14/12/2018 - The films selected for the festival's 54th edition all question the meaning of life and spirituality: universal themes that never cease to fascinate

The 2019 edition of Solothurn Film Days (24 to 31 January 2019) will screen 165 Swiss films, including shorts and feature films, as well as 18 first features and 30 premieres from all over Switzerland. The Solothurn Film Days event showcases the very best of Swiss cinema, a unique opportunity to discover new directors or rediscover well-established auteurs. 

The meaning of life and spirituality will be the 2019 theme of the Swiss film festival. Whether through personal stories, portraits of characters with intriguing personalities or social and regional analysis, directors at this year's edition of Solothurn question present times, observing modern utopias with a critical eye.

In competition for the Prix de Soleure and chosen as the opening film is Tscharniblues II [+see also:
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film profile] by Fanny Bräuning, Alexia, Kevin & Romain [+see also:
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film profile] by Mark Olexa and Francesca Scalisi, Fair Traders [+see also:
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film profile] by Nino Jacusso and Eisenberg - Art Must Be Beautiful, as the Frog Says to the Fly [+see also:
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film profile] by Hercli Bundi. While two works of fiction will be competing in the same competition: Pearl [+see also:
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interview: Elsa Amiel
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film profile] by Jeshua Dreyfus, which will be presented in world premiere at Solothurn. 

In competition for the Audience award is Christoph Schaub with his documentary Architecture of Infinity [+see also:
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film profile] by Martin Witz, Ly-Ling und Herr Urgesi [+see also:
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film profile] by Giancarlo Moos, the touching Islander [+see also:
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film profile] by Stéphane Göel, With the Wind [+see also:
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interview: Bettina Oberli
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interview: Antoine Russbach
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film profile] by the Genevan director duo Frédéric Choffat and Julie Gilbert, Ladies [+see also:
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film profile] by Stéphanie Chuat and Véronique Reymond and the comedy Cloud Whispers [+see also:
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film profile] by Kerstin Polte. While closing the festival is a film well received at Venice International Film Critics' Week, Blonde Anmails [+see also:
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interview: Maxime Matray, Alexia Walther
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(Translated from Italian)