2026
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WORLD PREMIERE OF “THE EDUCATION OF JANE CUMMING” AT 76. INTERNATIONALE FILMFESTSPIELE BERLIN PANORAMA SECTION
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WORLD PREMIERE OF “SIRI HUSTVEDT-DANCE AROUND THE SELF” AT THE 76. INTERNATIONALE FILMFESTSPIELE BERLIN PANORAMA SECTION
The documentary film SIRI HUSTVEDT – DANCE AROUND THE SELF celebrated its world premiere in the Panorama section of the Berlin International Film Festival. Director Sabine Lidl portrays Siri Hustvedt’s distinctive way of living and thinking, connecting her writing with life’s great themes: love and farewell—particularly in relation to her deep personal and artistic bond with her husband, the writer Paul Auster.
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Kinostart Deutschland und Schweiz am 02.04.2026
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CHERUBS AT THE SWISS FILMAWARDS
A dark comedy about two exiled angels condemned to document every human suicide for eternity. The elder, once a high-ranking seraph who refused to carry out the Divine Flood, has lost all faith in God and he’s now jaded and bitter. The younger, cast out for a lesser sin, still dreams of returning to Heaven. As they wander through the wreckage of human despair, they question pain, faith and existence, between dark humour and profound reflection.
CHERUBS
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2025
SYMPHONIC LIVE CONCERT AT THE TONHALLE ZURICH
Cinema in Concert Gala 2025 at the Zurich Film Festival 2. Oktober 2025
Film music takes centre stage at the Cinema in Concert Gala of the Zurich Film Festival: The Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich, conducted by Frank Strobel, will present a concert featuring works by Academy Award-winning composer Hildur Guðnadóttir as well as an orchestral suite by Swiss film composer Balz Bachmann.
Guðnadóttir, known for her scores to Joker, Chernobyl, Tár and Women Talking, will receive the ZFF Career Achievement Award during the evening. Together with Bachmann, Strobel and Swiss-American director Jasmin Gordon, she will also serve on the jury of the 13th International Film Music Competition (IFMW).
The suite includes excerpts from Bachmann’s scores for The Black Brothers by Oscar-winning director Xavier Koller, the ZFF competition winner Stille Reserven, the Swiss Film Award-winning The Sparrow in the Chimney, the audience hit Yalom’s Cure, and music from the documentary Las Toreras. The evening will also feature a special appearance by the acclaimed pianist Simone Keller, who will receive the Zurich Cultural Award 2025 the day after the concert.
TEAM
COMPOSER: BALZ BACHMANN
CONDUCTOR: FRANK STROBEL
ORCHESTRATION: PAUL TARO SCHMIDT, YANICK HERZOG, JONAS ZELLWEGER
MUSICIANS: TONHALLE ORCHESTER ZURICH
SPECIAL GUESTS: SIMONE KELLER, PIANO & GEORGE VAINE, GUITAR
LOCATION: TONHALLE ZURICH
VIDEO EDITING: GION RETO KILLIAS
MIX: MAX MOLLING
LIVE ORCHESTRAL PERFORMANCE BY THE TONHALLE ORCHESTER ZURICH, AT TONHALLE ZURICH 2025-EXPERPS FROM STILLE RESERVEN
LIVE ORCHESTRAL PERFORMANCE BY THE TONHALLE ORCHESTER ZURICH, AT TONHALLE ZURICH 2025-THE SPARROW IN THE CHIMNEY
LIVE ORCHESTRAL PERFORMANCE BY THE TONHALLE ORCHESTER ZURICH, AT TONHALLE ZURICH 2025-FROM YALOM` CURE
LIVE ORCHESTRAL PERFORMANCE BY THE TONHALLE ORCHESTER ZURICH, AT TONHALLE ZURICH 2025-LAS TORERAS
LIVE ORCHESTRAL PERFORMANCE BY THE TONHALLE ORCHESTER ZURICH, AT TONHALLE ZURICH 2025-FROM THE BLACK BROTHERS
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2025
JAKOBS ROSS
A modern relationship and emancipation story set in nineteenth century Alpine Switzerland: The musically highly gifted maid Elsie, who longs for a career as a musician, is forced into marriage with Jacob, a young stable boy who dreams of owning his own horse. Both have to learn that they can only escape their lack of opportunities if they team up.
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Ja Winner of the Grand Price 2025, Jecheon International Music & Film Festival, Korea
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2024
The film “The Sparrow in the Chimney” (2024) by Ramon Zürcher was a major winner at the 2025 Swiss Film Awards. The drama won in the categories Best Screenplay (Ramon Zürcher) and Best Sound (Ramon Zürcher, Peter von Siebenthal, Balthasar Jucker). With a total of six nominations, including Best Feature Film, best Filmmusic usic, the movie was considered a top favorite. It was also selected for the 2024 European Film Awards.
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2023
Las Toreras
The film won the Emerging Swiss Talent Award (Critics' Prize) and the Film Prize of the Churches of Zurich at the Zurich Film Festival in 2023, received the Berner Filmpreis for Documentary Film from Berner Filmförderung in Bern in 2024, and was nominated for Best Documentary Film at the Swiss Film Awards in 2024.