ALL THE FESTIVAL'S SCREENING

site du film
de Ross Ching • Premiere in festival / Première en festival
USA, 2010, 3' , vo ang , st fr

An action-packed film, made in exactly 3 minutes, reveals a twisted world.

Monday 7 , 21h15, Fonction:Cinéma
Tuesday 8 , 19h00, Fonction:Cinéma

Plus d'infos voir la bande annonce

de Hélène Lombard • Premiere in festival / Première en festival
France, 2011, 5' , vo fr

Her career plan ? Quitting her job before summer.Her personal challenge ? Sleeping with a guy on the first night.Everyday, Fantille speaks her mind in front of her webcam in this mischievous new web series broadcasted through Facebook.

Friday 4 , 21h00, Fonction:Cinéma
Saturday 5 , 18h30, Fonction:Cinéma
Tuesday 8 , 12h30, Fonction:Cinéma

8-Bit Saved By The Bell

de Benny & Rafi Fine • Premiere in festival / Première en festival
USA, 2011, , vo ang

The Fine Brothers present an interactive game in the style of old school video games. Walk down memory lane as you help the gang from the 90's hit TV show Saved by the Bell work through their most memorable conflicts !

All Is Not Lost

de Ok Go, Pilobolous, And Trish Sie •
USA, 2011, 4'

site du film
de Mahalia Cohen • Swiss Premiere / Première Suisse
USA, 2011, 15' , vo ukrainien, ang , st fr/ang

Suddenly free from the confines of an abusive relationship, Ama is faced with the unknown.

Friday 4 , 19h15, Grütli Langlois
Tuesday 8 , 16h30, Grütli Simon

de Jean Guillaume Sonnier •
Suisse, 2011, 18' , vo fr , st ang

Starting with a role play and then falling in love, Benoît is going to lose everything

Sunday 6 , 15h30, Grütli Simon
Wednesday 9 , 16h00, Fonction:Cinéma

Armorik Sanguine

de Sacha Bodiroga, Fabien Chambert, Nicolas Moneuse • Premiere in festival / Première en festival
France, 2011, 30' , vo fr , st ang

Bars, nightclubs, girls, alcohol, violence, drug and explosive love stories: those are the ingredients of the cocktail Armorik Sanguine, the French answer to Britain's Skins !

Friday 4 , 21h00, Fonction:Cinéma
Saturday 5 , 18h30, Fonction:Cinéma
Tuesday 8 , 12h30, Fonction:Cinéma

Plus d'infos voir la bande annonce

site du film
de Peter Miskimmin •
Canada, 2009, 15' , vo ang

Autotopsy is an interactive narrative where visitors find the story behind a multi-vehicle pile up. Part game, part narrative experiment, this visually stunning frozen moment in time offers a host of interactive video.

site du film
de Veiko Õunpuu • Not a Premiere / Pas une première
Estonie, 2007, 123' , vo estonien , st fr/ang

Set among a complex of Soviet-era tower blocks in Tallinn, the people in Sügisball are eager for their lives to change. Looming over the landscape, the concrete towers represent the crumbling past and the daunting challenge of creating a new present. ...read more

Wednesday 9 , 20h30, Grütli Langlois

BRAQUO saison 2

site du film
de Philippe Haïm - Eric Valette • Swiss Premiere / Première Suisse
France, 2011, 2 x 52' , vo fr

Following the wrongful conviction and suicide of their chief, three cops are tempted to cross the red line and confront the administration that, by its inertia and indifference, drove their friend to killing himself. ...read more

Saturday 5 , 20h30, Uptown - Broadway

site du film
de Hendrick Dusollier • Première internationale
France, 2010, 15' , sans dialogue

From the celestian mountains to the peak of Shanghai's towers: two young peasants have to leave their village to get to the metropolis.

Saturday 5 , 17h15, Fonction:Cinéma
Tuesday 8 , 10h30, Uptown - Rive

Plus d'infos voir la bande annonce

site du film
de Yukihiro Shoda • World Premiere / Première Mondiale
Japon, 2011, 6' , vo japonais , st fr/ang

A dystopian vision of a Japan adapting to the reality of nuclear crisis. It's a place where fallout readings are a part of the weather forecast and gas masks are as ubiquitous as black suits and Gucci bags.

Monday 7 , 21h15, Fonction:Cinéma
Tuesday 8 , 19h00, Fonction:Cinéma

site du film
de Chi Yuarn Lee • Swiss Premiere / Première Suisse
Taiwan, 2011, 90' , vo mandarin , st fr/ang

Xiao-Zhun is polite and discreet. When she realizes that her boyfriend is cheating on her, she decides to sell his pet blowfish online. The highest bidder is a young, lonely baseball trainer living in the country. ...read more

Monday 7 , 19h00, Grütli Simon
Tuesday 8 , 16h30, Grütli Langlois

2011 © CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved

de Mitchell Burgess Et Robin Green • Premiere in festival / Première en festival
USA, 2010, 42' , vo ang , st fr

The Reagans have been cops for generations. James, the youngest son, gives up studying law at Harvard to honor the family tradition and join the force. As he starts out as a rooky cop, his life is turned upside down when, despite himself ...read more

Saturday 5 , 12h30, Grütli Simon Séance gratuite
Monday 7 , 21h15, Grütli Langlois

Plus d'infos voir la bande annonce

de Darach Mac Con Iomaire • International Premiere / Première Internationale
Irlande, 2010, 52' , vo gaélique , st fr/ang

Corp & Anam tells the story of TV crime correspondent Cathal Mac Iarnáin who prides himself on revealing the story behind the story, no matter what the cost. ...read more

Saturday 5 , 12h30, Grütli Simon Séance gratuite
Monday 7 , 21h15, Grütli Langlois Séance gratuite

Plus d'infos voir la bande annonce

site du film
de Oliver Hirschbiegel • Swiss Premiere / Première Suisse
France, Allemagne, 2011, 52' , vo ang , st fr

It was the time of Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo, an era of enlightened creativity and intellectual abundance. But it was also the time of Machiavelli, endemic anarchy, interminable wars and unbridled depravity. ...read more

Sunday 6 , 10h30, Grütli Simon
Tuesday 8 , 19h15, Grütli Langlois

Break-Ups: The Series

de Ted Tremper • International Premiere / Première Internationale
USA, 2010, 2011, 12' , vo ang , st fr

One episode, one couple, one break-up, total improvisation. This is the concept behind this hilarious and heartbreaking web series.

