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16.12.2024

Swiss film year 2024

SWISS FILMS looks back on festival highlights, series and talents
16.12.2024

Swiss Film Industry Survey

SWISS FILMS wants to take the pulse of Swiss filmmakers and the film industry. What's on your mind, where are the problems, what topics will be on the agenda in 2025? The survey is anonymous and takes less than 5 minutes. Available in German, French and Italian.
09.12.2024

Beyond the Screen

Laura Morales on authenticity and the right instinct as Director of Photography
03.12.2024

Swiss cinema without domestic advantage

A long-term study of the cinema market
03.12.2024

Domestic promotion

What has been achieved thus far – next steps
26.11.2024

European Film Awards

Two Swiss films are nominated for the European Film Awards 2024. Watch the live-stream of the award ceremony in Lucerne here on December 7, 2024!
21.11.2024

BEYOND THE SCREEN

Swiss costume designer Laura Locher explains how costumes influence the actors’ performance and how fashion and costume design differ.
05.11.2024

IDFA

Swiss documentary filmmaking makes a strong showing in Amsterdam
05.11.2024

Line-up Docs Fall 2024

Discover our curated selection of current Swiss documentaries, festival favorites and promising films soon to be release and in production
01.11.2024

Internationale Kurzfilmtage Winterthur

Diversity and creativity at Switzerland’s major short film festival
01.11.2024

BEYOND THE SCREEN

Swiss actress Melodie Simina is at home in a diverse number of languages and film cultures. She reflects on her career and describes what she expects from new roles.
29.10.2024

Swiss shorts in Winterthur

All short films from Switzerland selected by Internationale Kurzfilmtage Winterthur
24.10.2024

Line-up Shorts 2024, part 2

Here is our latest selection of Swiss short films: short fiction and documentaries, animation and experimental
16.10.2024

Swiss films in Amsterdam

Swiss documentaries at the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam
15.10.2024

DOK Leipzig

World premiere of Anna Thommen’s new documentary film NAIMA and an extensive selection of Swiss documentary and animation films
11.10.2024

European Film Awards

Six Swiss films en route to Lucerne
11.10.2024

Swiss films in Leipzig

Swiss documentaries and animated films at DOK Leipzig
30.09.2024

Beyond the Screen

Award-winning editor Kaya Inan on long-standing working relationships and his latest films
25.09.2024

REINAS enters the Oscar race

Klaudia Reynicke’s film is the official Swiss entry for the Academy Awards®
19.09.2024

Beyond the Screen

Nicola Perot on acting and seven aces
19.09.2024

Zurich Film Festival

Swiss films in the festival program
18.09.2024

San Sebastian

Swiss films at SSIFF
18.09.2024

International Audiovisual Market MIA

«Swiss Series» in Rome
16.09.2024

Review

What results did Switzerland achieve as Country of Honour at the last Cannes Festival?
11.09.2024

Sounding Board

Greater visibility for Swiss cinema nationally
23.08.2024

Swiss animation at Fantoche

More than 20 animated Swiss films are screening at Fantoche International Animation Film Festival (Sept. 3-8)
23.08.2024

Venice 2024

Swiss world premieres at the Lido
22.08.2024

Beyond the Screen

Caterina Mona on her Locarno premieres and the art of proper editing
21.08.2024

TIFF Festival Selection

Swiss films and coproductions screening in the Discovery, TIFF Docs and Platform sections at Toronto International Film Festival (September 5-15)
20.08.2024

Festival Selection Venice

Swiss coproductions at the Venice Film Festival and in the Giornate degli Autori
20.08.2024

Call for entries

Rights holders can register their films for the Swiss Film Awards 2025 until September 30, 2024.
16.08.2024

Academy Awards 2025

Two films have been preselected for the Swiss Oscar® submission
02.08.2024

Swiss Quiz

Are you a real expert on Locarno? Let's find out with our Swiss Quiz!
31.07.2024

Talking to...

