TAMING THE GARDEN by Salomé Jashi will be shown at ARTE on April 3, 2023 at 11.35 pm.
A powerful Georgian man collects century old trees. In order to plant them in his private garden, electric cables are diverted and new streets build. The documentary film shows the rivalry between human and nature.
FOOTBALL INSIDE will be broadcast on SRF DOK on Sunday, 19 March at 11.05 pm.
A football experience for home: the documentary shows football from a unique perspective and, according to footballer Sarah Akanji, provides an «authentic inside view.» The dressing room becomes the central stage 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 seniors take on different roles for the duration of a game. The joy of the game unites them all.
Our two documentaries TAMING THE GARDEN by Salomé Jashi and AMOR FATI by Claudia Varejão can now be found online on the following platforms: Vinca-Cinema, Vinca Vimeo, Myfilm, Apple TV, Filmingo, Sunrise
TAMING THE GARDEN tells the story of centuries-old trees that an influential man collects for his private park. Director Salomé Jashi accompanies this bizarre as well as harrowing process, making uprooting tangible in its very real as well as metaphorical meaning.
In AMOR FATI, director Claudia Varejão searches for parts that complement each other: They are portraits of couples, friends, families, animals and their owners.
THE WOMEN WITH THE 5 ELEPHANTS by Vadim Jendreyko will be broadcast on the night of Sunday, September 04, to Monday, September 5, at 11:45 pm.
Svetlana Geier, born in Kiev in 1923, became an important bridge builder between these cultures by translating Russian literature into German. Her life's work consists of the new translation of the five great novels of Dostoyevsky. The documentary film is dedicated to Svetlana Geier's life and work.
More news: VINCA CINEMA is now online
In the future, if you miss the theatrical release of a new film from Mira Film, you can alternatively watch it on the e-cinema platform Vinca-Cinema. Cinemas also benefit from e-cinema
BLUE NOTE RECORDS: BEYOND THE NOTES by Sophie Huber will be shown at this year's Montreux Jazz Festival July 15 at 22:30 at Lake House. More info about the program at the Lake House here.
«A brisk 90-minutes of engrossing music, stories and lessons from artists who knew the risk and the power of free expression» - Musée Magazin
FOOTBALL INSIDE will be screened at this year's International Sports Film Festival in Slovenia. The festival focuses on promoting sporting values such as sportsmanship, respect, friendship and loyalty.
Loyalty. We are pleased that FOOTBALL INSIDE by Michele Cirigliano is part of the festival.
The impressive documentary film TAMING THE GARDEN by Georgian director Salomé Jashi will be shown twice at the 57th Solothurn Film Festival. On Thursday, the 20th of January at 9.15 a.m. at Landhaus and on Sunday, the 23rd of January at 2.45 p.m. at Konzertsaal.
«From this limb-cracking progress emerges a profoundly moving meditation on power, the vulnerability of nature and the primordial impulse of men to bend the environment to their will.» - The Guardian
TAMING THE GARDEN will be released on 5th of January 2022 in cinemas in French-speaking Switzerland under the French title LA BALADE DES GRANDS ARBRES.
An exclusive film premiere will take place on 5th of January at 8pm both online and live at the CityClub cinema in Pully and at the Cinéma Rex in Fribourg. All screenings are listed here. In addition, the film is showing in E-Cinema throughout Switzerland.
The expressive film TAMING THE GARDEN by Salomé Jashi can currently be enjoyed on the big screen. The film is showing in various cinemas in German-speaking Switzerland. Those who prefer to stay at home can also watch the film in e-cinema.
«A spectacular cinematic experience.» – Film Fest Report
Vadim Jendreyko's timeless film THE WOMAN WITH THE 5 ELEPHANTS will be shown as a matinée screening at kult.kino Basel on 12th of December 2021 at 10.00 a.m. on the occasion of the double exhibition 200 Years of Dostoevsky & Russian Icons. The screening will be followed by a discussion with the director and translator Gabrielle de Groër, moderated by Nadine Reinert, director of the Philosophicum Basel.
«This was one of the most movingly beautiful films I have ever seen» – WIFV-DC.
The documentary AMOR FATI by Cláudia Varejaõ premiered last year in the international competition of the festival Visions du Réel. It has since been screened at numerous international festivals and was awarded the Basel Film Prize in 2020. This month it will be shown in cinemas in Switzerland for the first time: 9th of December, at 9 p.m. at Stadtkino Basel, as well as on five other dates listed here.
«A loving tribute to all the strange differences that make us who we are.» – CPH:DOX
Ivo Zen's documentary KING OF THE AIRS / ZAUNKÖNIG – TAGEBUCH EINER FREUNDSCHAFT will be broadcast on Sunday 5th of December at 11.45 p.m. on SRF 1 in the CH film scene. The film is already available worldwide here.
