Flying film festival

Flying film festival Welcome to the Flying Film Festival, the first festival taking place exclusively in the air.

It will be held in November and December on long-haul SWISS flights. The Flying Film Festival is the first movie festival taking place exclusively in the air. It will feature short documentaries and doc-animation movies from all over the world. The 2nd edition of the festival will take off in november 2017 and will be displayed until the end of december on all the long haul flights of
Swiss International Air Lines (SWISS).

☀️2025-2026 Special Mention: Going South by Alan SahinThe jury's statement𝑊ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 ℎ𝑜𝑙𝑖𝑑𝑎𝑦 𝑒𝑥𝑜𝑑𝑢𝑠 ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑠𝑜𝑢𝑡ℎ 𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑛𝑠 𝑖𝑛...
07/02/2026

☀️2025-2026 Special Mention: Going South by Alan Sahin

The jury's statement
𝑊ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 ℎ𝑜𝑙𝑖𝑑𝑎𝑦 𝑒𝑥𝑜𝑑𝑢𝑠 ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑠𝑜𝑢𝑡ℎ 𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑛𝑠 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑜 𝑎 𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑓𝑓𝑖𝑐 𝑗𝑎𝑚, 𝑖𝑡 𝑏𝑒𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑠 𝑎 𝑟𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑚𝑖𝑟𝑟𝑜𝑟 𝑜𝑓 𝑜𝑢𝑟 ℎ𝑢𝑚𝑎𝑛 𝑓𝑟𝑎𝑖𝑙𝑡𝑖𝑒𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑔𝑟𝑜𝑡𝑒𝑠𝑞𝑢𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑠.
𝑊𝑖𝑡ℎ ℎ𝑢𝑚𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑖𝑠𝑖𝑜𝑛, 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑓𝑖𝑙𝑚 𝑐𝑎𝑝𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑒𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑎𝑏𝑠𝑢𝑟𝑑𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑜𝑓 𝑏𝑒ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑖𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑠 𝑤𝑒 𝑡𝑎𝑘𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑔𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑑 — 𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑟𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑖𝑚𝑝𝑙𝑒 𝑎𝑐𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝑔𝑒𝑡𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑜 𝑎 𝑐𝑎𝑟 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑣𝑖𝑛𝑔. 𝐴 𝑠𝑢𝑏𝑡𝑙𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑑𝑒𝑙𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡𝑓𝑢𝑙 𝑠𝑡𝑢𝑑𝑦 𝑜𝑓 ℎ𝑜𝑚𝑜 𝑎𝑢𝑡𝑜𝑚𝑜𝑏𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑠, 𝑑𝑟𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑛 𝑡𝑜𝑤𝑎𝑟𝑑 𝑎 𝑡𝑢𝑛𝑛𝑒𝑙 𝑙𝑜𝑎𝑑𝑒𝑑 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦 ℎ𝑜𝑝𝑒… 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦 𝑑𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑒𝑟.
𝑆𝑝𝑒𝑐𝑖𝑎𝑙 𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑔𝑜𝑒𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝐺𝑜𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑆𝑜𝑢𝑡ℎ, 𝐷𝑖𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑏𝑦 𝐴𝑙𝑎𝑛 𝑆𝑎ℎ𝑖𝑛.

About the director: Alan Sahin is a Swiss doc filmmaker inspired by quiet, often overlooked everyday moments.

You can find the doc trailer on our website: https://flyingfilmfestival.com/program-2025-2026/

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☀️2025-2026 Second prize winner: Shadows by Rand BeirutyThe jury's statement𝑊𝑖𝑛𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑔ℎ 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑑𝑒𝑝𝑡ℎ 𝑎𝑛𝑑 ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝑎𝑛 𝑎𝑖...
05/02/2026

