News April 2014

BREATH MADE VISIBLE by Ruedi Gerber on VOD
Since seven decades Anna Halprin (1920), a pioneer of dance from the US, in her work and performances searches for answers to the question: How can we closely link life and dance? Her work has influenced experimental Postmodern Dance in a decisive way.

L'APICULTEUR by Mano Khalil in DVD
The moving story of a beekeeper's fate. He lost everything in the turmoil of the Turkish-Kurdish war: his wife and children, his homeland and, with the loss of over 500 colonies of bees, also his livelihood.

RECYCLING LILY von Pierre Monnard auf DVD
Hansjörg Stähli ist Müllinspektor eines malerischen Städtchens und achtet peinlich genau darauf, dass sich alle an die Regeln halten. Im Moment jagt er zum Beispiel einen unbekannten Abfallsünder, der seit Wochen illegal Müllsäcke entsorgt.

Films suisses au Visions du Réel Nyon 2014
25.4. 14h00 Colombiere: Die Erschiessung des Landesverräters Ernst S. (Richard Dindo) 26.4.

THE SOUND OF INSECTS by Peter Liechti on VOD
Liechti's film tells the incredible story of how the mummified corpse of a 40-year-old man was discovered by a hunter in one of the most remote parts of Switzerland.

THEATRE DE L'ESPERANCE by Peter Liechti on VOD
«These days, such topics as world peace, armament and disarmament have become timeworn, rendering the pictures seen on television and in newspapers commonplace.

TAUWETTER by Peter Liechti on VOD
During the spring thaw, when the hills in Appenze11 are clad in a patchwork of green and white, buckets filled with water glide slowly up and down the slope. The gentle movement ultimately becomes a tumultuous cadence.

SENKRECHT - WAAGRECHT by Peter Liechti on VOD
The sequences of movement and the plots in Roman Signer’s action sculptures can be viewed as sculptures of space and time. The directions of movement in these documents proceed in a markedly contrasting fashion.

HARDCORE CHAMBERMUSIC by Peter Liechti on VOD
A thirty day music marathon by Swiss musicians Koch-Schütz-Studer turns into a cinematic piece of chamber music.

Maintien de la redevance pour copiée privée - rejet de l'initiative parlementaire PLR
C’est avec une grande satisfaction que nous vous informons du rejet sans ambiguïté de cette initiative par la commission « économie et redevances » du Conseil national en début de semaine, par 21 voix contre 0 (et 4 abstentions).

Peter Liechti zu VATERS GARTEN in Reflexe
Peter Liechti, einer der bedeutendsten Schweizer Filmschaffenden der jüngsten Zeit, ist tot. Er verstarb am Freitagabend in Zürich. Der 63-Jährige war lange krank. Liechti war einer, der immer wieder ganz neue, eigene Formen für seine Filme suchte.

WOZ - Er hat sich gewundert und wir uns mit ihm
Bildmächtig und sprachgewaltig: Mit Peter Liechti hat der Schweizer Film seinen eigenwilligsten Kopf verloren. Die Fröhlichkeit hat er gehasst, vor allem wenn sie in Wandersocken durchs Gebirge marschierte.

DANCING WITH THE STORMS by O'Neil Bürgi on VOD
Storm chasers are people who have a passion for finding and documenting wild weather conditions, thunderstorms, high winds, or tornados. These men and women often put themselves at great risk when they want to experience these powerful natural forces at close range.

DER IMKER by Mano Khalil in DVD
The moving story of a beekeeper's fate. He lost everything in the turmoil of the Turkish-Kurdish war: his wife and children, his homeland and, with the loss of over 500 colonies of bees, also his livelihood.

HEIDI von Luigi Comencini auf VOD
Heidi, ein kleines Schweizermädchen, lebt bei seinem Grossvater, dem Alpöhi, in einer kleinen Hütte irgendwo in den Schweizer Bergen.

SCHWEIZER GEIST by Severin Frei in DVD
Swiss spirit – what is it exactly? With this question, the documentary filmmaker Severin Frei embarks on a journey to explore the essence of his homeland and get a feel for his compatriots.

NAMIBIA CROSSINGS by Peter Liechti on VOD
The Hambana Sound Company is a chamber orchestra, initiated and devised by Bernhard Göttert to present a ’sound portrait’ of Namibia in collaboration with musicians from Switzerland, Zimbabwe, Angola, Russia and Namibia.

Plans Fixes Claude Frochaux et Georges Duplain en DVD
Claude Frochaux "Ma vie, c'est les livres", dit Claude Frochaux. Très tôt il se prend de passion pour la lecture et est littéralement happé par le monde du livre dont il explore les moindres recoins.

Plans Fixes Suzette Sandoz et Agathe Salina en DVD
Suzette Sandoz Des souvenirs enchantés de sa maison d’enfance au pied de la colline du Languedoc à Lausanne à l’enseignement du droit à l’Université de Lausanne dura...