«Brave and violent portrait of an entire generation» – Cineuropa
TAMING THE GARDEN has been shown at over 100 festivals, has won several awards and is currently nominated for the European Film Award. The film will be released in cinemas in German-speaking Switzerland on 9th of December 2021 and in French-speaking Switzerland on 5th of January 2022. The film will also be available in E-cinema.
This weekend we will be holding several previews in the presence of the director:
Zurich, 4 December 2021, Kosmos, 6.00 p.m.
Basel, 5 December 2021, kult.kino, 11.30 a.m.
Winterthur, 5 December 2021, Cameo, 7.00 p.m.
Bern, 6 December 2021, Rex, 8.00 p.m.
«A quiet, beautiful piece of nonfiction poetry.» – Variety.
We are very happy to announce that TAMING THE GARDEN by director Salomé Jashi has been nominated for the European Film Award in the category European Documentary. The members of the European Film Academy will vote on the winners in the coming weeks. The European Film Awards ceremony is taking place on 11th December in Berlin.
«A spectacular cinematic experience.» Film Fest Report
TAMING THE GARDEN has been invited to over a hundred festivals worldwide, won 14 awards and will be released in Swiss cinemas on 9th of December. Previews in the presence of the director will take place in several cities on 4th, 5th and 6th of December. The exact dates can be found here.
The documentary UNDER THE SAME ROOF by Maria Müller will be broadcast twice on television in September - in Switzerland, Germany and Austria.
On 2 September at 8.05 p.m., the TV version of 50 minutes can be seen on SRF DOK.
On 6 September at 10.25 p.m., the cinema version of 86 minutes will be shown on 3sat in Switzerland, Germany and Austria.
The film is already available worldwide as VOD here.
UNDER THE SAME ROOF follows a Swiss couple who takes a family fled from Syria with five children into their own home.
A film worth seeing that does not lose its relevance. The current situation in Afghanistan shows this quite clearly. People all over the world continue to be forced to flee because of war and terror.
In the presence of director Salomé Jashi and the team, TAMING THE GARDEN was screened at the Berlinale Summer Special in June. "The fairy tale of the tree-collecting billionaire", as zeitgeschichte online writes about the documentary, met with a positive response from the audience and the press.
«Majestic images of centuries-old trees floating on the sea, like disturbing dreams, take shape before the viewer’s eyes» Cineeuropa. TAMING THE GARDEN illustrates the process of uprooting trees but also of humans and reminds us of the rivalry between man and nature.
The Swiss premiere will take place on 8 August 2021 at 11am at Palexpo (FEVI) at the Locarno Film Festival. We are pleased that Salomé Jashi will be present here as well.
FOOTBALL INSIDE will be released in Swiss cinemas from the 6th of May together with the pre-film THE GAME. All current screenings can be found here from May 6.
The preview will take place on Tuesday, May 4 at 18h at kult.kino in Basel. There will be a Q&A after the film with the directors and the referee Fedayi San. Tickets can be purchased online here.
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After TAMING THE GARDEN by Salomé Jashi recently celebrated it's world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival, we are thrilled that the European premiere will be at Berlinale Forum. Later in March the film will be in competition at Cinéma du réel/Paris.
From 1 to 5 March, film professionals and accredited representatives of the press can participate all Berlinale events online. The Summer Special of the Berlinale will give the general public the opportunity to see the majority of the selected films in Berlin cinemas from 9 to 20 June.
Cinéma du réel has opted for an online version of the festival and will take place from 12 to 21 March. You can watch TAMING THE GARDEN on CANALRÉEL.
Andreas Hoessli's documentary THE NAKED KING - 18 FRAGMENTS ON REVOLUTION celebrated it's online cinema premiere in Germany on 10 February 2021. The film has already been shown at international film festivals and won the main award in the international competition at Dok.fest München.
Viewers from Switzerland can watch the film here.
In Germany you can watch the film here.
«A clever as well as poetic film about the essence of revolution» WOZ
The film explores the transformation of man in the revolution, confronts secret service agents and shows the attempt to capture a new attitude towards life in memory.
TAMING THE GARDEN by Salomé Jashi had its world premiere at Sundance Film Festival on 31 January 2021 and has garnered very positive reviews so far.
Film critic Kenneth Turan talked to NPR (National Public Radio) about his favourite films at this year's Sundance Film Festival. And guess what: TAMING THE GARDEN is one of them. «...the film I think that stayed with me the longest is something called Taming The Garden» he said.
Many press releases about TAMING THE GARDEN often praise the stunning shots that tell a story that is both fascinating and depressing. Modern Times, for example, wrote: «Through a series of painterly images, the award-winning director (…) takes us on a fairytale-like journey to the Georgian coast.» and Screendaily pointed out, «Jashi lets the images and the Georgian people speak for themselves.»