Director Bruno Deville and producer Pauline Gygax
30.07.2024

Beyond the Screen

Meret Madörin about the team spirit on set
26.07.2024

RECORD YEAR

50 Swiss films and coproductions in Locarno
25.07.2024

Line-up Locarno 2024

Discover Swiss films at the Locarno Film Festival, Coming Soons and in production projects
16.07.2024

Semaine de la Critique

Two Swiss documentaries will celebrate their world premiere in Locarno
11.07.2024

What does SWISS FILMS do?

The 2023 Annual Report is here
10.07.2024

Locarno Film Festival

5 Swiss films and coproductions on the Piazza Grande, 3 in the International Competition and many more in all sections of the festival!
01.07.2024

Film programmes

SWISS FILMS on tour around the world
27.06.2024

Beyond the screen

Luisa Ricar talks about her immersion in the world of writing and her new projects as a director
27.06.2024

Impact Accelerator

New funding for three projects
26.06.2024

SWISS FILMS Board of Trustees

Bakel Walden and Nicolas Steiner newly elected
24.06.2024

VOD Report

Swiss titles on European platforms
05.06.2024

Annecy 2024

Two feature-length and five short animated films in competition
30.05.2024

Line-up Animation

New short and feature-length animated films and immersive projects from Switzerland. Festival favorites and Swiss films screening at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival
21.05.2024

Country of Honour Highlights!

Switzerland at the Marché du Film Cannes
13.05.2024

Swiss Quiz

Are you a real expert on Switzerland? Let's find out with our Swiss Quiz!
13.05.2024

Beyond the Screen

Gina Keller about storytelling with sound
08.05.2024

Marché du Film

Swiss film industry in the limelight
07.05.2024

Line-Up Cannes 2024

Discover the 4 Swiss world premieres at the festival and Swiss market screenings in Cannes as well as new Swiss films coming soon, in production and in development
06.05.2024

Festival de Cannes 2024

Four Swiss world premieres on the Croisette
24.04.2024

Programmes at the Marché du Film 2024

Switzerland, Country of Honour: Overview of the programmes and panels including Swiss films and talents
23.04.2024

Beyond the Screen

Elie Chapuis on Animation and Tricks
22.04.2024

Tour d'Europe

Swiss films on a European tour
22.04.2024

Festival Selection Cannes 2024

Swiss films and coproductions in the Official Selection and the Semaine de la Critique
04.04.2024

Innovation

Swiss Start-ups at the Marché du Film Cannes
03.04.2024

“In tune with the present”

Dynamic Swiss documentary filmmaking at Visions du Réel 2024
03.04.2024

Line-Up Docs Spring

New documentaries from Switzerland premiering at Visions du Réel and other festivals this spring. Discover Festival Favourites and new Swiss docs coming soon.
22.03.2024

Swiss Film Award 2024

BLACKBIRD BLACKBIRD BLACKBERRY is Best Feature Film, THE HEARING wins Best Documentary Film
20.03.2024

Nyon 2024

Find all Swiss films screening at Visions du Réel
12.03.2024

CPH:DOX 2024

Swiss documentary filmmaking in Copenhagen
07.03.2024

Beyond the Screen

On stage and screen with Rachel Braunschweig
07.03.2024

Series Mania Festival 2024

Swiss series producers at the largest series market
06.03.2024

New at SWISS FILMS

Fatuma Osman and Romina Ortega complete the Festivals & Markets Team
06.03.2024

Open Call

Impact Accelerator
05.03.2024

Innovation and Film

Guillaume Esmiol on Switzerland, the new Country of Honour of the Marché du Film – Festival de Cannes
24.02.2024

César 2024

Swiss actress Ella Rumpf wins the French film award for Best Discovery
15.02.2024

Open Call Cannes 2024

The deadline has expired
06.02.2024

Berlinale 2024

Swiss cinema at the festival and the European Film Market
06.02.2024

Swiss Talents in Berlin

Three Berlinale Talents, producers at the Co-Production Market
06.02.2024

Line-up Berlinale

Swiss films at the festival and the EFM, new films and series, projects in production
26.01.2024

