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#SwissTalentLA: Congratulations, Corina Gamma, Wildlife Award winner – 9th Annual SF Ocean Film Festival
Let’s raise our glasses to congratulate Angelena-Swiss Filmmaker Corina Gamma for winning the Wildlife Award at this year’s
San Francisco Ocean Film Festival with
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Congratulations, Marlène!
Congratulations,
fellow Angelena-Swiss and Helvetic.LA contributing journalist Marlène von Arx “the Swiss vote at the Golden Globes“, on your latest gig, writing for Swisscom’s Lifestyle & Entertainment blog “Bluewin“!
Hey, Marlène – You Made(it)in.LA+! (…for the past 20 years already!)
Congratulations Simon Otto: You Made(it)in.LA+!
Exciting news from the Academy of Motion Picture, Arts and Sciences! Dreamworks animated feature “How to Train Your Dragon” (IMDB, Official, Wikipedia) was nominated for an Academy Award as “Best Animated Feature“, alongside “Toy Story 3” and “The Illusionist”.
Angeleno-Swiss Simon Otto (Official, IMDB, YouTube, blog, swissinfo) contributed to the creation of this Film as Head of Character Animation. We’re keeping fingers and toes crossed and look forward to the 83rd Academy Awards at the Kodak Theater in Hollywood on February 27th on ABC!
Sincerest Congratulations for the nomination, and “in bocca al lupo” for February 27th, Simon!
Swiss Films at the Palm Springs International Film Festival
In Palm Springs between JANUARY 6 – 17, 2011 – more info at http://www.psfilmfest.org
The Palm Springs International Film Festival (PSIFF) is one of the largest film festivals in North America, welcoming 130,000 attendees each year for its lineup of new and celebrated international features and documentaries. The Festival is also known for its annual Black Tie Awards Gala, honoring the best achievements of the year in Film year by a celebrated list of talents who in recent years have included Clint Eastwood, Kate Winslet, Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett, Sean Penn, Leonardo DiCaprio, Ron Howard, Anne Hathaway, Jeff Bridges, Danny Elfman and many others.
This year’s 22nd edition will feature 193 films from 687 countries, including 59 premieres (9 World, 17 North American and 33 U.S.).3 Swiss Films will be presented this year and one of them is the official Swiss entry for Academy Awards® Consideration: “The Little Room – La Petite Chambre”:
THE LITTLE ROOM – LA PETITE CHAMBRE by Stephanie Chuat and Veronique Reymond
Friday, January 7, 3.30 pm
Monday, January 10, 3.00 pm
Friday, January 14, 1.00 pm
SONGS OF LOVE AND HATE by Katalin Gödrös
Thursday, January 13, 2.30p pm
Friday, January 14, 7.00 pm
IN THE GARDEN OF SOUNDS – NEL GIARDINO DEI SUONI by Nicola Bellucci
Wednesday, January 12, 6.30 pm
Friday, January 14, 2.00 pm
Sunday, January 16, 8.00 pm
Angeleno-Swiss nominated for Best Makeup
Be sure to VOTE for Thomas Nellen, Zürich’s Angeleno-Swiss Makeup Artist, for his work on TRUE GRIT (Paramount).
“He’s been doing an amazing job with Jeff Bridges’ Make-Up for years and it’s about time he gets recognized for it!” (quote by fellow Swiss and good friend Gabriela Tscharner Patao).
Tune into VH1 for the Critics’ Choice Movie Awards on Friday, January 14th at 9PM ET/PT
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