The questionable practice of a powerful man in Georgia uprooting centuries-old trees to transplant them into his garden is summed up by In Review as follows: «Left largely implied in-film, but lingering in impression long after, is the notion of a fabulously wealthy elite literally reconstructing the world according to their personal taste while the rest of us deal with the scars of their whims.»
TAMING THE GARDEN is an impressive film whose journey will continue.
World premiere FOOTBALL INSIDE by Michele Cirigliano
"Authentic inside view" Sarah Akanji
"This is where football's heart beats" Gelson Fernandes
"A must see" Pascal Zuberbühler
Reserve the film here. FOOTBALL INSIDE will then be activated for you in Switzerland for 24 hours from 25 - 28 January 2021.
We are more than happy to announce that we are premiering TAMING THE GARDEN by Salomé Jashi at Sundance Film Festival -World Cinema Documentary Competition!
#Sundance will be different this year with online screenings via www.festival.sundance.org and Satellite Screens across the country.
Festival dates are January 28 - February 3. Tickets on sale, January 7.
The journey starts here!
This week, Claudia Varejão's film Amor Fati received the Basler Film- und Medienkunstpreis 2020 in the category „Kinofilm". We are very happy about that and congratulate especially the director for this award!
Here you can read the laudatio.
Here you can watch the trailer of the film.
The film Amor Fati is looking for parts that complement each other. They are portraits of couples, friends, families as well as animals and their owners. Together they share the intimacy of daily life, their habits, beliefs, tastes or even physical characteristics. In their faces and the choreography of their gestures, the director searches for the story that connects them.
"Through a precise montage, the film succeeds in leading the audience from one universe and from one story to another, always following the unobtrusive gaze of the filmmaker on her protagonists." - Excerpt from the laudation by Emilie Bujès, Judith Albert and Béla Batthyany, Jury of Basler Film- und Medienkunstpreis 2020
The film will be shown in cinemas during 2021.
On the occasion of the 10th day of Swetlana Geier's death on Saturday 7th November, Vadim Jendreyko, the director of the film The Woman with the 5 Elephants, looks back and shares with us his memories of this impressive translator.
Is there something that you took with you from Swetlana Geier that might have influenced you personally?
Oh - there are many things! For example, her unconditional loyalty to the author or to his work, even if it was at the expense of convention and courtesy. Or how in her life different sides of being a human being have merged into a whole, e.g. mind and intellect with intuition and a very sensual turning to life. These qualities are often isolated from each other, both in the individual and in society as a whole. She was a shining example of how supposed opposites complement each other.
Swetlana Geier passed away just one year after the film was released. Did you have contact with her during this time and do you know how it was for her that the film was so successful?
Yes, we were in close contact during this time. We went to some screenings together and I continued to visit her in Günterstal. For Swetlana Geier, the direct encounter with the person or people was always in the foreground. The many direct feedbacks she received after the performances or through letters were much more important to her than the abstract size of audience numbers or festival invitations. The conversation with the individual, in which the film or her thoughts met with resonance, pleased her very much.
For you too, 10 years have passed as a filmmaker. Is there something you would do differently, something you would have liked to ask her or to show in the film?
The film was made on the basis of my perspective 10 years ago. The framework, the approach, the way of deepening the film emerged from it. In the meantime the earth has orbited the sun 10 times and my perspective has also shifted. Therefore a different film would be made today, but also my protagonist would not be the same today as 10 years ago. For me, a film has nothing absolute, it is an attempt, an approach in which I strive for the highest possible degree of coherence with myself. Consistency with myself as I am today. And tomorrow is not the same as yesterday. I miss the exchange with Svetlana Geier, the cup of tea with her, the dialogue about Dostoyevsky's figures and their counterparts in today's world, about painting and recipes - I only know one of her cake recipes! And I miss her advice as an experienced old friend.
I was especially impressed by the scene in the train, where Swetlana compliments the inspector on his respect and friendliness... What impressed you most about her? What made her special?
From the abundance I would like to pick out just one side that you just mentioned: She understood the art of appreciation! She expressed what she noticed and liked. It was often like a magic wand with which she touched her counterpart, be it a cab driver, a student or the border guard in the scene you mentioned. The people felt addressed, perceived, appreciated, even if it was only by noticing a little something. It was impressive to see how she changed her surroundings with it.
What does it mean to you personally that you were able to make this film?
The film is also fortunate for me because it allows me to share at least part of my encounter with this person with others. To be able to do this professionally is a great privilege for me.
After an honorable mention at the Montreal International Black Film Festival 2019, NO PROMISED LAND by Raphael Bondy will be awarded the Alexis Viktor Thalberg Foundation Documentary Film Prize on October 30, 2020.
At the same time it will be screened at the Baltimore International Black Film Festival, which will take place online from October 28, 2020 - December 7, 2020.