Beyond the Screen

Nicolas Rabaeus on BISONS and motion
25.01.2024

Clermont-Ferrand 2024

Swiss films at the world's most important short film festival
25.01.2024

Line-up Shorts 2024

Our selection of the latest Swiss short films: fiction, animation, documentary, experimental
24.01.2024

Swiss Film Award 2024

Congrats to all the nominated films and talents!
19.01.2024

Review / Preview

SWISS FILMS Industry Information in Solothurn
15.01.2024

IFFR 2024

15 films and promising talents from Switzerland
09.01.2024

Sundance Film Festival 2024

World premiere for REINAS and two Swiss short films in competition
22.12.2023

IFFR 2024

Discover Swiss films at the International Film Festival in Rotterdam
21.12.2023

45. Filmfestival Max Ophüls Preis

Swiss films in Saarbrücken
19.12.2023

2023 Year in Review

Swiss coproductions omnipresent
14.12.2023

40th Sundance Film Festival

Two Swiss shorts and one feature film are going to the Sundance Film Festival
05.12.2023

COUNTRY OF HONOUR

Swiss presence at Marché du film in Cannes 2024
22.11.2023

Talking to...

Nicolas Burlet about the challenges of producing animated films
16.11.2023

Academy Awards

Nine short films, one feature film and one documentary from Switzerland in the Oscar race
06.11.2023

Winterthur 2023

Prominent presence for short films from Switzerland
02.11.2023

Internationale Kurzfilmtage Winterthur

Discover the best Swiss shorts in the 27th edition of IKFTW.
31.10.2023

Cinemania 2023

Major presence for Swiss filmmaking in Montreal
25.10.2023

IDFA 2023

Great variety of films from Switzerland
25.10.2023

Line-up Docs Fall

Discover our selection of current Swiss documentaries, festival favourites and promising films coming out soon.
16.10.2023

Talking to ...

Peter Mettler about filmmaking and his cinematic inspiration
12.10.2023

European Film Awards

Seven Swiss films shortlisted for a nomination
10.10.2023

IDFA

Swiss documentaries screening at International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam
09.10.2023

DOK Leipzig

Tribute to director Peter Mettler
26.09.2023

DOK Leipzig

Swiss documentary and animation films in Leipzig
21.09.2023

ZFF 2023

An extensive line-up of Swiss world premieres and festival films
18.09.2023

San Sebastian

Films and producers from Switzerland at SSIFF
14.09.2023

Zurich Film Festival

Swiss films screening at the 19th edition of the ZFF
06.09.2023

Toronto 2023

Selected Swiss films at TIFF
05.09.2023

Fantoche Animation Film Festival

Swiss animated films in Baden
24.08.2023

Swiss Immersion

Launch Swiss XR Database
17.08.2023

Line-up Venice

Swiss Festival Line-up at Venice International Film Festival, Settimana Internazionale della Critica & Giornate degli Autori
16.08.2023

Venice Film Festival

Swiss coproductions and immersive projects
04.08.2023

Academy Awards

Carmen Jaquier’s THUNDER enters the Oscar race for Switzerland
21.07.2023

Line-up Locarno 2023

Swiss films at the Locarno Film Festival, Coming Soons and in production projects.
20.07.2023

Swiss films in Locarno

world premieres for works by Basil da Cunha, Frédéric Mermoud, Mehdi Sahebi, Corina Schwingruber Ilić, Hugues Hariche
17.07.2023

SWISS FILMS VOD Study

Availability of Swiss films on streaming platforms
11.07.2023

Facts & Figures

Annual Report 2022
06.07.2023

Locarno 2023

World premiere of PRISONERS OF FATE by Mehdi Sahebi in the Semaine de la critique
05.07.2023

Locarno 2023

37 Swiss films and coproductions selected for the 76th edition of the festival
26.06.2023

Karlovy Vary 2023

Future Frames with Kim Allamand and a world premiere by Thomas Imbach
01.06.2023

Line-Up Animation 2023

Swiss animation in Annecy, the biggest animation film festival in the world. Recent festival favourites and a selection of new and upcoming animated films from Switzerland.
01.06.2023

