The film Egon Schiele – Death and the Maiden by Dieter Berner (music by André Dziezuk, additional music by Pierre Funck) will have its world premiere at the Zurich Film Festival.

Screening dates: Monday 26 September 8:30 p.m. and Friday 30 September 3:00 p.m.; further information and tickets here.

Pierre Funck’s score for the animation film Flirt by Rahel Gerber has won an award at the 11th Animfest Athens in the category student film. 

The film Leonardo by Ilir Hasanaj (music by Pierre Funck) has won the audience award at the 9th SWIKOS Short Film Festival in Basel.

The film Flirt by Rahel Gerber (music by Pierre Funck) has been awarded the “Berner Filmpreis” in the category “best animation film”.

During this autumn, music journalist Isabelle Wiltgen presents Luxembourgish film composers in her series „Musek fir ze kucken“ (“music to look at”) at the Luxembourg radio station Radio 100,7. A portrait of Pierre Funck (in Luxembourgish) will be broadcast on Wednesday 11 November at 1:30 p.m. (replay at 7:30 p.m.) – details here.

The film Flirt by Rahel Gerber (music by Pierre Funck) has been screened or will be screened at the following festivals:

• Montreal International Animation Film Festival, Canada (16–19 April)
• Festival d’Annecy, France (15–20 June)
• Anibar Animation Festival, Peja, Kosovo (20–26 August)
• Imaginaria Film Festival, Conversano, Italy (25–29 August)
• Festival of European Student Animation, Belgrade, Serbia (29–30 August)
• Fantoche, Baden, Switzerland (1–6 September)
• World Festival of Animated Film, Varna, Bulgaria (9–13 September)
• Animatou, Geneva, Switzerland (1–11 October)
• anim’est, Bucharest, Romania (2–11 October)
• Viborg Animations Festival, Denmark (2–4 October)
• Tofuzi, Georgia (5–10 October)
• Chitrakatha, Ahmedabad, India (14–18 October)
• KLIK!, Amsterdam, Netherlands (27 October – 1 November)
• ReAnimania, Yerevan, Armenia (28  Oktober – 3 November)
• Cutout Fest, Querétaro, Mexico (12–15 November)
• Manchester Animation Festival, United Kingdom (17–19 November)
• Tindirindis, Lithuania (23–29 November)

The Grand Prix „Best Film“ of the short film festival Shortynale in Klosterneuburg (Austria) has been awarded to Alfonso by Jan-Eric Mack (music by Pierre Funck) 

The short film Flirt by Rahel Gerber (music by Pierre Funck) shows how a man who, while hanging up his laundry, sees how easily his shirt brushes against an anonymous dress. He’s closer than ever to his bliss. The film is in competition at the Festival d’Annecy, which is regarded as the biggest and most siginificant animation film festival in the world.

Projection dates:
Monday 15 June 2015, 4:00 pm, Pathé 3
Tuesday 16 June 2015, 11:00 pm, Bonlieu Grande Salle
Thursday 18 June 2015, 8:30 pm, Salle Pierre Lamy
Details and tickets here.