Friday 4 , 21h00, Fonction:Cinéma
Saturday 5 , 18h30, Fonction:Cinéma
Tuesday 8 , 12h30, Fonction:Cinéma

de Phillip Van • Premiere in festival / Première en festival
USA, 2010, 18' , vo ang , st fr

In this prequel to the video game Alan Wake, we follow a reporter travelling to the small town of Bright Falls. Blackouts, amnesia and a mysterious epidemy : he must find a way to escape

Friday 4 , 21h00, Fonction:Cinéma
Saturday 5 , 18h30, Fonction:Cinéma
Tuesday 8 , 12h30, Fonction:Cinéma

site du film
de Bruno Deville • World Premiere / Première Mondiale
Suisse, 2011, 3*26' , vo fr , st ang

Children's admiring gaze, the sound of opera and the smell of garbage: who could ask for more? Oscar leads a tranquil life as a municipal garbage truck driver in a small town. He's got a woman he loves, a bright daughter and his best friend for a boss. ...read more

Sunday 6 , 18h00, Grütli Simon
Wednesday 9 , 10h30, Grütli Simon Séance gratuite

site du film
de Basil Vogt • Not a Premiere / Pas une première
Suisse, 2011, 9' , sans dialogue

After a violent storm Captain Hu is stranded with his ship in the Alps. A helpful farmer finds new uses for the deep-sea equipment. However, Captain Hu draws the line at that.

Sunday 6 , 11h30, Fonction:Cinéma
Sunday 6 , 14h30, Fonction:Cinéma Séance gratuite

Chasse À L'Âne

de Maria Nicollier •
Suisse, 2011, 15' , vo japonais , st fr/ang

Three Japanese men decide to prepare a donkey for their Christmas feast. But is it unchristian?

Sunday 6 , 15h30, Grütli Simon
Wednesday 9 , 16h00, Fonction:Cinéma

de Michael Nyman • Not a Premiere / Pas une première
UK, 2010, 60' , vo no dialogue

Cine Opera is a series of video works shot by artist Michael Nyman in various parts of the world during the past fifteen years. Drawn from his globe-trotting travels, introspective journeys the series is a collection of over 45 cinematographic records. ...read more

Saturday 5 , 20h30, Fonction:Cinéma Séance gratuite
Monday 7 , 19h15, Fonction:Cinéma Séance gratuite
Wednesday 9 , 14h00, Uptown - Rive

de Carlo-Roman Picaso • Not a Premiere / Pas une première
Suisse, 2010, 3' , vo aucune , st none/ aucun

An animated documentary about a cockfight in the Philippines.The animation filmmaker travelled to Asia to learn about the culture of his origins.As a child he saw the fighting cocks in the yard, now he knows the use of these animals.

Sunday 6 , 11h30, Fonction:Cinéma Séance gratuite
Sunday 6 , 14h30, Fonction:Cinéma Séance gratuite

site du film
de Tommy Pallotta • Swiss Premiere / Première Suisse
Pays-Bas, 2010, , vo ang

Collapsus signals a new experience in storytelling that combines interactivity, animation, fiction and documentary. It is now up to you to interact and make decisions in a world plagued by an environmental crisis.

Comme Une Ombre

de Baptiste Debraux • World Premiere / Première Mondiale
France, 2010, 29' , vo fr , st ang

Karim lives with his brother Nabil, worrying about the people he hang out with. When Nabil suddenly disappears, Karim must look for him.

Friday 4 , 21h30, Grütli Langlois
Thursday 10 , 16h30, Fonction:Cinéma

Concert Au Sommet

site du film
de Lukas Egger / Bernhard Bamert •
Suisse, 2010, 6' , sans dialogue , st sans dialogue

A concert on the back of a giant cow and a helter-skelter tour through Swiss folklore stereotypes.

Sunday 6 , 11h30, Fonction:Cinéma Séance gratuite
Sunday 6 , 14h30, Fonction:Cinéma Séance gratuite

de Mohamed Bourokba (Dit Hamé) & Ekoué Labitey (Dit Ekoué) • Swiss Premiere / Première Suisse
France, 2011, 91' , vo fr , st ang

In the rap-hip hop world, there's a golden rule: a rapper must know how to write before knowing how to rap. There's the rule, but then they are those who brave the taboo and break it. For a handful of dollars, ghostwriters write tailor-made compositions for famous rappers behind the scenes. ...read more

Wednesday 9 , 19h00, Grütli Simon
Thursday 10 , 13h30, Grütli Simon

Disco And Atomic War

de Jaak Kilmi • Not a Premiere / Pas une première
Estonie, Finlande, 2009, 78' , vo estonien, finnois, ang, russe , st fr/ang

Is disco really all that innocent? Not at all! During the Cold War In Estonia, it was considered a weapon quite as dangerous as the H-bomb. Faced with rebellious hair-dos and a youth that wouldn't dance in line, the apparatchik didn't know what to do. ...read more

Tuesday 8 , 19h00, Uptown - Rive

Plus d'infos voir la bande annonce

de Vinz Feller •
Suisse, USA, 2010, 13' , vo ang , st fr

From Manhattan to Harlem, Rodney is looking for his father. Will they be able to find each other ?