Our documentary Amor Fati by Cláudia Varejão has been nominated for the Basler Film- und Medienkunstpreis 2020. Many thanks to the jury. We congratulate the director, our coproduction partners Terratreme Filmes, La Belle Affaire Productions. The award show will be on November 23.
We are very happy that THE TRUE FILM by Christina Zimmermann is one of the selected projects for the IDFA Forum DocLab 2020 selection. We have been developing our interactive VR-film for four years and we are ready to share our vision with the industry. Thank you IDFA Forum for this opportunity to present our project virtually in Amsterdam!
We are pleased to announce that NO PROMISED LAND by director Raphael Bondy has been nominated for the STUDENT AWARD at DokFest Munich. The film deals with the identity crisis of the Israeli-Ethiopian community using the example of four young Ethiopian-born Israelis. A co-production of Mira Film with the Zurich University of the Arts / Master of Arts in Film.
We are inviting you! Amor Fati by Cláudia Varejão is celebrating the world premiere at Visions du Réel online.
Two twin sisters, a master and his dog, lovers who look like each other…all doubles are possible in the simultaneously poetic and hyper-realistic universe of Cláudia Varejão. Here, love comes in all shapes and sizes, building a choreography of visual resemblances, while also questioning what makes a couple in the contemporary world. (text: Elena López Riera)
The film will be available for free from 25.April to 2.Mai on the platform of the festival.
Here the direct Link to the screening. We are looking forward to your feedback!
We are all currently experiencing a pandemic. How does the state prepare for such disasters? What preparations are being taken? Master of Disaster provides an insight into a hidden parallel universe of disaster prevention and research workers who want to foresee the dangers threatening our complex world and train how to deal with them.
Watch the Swiss premiere on KINO ON DEMAND and Vimeo VOD now!
Dear friends,
We would like to stay in touch with you during the these days and look forward to receiving news and reactions regarding our work in our respective home offices. Watch our films at home:
https://vimeo.com/mirafilm/vod_pages
http://vincafilm.ch/home-cinema/
Yours sincerely,
Your Mira Film Team
The film launched with high audience and media attention in Germany in March. Just in time for the cinema release, the book of the same title was also published. In the book, the director and author Sebastian Heinzel once again takes an in-depth look at the topic of transgenerational inheritance of traumas and of the filmmaking process.
Information about the film, screenings and reading HERE
Buy the book and DVD HERE
Mira Film is pleased to announce the world premiere of UNDER THE SAME ROOF by Maria Müller at Solothurner Filmtage. Screenings on Friday, 24.1.2020, 18h at Landhaus, Monday, 27.1.2020 18h at Konzertsaal. Tickets here
Screenings of
THE NAKED KING by Andreas Hoessli on Friday 27.1.2020, 18.30h at Canvas and Monday 27.1.2020, 15h at Konzertsaal. Tickets here
MASTER OF DISASTER by Jürgen Brügger & Jörg Haaßengier on Thurday 26.1.2020, 00.15h at Konzertsaal, Sunday 26.1.2020, 11.15 at Canvas Blue. Tickets here
NO PROMISED LAND by Raphel Bondy on Friday 24.1.2020, 17.30h at Canvas Club. Tickets here
Congratulations to the directors, their teams, coproduction partners, funders and financial supporters.
Eisenberger by Hercli Bundi, Blue Note Records: Beyond the Notes by Sophie Huber und Beyond the Obvious by Vadim Jendreyko now on DVD.
The three DVDs together cost CHF 50.00 plus postage/shipping. A single DVD costs CHF 20.00 plus postage/shipping. Please send orders by email to: info@mirafilm.ch
Documentary Film Competition:
Camerimage, Toruń (PL); 13th November, 17.00h.
Further Festivals this autumn:
MOVE IT!, Dresden (DE); 7-13th November.
IFFMH, Mannheim (DE); 14th, 15th & 17th November
Dokfest, Kassel (DE); 15th November
When and where?:
GENEVA, 28th october 19.30h Cinémas du Grütli. With Andreas Hoessli and Ruth Dreifuss, hosted by Darius Rochebin
and theatrical release:
KLOSTERS, 30th october 20.00h Cinema 89 (single screening)
Available worldwide!
DVD: https://smarturl.it/BlueNoteRecDVD
Blu-Ray: https://smarturl.it/BlueNoteRecBR
Digital: https://smarturl.it/BlueNoteRecDig
For the cinema launch in the French-speaking part of Switzerland , "EISENBERGER – ART MUST BE BEAUTIFUL, AS THE FROG SAYS TO THE FLY" will be shown in the presence of director Hercli Bundi on Thursday 19 September at 18.30h at the Cinémathèque Suisse in Lausanne.
From September 25 the film will be released at Geneva at Cinéma CDD, in Lausanne at Zinéma and in La-Chaux-de-Fonds at ABC. Further cities will follow.