☀️2025-2026 Second prize winner: Shadows by Rand Beiruty

The jury's statement
𝑊𝑖𝑛𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑔ℎ 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑑𝑒𝑝𝑡ℎ 𝑎𝑛𝑑 ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝑎𝑛 𝑎𝑖𝑟𝑝𝑜𝑟𝑡, 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑝𝑢𝑏𝑙𝑖𝑐 𝑠ℎ𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑎𝑛 𝑎𝑑𝑜𝑙𝑒𝑠𝑐𝑒𝑛𝑡’𝑠 𝑝𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑓𝑢𝑙 𝑚𝑒𝑚𝑜𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑠 𝑎𝑠 𝑎 𝑣𝑖𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑚 𝑜𝑓 𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑐𝑒𝑑 𝑚𝑎𝑟𝑟𝑖𝑎𝑔𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑑𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑐 𝑣𝑖𝑜𝑙𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒. 𝐵𝑢𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑑𝑜𝑙𝑒𝑠𝑐𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑓𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡𝑠 𝑓𝑜𝑟 ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑓𝑟𝑒𝑒𝑑𝑜𝑚 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑖𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑝𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒. 𝑅𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐵𝑒𝑖𝑟𝑢𝑡𝑦’𝑠 𝑐ℎ𝑜𝑖𝑐𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑐𝑜𝑙𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑓𝑢𝑙 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑑𝑦𝑛𝑎𝑚𝑖𝑐 𝑎𝑛𝑖𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑠𝑡𝑠 𝑚𝑜𝑠𝑡 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑙𝑙𝑖𝑔𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑙𝑦 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑑𝑖𝑟𝑒 ℎ𝑎𝑟𝑠ℎ𝑛𝑒𝑠𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑔 𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑜𝑛’𝑠 𝑠𝑖𝑡𝑢𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛, 𝑤ℎ𝑖𝑙𝑒 𝑎𝑙𝑠𝑜 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑡𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑒 ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑜𝑖𝑛𝑒’𝑠 𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑡𝑦.
𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑗𝑢𝑟𝑦 𝑎𝑤𝑎𝑟𝑑𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑆𝑖𝑙𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝑊𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑠 𝑝𝑟𝑖𝑧𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑓𝑖𝑙𝑚 𝑆ℎ𝑎𝑑𝑜𝑤𝑠, 𝑑𝑖𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑏𝑦 𝑅𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐵𝑒𝑖𝑟𝑢𝑡𝑦.

About the director: Rand Beiruty is a writer, director and co-founder of Shaghab Films.

You can find the doc trailer on our website: https://flyingfilmfestival.com/program-2025-2026/

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☀️2025-2026 First prize winner: The car that came back from the sea by Jadwiga KowalskaThe jury's statement𝐹𝑜𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑡𝑒𝑐ℎ𝑛...
03/02/2026

☀️2025-2026 First prize winner: The car that came back from the sea by Jadwiga Kowalska

The jury's statement
𝐹𝑜𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑡𝑒𝑐ℎ𝑛𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑙 𝑞𝑢𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑒𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑑𝑟𝑎𝑤𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑓𝑙𝑢𝑖𝑑𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑎𝑛𝑖𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛, 𝑤ℎ𝑖𝑐ℎ 𝑓𝑢𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝑒𝑚𝑏𝑜𝑑𝑖𝑒𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑒𝑚𝑜𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑙 𝑎𝑛𝑑 ℎ𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑙 𝑤𝑒𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑦; 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑏𝑎𝑙𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑛𝑎𝑟𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛, 𝑏𝑜𝑡ℎ 𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑔𝑖𝑐 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑖𝑟𝑜𝑛𝑖𝑐, 𝑤ℎ𝑖𝑐ℎ 𝑝𝑎𝑖𝑟𝑠 𝑤𝑒𝑙𝑙 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑑𝑒𝑝𝑡ℎ 𝑜𝑓 𝑎 𝑐𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑡𝑟𝑦’𝑠 𝑚𝑒𝑚𝑜𝑟𝑦 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑒𝑥𝑖𝑙𝑒; 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑖𝑡𝑠 𝑎𝑏𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑡𝑜 𝑓𝑖𝑛𝑑 𝑎 𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑐𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑙 𝑒𝑥𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑙𝑑𝑠 𝑜𝑓 ℎ𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑦: 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑗𝑢𝑟𝑦 𝑎𝑤𝑎𝑟𝑑𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐺𝑜𝑙𝑑𝑒𝑛 𝑊𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑠 𝑝𝑟𝑖𝑧𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑓𝑖𝑙𝑚 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝐶𝑎𝑟 𝑇ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝐶𝑎𝑚𝑒 𝐵𝑎𝑐𝑘 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑆𝑒𝑎, 𝑑𝑖𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑏𝑦 𝐽𝑎𝑑𝑤𝑖𝑔𝑎 𝐾𝑜𝑤𝑎𝑙𝑠𝑘𝑎.

