HEAD Cinéma at the Locarno Film Festival 2024
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Sky Rogers : manager de stars by Ciel Sourdeau
The HEAD - Geneva Film Department is proud to announce the world premiere screening of two films by Bachelor students at the 77th Locarno Festival, to be held from August 7 to 17, 2024. Five student films have also been selected in the “FILM FOUNDRY: Young Swiss Cinema” section. Numerous films by alumni and staff of the school are also in competition.
Sky Rogers : manager de stars by Ciel Sourdeau (film Bachelor)
Pardi di domani
A day in the life of Sky Rogers, manager to the stars. A flamboyant dandy in red, Sky teaches us a few lessons about his profession. But soon, his credentials are put to the test by a less-than-competent boy band. What’s a star manager without stars? Apocalypse, giant lobsters and vibrant love: these are the key words in Sky Rogers’ tragic epic.
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Sky Rogers : manager de stars by Ciel Sourdeau
Better Not Kill the Groove by Jonathan Leggett (Bachelor film)
Pardi di domani
Between scooter riding and personal development, a young boy in search of an identity explores his relationship with his body and emotions. Made from content gathered online, the film follows the character’s attempts to find answers to his existential confusion.
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Better Not Kill the Groove by Jonathan Leggett
Eldorado by Elodie Arpa and Felipe Nogueira (film Bachelor)
FILM FOUNDRY: Young Swiss Cinema
Eldorado traces a quest for a lost village, a treasure lost deep in the Jura mountains. Working with nature, the film questions our relationship with the present, with time and with abandoned spaces.
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Eldorado by Elodie Arpa and Felipe Nogueira
Mère Dragon by Khalissa Akadi and Mathilde Sauvère (film Bachelor)
FILM FOUNDRY: Young Swiss Cinema
Marion, an apprentice educator, sets out to help women in difficulty. Her own fractures are revealed when she comes into contact with the women in her family.
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Mère Dragon by Khalissa Akadi and Mathilde Sauvère
Trip by Noah Chung and Julien Monges (film Bachelor)
FILM FOUNDRY : Young Swiss Cinema
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Trip by Noah Chung and Julien Monges
Las Mañanitas by Lézio Schiffke Rodriguez (film Bachelor)
FILM FOUNDRY: Young Swiss Cinema
Write a letter to Paul B. Preciado, philosopher and trans filmmaker. Like writing to a friend. Undertake a healing process as a queer child growing up in a Spanish evangelical family. From Lausanne to New York, I walk in the footsteps of revolutions that invite us to redefine our binary vision of bodies.
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Las Mañanitas by Lézio Schiffke Rodriguez
Sdet by Gabriel Berrada and Selam Tesfu (film Bachelor)s
FILM FOUNDRY: Young Swiss Cinema
In “Sdet”, there’s Tesfe’s life, the life of a young Eritrean, an artist, an activist. A musician who has found a second home in Geneva and is looking to put down roots in this new country. A future under construction, a future woven from the threads of past and present.
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Sdet by Gabriel Berrada and Selam Tesfu (film Bachelor)
Numerous films by alumni-ae and collaborators of the school are also presented:
- Hanami by Denise Fernandez, editing Selin Dettwiler (alumna Master Cinéma ECAL/HEAD) - Cineasti del presente
- Les Bouches by Valentin Merz (alumna Bachelor Cinéma), image Robin Mognetti (alumna Bachelor Cinéma) - Pardi di domani
- Looking she said I forgetby Naomi Pacifique, sound Marine Maye (alumna Master Cinéma ECAL/HEAD), sound mixing Vuk Vukmanović (alumnus Bachelor Cinéma & Master Cinéma ECAL/HEAD) - Pardi di domani
- Blackbird Blackbird Blackberry by Elene Naveriani (alumna Bachelor Cinéma) - Panorama Suisse
- Les Paradis de Diane by Carmen Jaquier (alumna Master Cinéma ECAL/HEAD) and Jan Gassman - Panorama Suisse
- Reinas by Klaudia Reynicke (alumna Master ECAL/HEAD) - Piazza Grande