It has been a busy year for us, with many exciting projects completed. You can see the results at this year's 60th Solothurn Film Festival.  

World premiere: OUR MONEY by Hercli Bundi scrutinises: Do we serve money or does it serve us? People created it themselves, but it only works because they believe in it. Over the centuries, our financial system has become so complex that even those familiar with it can only partially explain it. A bank robber, a crypto expert, a pair of publishers, an artist, a philosopher and employees of financial institutions try anyway.

• Thursday 23.1.2025 at 17:30h in the Reithalle. Screening in presence of the production team and the protagonists
• Saturday 25.1.2025 at 09:45h in Capitol cinema. Screening in presence of the production team

World premiere: ARCHITEKTUR DES GLÜCKS by Anton von Bredow and Michele Cirigliano tells the story of a fishing village that for a hundred years derives enormous wealth from a monumental casino. There is hardly a resident who has not profited economically or socially from it. But the bankruptcy of this colossus destroys all prospects and autonomy. The reopening gives the village one last chance. What does it take to step out of the shadow of habit?

• Saturday 25.1.2025 at 20:45h in Konzertsaal. Screening in presence of the production team and the protagonists
• Wednesday 29.1.2025 at 12:30h in Landhaus in presence of the production team

A SISTERS' TALE by Leila Amini: Leila accompanied her older sister with her camera for seven years. She witnesses the liberation process of a woman who rediscovers her voice as a singer and self-determined individual: From a vulnerable spouse, Nasreen transformed into a woman who takes her destiny into her own hands. Nasreen's emancipation leads to fundamental changes for her children, her sisters and her mother. And inspires many of her contemporaries, in Iran and beyond, to take their future into their own hands.

• Thursday 23.1.2025 at 09:45h at the Canva Club
• Saturday 25.1.2025 at 15:00h in Uferbau. Screening in presence of the protagonist and the producer

THE SONG OF OTHERS by Vadim Jendreyko explores the question of whether it is inevitable that history, with all its nightmares, must repeat itself again and again? The encounters along the way lead the filmmaker step by step deeper into the question of how we deal with history and memory. And they allow him to recognise patterns that are passed on from generation to generation and in which we as a society seem to be trapped.

• Sunday 26.1.2025 at 13:15h in Landhaus. Screening in presence of the director
• Tuesday 28.1.2025 at 14:45h at the Canva Club. Screening in presence of the director

We look forward to seeing you again in Solothurn and hope to welcome you to our screenings!

Great news: A SISTERS' TALE by Leila Amini opens in cinemas on December 19th! A premiere tour with special screenings will begin in French-speaking Switzerland on December 10th.

Leila accompanies her older sister with her camera for seven years. She witnesses the liberation process of a woman who rediscovers her voice as a singer and self-determined individual: From a vulnerable spouse, Nasreen transformed into a woman who takes her destiny into her own hands. Nasreen's emancipation leads to fundamental changes for her children, her sisters and her mother. And inspires many of her contemporaries, in Iran and beyond, to take their future into their own hands.

PREMIERE TOUR & SPECIAL SCREENINGS

10.12.24, 17:30, Grütli, Grande Salle, Geneva with Leila and Nasreen Amini, moderated by Morgan Pokée

11.12.24, 20:30, Cinématographe, Lausanne with Leila and Nasreen Amini

12.12.24, 18:15, Rex, Fribourg with Leila and Nasreen Amini

15.12.24, 11:00 am, Wildenmann, Männedorf with Leila Amini

16.12.24, 20:00, Odeon, Brugg with Leila Amini, Amnesty International Switzerland

17.12.24, 18:30, RiffRaff 1, Zurich with Leila Amini, Brava Switzerland, moderated by Payal Parekh

18.12.24, 18:00, Rex 2, Biel with Leila and Nasreen Amini

20.12.24, 18:30, Stadtkino, Lucerne with Leila and Nasreen Amini

21.12.24, 17:00, CineClub, Bern with Nasreen Amini and the Intercultural choir of the SRC

22.12.24, 10:30 am, Sputnik, Liestal with Leila and Nasreen Amini

22.12.24, 12:00, Atelier 2, Basel with Leila and Nasreen Amini

A SISTERS' TALE is a co-production of La Belle Film, Docmaniacs and Mira Film.

See you hopefully soon in the movies!

Switzerland is planning a deep geological repository to safely store highly radioactive waste. Nagra is proposing Stadel in the north of the canton of Zurich as the site.

In conversation with Hannes Hug, the filmmaker of THE JOURNEY TO THE SAFEST PLACE ON EARTH explains his personal and professional perspectives on the opportunities and challenges of a deep geological repository. In his documentary, Edgar Hagen searched the world for a safe deep geological repository - but never found one. More than ten years later, the filmmaker is still skeptical: there is no project anywhere in the world that meets the high expectations.

You can listen to the entire interview with Edgar Hagen here.

THE SONG OF OTHERS by Vadim Jendreyko will be screened at Porto/Post/Doc in the section "Europe does not Exist, I have been there" and will be discussed in the presence of the director.

• Thursday, November 28th at 14:15 pm at the Batalha Centro de Cinema Room 1

Porto/Post/Doc is focusing on the Georgian director Salomé Jashi. Her films are a poetic approach to everyday life and show ordinary people, forgotten places, the slow and imperceptible passing of time in her home country. TAMING THE GARDEN will be shown as part of the programme.

• Wednesday, November 27th at 22:00 pm at the Batalha Centro de Cinema Room 1