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FILM FOUNDRY: Young Swiss Cinema

3 days, 6 schools, 27 films, 1 horizon: the Cinema. FILM FOUNDRY: Young Swiss Cinema, a big screen event dedicated to the work of alumni and students from Swiss film schools.

This review of films produced by Swiss film, television, and animation schools is an event that has been an integral part of the Locarno Film Festival for twelve years. CISA has coordinated this event from the beginning, inviting Swiss universities and specialized professional schools to participate with a selection of their best short films, allowing for an exchange on their respective experiences of film production, in synergy with BaseCamp. Recent diploma short films from ZHdK Zurich, HSLU Lucerne, écal Lausanne, HEAD Geneva and CISA will be presented alongside a selection of film essays from USI Lugano and Mendrisio.

The Zurich University of the Arts (ZHdK) offers a bachelor program in which students experience filmmaking from conception to screening. The master program deepens the study and practice of fiction and documentary filmmaking, screenwriting, photography, editing, and creative production.

The Lucerne School of Art and Design (HSLU) offers bachelor and master degree programs in animation and video. These programs focus on both animation and digital storytelling. The master program focuses on documentary film and experimental narrative forms.

The University of Art and Design of Lausanne (écal) offers with its bachelor program an initiation into the various professions of filmmaking such as writing, directing, photography, sound, and post-production. The master program is aimed at developing a personal cinematic vision with a focus on fiction cinema.

The Geneva University of Art and Design (HEAD) offers a bachelor program aimed at exploring the diversity of film writing between documentary and fiction. The master program is focused on documentary cinema. Écal and HEAD have created their master programs in partnership with one another.

Università della Svizzera italiana (USI) has initiated a course on how to film architecture and inaugurated, in collaboration with the Locarno Film Festival, a Chair titled Future of Cinema and the Audiovisual Arts.

The International Academy of Audiovisual Sciences (CISA) of Locarno is a Higher Specialized School with a two-year program culminating in the diploma of Visual Designer, which is followed by a one-year specialization program with five majors (in directing, cinematography, sound, editing, creative production) that lead to the federal post-diploma qualification in filmmaking and television.

Marco Poloni
Director, CISA

CISA

CISA (International Academy of Audiovisual Sciences), founded by Pio Bordoni in 1992 and now celebrating its 30th anniversary, is a two-year Professional Education and Training college followed by one year of specialization (in directing, cinematography, sound, editing, creative producer) leading to the federal post-diploma of Filmmaker
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ECAL

The ECAL (École cantonale d'art de Lausanne)’s bachelor's program in cinema is aimed at students who are interested in all genres of film and the moving image: fiction, documentaries, experimental films, communication, television programs and video clips.

ECAL and HEAD have set up a shared master's program to explore areas such as directing, writing, editing, sound and production.
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HEAD

The Haute école d'Arts appliqués (HEAD) with its bachelor in cinema, allows students to discover the diversity between documentary and fiction, exploring cross-genre hybrid areas and emphasizing documentary films.

ECAL and HEAD have set up a shared master's program to explore areas such as directing, writing, editing, sound and production.
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HSLU

The HSLU (Lucerne School of Art and Design) offers, among others, a Bachelor's and Master's degree in Film, focusing on cross-media platforms and visual storytelling ranging from animation and forms of cinematic documentation in the age of the internet to digital displays.
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USI

The USI (Università della Svizzera Italiana), in addition to an existing course about filming architecture, has from this year activated a collaboration with the Locarno Film Festival thanks to a joint chair given to the Professor for the Future of Cinema and Audiovisual Arts.
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ZHdK

The ZHdK (Zurich University of the Arts) offers a bachelor's program in which students experience filmmaking from conception to screening, while the master's program explores study and practice in fiction and documentary filmmaking, screenwriting, camera and photography direction, editing, and creative production.
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