Four of the ten short films were produced by Sophia Rubischung, with the directors: Maria Kaur Bedi, Wendy Pillonel, Jonas Schaffter and Sean Wirz, for Dschoint Ventschr. The entire project was created in collaboration with the production companies AKKA Films and Cinédokké. The young filmmakers present people with the most diverse backgrounds and their environments and lifestyles.

«Catzilla» by Maria Kaur Bedi:
Catzilla takes us through the colourful roller derby community and tells us how the sport helped her block away even private and social obstacles.

«Un monde parfait» by Wendy Pillonel:
Giulia is the smallest in her class and is teased every day by her classmates. Most of the time she ignores the attacks, but sometimes it is too difficult to control her anger. Luckily, there are friends who stick with you.

«Flurin» by Jonas Schaffter:
Flurin's life in the idyllic countryside and breaking out into the world - a farm boy on a journey to himself.

«Borderless» by Sean Wirz:
Moha, a 19-year-old Afghan, fled to Switzerland with her family five years ago. Here she has a chance at a good life and is allowed to pursue her passion, dancing. She is unsuccessfully looking for an apprenticeship. Again and again she is told that her German is not good enough. But Moha does not give up.

«DIDA» by Corina Schwingruber Ilić & Nikola Ilić will be released in Swiss cinemas on March 20th. The premieres will take place in the presence of the directors.

An overview of the different premiere events can be found here:

Lucerne BOURBAKI | Sunday 20.03.2022 at 11:00 a.m.
Zurich RIFFRAFF | Sunday 20.03.2022 at 18:30 p.m.
Bern REX | Thursday 24.03.2022 at 20:00 p.m.
Winterthur CAMEO | Saturday 26.03.2022 at 20:15 p.m. 
St. Gallen KINOK | Sunday 27.03.2022 at 11:00 a.m. 

The film will be shown in the regular cinema program starting March 24th.

At the upcoming 58th Solothurn Film Festival, 6 films by Dschoint Ventschr will be shown and 3 of them may celebrate their premiere.

Premieres:

"Peripheric Love" by Luc Walpoth
SATURDAY, 21.01.2023, at 21:15, concert hall
TUESDAY, 24.01.2023, at 17:15, Riding Hall

"The Mies van der Rohes" by Sabine Gisiger
FRIDAY, 20.01.2023, at 20:30, Riding Hall
SUNDAY, 22.01.2023, at 12:15, Riding Hall

"I Giacometti" by Susanna Fanzun
THURSDAY, 19.01.2023, at 20:45, Riding Hall
SUNDAY, 22.01.2023, at 09:15, Landhaus

further screenings:

"ERICA JONG breaking the wall" by Kaspar Kasics
THURSDAY, 19.01.2023, at 14:15, Riding Hall
SATURDAY, 21.01.2023, at 09:15, Capitol

"Paolo's Happiness" by Thorsten Drössler & Manuel Schroeder
SATURDAY, 21.01.2023, at 15:45, Kino im Uferbau

"Strähl" by Manuel Flurin Hendry
SUNDAY, 22.01.2023, at 16:30, Kino im Uferbau

«Palaver, Palaver. A Swiss Autumn Chronicle 1989» by Alexander J. Seiler (1990) can now be seen via different channels:

- Streaming and download via filmo
- DVD box Alexander J. Seiler. Twelve films. A selection. With a workshop talk.
   The DVD box can be obtained via mail to Dschoint Ventschr (office@dvfilm.ch).

About the film:

In his «Swiss Autumn Chronicle 1989», Alexander J. Seiler records the political debate about the Swiss army triggered by the «Group for a Switzerland without an Army» and its popular initiative: from the official commemorations «Diamant» and the unofficial counter-events «Klunker» to public debates throughout the country and the referendum. The film also follows the play «Jonas und sein Veteran» by Max Frisch, directed by Benno Besson, from the first rehearsals to the premieres at the Schauspielhaus Zurich and the Theatre Vidy Lausanne and the reactions of the audience and political celebrities. 

The result is an exciting dual chronicle of a democratic and an artistic process: politics as theatre and theatre as politics. Above all, however, the result is an impressive picture of Swiss democracy and two opposing «Switzerlands»: the other way of thinking, the other way of cohesion, the Switzerland of tomorrow that many hoped for become tangible and visible. 

«Dida», by Nikola Ilić & Corina Schwingruber Ilić, wins the award for best documentary.

What happens when roles reverse and parents suddenly become dependent on their children? A son is forced to confront this question along with the consequences of his migration. 

Lesia Kordonets wins the best director award in the documentary film category for «Pushing Boundaries».

With the Russian annexation of Crimea, the Ukrainian Paralympic team loses their training base overnight. Will they succeed in qualifying for the upcoming Paralympics under these difficult circumstances?

Magaly Solier receives the award for best acting in «The Saint of the Impossible» by Marc Wilkins. 

Two undocumented delivery boys in New York want to be loved by a mysterious Croatian girl while their mother is persuaded by a pulp fiction novelist to start a burrito empire from their Bronx kitchen. The American Dream becomes a trap when deportation looms.

Photos by Pascale Weber