Saturday 5 , 15h00, Grütli Simon
Monday 7 , 16h30, Fonction:Cinéma

de Moïra Himmelsbach •
Suisse, 2011, 8' , vo suisse-allemand , st fr/ang

Two strangers on a train momentarily bound together by unavoidably eavesdropping on their fellow passengers

Saturday 5 , 15h00, Grütli Simon
Monday 7 , 16h30, Fonction:Cinéma

de Philip Hofmänner •
Suisse, 2010, 7' , sans dialogue

A man and a woman are drawn to one another but cannot stay together because time and tide wait for no one.

Sunday 6 , 15h30, Grütli Simon
Wednesday 9 , 16h00, Fonction:Cinéma

FCU: Fact Checkers Unit

de Dan Beers • Premiere in festival / Première en festival
USA, 2010, 18' , vo ang , st fr

Two overzealous magazine fact checkers stop at nothing to check the most absurd of celebrity facts. Is Luke Perry's house really haunted ? Is Dave Navarro an absolute Diva ? Let's find out !

Sunday 6 , 18h00, Fonction:Cinéma
Wednesday 9 , 12h30, Fonction:Cinéma
Thursday 10 , 10h30, Fonction:Cinéma

site du film
de Hendrick Dusollier •
France, 2006, 6' , sans dialogue

Stuck in an exiguous box, a man suffers a series of experiments. Face to face with the spectator, the head is degraded until revealing its bestiality.

Saturday 5 , 17h15, Fonction:Cinéma Séance gratuite
Tuesday 8 , 10h30, Uptown - Rive

de Hendrick Dusollier • Not a Premiere / Pas une première
France, 2007, 2' , sans dialogue

Birthday's opening and promotional film of the Xe Festival International de Cine Expresion en Corto - Guanajuato, Mexico 2007.

Saturday 5 , 17h15, Fonction:Cinéma Séance gratuite
Tuesday 8 , 10h30, Uptown - Rive

site du film
de Rob Chiu • Swiss Premiere / Première Suisse
UK, 2009, 11' , vo ang , st fr

3 lives, 3 identities, 3 points of view. Set against the harsh backdrop of inner city London, Fear/Love interweaves the lives of 3 adolescents as they struggle with who they are, who they want to be and who they are becoming.

Tuesday 8 , 21h00, Fonction:Cinéma
Wednesday 9 , 20h00, Fonction:Cinéma

Plus d'infos voir la bande annonce

de Martin De Thurah • Swiss Premiere / Première Suisse
USA, Danemark, 2011, 8' , vo ang , st fr

An intimate glance at moments in the relationship between two lovers : its intense highs and irreversible lows A subtle depiction of emotions in a beautifully haunting film.

Tuesday 8 , 21h00, Fonction:Cinéma
Wednesday 9 , 20h00, Fonction:Cinéma

de Matteo Bruno, Claudio Di Biagio • Swiss Premiere / Première Suisse
Italie, 2011, 36' , vo italien , st fr

Five Young people receive superpowers in the aftermath of an accident. The first web series to come out of Italy and a true YouTube sensation, Freaks ! epitomizes the inventivity of a new generation of italian filmmakers.

Friday 4 , 19h00, Fonction:Cinéma
Saturday 5 , 13h30, Fonction:Cinéma
Monday 7 , 12h30, Fonction:Cinéma

George Harrison: Living In The Material World

site du film
de Martin Scorsese • Swiss Premiere / Première Suisse
UK-USA, 2011, 208' , vo ang , st fr

As his friend John Lennon once said: George himself is no mystery. But the mystery inside George is immense. It's watching him uncover it all little by little that's so damn interesting. Using rare and never before seen footage from George Harrison's childhood, throughout his years as a Beatle ...read more

Tuesday 8 , 19h30, Uptown - Broadway
Thursday 10 , 13h30, Uptown - Rive

Plus d'infos voir la bande annonce

de Tobias Boesen • Swiss Premiere / Première Suisse
Danemark, 2011, 8' , sans dialogue

A little ghost wakes up alone in an empty town. She sets on finding her way back home to her grieving parents, trying to make it through an alien yet familiar landscape of emotions and memories.

Monday 7 , 21h15, Fonction:Cinéma
Tuesday 8 , 19h00, Fonction:Cinéma

Gigi: Almost American

de Ty Clancey • World Premiere / Première Mondiale
USA, 2011, 15' , vo ang , st fr

Gigi is a lovable foreigner with dreams of fitting in as an "average American." This comedy follows his adventures where he will let nothing - not his lack of street smarts, nor his incomprehensible grasp of the English language - stand in his way.

Friday 4 , 19h00, Fonction:Cinéma
Saturday 5 , 13h30, Fonction:Cinéma
Monday 7 , 12h30, Fonction:Cinéma

Gypaetus Helveticus

de Marcel Barelli •
Suisse, 2011, 7' , vo fr , st ang

Here is the true story of the gypaete's extinction in the Swiss Alps and more.

Sunday 6 , 15h30, Grütli Simon
Wednesday 9 , 16h00, Fonction:Cinéma

site du film
de Nils Strüven • Swiss Premiere / Première Suisse
Allemagne, 2010, 10' , sans dialogue

A girl loses herself more and more into Berlin's ecstatic nightlife. One night she meets her own heart, firmly determined to set her on another path

Tuesday 8 , 21h00, Fonction:Cinéma
Wednesday 9 , 20h00, Fonction:Cinéma

Heavy On The Way

de Michael Koch •
Suisse, 2010, 7' , sans dialogue

If the line of cars is not exactly as long as the traffic jam in Godard's Weekend, it is long enough to recall a whole life.

Sunday 6 , 15h30, Grütli Simon
Wednesday 9 , 16h00, Fonction:Cinéma

In Loving Memory

de Jacky Goldberg • World Premiere / Première Mondiale
France, 2011, 10' , vo ang , st fr

A love letter from memory limbos in which the charm of old Super 8 reels from the 60's meets futuristic science-fiction.

