taught calligraphy by his master. One day he runs across a portion of an old text which convinces him that it holds the secrets to love. A film by trigon-film.
2008-05-28 Permalink No comment Tweet Recommend

DES SUISSES A L'AVENTURE AVEC DE GAULLE by Daniel Künzi
Several hundred Swiss joined the international brigades. and how many joined the French Army to stand up against the Nazis? Incredibly, this is a subject no historian has ever tackled.
2008-05-28 Permalink No comment Tweet Recommend

Serverunterbruch 2008-05-27 (German)

LES VOLBECS by Robi Engler
Animation series of the swiss french television of the nineties.
2008-05-27 Permalink No comment Tweet Recommend

STRÄHL von Manuel Flurin Hendry am 27. Mai in Bern 2008-05-27 (German)

Le Temps: Les leçons que la Suisse pourrait retenir de Cannes 2008-05-26 (French)

MEINE FREUNDE IN DER DDR by Lucienne Lanaz
Travelling through Eastern Germany in 1988 just before the fall of the wall in 1989. Six people show how they created a their niche within the society.
2008-05-26 Permalink No comment Tweet Recommend

WACHTMEISTER STUDER von Leopold Lindtberg am 26. Mai in Bern 2008-05-26 (German)

TERRA EM TRANSE by Glauber Rocha
In an imaginary country, a the old and dieing writer and journalist Paolo tells about his problems. This is Glauber Rochas most important and most polemic work which confirms his political and social awareness.
2008-05-25 Permalink No comment Tweet Recommend

YVONNE BOVARD, DEPORTEE EN SIBERIE by Daniel Künzi
Yvonne Bovard, a violinist from Geneva, emigrated to the USSR in 1936. Working in radio, where she was in charge of children’s programmes, she was arrested in 1940 and sent to Siberia, a victim of Stalinism.
2008-05-23 Permalink No comment Tweet Recommend

Fonction Cinéma fête ses 25 ans 2008-05-23 (French)

Festival Subject - le réel image par image du 23 au 25 mai à Lausanne 2008-05-23 (French)

MANI MATTER von Friedrich Kappeler am 23. Mai in Bern 2008-05-23 (German)

art-tv: Fussballfilm AUFBAUER DER NATION 2008-05-22 (German)

AIMEE S. EMPRISONNEE EN 1945 by Daniel Künzi
A young girl helps children to cross the borders during the Second World War.
2008-05-22 Permalink No comment Tweet Recommend

A TICKLE IN THE HEART von Stefan Schwietert am 22. Mai in Bern 2008-05-22 (German)

Videoex - Int. Experimental Film & Video Festival 23. bis 31. Mai 2008 2008-05-22 (German)

MISSIONS CHEZ TITO by Daniel Künzi
In 1944, the anti-fascist doctors of the Centrale sanitaire suisse joined the resistance movement against the Nazi occupants of Yugoslavia.
2008-05-21 Permalink No comment Tweet Recommend

IRENE SCHWEIZER von Gitta Gsell am 21. März in Bern 2008-05-21 (German)

DIE WETTERPROPHETEN by Christoph Felder
In the Muotathal in the center of Switzerland, peasants use natural phenomena to make their own weather forecast. The previews are essential for their work.
2008-05-20 Permalink No comment Tweet Recommend

Tages Anzeiger: Paradies an der Autobahn 2008-05-20 (German)

UR-MUSIG von Cyrill Schläpfer am 20. Mai in Bern 2008-05-20 (German)

art-tv: LA TRADUCTRICE im Kino 2008-05-19 (German)

IL BACIO DI TOSCA von Daniel Schmid am 19. Mai in Bern 2008-05-19 (German)

art-tv: HIDDEN HEART 2008-05-17 (German)

Tages Anzeiger: Oscar-Ehren für Schweizer Filmer 2008-05-17 (German)

Das Bundesamt für Kultur fördert die Fertigstellung von Kinofilmen 2008-05-16 (German)

DER GEHÜLFE von Thomas Koerfer am 16. Mai in Bern 2008-05-16 (German)

GERHARD MEIER - DAS WOLKENSCHATTENBOOT von Friedrich Kappeler am 15. Mai in Bern 2008-05-15 (German)

