«Bagger Drama» won the New Directors Award in San Sebastian and Best Director and Best Screenplay at the Max Ophüls Awards. Now Piet Baumgartner's feature film debut is coming to Swiss cinemas, and the director and writer is going on tour with it.

Cinema tour with cast and crew:

• Saturday, 26 April, 8 p.m., Worb, chinoworb
• Sunday, 27 April, 10.30 a.m., Lyss, Apollo
• Sunday, 27 April, 9 p.m., Zurich, Riffraff
• Monday, 28 April, 12.15 p.m., Zurich, Arthouse Le Paris
• Monday, 28 April, 8.15 p.m., Bern, Rex
• Tuesday, 29 April, 8 p.m., St. Gallen, Kinok
• Thursday, 1 May, 8.30 p.m., Lucerne, Bourbaki
• Friday, 2 May, 8.15 p.m., Winterthur, Cameo
• Sunday, 4 May, 4 p.m., Männedorf, Wildenmann
• Sunday, 4 May, 6.15 p.m., Wädenswil, Schloss
• Sunday, 18 May, 7 p.m., Heiden, Rosental
   

The debut film «Vracht» by director Max Carlo Kohal was produced by Dynamic Frame and will be released in cinemas on 24 April. It is the first external film in Dschoint Ventschr Distribution's catalogue.

Screenings:

• Wed. 23.04.2025, 20:00, Kino Korso Fribourg – pre-premiere with Max Carlo Kohal
• Thu. 24.04.2025, 20:30, Stadtkino Basel – premiere with Max Carlo Kohal, Nicole Ulrich, Philipp Ritler, Tania Stöcklin, Roman Stocker & Mirjam Skal
• Fri. 25.04.2025, 20:30, Kino Frame Zürich – premiere with Max Carlo Kohal, Nicole Ulrich, Leanne, Tania Stöcklin, Roman Stocker & Mirjam Skal
• Sat. 26.04.2025, 20:15, Kino Rex Bern – premiere with Max Carlo Kohal, Philipp Ritler, Roman Stocker & Leanne
• Sun. 27.04.2025. 11:00, Kino Odeon Brugg – regular screening
• Sun. 27.04.2025, 19:00, Stadtkino Basel – regular screening
• Mon. 28.04.2025, 20:00, Kino Freier Film Aarau – premiere with Max Carlo Kohal
• Tue. 29.04.2025, 20:00, Kino Freier Film Aarau – regular screening
• Wed. 30.04.2025, 18:00,  Kino Freier Film Aarau – regular screening
• Sun. 04.05.2025, 18:30, Stadtkino Basel – regular screening
• Wed. 07.05.2025, 20:45, Stadtkino Basel – regular screening
• End of April/beginning of May, Cinema Luna Frauenfeld – regular screening
• Mon. 26.05.2025, Kino Lichtspiel Olten – regular screening
• Thu. 29.05.2025, Kino Lichtspiel Olten – regular screening
  
  

The documentary film «SUSPEKT» by Christian Labhart will be released in cinemas in German-speaking Switzerland on 20 February.

From 17 February, premieres with subsequent panel discussions will take place in selected cinemas:

Mon 17.2. 20:00 at CineMovie Bern
Tue 18.2. 18:30 at stattkino Lucerne
Wed 19.2. 20:15 at Palace Wetzikon
Thu 20 Feb. 18:15 and 21:00 at Riffraff Zurich
Sat 22.2. 11:45 am at kult.kino Basel
Sun 23.2. 11:00 am at Qtopia Uster
Wed 26.2. 18:00 at Kinok St. Gallen
Thu 27.2. 20:00 at Cameo Winterthur
Thu 10.4. 20:00 at Kino Rex Pfäffion
Sun 11.5. 18:00 at SchlossCinema Wädenswil
Tue 13.5. 18:10 at Riffraff Zürich
 

Dschoint Ventschr will be represented with 8 projects at the 60th Solothurn Film Festival this year.

Screenings:

BAGGER DRAMA by Piet Baumgartner in the PRIX DE SOLEURE competition
Sat 25.1. 17:30 Reithalle
Mon 27.1. 20:30 Landhaus

MILCHZÄHNE by Sophia Bösch in the VISIONI competition
Thu 23.1. 18:00 Canva
Sun 26 Jan. 10:15 Landhaus

SUSPEKT by Christian Labhart as WORLD PREMIERE
Fri 24 Jan. 17:45 Reithalle
Mon 27 Jan. 13:30 Konzertsaal

JELMOLI - BIOGRAPHY OF A DEPARTMENT STORE by Sabine Gisiger
Sat 25.1. 9:45 Landhaus
Tue 28 Jan. 11:30 Reithalle

THE MIRACULOUS TRANSFORMATION OF THE WORKING CLASS INTO FOREIGNERS by Samir
Fri 24 Jan. 9:15 Palace
Wed 29.1. 11:45 Reithalle

TRACES OF RESPONSIBILITY by Anja Reiß and Jann Anderegg
Thu 23 Jan. 15:30 Uferbau
Fri 24 Jan. 18:00 Uferbau

FUTURA! VOL. 2 by ten young filmmakers
Sat 25.1. 20:00 Canva

7 TIMES by Christine Wiederkehr
Sat 25 Jan. 9:45 Landhaus
Wed 29.1. 11:30 Reithalle

In addition, the film VRACHT by Max Carlo Kohal, produced by Dynamic Frame and distributed by Dschoint Ventschr, will be shown in the VISIONI competition:
Thu 23 Jan. 20:45 Landhaus
Sat 25.1. 15:15 Canva

Samir's «The Miraculous Transformation of the Working Class Into Foreigners» opens in cinemas on 5th of September.

Special screenings in the presence of the director:

29.08.24, 20:00, Bourbaki, Lucerne
30.08.24, 20:30, cineMovie, Bern
01.09.24, 10:00, Lido, Biel
01.09.24, 12:15, cineMovie, Bern
02.09.24, 17:45, kult.kino, Basel
03.09.24, 20:00, Kinok, St. Gallen
05.09.24, 18:00, Riffraff, Zurich
05.09.24, 20:30, Riffraff, Zurich
08.09.24, 11:00, kult.kino, Basel
08.09.24, 18:00, Orion, Dübendorf
11.09.24, 19:15, Cinema4me, Grenchen
12.09.24, 18:00, Cameo, Winterthur
13.09.24, 20:00, Xenix, Zurich
15.09.24, 11.15, Staziun, Lavin
15.09.24, 14.15, Staziun, Lavin
16.09.24, 20:00, neues KINO, Freienstein
17.09.24, 19:30, Cinema Luna, Frauenfeld
18.09.24, 20:00, Trafo, Baden
19.09.24, 18:00, KORSO, Fribourg
22.09.24, 19:00, Kino Rosenthal, Heiden
27.09.24. Kino Thun, Thun
15.10.24, 19:00, Qtopia, Uster