Monday 7 , 21h15, Fonction:Cinéma
Tuesday 8 , 19h00, Fonction:Cinéma

Intel "The Escape"

de Lee Chun Chung (Film) / Tim Cheng (Interactive) / Jamal Hamidi (Interactive) • Premiere in festival / Première en festival
Hong Kong, 2011, , vo ang

Have you got what it takes to escape? This interactive story integrates film, interactivity and social networking into a single seamless experience - making YOU the hero.

de Margus Paju • International Premiere / Première Internationale
Estonie,République Tchèque , 2011, 2*28' , vo estonien , st fr/ang

Helmut Kannel is an old Estonian man disappointed in his country. He builds satellites, waiting for a sign from outer space and praying for aliens to take him away. And one day, they do..."IT-Planet" is an IT comedy series about another liberation of Estonia. ...read more

Saturday 5 , 19h15, Grütli Langlois
Monday 7 , 10h30, Grütli Langlois Séance gratuite

Plus d'infos voir la bande annonce

Je Maudis Ma Nuit

de Félicie Haymoz • Swiss Premiere / Première Suisse
Suisse, Belgique, France, 2011, 9' , sans dialogue

Thierry watches the jellyfish. In her room, Lucie contemplates an engraving. They will both meet on the beach of their dreams.

Saturday 5 , 15h00, Grütli Simon
Monday 7 , 16h30, Fonction:Cinéma

de Nicolas Provost • Swiss Premiere / Première Suisse
Belgique, Suède, 2011, 90' , vo fr , st ang

Amadou, a strong and charismatic African illegal immigrant, is dumped on a beach in southern Europe with his friend. Fate leads them to Brussels where, full of optimism, Amadou tries to make a better life for himself. Exploited by traffickers, he slowly loses all hope while his friend is murdered. ...read more

Sunday 6 , 20h30, Grütli Simon
Monday 7 , 16h30, Grütli Langlois

Plus d'infos voir la bande annonce

La Fille et le chasseur

de Jadwiga Kowalska •
Suisse, 2010, 6' , sans dialogue

It's raining. A village is threatened. The raindrops are a child's tears. The hunter must overcome the situation

Saturday 5 , 15h00, Grütli Simon
Sunday 6 , 11h30, Fonction:Cinéma
Sunday 6 , 14h30, Fonction:Cinéma
Monday 7 , 16h30, Fonction:Cinéma

de Chris Marker • Not a Premiere / Pas une première
France, 1962, 28' , vo fr , st ang

In post-apocalyptic Paris, survivors are forced to live in underground passages. In a bid to save humanity from extinction, scientists experiment with time travel using prisoners of war. One such prisoner, haunted by an intense childhood memory, succeeds in breaking through the time barrier. ...read more

Monday 7 , 20h00, Arditi

de Michael Havenith • Swiss Premiere / Première Suisse
Belgique, 2010, 12' , vo fr , st ang

In the near future, the Flemish part of Belgium has been entirely flooded, leaving it to Wallonia to welcome thousands of refugees in a state-sponsored center. But is its goal really all that humanitarian ?

Friday 4 , 19h00, Fonction:Cinéma
Saturday 5 , 13h30, Fonction:Cinéma
Monday 7 , 12h30, Fonction:Cinéma

Le Début de la fin

de Jean-François Vercasson •
Suisse, 2011, 18' , vo fr/ang , st fr/ang

Geneva in the middle of the night. Oscar and Arthur can only lose Elisa is ruling the game.

Saturday 5 , 15h00, Grütli Simon
Monday 7 , 16h30, Fonction:Cinéma

site du film
de Victor Jaquier •
Suisse, 2011, 20' , vo fr , st ang

In the faraway land of tales, Madeleine's memories re-emerge from the depths of the Black Lake.

Sunday 6 , 15h30, Grütli Simon
Wednesday 9 , 16h00, Fonction:Cinéma

Le Tombeau Des Filles (The Girls' Grave)

de Carmen Jaquier •
Suisse, 2011, 17' , vo fr , st ang

Two sisters in the same room. Two bodies, of different ages, exploring and comparing...

Saturday 5 , 15h00, Grütli Simon
Monday 7 , 16h30, Fonction:Cinéma

Les Mécréants

de Mohcine Besri • World Premiere / Première Mondiale
Suisse, Maroc, 2011, 88' , vo arabe , st fr/ang

On the orders of their spiritual leader, three young Moroccan Islamists kidnap a group of young actors who are touring with their latest creation. When they get to where they are supposed to hold them ...read more

Saturday 5 , 17h30, Grütli Simon
Sunday 6 , 13h30, Grütli Langlois

Letters to Angel

site du film
de Sulev Keedus • Swiss Premiere / Première Suisse
Estonie, Finlande, 2011, 115' , vo estonien , st fr/ang

In the beginning of the 80's, Estonia sent men to war in Afghanistan. This film is about one of those soldiers and his journey back to his lost family. Having converted to Islam during his stay in Afghanistan, he now returns home only to find himself facing another kind of war. ...read more

Tuesday 8 , 16h00, Uptown - Rive

Plus d'infos voir la bande annonce

de Josh Schaub & Stephanie Cuérel • Not a Premiere / Pas une première
Suisse, 2010, 3' , vo allemand , st fr/ang

Over 300 million people are on Facebook. They have thousands of friends with whom they share everything. What about you?