EISENBERGER – ART MUST BE BEAUTIFUL, AS THE FROG SAYS TO THE FLY will be shown in Ticino: The screenings are from Thursday 19 to Sunday 22 September at 6 pm in the Cinema Rialto / Locarno.
Our recently awarded (DOK.fest Munich) film "The Naked King" will be released from the 12th of September. In addition, previews will take place from 8 September, ensuing with discussions in the presence of director Andreas Hoessli.
Previews and specials:
BASEL, 8th September 11h kult.kino. In the presence of the director Andreas Hoessli
BERN, 9th September 20h Rex 1. Followed by a discussion with the director Andreas Hoessli and Daniel Puntas Bernet
ZÜRICH, 10th September 18h Riffraff3. In the presence of the director Andreas Hoessli
LUZERN, 11th September 19h Stattkino. Followed by a discussion with the director Andreas Hoessli, Prof.Dr.Aram Mattioli et Peter Leimgruber
ST.GALLEN, 12th September 20h Kinok. Followed by a discussion with the director Andreas Hoessli, Paul Rechsteiner et Geri Krebs
WINTERTHUR, 13th September 20.15h Cameo. Followed by a discussion with the director Andreas Hoessli et Annette Hug
ZÜRICH, 13th September 10.30h Riffraff1. Followed by a discussion with the director Andreas Hoessli et Jakob Tanner et Annette Hug
LAUSANNE, 14th September 20.30h Cinéma Bellevaux Followed by a discussion with the director Andreas Hoessli
CHUR, 15th September 18.30h Kinocenter. Followed by a discussion with the director Andreas Hoessli
FREIENSTEIN, 1st October 20h Neues Kino. Followed by a discussion with the director Andreas Hoessli and Anne-Catherine Lang
ZÜRICH, 3rd October 18.30h Houdini. Followed by a discussion with the director Andreas Hoessli and Prof.Dr. Monika Dommann
GENEVA, 28th October 19.30h Cinemas du Grütli. Followed by a discussion with the director Andreas Hoessli and Alt-Bundesrätin Ruth Dreifuss
Cinema release:
ZÜRICH, 12th September Houdini
BERN, 12th September Kino Rex
WINTERTHUR, 12th September Cameo (13./19./22./30.9)
LUZERN, 12th September Stattkino
ST.GALLEN, 12th September Kinok
BASEL, 12th September kult.kino, a collaboration with Culturescapes
AARAU, 12th September Freier Film
WETTINGEN, 12th September Orient
LAUSANNE 12th September Cinéma Bellevaux
GENF 12th September Cinéma Bio
KLOSTERS, 30th October Cinema 89, single screening
For the theatrical release of "EISENBERGER – ART MUST BE BEAUTIFUL, AS THE FROG SAYS TO THE FLY" the following preview screenings are scheduled:
Monday, 2.9. Wien, 20.00h Filmcasino, with Christian Eisenberger and Hercli Bundi
Tuesday 3.9. Graz, 18.30h Kiz Royal Kino, with Christian Eisenberger
Wednesday 4.9. Linz, 20.00h Moviemento Kino, with Christian Eisenberger
Friday 6.9. Wien, 19.30h Metro Kinokulturhaus, with Christian Eisenberger and Hercli Bundi
Saturday 7.9. Wattens/Tirol, 18.30h Festival Ortsgeschehen, with Christian Eisenberger and Hercli Bundi
Sunday 8.9. Wien, 14.00h Stadtkino im Künstlerhaus, with Christian Eisenberger and Hercli Bundi
Sunday, 8.9. Krems, 18.00h Kino im Kesselhaus, with Christian Eisenberger and Hercli Bundi
Tuesday 10.9. Bruck an der Mur, 20h Stadtkino, with Christian Eisenberger and Hercli Bundi
Wednesday 11.9. Innsbruck, 20.00h Leokino, with Christian Eisenberger, Hercli Bundi and the Bishop of Innsbruck Hermann Glettler
Following a great start of our US theatrical run in New York and Los Angeles, we're excited to let you know that BLUE NOTE RECORDS: BEYOND THE NOTES will play in the following US cities in July and August. For all updates and new dates, please visit: https://bluenoterecords-film.com/en/watch/
AUSTIN July 19 -21 Austin Film Society
DETROIT July 15 w Don Was (Concert of Colors) Detroit Institute of Arts July 19 - 24 Cinema Detroit
WASHINGTON, DC One Show Only! August 7 at 8 PM Avalon Theatre
SAN FRANCISCO August 9 -11 Roxie
NASHVILLE One Show Only! August 12 The Belcourt Also: Go see Herbie Hancock, Terrace Martin and Lionel Loueke live at the Ryman on August 11. They might be joining the Belcourt screening.
MINNEAPOLIS August 14 Trylon
PHOENIX August 28 Film Bar
We hope you can see the film in a theater, alone to experience the sound and full power of this music.
