Cinema of Switzerland
| Cinema of Switzerland | |
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| Produced feature films (2011)[3] | |
| Fictional | 31 (36.9%) |
| Animated | 1 (1.2%) |
| Documentary | 52 (61.9%) |
| Number of admissions (2011)[5] | |
| Total | 14,896,020 |
| • Per capita | 2 (2012)[4] |
| National films | 637,554 (4.3%) |
| Gross box office (2011)[5] | |
| Total | CHF 231 million |
| National films | CHF 9.06 million (3.9%) |
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The film industry based in Switzerland dates to the 1930s. It is influenced by the neighboring countries of France, Germany and Italy, with which it shares languages. Before the mid-1960s Swiss films were often sentimental, but the French New Wave led to more experimental cinema.[6]
The Solothurn Film Festival was founded in 1966 with a declaration of showing the modern reality of Swiss Life. It is the most important festival for Swiss film productions.[6]
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As of 2014, The Swissmakers (1978) (Die Schweizermacher) is the highest grossing Swiss film of all time.[7]
In German-speaking cantons, French-language films usually have German subtitles. Likewise, in French-speaking cantons, German-language films usually have French subtitles. Adult-oriented films in foreign languages are often screened with original audio and double subtitles in German and French. Children-oriented films in foreign languages are usually dubbed.
Notable personalities
Directors
- Richard Dembo
- Tim Fehlbaum
- Marcel Gisler
- Jean-Luc Godard
- Claude Goretta
- Xavier Koller
- Markus Imhoof
- Leopold Lindtberg
- Fredi Murer
- Dominique Othenin-Girard
- Daniel Schmid
- Franz Schnyder
- Alain Tanner
- Yves Yersin
Actors
- Ursula Andress
- Anne-Marie Blanc
- Sibylle Blanc
- Zarli Carigiet
- Eliane Chappuis
- Bruno Ganz
- Heinrich Gretler
- Emil Hegetschweiler
- Max Haufler
- Marthe Keller
- Maximilian Schell
- Ella Rumpf
Notes and references
- ^ a b "Table 8: Cinema Infrastructure - Capacity". UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Archived from the original on 24 December 2018. Retrieved 5 November 2013.
- ^ "Table 6: Share of Top 3 distributors (Excel)". UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Archived from the original on 17 January 2014. Retrieved 5 November 2013.
- ^ "Table 1: Feature Film Production - Genre/Method of Shooting". UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Archived from the original on 5 November 2013. Retrieved 5 November 2013.
- ^ "Country Profiles". Europa Cinemas. Archived from the original on 9 November 2013. Retrieved 9 November 2013.
- ^ a b "Table 11: Exhibition - Admissions & Gross Box Office (GBO)". UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Archived from the original on 24 December 2018. Retrieved 5 November 2013.
- ^ a b "Welcome to the Swiss film industry". The Economist. 31 January 2015.
- ^ Statistik Schweiz - Die erfolgreichsten Schweizer Filme Archived 2012-11-17 at the Wayback Machine. Bfs.admin.ch (2014-04-30). Retrieved on 2014-05-12.
Bibliography
- (in French) Olivier Moeschler, Cinéma suisse. Une politique culturelle en action : l'État, les professionnels, les publics, Presses polytechniques et universitaires romandes, collection "Le savoir suisse", 2011.
See also
External links
- Swiss Films
- Swiss DVD
- artfilm.ch Swiss Films in the theatres, television, DVD and VOD
- Swiss Film Directory
- All Swiss Films since 1896
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