Sunday 6 , 15h30, Grütli Simon
Wednesday 9 , 16h00, Fonction:Cinéma

Luther Series 2

site du film
de Sam Miller •
UK, 2011, 59' , vo ang , st fr

Afflicted by the brutal murder of his wife, Inspector John Luther of the London police now has a very different world to face where he must fight to keep his job and his freedom.Transferred to a new unit, it is not long before his first case comes up. ...read more

Saturday 5 , 18h00, Uptown - Broadway Séance gratuite
Thursday 10 , 12h30, Grütli Langlois Séance gratuite

Plus d'infos voir la bande annonce

Magnificent Century

site du film
de Yagmur Taylan & Durul Taylan • International Premiere / Première Internationale
Turquie, 2011, 57' , vo turc , st fr/ang

The 46-year reign of Suleiman the Magnificent marked the pinnacle of the Ottoman Empire which brought European Renaissance rulers to their knees. Besides the political and diplomatic intrigue within this Islamic empire which stretched from East to West ...read more

Sunday 6 , 10h30, Grütli Simon
Tuesday 8 , 19h15, Grütli Langlois

Plus d'infos voir la bande annonce

site du film
de Ricardo Trogi • International Premiere / Première Internationale
Canada, 2011, 45' , vo fr , st ang

Malenfant is the story of a man's struggle to escape poverty. He quickly learns the hard way that success can only be won through cunning and a fighting spirit. Against all odds, he builds an empire. But tenacity has its down side too. ...read more

Sunday 6 , 13h00, Grütli Simon Séance gratuite
Tuesday 8 , 21h45, Grütli Langlois Séance gratuite

Plus d'infos voir la bande annonce

Man Without a Cell Phone

site du film
de Sameh Zoabi • Swiss Premiere / Première Suisse
France, Belgique, Israël, Palestine, Quatar, 2011, 78' , vo hébreux, arabe , st fr/ang

Jawdat, a young Israeli Arab, must leave the village he grew up in to pursue his studies at Haifa University. He has the same dreams as most young people his age: finding love and hanging out with his friends. ...read more

Tuesday 8 , 21h30, Grütli Simon
Wednesday 9 , 13h30, Grütli Simon

de Samuel Isamu Kishi Leopo • Swiss Premiere / Première Suisse
Mexique, 2011, 18' , vo espagnol , st fr/ang

Alex, a teenager living with his ageing grandmother, decides to organize his first rock concert.

Friday 4 , 21h30, Grütli Langlois
Thursday 10 , 16h30, Fonction:Cinéma

Plus d'infos voir la bande annonce

Martha Marcy May Marlene

de Sean Durkin • Swiss Premiere / Première Suisse
USA, 2011, 101' , vo ang , st fr

Martha Marcy May Marlene is a powerful psychological thriller starring Elizabeth Olsen as Martha, a young woman rapidly unraveling amidst her attempt to reclaim a normal life after fleeing from a cult and its charismatic leader. ...read more

Thursday 10 , 20h00, Uptown - Broadway

Michel Petrucciani

site du film
de Michael Radford • Swiss Premiere / Première Suisse
France, Allemagne, Italie, 2011, 98' , vo fr/ang , st fr/ang

Michel Petrucciani tells the remarkable story of a man driven by an insatiable and all-consuming hunger for life and all it has to offer - travel, women, art - a supremely talented force of nature who defeated devastating handicaps to become a true legend.

Wednesday 9 , 21h30, Grütli Simon
Thursday 10 , 18h15, Grütli Simon

Plus d'infos voir la bande annonce

de Todd Haynes • Swiss Premiere / Première Suisse
USA, 2010, 120' , vo ang , st fr

Mildred Pierce, starring Academy Award® winner Kate Winslet in the title role, brings to life the character introduced in James M. Cain's classic 1941 novel. The miniseries offers an intimate portrait of a independent woman who finds herself newly divorced during the Great Depression ...read more

Wednesday 9 , 13h00, Grütli Langlois

Plus d'infos voir la bande annonce

Millenium Actress

site du film
de Satoshi Kon •
Japon, 2001, 87' , vo japonais , st fr/ang

A small production house run by Genya Tachibana is selected to make a commemorative documentary in honor of a studio's 70th anniversary. Genya decides to focus his film Chiyoko Fujiwara, an actress who at the height of her popularity retreated from public life. ...read more

Monday 7 , 20h00, Arditi

Monsieur Du Lit

de Timo Von Gunten • World Premiere / Première Mondiale
Suisse, 2011, 7' , vo allemand , st fr/ang

Have you ever wondered who was the last person spending the night in your hotel bed ?

Saturday 5 , 15h00, Grütli Simon
Monday 7 , 16h30, Fonction:Cinéma

NYman With A Movie Camera

de Michael Nyman • Swiss Premiere / Première Suisse
UK, 2010, 64' , sans dialogue

NYman with a Movie Camera, conceived and directed by Michael Nyman, presents a shot-by-shot reconstruction of Dziga Vertov's iconic film, Man with a Movie Camera. The feature replaces the original sequences with footage from Michael Nyman's own film archives shot over the last two decades.

Tuesday 8 , 16h30, Fonction:Cinéma
Wednesday 9 , 17h00, Uptown - Rive

de François Bégin • Premiere in festival / Première en festival
Canada, 2011, 12' , vo fr/ang , st fr/ang

Neuroblaste is a science-fiction motion comic based on true events. What happens when a group of powerful international investors funds a secret neuroscience lab and forces young scientists to collaborate ?

Sunday 6 , 18h00, Fonction:Cinéma
Wednesday 9 , 12h30, Fonction:Cinéma
Thursday 10 , 10h30, Fonction:Cinéma

Plus d'infos voir la bande annonce

de Dave Green • International Premiere / Première Internationale
USA, 2011, 5' , vo ang , st fr

Discover the cult series Saved by the Bell as you've never seen it before in this hilariously twisted music vidéo where 90's memorabilia encounters blood and gore !

Monday 7 , 21h15, Fonction:Cinéma
Tuesday 8 , 19h00, Fonction:Cinéma

site du film
de Arev Manoukian •
Canada, 2009, 5' , sans dialogue

Nuit Blanche explores a fleeting and intimate moment between two strangers, revealing their brief connection within a hyper real fantasy.

Monday 7 , 21h15, Fonction:Cinéma
Tuesday 8 , 19h00, Fonction:Cinéma

Nyman in Progress

site du film
de Silvia Beck • Swiss Premiere / Première Suisse
Allemagne, 2010, 82' , vo allemand , st fr/ang

Composing with innovative minimalism for films as memorable as The Ogre, Man on Wire, and most famously for The Piano, Michael Nyman has reached an international audience. ...read more

Sunday 6 , 20h45, Grütli Langlois
Thursday 10 , 10h30, Grütli Simon

Plus d'infos voir la bande annonce

site du film
de Hendrick Dusollier •
France, 2004, 12' , sans dialogue

In one single shot, Obras proposes a poetic and graphic journey through time and space, exploring Barcelona's wild irreversible destruction and reconstruction.

