Animated colour images by Schwizgebel and films from Cannes in La Rochelle
The film festival in La Rochelle has extended an invitation to Georges Schwizgebel with ten of his animated films.
25.06.2013
The 41st La Rochelle International Film Festival (June 28 - July 8, 2013) will showcase ten films by the Swiss animation film master Georges Schwizgebel in a programme called “Cinéma d’animation: la peinture animée” and also feature him in a series with such eminent animation filmmakers as Canada’s Caroline Leaf, France’s Florence Miailhe and Italy’s Gianluigi Toccafondo. Schwizgebel’s films were selected by the festival in cooperation with SWISS FILMS, the promotion agency.
Schwizgebel’s animation films
The films by Schwizgebel showcased in La Rochelle range from early works such as “78 Tours” (1985) to his most recent film “1/3/10” (2013), which demands freedom for Jafar Panahi and all imprisoned Iranian filmmakers. The Genevese cineaste will also personally present the following works at the festival: “L'année du daim” (1995); “La jeune fille et les nuages” (2000); and “L’homme sans ombre” (2004).
Films from Cannes
Screened at the festival in the “Ici et Ailleurs” section are two films which celebrated their premieres in the Directors’ Fortnight in Cannes in May: Kaveh Bakhtiari will present his documentary film “L'escale” in La Rochelle and Marie-Elsa Sgualdo her short film “Man kann nicht alles auf einmal tun, aber man kann alles auf einmal lassen.” The documentary film “Dans un jardin je suis entré” by Israeli director Avi Mograbi, coproduced by Dschoint Ventschr in Zurich, rounds off the Swiss presence at this important festival.
Lighthouse event
The La Rochelle International Film Festival is one of the cinematographic lighthouse events in France. It pays tribute to filmmakers from today and the past.
Geneva, June 25, 2013