A third of Romand films in Solothurn

Solothurn Days » Last year, of the 157 films selected for the Solothurn Days, nearly half of the 78 feature films were French-speaking. This year, the proportion is almost a third for feature films and series, with the exception of short films, indicates Niccolò Castelli, the new artistic director of the film festival. Young directors from Romandie, who come out of schools, HEAD in Geneva or ECAL in Lausanne, show a lot of originality, believes the director from Ticino, 40, whose film Atlas opened the Solothurn Days in 2021. According to him, filmmakers from Romandie are developing the forms that Swiss cinema will have in the future. “What struck me was how these young authors