"EISENBERGER – ART MUST BE BEAUTIFUL, AS THE FROG SAYS TO THE FLY" will be shown as a preview at the film festival "Kino wie noch nie" in Vienna.
The first screening will take place on 9 July at 21:30h in the OPEN AIR AUGARTENSPITZ in the presence of the protagonist Christian Eisenberger and the director Hercli Bundi.
The second performance will take place on 10 July at 20:30h in the METRO KINOKULTURHAUS.
The Austrian film release in the regular cinemas is planned for September 2019.
«The jury is of the opinion that this film tells the story of Blue Note in a congenial way and is therefore a convincing example of what a documentary film can achieve at best.»
LAST DAYS IN NYC - FIRST DAYS IN LA! Special guests/moderators during Los Angeles opening weekend starting June 28: Nelson George (Fri), Simon Kilmurry (Sat), Don Was and Keith Lewis aka Qmillion Riddim (Sun).
Screening times and tickets Los Angeles/Santa Monica, Laemmle theatre: https://www.laemmle.com/films/45670
New York, Metrograph: http://metrograph.com/…/…/blue-note-records-beyond-the-notes
THE NAKED KING by Andreas Hoessli won the main award in the international competition at Dok.Fest München. Congratulations to the director, to producer and DOP Peter Zwierko, cutter Lena Rem and the entire team. Mira Film wants to thank our coproduction partners TM Film (DE), Centrala (PL), ARTE G.E.I.E., Telewizja Polska and funders of the project.
Cinema release in Switzerland in September
We are happy to announce the premiere at DOK.fest München. The director and the film team will be present.
May 11, 8.30pm at Filmmuseum
May 14, 7pm at Atelier 1
May 17, 5pm at Atelier 1
May 19, 11:30 Uhr im HFF - Kino 1
Original German version with German subtitles
Information and tickets HERE
The festival release of EISENBERGER – ART MUST BE BEAUTIFUL, AS THE FROG SAYS TO THE FLY will be continued in Munich and Warsaw:
The film will be shown at the Dokfest-München in the Pinakothek der Moderne on Saturday 11.05.2019 at 16h followed by a film talk and on Sunday 19.05.2019 at 16h.
At the Millennium Docs Against Gravity Film Festival in Warsaw the film will be shown twice in the presence of the director on Monday 13.05.2019 at 20.45h and on Tuesday 14.05 in the Kinoteka, as well as on Saturday 18.05 at 14h in the Iluzjon.
EISENBERGER – ART MUST BE BEAUTIFUL, AS THE FROG SAYS TO THE FLY will be screened on April 27th 2019 at the Norwegian Documentary Film Festival in Volda/Norway.
We are pleased to celebrate the world premiere of THE NAKED KING by Andreas Hoessli on 11 May at the DOK.fest Munich in the International Competition. Producers: Peter Zwierko, Vadim Jendreyko, Hercli Bundi, Editing: Lena Rem. A co-production with TM Film (DE) and Centrala (PL). Tickets and reservations.
EISENBERGER - ART MUST BE BEAUTIFUL, AS THE FROG SAYS TO THE FLY will be shown in Dok.Panorama at the DOK.fest Munich in the Pinakothek der Moderne on 11 May at 16h in presence of Hercli Bundi. The second screening is on 19 May. Tickets and reservations.
Two of our co-productions celebrate the world premiere at DOK.fest Munich in the German competition - congratulations to all participants!
DER KRIEG IN MIR by Sebastian Heinzel, a co-production with Heinzelfilm. Editing: Sascha Seidel, Camera: Adrian Stähli. Sound: Markus Egloff, Music: Cassis Birgit Staudt. Tickets and Information.
MASTER OF DISASTER by Jürgen Brügger & Jörg Haaßengie, a co-production with filmtank GmbH. Editing: Annette Brütsch, Camera: Sven O. Hill, Philipp Kuenzli, Music: Daniel Almada. Tickets and Information.
EISENBERGER - ART MUST BE BEAUTIFUL, AS THE FROG SAYS TO THE FLY is currently shown in Swiss cinemas. Click here for the film screenings.
The Press reports about the movie:
«The most beautiful creative chaos in recent film history» (Züritipp)
«Art is when you do it anyway» (NZZ)
«A stirring portrait» (MovieNews)
«A muscleman who pushes himself to the limits - or beyond them» (BZBasel)
«On the trail of the serial offender» (WOZ Magazin)
In addition, the Zurich gallery Nicola von Senger is showing new works by Christian Eisenberger until mid-May.
KING OF THE AIRS – ZAUNKÖNIG by Ivo Zen is invited at the Tartu World Film Festival 2019 and will be screened in the World Film hall of the Estonian National Museum on Tuesday, 19th of March at 15:30h.
