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THE REBELS OF OBERHAUSEN

(Produced by: Pohland KG Filmproduktion, Co-produced with WDR (ARD)/ARTE,
A Film by Jason Pohland, HD, 1 x 52 minutes, 90 minutes version also available)

Co-founder of the Oberhausen Manifesto--signed in February 1962 by 26 young filmmakers--Jason Pohland (director of Cat and Mouse, the controversial adaptation of Günter Grass' novella) interviews 9 surviving fellow rebels in this documentary. A clever selection of extracts from early films of the New German Cinema create a vivid impression of those times, and together with the interviews gives an intriguing insight into an important chapter of German Cinema. It also offers encounters with cineastes who fascinate still today. Including Alexander Kluge, Volker Schlöndorff, Jason Pohland, Herbert Vesely a.o.

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JOHNNY CASH – THE MAN IN BLACK

Matching Event for broadcast: 80th Anniversary in September 2013,
and 10 years after his death in 2013!

(Produced by: Kick Film, in co-production with ZDF / ARTE, A Film by Ray Mueller, 1 x 52 and 1 x 90 minutes)

Country and Rock'n'Roll singer Johnny Cash is quite simply a cornerstone of American cultu-re. He is to music what John Wayne is for film, a prototype figure who embodied the values of the American dream: courage, honesty, freedom and integrity. Indeed, it is this demeanor that garnered him the admiration and respect of everyone from inmates in America's most notorious prisons to presidents, Native Americans, soldiers and underdogs the world over.

Johnny Cash wrote roughly 500 songs, sold over 53 million records and won 13 Grammy Awards. He was not only the most famous country singer in the world, having toured the globe throughout his long career, but he was and still is a symbolic figure who manifested through his songs and his character the aspirations that fans had for more justice in the world.

In the words of a friend and colleague: Since the 1950s, when he was really the first to break the chains of social convention, he was a dark, passionate and dangerous rebel with a good sense of humour who proved again and again how witty and how ethical he was in his lifelong battle against public injustice and his own private demons, and he become an absolute legend as a result of that. – Kris Kristofferson.

September 2013 marks the 10th anniversary of his death and the time has come to take a look back at the illustrious career of this music legend. Full of both glamour and tragedy, Johnny Cash's life was symptomatic of many people who live in the limelight. But what ele-ments of his music and personality led him to become the type of symbolic figure in which an entire culture could, and indeed longed, to see itself?

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THE NEW GREAT BOLSHOI
- THE RECONSTRUCTION OF THE MOSCOW OPERA HOUSE & NEW TRILOGY

(Produced by: EUROKICK, Coproduction with ZDF.kultur, A Film by Reiner Penzholz,
HD, 1 x 52 minutes & Trilogy 3 x 52 minutes)

On 28th October 2011, the new Bolshoi theatre in Moscow had its grand opening after long years of renovation. Close-up and with exclusive access, we follow the restoration of the Bolshoi theatre from the very beginning of its transformation in 2007, until the completion. Bolshoi's stars are also interviewed about their relationship to the Bolshoi. An insightful doc with plenty of history and a fairytale finish.
Shown on 8 TV-channels already: 3Sat, France 5, NRK, ORF, SBS, SkyArts UK, TFC (Classica Japan), ZDF.kultur New: Trilogy with episodes OPERA ALL'ITALIANA, SCALA SCALISSIMA, LA FENICE

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THE SINGING CITY

(Produced by: Filmtank (Germany), A Co-production with ZDF/3Sat,
A Film by Vadim Jendreyko, HD, 1 x 90 / 1 x 52 minutes)

How does a piece of opera come alive? Filmed at one of Germany's most renowned opera houses in Stuttgart, the film uses internationally renowned director Calixto Bieito's production of Parsifal as a pretext for exploring the complex universe of a major opera house, and for observing the working lives of the people who populate this extraordinary environment. This is where visions meet reality; where each opera constitutes a Babylonian effort and a sensual pleasure. Song in endless corridors. Behind the shelf with the wigs stands the well-stocked blood fridge, a swarm of elves twitters through the canteen, drums, trumpets, an omnipresent voice drones from the loud speakers. Insinuations, big words, clicking strings of pearls, and every gesture counts. Massive hoisting contraptions by the sewers below, and an exultant choir floats upwards: The singing city. By award-winning director Vadim Jendreyko (The Woman with The 5 Elephants).

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EDUARDO FALÙ – SONG FOR A LANDSCAPE OF DREAMS
90TH ANNIVERSARY JULY 2013!