Saturday 5 , 17h15, Fonction:Cinéma Séance gratuite
Tuesday 8 , 10h30, Uptown - Rive

Opération Casablanca

site du film
de Laurent Nègre •
Suisse, Canada, France, 2011, 88' , vo fr , st ang

One day, Saadi finally snaps. His boss has mistreated him one time too many. But when he dares to protest, he is summarily fired. Leaving the rundown hotel in the outskirts of Geneva, on foot ...read more

Monday 7 , 20h00, Uptown - Broadway

site du film
de Gilles Coulier • Swiss Premiere / Première Suisse
Belgique, 2010, 24' , vo flamand , st fr/ang

Nightly encounters imply a return. A return that should make a departure easier. A short about two brothers in search of a father they never met.

Friday 4 , 19h15, Grütli Langlois
Tuesday 8 , 16h30, Grütli Simon

de Guillaume Cremonese / Damien Gault • Swiss Premiere / Première Suisse
France, 2011, 18' , vo fr , st ang

Post Coitum explores, in a comical and more or less realistic way, the minutes that follow sexual intercourse. That moment in time when, after trying to become one, we realize that we are still two very distinct people.

Friday 4 , 19h00, Fonction:Cinéma
Saturday 5 , 13h30, Fonction:Cinéma
Monday 7 , 12h30, Fonction:Cinéma

de Alexandre Dostie • Swiss Premiere / Première Suisse
Canada, 2010, 10' , vo fr , st ang

Saint-Cecile takes its inspiration from the old canadian neighbourhood in Trois-Rivières and opens windows on the life of singular yet extraordinary people. A dreamy close-up of their deepest thoughts through photos and video.

Sunday 6 , 18h00, Fonction:Cinéma
Wednesday 9 , 12h30, Fonction:Cinéma
Thursday 10 , 10h30, Fonction:Cinéma

de Dragomir Sholev • Swiss Premiere / Première Suisse
Bulgarie, 2010, 88' , vo bulgare , st fr/ang

On the way back from a water polo competition, Emil Stoychev learns that Radostin, his 12-year-old son, has spent the night out and his wife doesn't know where he is. The two worried parents then decide to report him missing to the police. ...read more

Monday 7 , 21h30, Grütli Simon
Tuesday 8 , 13h30, Grütli Simon

Plus d'infos voir la bande annonce

site du film
de Anu Aun • World Premiere / Première Mondiale
Estonie, 2010, 15' , vo estonien , st fr/ang

When a beautiful and apparently wealthy woman is caught shoplifting, the female police officer treats her with obvious contempt. At this moment, none of them quite realize that in their seemingly opposite lives lies something dreadfully similar.An intense reflection upon the question of domestic ...read more

Monday 7 , 10h30, Grütli Langlois Séance gratuite
Tuesday 8 , 19h00, Uptown - Rive

Short Scenes From A Long Marriage

site du film
de Rania Attieh & Daniel Garcia • Swiss Premiere / Première Suisse
Liban, 2011, 13' , vo arabe , st fr/ang

Simple and quiet moments in the life of an elderly Lebanese couple following the madness and chaos of the 2011 Egyptian Spring Revolution through their TV set.

Friday 4 , 19h15, Grütli Langlois
Tuesday 8 , 16h30, Grütli Simon

de Ieva Balode • World Premiere / Première Mondiale
Finlande, Lettonie, Australie, 2010, 7' , vo suédois , st fr/ang

A Woman observes the silence that is surrounding her : its quality, its essence and its meaning. A visual poem about the will to find silence and serenity in life.

Tuesday 8 , 21h00, Fonction:Cinéma
Wednesday 9 , 20h00, Fonction:Cinéma

Some Static Started

site du film
de Ben Briand • International Premiere / Première Internationale
Australie, 2010, 8' , vo ang , st fr

A strange nightmare in a hot motel by the side of a highway. A bleeding man. A girl in trouble. The dream that brings them together.

Monday 7 , 21h15, Fonction:Cinéma
Tuesday 8 , 19h00, Fonction:Cinéma

site du film
de Moon Blaisse • Swiss Premiere / Première Suisse
Belgique, 2010, 22' , vo flamand , st fr/ang

People start lots of things but one way or another, they never get round to finishing them.

Friday 4 , 21h30, Grütli Langlois
Thursday 10 , 16h30, Fonction:Cinéma

de Douglas Attal • International Premiere / Première Internationale
France, 2011, 25' , vo fr , st ang

Ben sells records in a less than successful shop. One day, His grandpa tells him about the SOUL WASH, a magical powder that makes records groovier.

Friday 4 , 19h15, Grütli Langlois
Tuesday 8 , 16h30, Grütli Simon

site du film
de Masashi Kawamura, Qanta Shimizu, Saqoosha, Hiroki Ono •
Japan, USA, 2010, 04:33

Splitscreen: A Love Story

site du film
de Jw Griffiths • Swiss Premiere / Première Suisse
UK, 2011, 3' , sans dialogue

Shot with a mobile phone, this is the story of two parallel lives, one in New York and one in Paris and the journey that will lead them together.

Tuesday 8 , 21h00, Fonction:Cinéma
Wednesday 9 , 20h00, Fonction:Cinéma

site du film
de Victoria Mather • Swiss Premiere / Première Suisse
UK, 2010, 12' , vo ang , st fr

Stanley never goes outside. He likes to play with his clockwork toys and every night his mother kisses him goodnight. Stanley is twenty. The trouble is that Stanley thinks this is all quite normal, until an encounter with a mysterious girl turns his world upside down...

