Special Guest: Georges Schwizgebel

60 minutes
Special Guest: Georges Schwizgebel

Tribute to grand master Georges Schwizgebel (CH). He often works with paint on cels and classical music. The virtuoso films excel in associative movements.

This program screened as part of HAFF 2017

Showing in this program

78 Tours

78 Tours

  • Georges Schwizgebel
  • Switzerland, 1985
  • 4 min.

Georges Schwizgebel, born in 1944 in Reconvillier in the Bernese Jura, is one of the best known film makers in the world of animation. He won prizes at Cannes, Annecy, Hiroshima and Ottawa. His images, that are intimately linked to painting, have clearly won over the audience around the world.

In 78 Tours a subjective camera and a fixed framing alternate to an accordion waltz which triggers a short story recalling the passing of time. This

Along the Way

Along the Way

  • Georges Schwizgebel
  • Switzerland, 2012
  • 3 min.

'I can only think while walking: as soon as I stop, I can think no longer; my brain can only move with my feet.'
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Erlking

Erlking

  • Georges Schwizgebel
  • Switzerland, 2015
  • 5 min.

A father rides with his son through the forest. The sick child thinks he sees the Erlking, who both charms and frightens him. Based on Goethe’s poem Erlkönig and the music of Schubert/Liszt.
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L’Année du Daim

L’Année du Daim

  • Georges Schwizgebel
  • Switzerland, 1995
  • 7 min.
L’Homme Sans Ombre

L’Homme Sans Ombre

  • Georges Schwizgebel
  • Canada / Switzerland, 2004
  • 9 min.

[Inzender: 'A CO-PRODUCTION BETWEEN STUDIO GDS AND NATIONAL FILM BOARD OF CANADA']

Le Sujet du Tableau

Le Sujet du Tableau

  • Georges Schwizgebel
  • Switzerland, 1989
  • 6 min.
Play

Play

  • Georges Schwizgebel
  • Switzerland, 2006
  • 3 min.

[Inzender: 'My film is not a music videos film, but i can't find other categorie']

Retouches

Retouches

  • Georges Schwizgebel
  • Switzerland, 2008
  • 5 min.
Ride to the Abyss

Ride to the Abyss

  • Georges Schwizgebel
  • Switzerland, 1992
  • 4 min.
Romance

Romance

  • Georges Schwizgebel
  • Switzerland / Canada, 2011
  • 7 min.

A casual meeting on a plane and watching a movie turns into a virtual romance
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The Young Girl and the Clouds

The Young Girl and the Clouds

  • Georges Schwizgebel
  • Switzerland, 2000
  • 4 min.