(Produced by: Music Heritage Productions, A Film by Oliver Primus and Arno Oehri,
1 x 52 minutes / 1 x 90 minutes)

A poetic journey to the unique music of the Argentine maestro of the guitar Eduardo Falu. Bringing the music of the Andes to a worldwide audience, this super-star of the guitar is to be rediscovered for his 90th anniversary, whilst he is still going strong and giving concerts in his beloved home-country Argentinia!

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ALL YOU NEED IS KLAUS

(Produced by: Kick Film, Co-produced with Bayerischer Rundfunk(ARD)/ARTE, Swiss Television SF, A Film by Jörg Bundschuh, 1 x 52 minutes, 90 minutes version also available)

A journey into the incredible life of Klaus Voormann. A good friend to the Beatles, Voormann collaborates with them as a graphic designer for the REVOLVER album. In 1966 he becomes the bassist for the MANFRED MANN BAND and in 1969 for John Lennon's PLASTIC ONO BAND. He is on nearly every solo record of John, George and Ringo. In 1971, Voormann is on stage for the CONCERT FOR BANGLADESH with Bob Dylan and in 2002 with Eric Clapton and Paul McCartney at the CONCERT FOR GEORGE. Klaus Voormann was on the frontlines of the pop era's meteoric rise. This is his story. Starring: Paul McCartney, Ringo Star, Carly Simon, Dr. John, Twiggy. With much exclusive footage material! All rights cleared.
Shown on Smithsonian Networks, NHK, TVO Canada, Knowledge Channel Canada, SkyArts UK

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BREATH MADE VISIBLE

(Produced by ZAS Film, A Film by Ruedi Gerber, 1 x 52 / 1 x 100)

The story of Anna Halprin's life and career. At 87 the still active American dance pioneer redefined her art form with her belief in dance's power to teach, heal and transform at all ages of life. This portrait blends recent interviews with counterparts such as the late Merce Cunningham, archival footage, including her establishment of the first multiracial dance company in the U.S., and excerpts of current performances such as "Parades and Changes" at the Georges Pompidou Center in Paris, to weave a stunning, inspiring account of one of the most important cultural icons in modern dance.

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SENIORS ROCKING

(Produced by ZAS Film, co-produced with Swiss TV, A Film by Ruedi Gerber, 1 x 29)

SENIORS ROCKING, a companion piece to the feature length film Breath Made Visible, is a short documentary that unveils the artistic process and captures the communal energy behind the unique performance created by American dance pioneer Anna Halprin with senior citizens from all walks of life from the Redwoods Community of Seniors and the Sunshine Club in Marin County, California. Led by Anna Halprin's belief in dance's power to teach, heal and transform, the film portrays and follows these senior citizens expressing their legacy through dance - from the initial tentative rehearsals to the joyful celebration of the culminating performance.

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THE VISUAL LANGUAGE OF HERBERT MATTER

(Produced by PIXIUFilm, co-produced with Swiss TV, a Film by Reto Caduff,
1 x 78 / 1 x 52)

A revealing look at the fascinating life story of the highly influential modern design master Herbert Matter. Known as a quintessential designer's designer, Matter is largely credited with expanding the use of photography as a design tool and bringing the semantics of fine art into the realm of applied arts. A close friend and collaborator of artists such as Jackson Pollock, Alberto Giacometti, Fernand Léger and Robert Frank, Matter is a so far unexplored missing link in the art history of the 20th century. Through never-before-seen footage, personal photography and stunning graphic design work, the film explores the social and cultural impact of Matter's personal visual language that influenced a whole generation of designers and artists.

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MAX BILL - The master's vision
Special anniversary date in 2009: 90th anniversary of the Bauhaus

(Produced by: Ariadnefilm in co-production with Swiss TV and 3Sat. A Film by Erich Schmid. Theatrical Release Switzerland: August 2008 / www.maxbillfilm.ch
1 x 85 minutes / 1 x 52 minutes)

Max Bill (1908-1994) was probably the most important Swiss artist of the 20th century. The film offers an introduction into his prolific work as architect, designer, sculptor and painter. During his lifetime he was a rebel – today he lives ever present amongst the most influential artists of the 20 th century. A former Bauhaus student, his name stands for a gesamtkunstwerk of the avantgarde, which is firmly focussed on the future, which bears a social responsibility and which intrinsically contains an engaged political message. What mattered for Max Bill was the creation of our environment and a green consciousness, which is currently of incredible imminence.

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SHAKE THE DEVIL OFF

(Produced by: Show and Tell Films in co-production with SSR SRG idée Suisse (Swiss TV). A Film by Peter Entell. 1 x 99)

MONTREAL FILMFESTIVAL AWARD 2007 / NOMINATED FOR SWISS FILM PRIZE 2007 /
LOCARNO 2007 / IDFA 2007

A study of power and how it works. It is New Orleans after the hurricane. A priest's faith is tested as he and his parish of mostly Afro-Americans struggle to keep their church open. The church in renowned as the birthplace of jazz and gospel and a powerful reminder of the history of slavery.