Monday 7 , 21h15, Fonction:Cinéma
Tuesday 8 , 19h00, Fonction:Cinéma

de Kevin Bray • Not a Premiere / Pas une première
USA, 2011, 80' , vo ang , st fr

This series stars Gabriel Macht as Harvey Specter, an ambitious lawyer in a top Manhattan firm who sets out to recruit a new associate but winds up hiring the only guy that impresses him - a college dropout named Mike Ross who's a brilliant crook with a photographic memory that comes in very handy. ...read more

Saturday 5 , 10h30, Grütli Simon
Monday 7 , 18h45, Grütli Langlois

Plus d'infos voir la bande annonce

de Ain Mäeots • Swiss Premiere / Première Suisse
Estonie, 2008, 99' , vo estonien/seto , st fr/ang

Taarka is a compelling film that fuses ethnography with music to depict the real-life story of international singing sensation Hilana Taarka, a folk singer who overcame all kinds of economic and social disadvantages to practice her art and become a legend. ...read more

Thursday 10 , 16h30, Grütli Langlois

de Lois Van Baarle • Swiss Premiere / Première Suisse
Pays-Bas, 2011, , vo ang

This exquisitely drawn, surreal story is about a creature named Little Blue and his relationship with Ho Chi Minh City. An interactive motion comic that adds the dimensions of sound, music, animation and interactivity to a brilliant graphic novel.

The Booth At The End

site du film
de Jessica Landaw • Premiere in festival / Première en festival
USA, 2011, 20' , vo ang , st fr

A mysterious man sits at a booth at the end of a diner. People come to him with things they want : the man can make them happen. For a price How far would you go to get what you want?

Sunday 6 , 18h00, Fonction:Cinéma
Wednesday 9 , 12h30, Fonction:Cinéma
Thursday 10 , 10h30, Fonction:Cinéma

de Brad Mirman •
USA, 2010, 18' , vo ang , st fr

Starring Kiefer Sutherland and John Hurt, The Confession is a story of unique redemption and an exploration of good and evil featuring a hit man, and a priest.

Friday 4 , 19h00, Fonction:Cinéma
Saturday 5 , 13h30, Fonction:Cinéma
Monday 7 , 12h30, Fonction:Cinéma

The Dead Mountaineer Hotel's

de Grigori Kromanov •
Estonie, URSS, 1979/restored2009, 80' , vo estonien , st fr/ang

The police station gets a call-out to a lonely hotel in the Alps. When an officer gets to the hotel, everything seems to be all right. Suddenly an avalanche cuts them out from the rest of the world and strange things start to happen. ...read more

Saturday 5 , 20h45, Grütli Langlois

de Barney Cokeliss • Not a Premiere / Pas une première
UK, 2011, 6 min 50 , vo ang

A young man, abandonned as a child, has a mysterious encounter with a stranger. A stereoscopic short set in the world of a 1930s circus and freak show. OUT OF COMPETITION

Tuesday 8 , 21h00, Fonction:Cinéma
Wednesday 9 , 20h00, Fonction:Cinéma

Plus d'infos voir la bande annonce

site du film
de Eddie O'Keefe • International Premiere / Première Internationale
USA, 2010, 14' , vo ang , st fr

Kathy, a sheltered and sensitive teenage girl comes of age when her small sleepy suburb is turned upside down with the mysterious appearance of The Ghosts, a hell-bent greaser gang. An épic tale of love and défiance set to an electrifying 50's soundtrack.

Tuesday 8 , 21h00, Fonction:Cinéma
Wednesday 9 , 20h00, Fonction:Cinéma

de Coky Giedroyc, Harry Bradbeer, Jamie Payne •
UK, 2011, 52' , vo ang , st fr

June 1956. BBC reporters and soul mates Bel Rowley and Freddie Lyon join a brand new current affairs program and become involved in a dark and dangerous conspiracy ...read more

Sunday 6 , 13h00, Grütli Simon Séance gratuite
Tuesday 8 , 21h45, Grütli Langlois Séance gratuite

Plus d'infos voir la bande annonce

The Ideal Landscape

de Peeter Simm • Not a Premiere / Pas une première
Estonie, 1980/restored 2008, 91' , vo estonien , st fr/ang

This film takes place during one of the darkest periods in Estonian history: the forced collectivization that took place after World War II. We follow a member of the Young Communist League as he arrives in a collective farm. ...read more

Saturday 5 , 11h00, Grütli Langlois Séance gratuite

Plus d'infos voir la bande annonce

The Johnny Cash Project

site du film
de Chris Milk • Not a Premiere / Pas une première
United States, 2009/2010, 02:51 , vo ang

site du film
de Prashant Bhargava • Swiss Premiere / Première Suisse
USA, Inde, 2011, 93' , vo hindi, ang , st fr/ang

When a Delhi businessman returns to his childhood home in Ahmedabad for India's largest kite festival, the entire family has to confront its own fractured past and fragile dreams. ...read more

Friday 4 , 21h00, Grütli Simon
Saturday 5 , 16h30, Grütli Langlois

The Last Passenger

de Mounes Khammar • Swiss Premiere / Première Suisse
Algérie, 2011, 7' , sans dialogue

A young man jumps from a cliff. Before leaving forever, his soul pays a visit to his two impossible loves: a woman and the stage of a concert hall.

Friday 4 , 21h30, Grütli Langlois
Thursday 10 , 16h30, Fonction:Cinéma

de Christopher Kezelos • Swiss Premiere / Première Suisse
Australie, USA, UK, 2011, 6' , sans dialogue

A strange creature races against time to make the most important and beautiful creation of his life.