Annecy 2023

Swiss animation films at the festival’s 47th edition
10.05.2023

More talents, more films

SWISS FILMS @ Cannes Film Festival
09.05.2023

Line-Up Cannes 2023

Two films in the Official Selection, two world premieres in the Directors' Fortnight and ACID Cannes, Coming Soons and much more.
20.04.2023

Cannes 2023

Three Swiss world premieres at the Croisette
13.04.2023

Line-up Docs Spring 2023

New documentaries from Switzerland premiering at Visions du Réel and other festivals this spring. Discover Festival Favourites and new Swiss docs coming soon.
31.03.2023

«The real is out there»

Strong showing for Swiss documentary filmmaking in Nyon
30.03.2023

SWISS FILMS

Silvana Imperiali Chételat is new board member
24.03.2023

Swiss Film Award 2023

A PIECE OF SKY is Best Feature Film, STUNTWOMEN wins Best Documentary Film
16.03.2023

CPH:DOX FORUM

Swiss stories with an international touch
28.02.2023

Swiss Film Award 2023

The Honorary Award goes to Ruth Waldburger
13.02.2023

Swiss Series

Swiss Series Previews at the Berlinale Series Market
09.02.2023

Berlinale Talents 2023

Swiss talents in the limelight
09.02.2023

Booklet Berlinale

Discover the Swiss films, coproductions and talents at the 73rd Berlinale. Check out recently released and upcoming Swiss films
24.01.2023

Berlinale 2023

Outstanding Swiss presence in the programme of the 73rd Berlinale
23.01.2023

Kayije Kagame is Switzerland’s Shooting Star 2023

“She has a special aura that is mesmerizing, and holds the gaze of the viewer in every scene.”
22.01.2023

Clermont-Ferrand 2023

Swiss diversity at the world's most important short film festival
22.01.2023

Booklet Shorts 2023

Swiss shorts at the Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival and many new short films from Switzerland: fiction, docs, animation and experimental films
22.01.2023

SWISS FILMS

New impetus for Swiss cinema
20.01.2023

Review / Preview

SWISS FILMS industry information in Solothurn

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Swiss cinema without domestic advantage

Domestic promotion

European Film Awards

BEYOND THE SCREEN

IDFA

Line-up Docs Fall 2024

Internationale Kurzfilmtage Winterthur

BEYOND THE SCREEN

Swiss shorts in Winterthur

Line-up Shorts 2024, part 2

Swiss films in Amsterdam

DOK Leipzig

European Film Awards

Swiss films in Leipzig

Beyond the Screen

REINAS enters the Oscar race

Beyond the Screen

Zurich Film Festival

San Sebastian

International Audiovisual Market MIA

Review

Sounding Board

Swiss animation at Fantoche

Venice 2024

Beyond the Screen

TIFF Festival Selection

Festival Selection Venice

Call for entries

Academy Awards 2025

Swiss Quiz

Talking to...

Beyond the Screen

RECORD YEAR

Line-up Locarno 2024

Semaine de la Critique

What does SWISS FILMS do?

Locarno Film Festival

Film programmes

Beyond the screen

Impact Accelerator

SWISS FILMS Board of Trustees

VOD Report

Annecy 2024

Line-up Animation

Country of Honour Highlights!

Swiss Quiz

Beyond the Screen

Marché du Film

Line-Up Cannes 2024

Festival de Cannes 2024

Programmes at the Marché du Film 2024

Beyond the Screen

Tour d'Europe

Festival Selection Cannes 2024

Innovation

“In tune with the present”

Line-Up Docs Spring

Swiss Film Award 2024

Nyon 2024

CPH:DOX 2024

Beyond the Screen

Series Mania Festival 2024

New at SWISS FILMS

Open Call

Innovation and Film

César 2024

Open Call Cannes 2024

Berlinale 2024

Swiss Talents in Berlin

Line-up Berlinale

Beyond the Screen

Clermont-Ferrand 2024

Line-up Shorts 2024

Swiss Film Award 2024

Review / Preview

IFFR 2024