Fernand Melgar Trailers
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Né en 1961 dans une famille de syndicalistes espagnols exilés à Tanger
au Maroc. Il accompagne clandestinement ses parents qui émigrent en
Suisse en 1963 comme travailleurs saisonniers. Il participe à la
fondation au début des années 80 le haut lieu de la culture underground
de Suisse romande, Le Cabaret Orwell. Après y avoir programmé de la
vidéo de création, il devient, en autodidacte, réalisateur et producteur
indépendant. À partir de 1983, il bricole des films expérimentaux et
des reportages iconoclastes pour la télévision. En 1985, il rejoint
l’association Climage et y réalise une dizaine de documentaires,
aujourd’hui films de référence sur les questions d’immigration et
d’identité. Son documentaire précédent Exit – le droit de mourir a reçu
plusieurs distinctions internationales dont le prestigieux Golden Link
UER Award de la meilleure coproduction européenne et le Prix du Cinéma
Suisse 2006. Lauréat du concours de scénario lancé par la Télévision
Suisse Romande, il prépare actuellement sa première fiction, Loin
derrière la montagne. Il vit et travaille à Lausanne.
Most Popular Fernand Melgar Trailers
Total trailers found: 13
01 August 2000
Delphine Seyrig, an extraordinary woman and actress, died on October 15, 1990. From "Last Year at Marienbad" by Alain Resnais to "India Song" by Marguerite Duras, she played in 34 films for cinema, 13 films for television and 33 plays.
11 August 2018
The first experiences for five mentally handicapped children entering school, who will have to learn how to get along with the others: an almost impossible task, as they seem to be closed to the outside world.
25 October 2006
Switzerland is presently the only country in the world where suicide assistance is legal. Exit: The Right to Die profiles that nation's EXIT organization, which for over twenty years has provided volunteers who counsel and accompany the terminally-ill and severely handicapped towards a death of their choice.
16 July 1999
This documentary show the work, the worries and the joys of a family dedicated to viticulture, the Potterat, living in Lavaux.
04 August 2010
"Prud’hommes" is an immersion into the heart of a judicial court that handles disputes between employers and employees.
24 April 1997
From August to October 1942, over 2250 Jews were deported from the internment camp of Rivesaltes to Auschwitz by way of Drancy.
06 August 2011
Switzerland still carries out special flights, where passengers, dressed in diapers and helmets, are chained to their seats for 40 hours at worst.
06 August 2008
The personal stories of the people from all around the world waiting for a decision in an asylum-seekers centre in one of most restrictive countries in the world, Switzerland.
02 January 2013
The film recounts the fates of five of the protagonists of the film “Special Flight” following their expulsion from Switzerland.
10 August 2014
It is winter at an emergency shelter for the homeless in Lausanne. Every night at the door of this little-known basement facility the same entry ritual takes place, resulting in confrontations which can sometimes turn violent.
