The films mikro.kosmos by Nino Christen and Winter Sonata by Yves Gutjahr will be screened with live orchestra in the concert hall of the Nanchang University (China) on Sunday, 15 April at 7:30 pm.

The new “Ice Age Show”, with music by Pierre Funck, is on display in the Zoological Museum of the University of Zurich.

Two films with music by Pierre Funck got nominations at the 47th Solothurn Film Festival:

• Unter Wasser atmen – Das zweite Leben des Dr. Nils Jent by Stefan Muggli and Andri Hinnen got nominated for the “Prix de Soleure”; screenings on Thursday, 19 January 2012 at 8:30 pm in the cinema Landhaus and on Monday, 23 January 2012 at 9:00 pm in the cinema Canva.
• La Vuelta by Marius Portmann got nominated by SSA and SUISSIMAGE for the best animation film audience award. Screening on Saturday, 21 January 2012 at 2:00 pm, Reithalle Solothurn.

The film La Vuelta by Marius Portmann (music by Pierre Funck) has won the Award “Best Animation Film” at the Lucerne International Film Festival.

The documentary Unter Wasser atmen – Das zweite Leben des Dr. Nils Jent by Stefan Muggli and Andri Hinnen won the audience award at the Zurich Film Festival!

A further screening is scheduled for Saturday, 29 October, 12:15 noon, in the cinema Le Paris in Zurich.

The documentary feature Unter Wasser atmen – Das zweite Leben des Dr. Nils Jent by Stefan Muggli and Andri Hinnen (music by Pierre Funck) will be screened three times in public at the Zurich Film Festival:

Monday, 26 September, 8:15 pm, Corso 2 (public premiere)

Thursday 29 September, 2:45 pm, Corso 2

Sunday, 2 October, 6:45 pm, Corso 2

Details and tickets

The animation film De Hardcore-Schwiizer by Dustin Rees won the first prize in the audience award at the Aarau One Minute Film Festival 2011. Details here.

In the column “Vom Fach” of the latest monthly supplement “NZZ Folio” of the Neue Zürcher Zeitung, there is a fictitious dialogue between film music composers, written by Pierre Funck. Read it here.