Swiss documentary film highlights in Amsterdam

The 25^th IDFA International Documentary Film Festival in Amsterdam (November 14-25, 2012) has selected nine film productions from Switzerland for its programme – twice as many as have been screened at the festival editions for the past five years. Stefan Schwietert’s “Balkan Melodie” will be screened in the Music Doc competition, while Myriam Rachmuth, a graduate of the ECAL University of Art and Design Lausanne, will present her short film “Entre les passes” in the Student Documentary. In the Reflecting Images programme, the festival in Amsterdam will showcase this year’s outstanding Swiss films: Manuel von Stürler’s “Hiver nomade,” which premiered in Berlin; the films “A Home Far Away” by Peter Entell, “Forbidden Voices” by Barbara Miller and “Where The Condors Fly” by Carlos Klein, all of which premiered at the Visions du Réel in Nyon; the films “The End Of Time” by Peter Mettler and “More Than Honey” by Markus Imhoof, both of which were celebrated in Locarno; as well as the film “Harry Dean Stanton: Partly Fiction” by Sophie Huber, which was discovered at the Mostra in Venice. Barbara Miller, Peter Entell and Stefan Schwietert will present their films personally at the festival in Amsterdam.

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Parallel to the IDFA is the Docs for Sale documentary film market, featuring some 500 film productions. The nine films screened at the festival together with eleven further Swiss film productions will be offered at the market. Further Swiss film projects will be presented in the International Market for Co-financing.

Zurich, November 13, 2012