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Marcel Gisler
Marcel Gisler (born 18 March 1960) is a Swiss film director and screenwriter. Life Marcel Gisler was raised in the Canton of St. Gallen. Since 1981 he lives in Berlin and studied Theatre studies and Philosophy at the Free University of Berlin when he founded the «cinéma copain» Filmgroup. Marcel Gisler is also lecturer at the Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin and member of the European Film Academy Film As writer/director * ''Day Thieves'' (1985) * ''Sleepless Nights'' (1988) * ''The Blue Hour'' (1991) * '' Fögi Is a Bastard'' (1998) * '' Rosie'' (2013) * ''Electroboy'' (2014) * ''Mario'' (2018) Awards * Locarno: Silver Leopard (Pardo d'Argento) for ''Day Thieves'' (1985) * Locarno: Bronze Leopard for ''Sleepless Nights'' (1988) * Max Ophüls Prize for ''The Blue Hour'' (1993) * Swiss Film Prize for '' Fögi Is a Bastard'' (1998) * Zurich Film Prize for '' Rosie'' (2013) * Zurich Film Prize for ''Electroboy'' (2014) * Swiss Film Award for ''Electroboy'': Best ...
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Altstätten
, neighboring_municipalities= Eichberg, Feldkirch (AT-8), Gais (AR), Marbach, Oberegg (AI), Oberriet, Ruggell (LI), Rüte (AI), Rüthi, Sennwald, Trogen (AR) , twintowns = Altstätten is a small historic rural town and a municipality in the district Rhine Valley, in the canton of St. Gall in Switzerland. It is located with some secure distance of about west from the Alpine Rhine in the flat and wide St. Gall Rhine Valley, which also designates the border with Austria. It further gives access to the higher situated Appenzell to the west. The official language of Altstätten is (the Swiss variety of Standard) German, but the main spoken language is the local variant of the Alemannic Swiss German dialect. Overview The town consists of the following tracts: Alter Zoll, Altstätten, Bächis, Baumert, Bieser, Büeberg, Bühl, Bühl (Gätziberg), Bühl bei Hinterforst, Burgfeld, Bürglen, Burst, Domishäuser, Fidern, Gätziberg, Gfell, Hoher Kasten, Hub, Kornberg, Kra ...
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Rosie (2013 Film)
''Rosie'' is a 2013 Swiss drama film directed by Marcel Gisler. It competed in the main competition section of the 35th Moscow International Film Festival The 35th Moscow International Film Festival took place between 20 and 29 June 2013. ''World War Z'' was selected as the opening film. The Golden George was awarded to the Turkish film ''Particle''. Films in competition The following films were s .... Cast * Sibylle Brunner as Rosie * Judith Hofmann as Sophie Meran * Louis Krähenbühl as Oberarzt * Fabian Krüger as Lorenz Meran * Sebastian Ledesma as Mario * Anna-Katharina Müller as Chantal References External links * 2013 films 2013 drama films Swiss drama films Swiss German-language films {{2010s-drama-film-stub ...
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Swiss Film Directors
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Male Screenwriters
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Swiss Screenwriters
Swiss may refer to: * the adjectival form of Switzerland *Swiss people Places *Swiss, Missouri * Swiss, North Carolina *Swiss, West Virginia *Swiss, Wisconsin Other uses *Swiss-system tournament, in various games and sports *Swiss International Air Lines **Swiss Global Air Lines, a subsidiary *Swissair, former national air line of Switzerland *.swiss alternative TLD for Switzerland See also *Swiss made, label for Swiss products *Swiss cheese (other) *Switzerland (other) *Languages of Switzerland, none of which are called "Swiss" *International Typographic Style, also known as Swiss Style, in graphic design *Schweizer (other), meaning Swiss in German *Schweitzer, a family name meaning Swiss in German *Swisse Swisse is a vitamin, supplement, and skincare brand. Founded in Australia in 1969 and globally headquartered in Melbourne, and was sold to Health & Happiness, a Chinese company based in Hong Kong previously known as Biostime International, in ...
