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Lawyer and journalist, President of the Board of Trustees of the Cinémathèque Suisse
Country of origin
Switzerland

Marc Wehrlin, founder of SUISSEIMAGES, was a member of the city parliament of Bern, then of the Great Council of the Canton Bern, and since 1995 director of the film section of the Federal Office for Culture. 2004 he became deputy director of the Office. Since 2008, he works as consultant and mediator and is president of the Cinématheque Suissse, the Swiss film archive, since 2010.

Festivals

Current issues

Peter Paul Huth comments favourably on the 2026 Venice Film Festival awards ceremony, highlighting in particular the Golden Lion winner, “Kvinde Ukendt” (Unknown Woman) by May el-Toukhy, and “Un bon petit soldat” by Stéphane Brizé, which won the award for Best Screenplay and the INTERFILM Jury Prize.
Alex Gibney’s documentary *Musk* portrays a ‘hero of capitalism’, whilst Ilya Khrzhanovsky’s *DAU* evokes the victims of Stalinism.

Events

16.02.2025
Haus der EKD, Charlottenstraße 53/54, 10117 Berlin

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