Image from the film, "20,000 days on earth"
Swiss Première: 26 April, 22h00, Théâtre de Marens, Nyon
English
Love is one of the main themes of the 2014 Visions du Réel International Film Festival in Nyon, Switzerland, to be held from 25 April through 3 May 2014. Now in its 45th year, and for the 20th time entitled "Visions du Réel", the Festival has reached new highs: more than 3,500 films screened in Nyon or in other festivals worldwide have been narrowed down to a final 175 chosen from 51 countries. To make things easier for festival-goers, a new Visions du Réel smartphone application can also be downloaded for free.
The love theme was not chosen in advance by Festival programmers, but emerged naturally once all the films were viewed and selected by the committee. "To reduce over 3,500 films to 116 in the competition (50 feature-length, 26 mid-length and 40 short films), we have strict selection criteria, ranging from high artistic standards to having an ethical outlook on the world," Luciano Barisone, Festival director, explains. To continue to be a global platform for launching new films, exclusivity is also a crucial criterion for Visions du Réel. As well as a record 116 films in competition, there will be 59 films presented outside the competition.
Enter our competition to win one of 5 double tickets being offered by Ciné 17 to knowitall.ch clients
Written by DreamWorks Pictures and directed by Bill Condon, THE FIFTH ESTATE is a dramatic new thriller based on real events in which WikiLeaks founder, Julian Assange, (played by Benedict Cumberbatch) and his colleague, Daniel Domscheit-Berg, (played by Daniel Brühl) team up to become underground watchdogs of the privileged and powerful.
On a shoestring, they create a platform that allows whistle-blowers to anonymously leak covert data, shining a light on the dark recesses of government secrets and corporate crimes. But when Assange and Berg gain access to the biggest trove of confidential intelligence documents in U.S. history, they battle each other and give rise to one of the most defining questions of our time: what are the costs of keeping secrets in a free society, and what are the costs of exposing them?
Ciné17 offers 10 double tickets to see FROZEN 3D from 4 December, 2013
When Ciné17 first offered us 10 double tickets for our clients to see the latest animated fairy tale from Disney, we were obviously extremely grateful. However, we didn’t immediately appreciate how lucky we were until we started reading the blurb they sent us!
Not only is FROZEN being projected in amazing 3D, but it is the first Disney movie to be shown in widescreen CinemaScope format since Sleeping Beauty – and Ciné17 is the only cinema in Geneva to be fitted with a screen that allows non-truncated pictures to be displayed in their original ration of 2.40:1. So if you want to enjoy the full glory of Disney’s latest animated extravaganza, then Ciné17 is really THE place to go and see it!
Based on Hans Christian Andersen’s fairy tale, The Snow Queen, FROZEN is packed with lots of contemporary attitudes and female empowerment touches that will appeal to both little girls and their moms. Energetic and funny, this musical animation is the first of its kind to warn of global cooling rather than warming, and includes some great vocal performances from stars such as Kristen Bell and Idina Menzel.
In response to our request for more suitable films in English for our kids, Ciné17 in Geneva is offering lots of free tickets for knowitall.ch clients to go and see English-language films at their cinema!
Unable to source the original version of PLANES for us (following Disney's decision to allow only French- and German-dubbed versions of the film to be shown in Switzerland), the Ciné 17 management team have kindly offered to give us 10 double tickets to see the return performance of DESPICABLE ME 2, one of the most successful animated feature films to be screened in 2013. In this popular sequel to DESPICABLE ME, the former villain, Gru, is trying to earn an honest living making jam, but is recruited by the Anti-Villain League to help deal with a powerful new super criminal.
The film is currently showing in English, in 3D, at 2.15pm on Saturdays, and 10.30am and 2.15pm on Sundays, and will be extended to matinées only on Saturdays and Sundays between 16 November and 1 December, 2013, at 10.30 am. This is a unique chance to catch this excellent film on the big screen, or see it again, before it is withdrawn from theatrical distribution. Read our article to find out more about Ciné 17, undoubtedly one of the plushest cinemas in Geneva and which reopened just a few months ago, following a major refurbishment.
Photo credit: Sébastien Puiatti
CinéTransat is celebrating its 5th birthday this year, with an impressive line-up of free films being shown in the open air throughout July and August, many of which will be shown in their original version.
With 5 more weeks still remaining, the films will be shown in the Parc De La Perle Du Lac near the Restaurant La Perle Du Lac, close to the center of Geneva. Films will start as soon as darkness sets in – around 10pm in July and 9.15pm in August, depending on the date and weather. Visitors are advised to arrive early in order to secure a good picnic spot on the grass, either on their own blanket or chair, or on chairs hired from the organizers, which are available from 7pm onwards for just Fr. 5.-.
Apart from the animated movie, Princesse Mononoke, any non-francophone films will be shown in their original version with sub-titles. These include many popular titles such as “The Full Monty”, “The Great Dictator”, “James Bond – Goldfinger” and “Hair” – just check out the website to view the full list of films which will be shown from Thursday to Sunday every week between 11 July and 18 August, 2013.
