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We are delighted to be presenting two documentaries at this year's 61st Solothurn Film Festival!

ON THE BORDER by Igor Hauzenberger and Gabriela Schild – previously shown at IDFA, CPH:DOX, and DOK.fest Munich, among others – will celebrate its Swiss premiere on

• Saturday, January 24, at 5:45 p.m., Kino Canva, in the presence of the director

• Tuesday, January 27, at 8:15 p.m., Kino Palace, in the presence of the director

After a successful world premiere in Locarno, FLYING SCENTS by Antshi von Moos will now be shown in German-speaking part of Switzerland for the first time in Solothurn on

• Saturday, January 24, at 9:30 a.m., Landhaus, in the presence of the director and protagonists

• Monday, January 26, at 8:30 p.m., Kino Palace, in the presence of the director and protagonists

Special tip fare cinema Die fröhliche Wissenschaft Monday, 26 January at 10:15 a.m., Gasthaus Kreuz. Antshi von Moos will be participating in the panel discussion.

We congratulate everyone involved and look forward to inspiring festival moments.

When plants begin to speak in scents – and we finally start to listen. At a time when technological progress and ecological crises overlap, a documentary turns the spotlight on those who are often overlooked: plants.

With FLYING SCENTS, filmmaker Antshi von Moos offers a sensitive, poetic exploration of the hidden communication networks within the plant world. We are thrilled that the film will celebrate its world premiere at this year’s Locarno Film Festival, as part of the Semaine de la critique – an independent section curated by the Swiss Association of Film Journalists in close collaboration with the festival’s programming team. This section provides a platform for bold, distinctive cinematic voices – and FLYING SCENTS, with its unique perspective, fits right in.

What is the film about? A research team led by Consuelo De Moraes is on the verge of a groundbreaking discovery: florigen – a substance that could trigger plants to bloom instantly. Meanwhile, Florianne Koechlin explores how plants communicate through scents. And artist duo Gerda Steiner and Jörg Lenzlinger push the boundaries between the natural and the artificial. The result is a multifaceted portrait of a world that blossoms, investigates, and questions.

Screenings in Locarno:

• World premiere: August 10 at 11:00 a.m., La Sala
• Second screening: August 11 at 9:00 a.m., PalaCinema 1

The film was co-produced by the Zurich University of the Arts (ZHdK) and SRG SSR.

We’re beyond excited for Locarno!

Two Mira Film productions are represented at the 40th DOK.fest Munich this year: DAS LIED DER ANDEREN by Vadim Jendreyko and ON THE BORDER by Gabriela Schild and Igor Hauzenberger.

In “Das Lied der Anderen”, the director embarks on an essayistic search for clues to the question of whether history, with all its nightmares, must inevitably repeat itself. Encounters on his journey lead him deeper and deeper into the confrontation with memory and the collective past - and reveal patterns that are passed down through generations and in which we as a society seem to be trapped. Especially in commemoration of the 80th anniversary of the end of the Second World War, this film is a particularly important contribution to the current social debate on history, responsibility and the culture of remembrance.

Apart from that, DAS LIED DER ANDEREN will be screened on the 15. & 16. of May in the presence of the director in Basel, more info here: Neuen Kino

Screenings «Das Lied der Anderen» at the DOK.fest München:

- Saturday, 10.05.2025, 17:00 - Rio Kino 1, in the presence of the director

- Wednesday, 14.05.2025, 15:00 - HFF Audimax, in the presence of the director

- Thursday, 15.05.2025, 18:00 - NS Dokuzentrum, in the presence of the director

- Saturday, 17.05.2025, 11:00 am - City Kino 2

Screenings of ON THE BORDER at DOK.fest München:

- Friday, 09.05.2025, 18:30 - City 2, in the presence of the director

- Sunday, 11.05.2025, 21:00 - Neues Maxim

- Monday, 12.05.2025, 15:30 - HFF 2

- Saturday, 17.05.2025, 20:30 - Bellevue di Monaco

German premiere: ON THE BORDER at the Filmkunstfest Mecklenburg-Vorpommern:

“On the Border” takes us to the Tuareg city of Agadez on the edge of the Sahara in Niger - once the EU's security anchor in West Africa. From here, a virtual border regulated migration towards the Mediterranean, accompanied by promises to the local population to combat poverty and corruption. Over the course of five years, the film accompanies three residents in their daily struggle with social and political grievances - a sensitive portrait that reveals the failure of European migration policy.

Screenings at the Filmkunstfest Mecklenburg-Vorpommern:

- Wednesday, 07.05.2025, 19:15, in the presence of the director

- Thursday, 08.05.2025, 13:30, in the presence of the director

We look forward to inspiring screenings and encounters in Munich and Schwerin!