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THE COLOUR OF YOUR SOCKS - A Year with Pipilotti Rist
Feature film "Pepperminta" by Pipilotti Rist at Filmfestival Venice!

(Produced by: Catpics (ÄSSHÄK, TALES OF THE SAHARA, THE SALTMEN OF TIBET), in co-production with Swiss TV. A Film by Michael Hegglin. Delivery schedule: middle of 2009. 1 x 52 minutes)

Taking as a starting-point the 2005 Biennale in Venice, where the Swiss artist Pipilotti Rist once more reached international critical acclaim, the film accompanies her during the work on five exhibitions in Zurich, Milano, New York (MOMA), Stockholm und Tokyo and thereby creates a portrait of this important contemporary artist. The New York Times wrote about her work at the Biennale: "Pipilotti Rist is projecting a psychedelic kaleidoscope version of heaven: Tiepolo, Cranach, Duchamp come to mind all at once – or at least, Cranach on acid. Very cool. Very Zen." For Pipilotti Rist life seems to be like a laboratory, in which interesting experiments can be conducted. And the camera will be part of this experiment, which closely follows the creation of every new work.

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HENRI CARTIER BRESSON - The impassioned eye

(Written and directed by Heinz Bütler. Produced by NZZ Film (Switzerland). 1 x 52 / 1 x 58 / 1 x 72)

Together with Isabelle Hupert, Arthur Miller, Robert Delphire and Elliott Erwitt, Josef Koudelka and Ferdinando Scianna, Henri Cartier-Bresson is personally presenting his work in connection with the new book publication "De qui s’agit-il?" and a retrospective at the French National Library. An incomparable and rare journey tracing half a century of photography.

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INVITATION TO A VOYAGE - Eileen Gray, Designer and Architect

(Produced by Kick Film GmbH, Germany. Directed by Jörg Bundschuh)

Design icon of the 20th century, Eileen Gray is considered to be the very essence of the Modern. Everyone knows her famous design furniture and she revolutionized our idea of how we live. A surprising doc about this fascinating woman, including her futuristic architectural project E.1027 in Roquebrune/France, which mesmerized Le Corbusier to obsession and destroyed his friendship with Eileen Gray. August 9, 2008 is the 130th anniversary of her birth.

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SIR YEHUDI MENUHIN - The Swiss years

(A 55 minute documentary written and directed by Felice Zenoni. Produced by Mesch & Ugge TV Produktionen, Switzerland)

Sir Yehudi Menuhin travelled and played the world. But it was in Gstaad, Switzerland where he settled with his family in the 1950s and later became even a naturalized Swiss citizien. It was the picturesque mountain surrounding and the cultural mix of four different languages that he admired and he wanted to become part of it...

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RIVIERA COCKTAIL - Edward Quinn, Photographer, Nice

(Written and directed by Heinz Bütler. Produced by Wolfgang Frei / NZZ Film (Switzerland). Co-Produced by Swiss Television TSR, AVRO, YLE. In Association with ARTE France, SVT. 1 x 96 / 1 x 52)

No photographer offers us a more extensive, exciting and stirring record of the social and cultural life at the Côte D’Azur in the 1950s than Irishman Edward Quinn (1920 – 1997). He penetrated the society jungle on the French Riviera for more than a decade, and salvaged invaluable treasures in this former epicenter of high life, big business, art, music and literature...

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ALBERTO GIACOMETTI – Eyes on the horizon

(Written and directed by Heinz Bütler. Produced by NZZ Film. 1 x 58 / 1 x 72)

This award-winning documentary is a film journey through a unique life of art, whose point of departure is an artist who also spent a lifetime writing: musings, diary-like notes, analytic comments on his own work, descriptions of dreams, essays on artist colleagues and recollections.

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ETTORE SOTTSASS - The sense of things

(Written and directed by Heinz Bütler. Produced by NZZ Film. 1 x 58)

Ettore Sottsass (born in 1917) is one of the most distinguished designers alive. He designed created a whole range of legendary design classics for the global company, Olivetti and co-founded the famous Memphis Group which revolutionised design and became a phenomenon of Pop Culture.

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FÉLIX VALLOTTON – PAINTER AGAINST TIME

(A 52 minutes documentary written and directed by Heinz Bütler. Produced by NZZ Film, Switzerland)

The painter, graphic artist and writer Félix Vallotton (Lausanne 1865 – Paris 1925) cannot be confined to a specific movement. The interiors that he made at the turn-of-the-century are without precedent in the history of art. His portraits are unsparing psychograms of his sitters...