The Austrian festival premiere of EISENBERGER – ART MUST BE BEAUTIFUL, AS THE FROG SAYS TO THE FLY will take place at the Diagonale – Festival des österreichischen Films on Wednesday 20 March.
The film will travel afterwards to Italy. From 4 to 19 April 2019, the Bolzano Film Festival shows creative feature documentaries from Italy, Austria, Germany and Switzerland, thus providing an insight into the rich, contemporary European cinema beyond convention and mainstream.
EISENBERGER - KUNST MUSS SCHÖN SEIN, SAGT DER FROSCH ZUR FLIEGE is one of eight documentaries in the competition of the Bolzano Film Festival 2019.
EISENBERGER – KUNST MUSS SCHÖN SEIN, SAGT DER FROSCH ZUR FLIEGE will be released on 28 of March in Swiss Cinemas.
An Exhibition with new worky by Christian Eisenberger will take place at the gallery Nicola von Senger in Zurich from March 15 until mid of May.
Special screenings with the artist Christian Eisenberger and the director Hercli Bundi are announced for:
21.03.2019 at 20h Kino Rex in Bern
22.03.2019 at 12.15h (Lunchkino Special) Arthouse Le Paris in Zürich
23.03.2019 at 20h Stattkino Luzern
24.03.2019 at 11.30h Kult.Kino Basel
24.03.2019 1t 17.30h Kinocenter Chur (Director alone)
05.04.2019 um 20.15 Uhr at Cameo Winterthur (Director alone)
We are happy that the Solothurner Filmtage have nominated EISENBERGER – ART MUST BE BEAUTIFUL, AS THE FROG SAYS TO THE FLY for the Prix de Soleure, because the film does «contribute to relevant discussions and is convincing in it's cinematographic approach». (quote from the invitation).
The film will be screened on January 26th at 17.45h in the Landhaus and on January 28th at 18h in the Reithalle.
The cinema release in Switzerland will start in March.
We are pleased about the vivid interest of festivals: Dallas DocuFest, Doc Lisboa, Doc'N Roll Film Festival, Cork Film Festival, Braunschweig International Film Festival, Beirut Art Film Festival, In-Edit Barcelona, Festival dei Popoli, IDFA-Best of Fests ...
We are happy to celebrate the world premiere at the Filmfestival DOK Leipzig in the international program. The film will be screened on Tuesday 30 of October at 14:00h in the Schaubühne Lindenfels and on Wednesday 31 of October at 21:30h in the Passage Kinos Universum. Christian Eisenberger, Hercli Bundi and part of the crew and protagonists will be present.
Am 27. September startet der anregende und kritische Dokumentarfilm BITTERE ERNTE (Les Dépossédés) von Mathieu Roy in Zürich (Kosmos), Basel (kult.kino atelier), Bern (Kino Rex), Chur (Kino Apollo). Verleih: Vinca Film
Vorstellungen finden HIER
Vorstellungen mit anschiessender Podiumsdiskussion:
Zürich, Kosmos, Sonntag 23. Sept. 11.00 Uhr
Mit Christian Haueter (Biobauer & Protagonist) und Sabin Bieri (Associate Director des Center Of Development and Environment, Universität Bern)
Bern, Kino Rex, Donnerstag 27. Sept. 20.30 Uhr
Mit Simon Zbinden (DEZA) und Lukas Brönnimann (Student Berner Hochschule für Agrar-, Forst- und Lebensmittelwissenschaft)
Chur, Kino Apollo, Sonntag 30. Sept. 17.00 Uhr
Mit Andrea Hämmerle (Alt-Nationalrat & Biobauer) und weiteren Gästen
Luzern, Stattkino, Mittwoch 24. Okt. 19.00 UhrPodiumsdiskussion mit GästenWinterthur, Kino Cameo, Freitag 16. November 20.15 UhrMit Carla Hoinkes (Public Eye) und weiteren Gästen
Blue Note Records: Beyond the Notes: Dok Station - Music Film Festival Bucarest/Rumania, Filmfest Hamburg/Germany and Vancouver International Film Festival/Canada.
Blue Note Records: Beyond The Notes: am Donnerstag, 23. August um 19 Uhr Filmpremiere und Gespräch im Stattkino, Luzern, mit Niklaus Troxler sowie Pirmin Bossart; musikalisches Intro: Urs Leimgruber. Zur Einstimmung "Jazz als Lebensschule", erschienen in der Luzerner Zeitung HIER
We have been working for some time now on the re-launch together with Sternenbauer, Joël Gähwiler and Adina Renner, and are pleased to present you the result. The logo was refreshed as well as the presentation of our films and our team.
Our Blue Note film will be premiered in France at FID Marseille, will be screened at the Jewish Film Festival in San Francisco and will have a special screening at the Kronsberg Jazz Festival in Norway. Thank you for having us!