Monday 7 , 21h15, Fonction:Cinéma
Tuesday 8 , 19h00, Fonction:Cinéma

The Obvious Secrets Of Hodor Aura

de Pater Sparrow • World Premiere / Première Mondiale
Hongrie, 2011, 14' , vo hongrois , st fr/ang

Aura is a tiny, beautiful girl with a strange behavior. A wandering soul, maybe a ghost. She lives in a weird city populated by lynchean characters and her world has its own strange rules

Friday 4 , 21h00, Fonction:Cinéma
Saturday 5 , 18h30, Fonction:Cinéma
Tuesday 8 , 12h30, Fonction:Cinéma

Plus d'infos voir la bande annonce

The Shadow Line

de Hugo Blick • Not a Premiere / Pas une première
UK, 2010, 52' , vo ang , st fr

The Shadow Line is about a murder investigated by both sides of the line police and criminals and the opposing methods they use to solve it. But the real line is between the good and evil within each character and how far they will go before crossing it. As a sophisticated conspiracy ...read more

Saturday 5 , 18h00, Uptown - Broadway Séance gratuite
Thursday 10 , 12h30, Grütli Langlois Séance gratuite

Plus d'infos voir la bande annonce

The Singing Revolution

site du film
de James Tusty/Maureen Castle Tusty/Mike Majoros • Swiss Premiere / Première Suisse
Estonie, 2007, 94' , vo anglais/estonien/russe , st ang/fr

First occupied by the Soviets, then by the Nazis, and then by the Soviets again, Estonia lived through decades of terror. By the end of World War II, more than one-quarter of the population had been deported to Siberia, been executed, or had fled the country. ...read more

Tuesday 8 , 13h30, Grütli Langlois
Thursday 10 , 16h00, Grütli Simon

The Suicide Room

site du film
de Jan Komasa • Swiss Premiere / Première Suisse
Pologne, 2011, 110' , vo polonais , st fr/ang

Dominik appears to have everything. He's good looking, wealthy, popular. Except that he's gay in a world of homophobic teenagers. One day, during a judo match, the truth comes out. He is immediately outed throughout the school. ...read more

Saturday 5 , 20h30, Grütli Simon
Sunday 6 , 16h30, Grütli Langlois
Monday 7 , 13h30, Grütli Simon

Plus d'infos voir la bande annonce

The Truth About Men

de Nikolaj Arcel • Swiss Premiere / Première Suisse
Danemark, 2010, 91' , vo danois , st fr/ang

Mads, a TV writer nearing forty, and his girlfriend, Marie, decide to take the plunge and move in together. In a long housewarming speech, Marie reveals to all their friends and family that they are thinking of having a baby. Mads suddenly feels filled with doubt. ...read more

Friday 4 , 19h00, Grütli Simon
Saturday 5 , 13h30, Grütli Langlois

Plus d'infos voir la bande annonce

The Wilderness Downtown

site du film
de Chris Milk •
USA, 2010, 04:52

The Wilderness Downtown (www.thewildernessdowntown.com) is an interactive interpretation of Arcade Fire's song "We Used To Wait," built entirely with the latest open web technologies, including HTML5 video, audio, and canvas. ...read more

The Wonder Hospital

site du film
de Beomsik Shimbe Shim •
Corée du Sud, 2010, 12' , sans dialogue

A surreal journey through a mysterious hospital that alters the perception of physical beauties.

Tuesday 8 , 21h00, Fonction:Cinéma
Wednesday 9 , 20h00, Fonction:Cinéma

To All My Friends

de Behrouz Bigdeli • Swiss Premiere / Première Suisse
Danemark, 2011, 29' , vo danois , st fr/ang

Two punks, Mark and Sonny, are best friends. They've always stuck together and with no family around, they're all they've got. The self destructive Sonny doesn't mind their pointless life in the rough suburbs, but Mark is longing for something more

Friday 4 , 19h15, Grütli Langlois
Tuesday 8 , 16h30, Grütli Simon

de Mitsuyo Miyazaki • Swiss Premiere / Première Suisse
Japon, USA, 2011, 24' , vo japonais , st fr/ang

In postwar Japan, Tsuyako, a loving wife and mother, must decide between duty and love, her family and her freedom.

Friday 4 , 21h30, Grütli Langlois
Thursday 10 , 16h30, Fonction:Cinéma

Plus d'infos voir la bande annonce

de Steven Blatter & Carl White • Premiere in festival / Première en festival
Suisse, 2010, 5' , sans dialogue

The story of an extremely clumsy man who is waking up to the most painful day of his life. The obstacles will be numerous, but will he manage to get to her on time ?

Tuesday 8 , 21h00, Fonction:Cinéma
Wednesday 9 , 20h00, Fonction:Cinéma

site du film
de Riccardo Bernasconi, Francesca Reverdito •
Suisse, 2010, 7' , vo italien, russe , st fr/ang

In a worn out circus, the Strongest Man of the World can no longer lift his elephant.

Saturday 5 , 15h00, Grütli Simon
Monday 7 , 16h30, Fonction:Cinéma

site du film
de Harmony Korine • Swiss Premiere / Première Suisse
USA, 2011, 16' , vo ang , st fr

Ninja and Yo-Landi of the band Die Antwoord star as wheelchair-bound lovers in Harmony Korine's latest short. Big dreams, big blunts, big rims, and big guns. It's time to get gangsta gangsta

Monday 7 , 21h15, Fonction:Cinéma
Tuesday 8 , 19h00, Fonction:Cinéma

de Santiago Amigorena • International Premiere / Première Internationale
France, Canada,Argentine, 2011, 94' , vo ang , st fr

Marie is a police officer in Toronto. One night, her husband Joshua and son Nicky are brutally murdered in their car. Marie quickly ties the crime to Pablo Molina, an Argentinean drug trafficker she arrested a few months earlier and who is still in jail. ...read more

Tuesday 8 , 19h00, Grütli Simon
Wednesday 9 , 16h00, Grütli Langlois

Where The Butterflies Go...

site du film
de • Première suisse
France, 2009, 10 , vo français , st no

de Adam Kosh • Swiss Premiere / Première Suisse
Canada, 2011, , vo fr

25 individuals, 12 vices, 1 restaurant, 1 puzzle, 1 space time and one dead body. A mystery set against the backdrop of greasy food and interviews where the rule is simple : to eat or be eaten. To solve the puzzle, you must go back in time and more than once.