BACK TO CHRISTOPOLIS by Klaus Pas
In Liberta, three former child soldiers invite us into their lives and show us how challenging it is for them to reintegrate post civil war society. A film Sélection Visions du Réel
2008-05-14 Permalink No comment Tweet Recommend

NORMAN MAILER - MY LIFE by Gero von Boehm
He was a literary master, won the Pulitzer Prize two times and the National Book Award, but was is also America’s ‘enfant terrible’: Norman Mailer.
2008-05-14 Permalink No comment Tweet Recommend

GRIPSHOLM von Xavier Koller am 14. Mai in Bern 2008-05-14 (German)

THE MONASTERY, MR. VIG & THE NUN by Pernille Rose Grønkjaer
Worlds collide, tempers flare and dreams are realized when Mr. Vig, an 82-year-old virgin from Denmark and Sister Ambrosija, a headstrong Russian nun, join forces to transform Mr. Vig’s run-down castle into an Orthodox Russian monastery.
2008-05-13 Permalink No comment Tweet Recommend

DIE MISSBRAUCHTEN LIEBESBRIEFE von Leopold Lindtberg am 13. Mai in Bern 2008-05-13 (German)

TANGOS - EL EXILIO DE GARDEL by Fernando Solanas
A group of emigrated argentinians is playing a theatrical piece on the tango musician Carlos Gardel in Paris.
2008-05-12 Permalink No comment Tweet Recommend

LEILA KHALED, HIJACKER by Lina Makboul
Leila Khaled was the first woman ever to hijack an aircraft. As a member of the Popular front for the liberation of Palestine, the PFLP, she hijacked an American Boeing 707 in 1969.
2008-05-12 Permalink No comment Tweet Recommend

art-tv: 1 JOURNEE Interview mit Jacob Berger 2008-05-11 (German)

THE MAN WHO COPIED by Jorge Furtado
The 20-year-old narrator André (Lázaro RamosI, relatively poor, falls in love with Silvia, a neighbor whom he spy's with a telescope. Becoming more and more attracted to her, he begins to follow her around the city and realizes she works in a clothing shop. He works in a xerox place and makes a copy of a brand new 50 real bill in order to buy a dress from her store.
2008-05-11 Permalink No comment Tweet Recommend

KARL LAGERFELD IS NEVER HAPPY ANYWAY by Gero von Boehm
The last king of the fashion world, Karl Lagerfeld influences both international taste and tendencies. He seemingly has fun doing his job, but his achievements prove him to be a hard worker.
2008-05-11 Permalink No comment Tweet Recommend

GORI VATRA by Pjer Zalica
GORI VATRA is set in Tesanj, a Bosnian town close to the Serbian border, two years after the civil war officially ended. Corruption and hatred are palpable and most townfolk are engaged in one type of illegal activity or another. Somehow, Tesanj becomes part of President Clinton's itinerary through the region; the town stands to benefit in the form of infrastructure improvements and investment opportunities.
2008-05-10 Permalink No comment Tweet Recommend

cover80/slavesofthesworddayan.jpg cover80/slavesoftheswordrabin.jpg cover80/slavesoftheswordsharon.jpg SLAVES OF THE SWORD: DAYAN - RABIN - SHARON
Moshe Dayan, Yitzhak Rabin and Ariel Sharon are three men who shaped the destiny of the entire Middle East. Three generals, men of fast deeds, with little patience for words. They became politicians and found themselves at the crossroads of history.
SLAVES OF THE SWORD: MOSHE DAYAN
SLAVES OF THE SWORD: ITZHAK RABIN
SLAVES OF THE SWORD: ARIEL SHARON
2008-05-10 Permalink No comment Tweet Recommend

LES BALISEURS DU DESERT by Nacer Kehmir
A fairy tale in the desert. A film by trigon-film.
2008-05-09 Permalink No comment Tweet Recommend

BRIC A BRAC ET BROCANTEURS by André Béday
Study of the cosmopolitic milieu of the second hand market in Nyon at the Lake of Geneva.
2008-05-09 Permalink No comment Tweet Recommend

SHAKE THE DEVIL OFF concerts de MOTHERTONGUE 2008-05-09 (German)

ELISABETH KÜBLER-ROSS von Stefan Haupt am 9. Mai in Bern 2008-05-09 (German)

