We are pleased to announce that the documentary film A SISTERS' TALE by Leila Amini will celebrate its world premiere in Locarno as part of the 34th Semaine de la Critique.

The screening times for A SISTERS' TALE in Locarno are as follows:

• Friday, 9 August 2024, 11:00 am, La Sala. Followed by Q&A with the director
• Saturday, 10 August 2024, 9:00 am Palacinema 1

For seven years, director Leila Amini accompanied her sister with her camera:

My sister Nasreen, a housewife with two children, is married to a traditional and often unavailable husband. Despite the restrictions on women in Iran, she decides to pursue her lifelong dream of singing.

We are delighted that Vadim Jendreyko's documentary film will celebrate its international premiere in Karlovy Vary after its Swiss premiere in the International Competition at Visions du Réel!

Screenings in Karlovy Vary:

• June 30th 2024, 2.30pm, Small Hall
• July 1st 2024, 1 pm, Congress Hall
• July 5th 2024, 9 am, Drahomira Cinema

On Sunday, June 30th 2024 at 11.40pm, FOOTBALL INSIDE by Michele Cirigliano will be shown on SRF CH:FILMSZENE.

The documentary film shows football from an unusual perspective and is therefore the ideal complement to the current European Championship: Cirigaliano chooses the changing room as the central stage for his film and provides insights into football culture before the game, during the break and after the game. By putting on their jerseys, professionals, women, juniors and veterans slip into a wide variety of roles for the duration of a match. What they all have in common is the pure joy of the game.

On June 27th 2024, the docu-musical REAS by Lola Arias will be released in cinemas in the German-speaking parts of Switzerland. For REAS, Lola Arias worked with former prison inmates who tell their stories in a new and self-determined way. The film is a statement about the power of humanity and unconditional acceptance.

Specials:

• On June 12th 2024 at 9.30pm, REAS will be shown in the presence of the director at the Schiffbau summer cinema in Zurich.

The theatre play Los días afuera ("The Days Outside") by Lola Arias' will be performed as part of the Theaterspektakel Zurich and the Basel Theatre Festival. Los días afuera features the same protagonists as in REAS. At the same time, there will be a special cinema screening of REAS in Zurich and Basel, followed by a Q&A with the director:

• Zurich: August 18th 2024, 6.40pm at the Riffraff
• Basel: August 22nd 2024, 8.30pm at the camera kult.kino