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FERDINAND HODLER - Das Herz ist mein Auge

(Written and directed by Heinz Bütler. Produced by NZZ Film, SSR SRG idée suisse and Xanadu Film. 1 x 58 / 1x 75 / Only German version available at the moment)

"Ferdinand Hodler – Das Herz ist mein Auge" is the first representative documentary portrait about the life and work of Swiss painter Ferdinand Hodler (1853-1918) exploring his greatest themes man, nature, love and death.

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THE MAN OF BLACK AND WHITE – ADRIAN FRUTIGER

(Produced and filmed by Christoph Frutiger and Christine Kopp. 1 x 45 minutes / AVAILABLE IN HD!)

A sensitive portrait of Adrian Frutiger, one of the most important type designers of our time: After over 40 years in Paris, he has created more than thirty fonts, including the world-famous Méridien, Univers and Frutiger type families. Frutiger has worked for IBM and type manufacturers such as Linotype and Westiform, and designed logos and signage systems. Less well-known are his freely conceived works in which the designer gave wonderful expression to his desire for pictorial representations which convey more than words. This deep relationship with nature was of fundamental importance for his work.

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ANDREAS WALSER, PAINTER - A BRIEF LIFE BETWEEN ECSTASY AND ABYSS
(Original German title: DIE NACHT IST HELLER ALS DER TAG)

(A Film by Heinz Bütler. Produced by NZZ Film, Switzerland. 1 x 52)

Swiss artist Andreas Walser died March 19, 1930, presumably from an overdose of drugs. Walser's life is an odyssey through the literary and artistic milieu of Paris. Both in his work and in his personal life, times of unbridled optimism alternate abruptly with profound depression and premonitions of death. Walser produced his work at a fast, rapturous clip and enjoyed the recognition of important contemporary artists. Picasso endeavoured to sell his paintings. Cocteau tried to help his friend kick the drug habit, especially the morphium. His friendship with Ernst Ludwig Kirchner and Augusto Giacometti lasted until his death. The film traces the brief life of an early modern artist who remains to be discovered, and introduces viewers to his clearly independent oeuvre.

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BRUNO GANZ - Up close - From the stage to the screen

(Written and directed by Norbert Wiedmer. Produced by PS Film (Switzerland). 1 x 52 / English and German versions available)

In time for the international launch of Bernd Eichinger’s (producer) and Oliver Hirschbiegel’s (director) new feature THE DOWNFALL – HITLER AND THE END OF THE THIRD REICH about Hitler’s last days, the actor impersonating Hitler, Bruno Ganz, is inviting us to find out about his motivation to play this provoking role about a sensitive subject. The documentary traces his acting career from his early days, when he gained international recognition for his angelic part in the internationally acclaimed Wim Wender feature WINGS OF DESIRE. An entertaining "conversation nocturne" with one of Europe’s great actors.

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FORGET BAGHDAD

(A 1 x 110 minutes documentary film written and directed by Samir. Produced by Dschoint Ventschr Filmproduktion, Switzerland, and TagTraum, Germany)

A cinematic reflection of the stereotypes of "the Jew" and "the Arab" through one hundred years of cinema, linked with the biographies of four extraordinary people: Iraqi-Jewish communists. Together, film images and documentary material offer a fascinating view on the universal themes of alienation and the construction of identity.

PRIZE OF THE JURY CRITICS WEEK, LOCARNO INTERNATIONAL FILMFESTIVAL 2002.

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CHARLIE CHAPLIN - The forgotten years

(A 55 minutes "special" written and directed by Felice Zenoni and Beat Hirt. Produced by Mesch & Ugge TV Produktionen, Switzerland)

This highly popular and moving film documents Charlie Chaplin's life from 1952 until 1977. Offering insight into his family-life, love for the circus, prolific years as musical composer. And the incredible surveillance by Swiss Secret Police. Interviews include Chaplin's children Geraldine, Michael, Eugene; Arthur Cohn, Petula Clark, Sir Peter Ustinov. With much new footage!

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CONTINENTAL TANGER

(A 52 minutes documentary film written and directed by Daniel Calderon. Produced by Tlaloc Films Productions, Switzerland)

Tanger, a frontier town, a town of passage for the famous, artists, romantics and a town of exile...

This compelling film tells us about the various creative scenes in Tanger from the view of Morocco's oldest hotel, the Continental Tanger. What is the secret of the town who inspired so many? Why did legends like Orson Welles, Humphrey Bogart and also The Rolling Stones find themselves surrounded by this oriental beauty?

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