Swiss Shorts II

Swiss Shorts II

Sat 14 9 | 18:15 Kino REX

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Out Of The Blue
Between Tides
Diciassette
2720

Out Of The Blue

In 2013, an auteur film causes a scandal because of its sex scenes. I was sixteen and one of the angry viewers. Ten years later, I'm ready to settle the score with this film in the form of a video essay.

Morgane Frund Born in 1997 in Lausanne, Switzerland. Studied Film Studies, English and German at UNIL (University of Lausanne). From 2019-22 she studies Video at HSLU (Hochschule Luzern, Design & Kunst), graduating with a Bachelor's degree. BEAR (2022) was her graduation film and screened in numerous festivals and won several prizes. OUT OF THE BLUE (2023) premiered in competition at the Internationale Kurzfilmtage Winterthur and received a Special Mention. She is active in the fields of documentary film, video essay and performance arts.

Director

Morgane Frund

Duration

15 min

Language

OV French | English, German

Genre

Short, Documentary, Experimental

Country

Switzerland

Year

2023

Distributor

Film director

Between Tides

An island, surrounded by the great waves of the Atlantic ocean. The coasts are wild and the sea plays with the land. A woman is spinning red wool, the quiet rattle of her spinning wheel leads to the voice of the storyteller. The story of the Selkie, an imaginary being, unfolds. Many things happen between low and high tide, at sea and on earth, under the sun and the moon.
Between Tides questions our relationship to the place in which we live, it reminds us of the importance of creativity and the connection between all living beings.

Mirjam Landolt - Born in 1983 in Lucerne, Switzerland. Degree in photography from CEPV (Centre d'enseignement professionnel de Vevey).2012 BA in Film from HEAD – Genève (Haute École d'Art et de Design), Geneva. Works as an independent filmmaker and artist with still and moving images, sounds and words. Her themes revolve around nature, communities, habits, rituals and the fusion of the real and the imaginary, which images know how to create.

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Director

Mirjam Landolt

Duration

25 min

Language

OV English | German

Genre

Short, Documentary 

Cast

Susan Campbell, Kate Coutts, Jane Taylor, Kathryn MacPherson

Country

Switzerland

Year

2023

Distributor

DOK MOBILE

Diciassette

Food, medicine, weapons and ammunition. During the war, the young Antonietta transported all this at night in a heavy backpack to her partisan group in the mountains at great risk. She breaks her silence about this time because she fears that her memories of the resistance will die with her.

Thomas Horat A self-taught filmmaker who works as a director on short and long documentaries and sometimes he wears the hat of a producer in order to support short films. He has shown his films on all continents and has won several awards.

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Director

Thomas Horat

Duration

17 min

Language

OV Italian | English, German

Genre

Short, Documentary 

Country

Switzerland

Year

2023

Distributor

Mythenfilm

2720

A clandestine neighbourhood in Lisbon wakes up to the news of a violent police raid, which took place the night before. Camila, a 7-year-old girl, goes to search of her brother. She's worried. Her brother is missing. At the same time, Jysone is in a hurry: after 6 years in jail and 5 weeks free, Jysone has finally found work and knows he can't be late. He is looking for someone who can give him a ride as he walks through the alleys of the neighbourhood, where he comes across friends and acquaintances, which delay him even more. The fate of our two protagonists will end up intersecting in the worst possible way.

Basil Da Cunha Born in 1985 in Morges, Switzerland. Joint Swiss and Portuguese citizenship. Member of Thera Production. 2008-12 Attends HEAD-Genève (Haute école d’art et de design – Genève). 2012 Bachelor in Cinema from HEAD-Genève. Since 2013 lecturer in film at HEAD-Genève. He is known for his award-winning shorts NEXT DOOR (2009), which screened in Competition in Locarno as well as for SUNFISH (2011) and THE LIVING ALSO CRY (2012) both presented at the Quinzaine des Réalisateurs in Cannes. His first feature AFTER THE NIGHT (2013) also premiered at the Quinzaine.

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Director

Basil Da Cunha

Duration

24 min

Language

OV Portuguese, Creole | English, German

Genre

Short, Drama

Cast

Jason Varela, Camila Diniz

Country

Switzerland, Portugal

Year

2023

Distributor

AGÊNCIA – Portuguese Short Film Agency