LE GRAND VOYAGE by Ismaël Ferroukhi
Reda, summoned to accompany his father on a pilgrimage to Mecca, complies reluctantly, for he's preparing for his baccalaureat and, even more important, has a secret love relationship. A film by trigon-film.
2008-05-08 Permalink No comment Tweet Recommend

DOLLS. A WOMAN FROM DAMASKUS by Diana El Jeiroudi
In a traditional Damascene milieu, Manal is challenged to cherish her excellence as a housewife. Still, she insists on chasing a personal dream of getting back to work. Fulla, a new doll, has become the “Dream of Every Arab Girl” with sales skyrocketing. A Film Sélection Visions du Réel Nyon
2008-05-08 Permalink No comment Tweet Recommend

MUTTER von Miklos Gimes am 8. Mai in Bern 2008-05-08 (German)

INTERVENTION DIVINE by Elia Suleiman
A divine comédy, a modern slapstick on palestinian-israelian coexistence. A film by trigon-film.
2008-05-07 Permalink No comment Tweet Recommend

MEERDOLEN by Peter Guyer
With his eye on the ground and broom in hand, he wanders through the streets of Barcelona. In the shade of a palm tree, he discovers a re. ned, elderly lady. And in the middle of Las Ramblas, a young crook. Bossert believes that every sinkhole has a face, claiming that he gives it a “soul” while liberating the drain from dirt and asphalt.
2008-05-07 Permalink No comment Tweet Recommend

HEIDI
The well known children story Heidi as japanese animation movie.
2008-05-07 Permalink No comment Tweet Recommend

ERNESTO CHE GUEVARA. DAS BOLIVIANISCHE TAGEBUCH von Richard Dindo am 7. Mai in Bern 2008-05-07 (German)

Pink Apple - Schwullesbisches Filmfestival in Frauenfeld 8. bis 15. Mai 2008 2008-05-07 (German)

BIRD'S NEST - HERZOG & DE MEURON IN CHINA de Christoph Schaub
Schaub and Schindhelm’s documentary follows two Swiss star architects on two very different projects: the national stadium for the Olympic summer games in Peking 2008 and a city area in the provincial town of Jinhua, China.
2008-05-06 Permalink No comment Tweet Recommend

Kathy Riklin: Kulturpolitik ist mehr als Kulturverwaltung 2008-05-06 (German)

Tages Anzeiger: Regiepreis für Stefan Jäger 2008-05-06 (German)

FLEURS DE SANG by Alain Tanner and Myriam Mézières
Pam, a child-woman aged 14 has just killed her first lover, a man much older than herself. This brief news item is followed by a flashback to a time five years earlier. Pam is a little girl who has just turned nine.
2008-05-06 Permalink No comment Tweet Recommend

SHAKE THE DEVIL OFF au cinéma à partir du 14 mai 2008-05-06 (French)

WAR PHOTOGRAPHER von Christian Frei am 6. Mai in Bern 2008-05-06 (German)

LE JOURNAL DE LADY M. by Alain Tanner and Myriam Mézières
Lady M. gives up everything in order to follow a man, Diego, who takes her on a journey without destination. The journey begins in Barcelona, his home town. On the way, she learns that he is married to a black woman and has a child.
2008-05-05 Permalink No comment Tweet Recommend

SIGNERS KOFFER von Peter Liechti am 5. Mai in Bern 2008-05-05 (German)

Cineuropa: Swiss documentaries out in force at Munich
The international selection for the 23rd Dok.Fest Documentary Film Festival in Munich (May 1-7) includes seven Swiss films. Among the 13 competition titles are SHAKE THE DEVIL OFF by Peter Entell, which has just won the Best Documentary Award at the 39th Nashville Film Festival, LA MERE by Antoine Cattin and Pavel Kostomarov and MEMORY BOOKS by German director Christa Graf. Three other documentaries are included in the international line-up: Matthias von Gunten’s MAX FRISCH, CITOYEN; Iwan Schumacher’s MARKUS RAETZ; and VOGLIAMO ANCHE LE ROSE by the Milan-based Swiss director Alina Marazzi. http://cineuropa.org
2008-05-03 Permalink No comment Tweet Recommend