You don't have to be a jazz fan to love this movie! An emotional journey behind the scenes of Blue Note Records, the pioneering label that gave voice to some of the finest jazz artists of the 20th and 21st centuries.
From 14 JUNE in SWISS CINEMAS / from 27 JUNE in SUISSE ROMANDE
Happy to announce the Asian premiere of Blue Note Records: Beyond the Notes at the Shanghai International Film Festival in June.
We are thrilled to announce our European premiere at Sheffield Doc/Fest. The director Sophie Huber will be present at the first screening on June 8. Screening dates and tickets: https://sheffdocfest.com/films/6415
We are proud to announce our world premiere at Tribeca Film Festival! Blue Note Records was founded in New York in 1939, nearly 80 years later we come back with a film about this legendary label. Congrats to the whole team!
April 23, 8pm Tribeca Festival Hub, World Premiere with Performance
April 24, 3pm Cinépolis Chelsea 9
April 25, 10pm Cinépolis Chelsea 9
April 26, 8.15 pm Regal Cinemas Battery Park 11-6
Tickets will be on sale on March 27
On 23 March 2018 at 20:00, Zaunkönig - Diary of a Friendship will be shown at Lichtmess Kino in Hamburg.
Last June Diedie Weng visited the beekeeper and his wife to show them the finished film. Here her thoughts on it:
This June, I went to see the beekeeper and his wife. It was strange to be back in their home. It felt like no time had passed. Though some of the surrounding have changed, the climate and the rhythm of the beekeeper’s work stayed the same. They have a new kitten and quite a few rabbits instead of the pigs. It was raining in the valley most of the time when I was there. No children were home to help the beekeeper and his wife out, so I gave them a hand. I spent one morning helping them cut up the queen bee's eggs to fetch royal jelly.
I showed them the final film. They really loved it, they said "it is very real." After the scene with his mom, the beekeeper breathed a deep sigh like a long wind through the dark night, and then his eyes went red. Since their family lost the goose a while ago, the wife said: "Without this film, we wouldn't see the goose again, this naughty and silly goose.“ The beekeeper said: “Maofu would have become very good with the bees by now if he had stayed.” But Maofu is still in Beijing with am unstable job, and both of them are very anxious about his marital status.
Director Ivo Zen presents his film Zaunkönig - Diary of a Friendship in August at the festival "Der neue Heimatfilm" in Freistadt/AT, taking place from 23.08.2017 to 27.08.2017.
Zaunkönig - Diary of a Friendship will be shown at the end of May at the dokKa Festival in Karlsruhe.
We are very happy that Zaunkönig - Diary of a Friendship has been nominated for the Documentary Film Music Award at DOK.fest Munich 2017.
We wish Trixa Arnold and Ilja Komarov the good luck for the award ceremony on 6 May and hope that their impressive film music performance will be rewarded.
The US audience gets another opportunity to watch our film at the Environmental Film Festival in Washington DC on 3/20 at the AFI theatre. http://dceff.org/film/beekeeper-and-his-son-the
Our Dutch Premiere is at CinemaAsia Film Festival in Amsterdam. Kriterion, Friday, March 10, 15:40 and Sunday, March 12, 17:30. More information
Previews in the presence of the director:
Zurich - 31 January 2017 - 12:15 - Arthouse Le Paris, Lunchkino Spezial
Chur - February 2, 2017 -18:30 - Apollo Cinema
Ilanz - 3rd February Cinema Sil Plaz
Basel - 5 February 11:00 a.m. Cult cinema
Lucerne - 9 February 18:00 Uhr Stattkino
Bern - 16 February 20:30 Cinema Rex
Winterthur - 18 February 20:15 Cameo
We are happy that Zaunkönig – Tagebuch einer Freundschaft receives the award for best film music at the Filmfestival Max Ophüls Preis 2017
We are happy to announce the award for Best Film Music at the film festival Max Ophüls Preis 2017 for KING OF THE AIRS by Ivo Zen.
Join us in Solothurn - Diedie will be present for both screenings:Saturday, January 21, 9.30am - Palace Wednesday, January 25, 12/noon - Canva Club
More information
From 2 February 2017 in Swiss cinemas:
You will find all cinema screenings HERE
After its premiere at Vision du Réel in Nyon in January 2017, Zaunkönig - Tagebuch einer Freundschaft will again be presented at a Swiss film festival.
We are delighted that Zaunkönig - Diary of a Friendship celebrates its international premiere at the Max Ophüls Preis 2017 film festival.
We are happy to announce that The Beekeeper and his Son will have its North America Premiere at the amazing DOC NYC Festival in New York.
And yet another film festival where you can enjoy The Beekeeper and his Son: The film will be screening at the Nara International Film Festival in Japan (September 17th – 22nd).
We are happy to announce that The Beekeeper and his Son will be screening at the International Documentary Festival (EIDF) in Seoul, South Korea.