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German-language Film Directors
German ( ) is a West Germanic language mainly spoken in Central Europe. It is the most widely spoken and official or co-official language in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, and the Italian province of South Tyrol. It is also a co-official language of Luxembourg and Belgium, as well as a national language in Namibia. Outside Germany, it is also spoken by German communities in France (Bas-Rhin), Czech Republic (North Bohemia), Poland (Upper Silesia), Slovakia (Bratislava Region), and Hungary (Sopron). German is most similar to other languages within the West Germanic language branch, including Afrikaans, Dutch, English, the Frisian languages, Low German, Luxembourgish, Scots, and Yiddish. It also contains close similarities in vocabulary to some languages in the North Germanic group, such as Danish, Norwegian, and Swedish. German is the second most widely spoken Germanic language after English, which is also a West Germanic language. German is one of the major ...
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Mario (2018 Film)
''Mario'' is a 2018 Swiss romantic drama film directed by Marcel Gisler. Synopsis Mario is an up-and-coming football star on a fifth-tier league near Thun. Captain, he has the most promising career in the league and works daily alongside his agent and manager, who is also his father, to ensure he will make it into a 1st League group in the coming year. During training for the current season, the team adds another striker, Leon, from Hanover. The two get along from the beginning and share a flat near to the field, where they begin a relationship. Claudio, another player in the team, starts to suspect, especially when Leon follows Mario during a trip of the team to a nearby training facility, outside Thun. While Mario and Leon's coach, and agents have no personal objections to their homosexuality, they do not want to risk the public and fans becoming aware, claiming there is a "certain image" to maintain in the world of football. Mario's father does not accept this relationship. Mar ...
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Electroboy (film)
''Electroboy'' is a 2014 Swiss documentary film directed by Marcel Gisler about the life of Florian Burkhardt, alias Electroboy, model, snowboard pioneer, advertiser, author, party organizer and composer during the 1990s, who now suffers from a generalized anxiety. Production The documentary was shot in Switzerland, Germany, India and the United States between April and July 2013. It premiered at Locarno International Film Festival. It was released in Swiss cinemas in November 2014 and in German and Austrian cinemas in November 2015. Reception The Hollywood Reporter researcher Boyd van Hoeij says about the film: "A fascinating look at a complex human being’s many up and downs" and "Instead of becoming a long list of occurrences, accomplishments, reinventions and psychological challenges and transformations, the film naturally brings all these elements together to paint a picture of an extremely complex human being ..who had to try and find out the hard way who he was and what h ...
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Fögi Is A Bastard
''F. est un salaud'' (English title ''F. Is a Bastard'' or ''Fögi Is a Bastard'', released in German as ''De Fögi isch en Souhund'') is a 1998 French/Swiss film based upon the novel ''ter fögi isch e souhung'' by Martin Frank. It was filmed in Zürich, Switzerland. The setting is the early 1970s, Zurich. The film was shown in 1999 at the Locarno Film Festival, the Toronto International Film Festival, and the 1998 Toronto International Film Festival.Toronto International Film festival


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Beni, age 15, becomes enamoured with the lead singer of the struggling rock band "The Minks", Fögi Müller, who is ten years older than him. Fögi ensnares him with the perceived glamor of being a musician, takes him o ...
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Switzerland
). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel, St. Gallen a.o.). , coordinates = , largest_city = Zürich , official_languages = , englishmotto = "One for all, all for one" , religion_year = 2020 , religion_ref = , religion = , demonym = , german: Schweizer/Schweizerin, french: Suisse/Suissesse, it, svizzero/svizzera or , rm, Svizzer/Svizra , government_type = Federalism, Federal assembly-independent Directorial system, directorial republic with elements of a direct democracy , leader_title1 = Federal Council (Switzerland), Federal Council , leader_name1 = , leader_title2 = , leader_name2 = Walter Thurnherr , legislature = Fe ...
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European Film Academy
The European Film Academy is an initiative of a group of European filmmakers who came together in Berlin on the occasion of the first presentation of the European Film Awards in November 1988. The Academy—under the name of European Cinema Society—was officially founded by its first President, the Swedish director Ingmar Bergman, as well as 40 filmmakers from all over Europe, among them Bernardo Bertolucci, Claude Chabrol, Dušan Makavejev, István Szabó, and Wim Wenders. Every year, the European Film Academy honours films and filmmakers with the European Film Awards. The ceremony is taking place every even year in a different European city, and every odd year in Berlin. European Film Academy In 1988, the Academy—under the name of European Cinema Society—was officially founded by its first President, the Swedish director Ingmar Bergman, as well as 40 filmmakers from all over Europe in order to promote European film culture worldwide and to protect and to support the inte ...
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