About the director: Born in 1982, Jadwiga Kowalska is a Swiss-Polish animator awarded at Locarno and Oberhausen.

You can find the doc trailer on our website: https://flyingfilmfestival.com/program-2025-2026/

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We're landing!Yesterday was the last day of this edition of the Flying Film Festival and we shall now celebrate our winn...
01/02/2026

We're landing!

Yesterday was the last day of this edition of the Flying Film Festival and we shall now celebrate our winners!

☀️Golden wings award to "The car that came back from the sea" by Jadwiga Kowalska

🌙Silver wings award to "Shadows" by Rand Beiruty

⭐️Special mention to "Going South" by Alan Sahin

We'll be posting the jury's statement and some details on the winners later on this week, keep follow!

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Alan Sahin Cinédokké

The festival ends on Saturday and we will soon announce the winners of this edition...In the meantime, here are our two ...
26/01/2026

The festival ends on Saturday and we will soon announce the winners of this edition...
In the meantime, here are our two juries!

𝐒𝐢𝐥𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐖𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐉𝐮𝐫𝐲

𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐥𝐞 𝐁𝐚𝐠𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐝

With a background in arts and humanities (Universities of Geneva and Neuchâtel) and tourism (HES-SO Valais), Carole Bagnoud worked at the Office of Culture of the Canton of Bern before joining the Federal Office of Culture in 2015, where she was responsible for animated films, short films and transmedia projects. In 2020, she completed a CAS in ‘Promoting a Cultural Institution’ at the University of Neuchâtel, with a thesis on Swiss animated films. Since 2023, she has been secretary general of the Swiss Animation Film Group (GSFA) and, since 2024, a member of the Cinébulletin committee.

𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐨 𝐃𝐚𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐢

A film and television enthusiast, Marco Danesi is a regular visitor to cinemas, preferably independent ones, as well as festivals, both large and small. Over the years, he has helped organise local film events, reviewed films and, in his youth, even helped make a few short films. Marco Danesi has written for Domaine Public, Le Temps and Générations. He now writes for Ciné-Feuilles, Hémisphères (magazines published by universities in western Switzerland) and asile.ch (an information platform on asylum issues). For the past ten years, he has also been communications officer for the State of Vaud. Finally, he is a guide and mediator at the Swiss National Museum in Prangins (Vaud).

𝐆𝐢𝐮𝐥𝐢𝐚 𝐅𝐚𝐳𝐢𝐨𝐥𝐢

Giulia Fazioli, born in 1981, graduated in film history from D.A.M.S in Bologna and was head of the press office at the Locarno Film Festival from 2009 to 2014. In the following years, she worked as an international press officer for Makna Presse (Paris). Since 2017, she has been working as an editor in the Fiction Production department at RSI, and since 2024 she has been head of Pacte Production at RSI.

𝐒𝐢𝐥𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐖𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐉𝐮𝐫𝐲

CinéBrunch Regards d’Ailleurs Jury: Miguel Béchet, Pauline Klepp, Xavier Pattaroni

For almost 30 years, CinéBrunch Regards d’Ailleurs has been curating an annual film programme in Fribourg / Switzerland, featuring fiction and documentary films that broaden our horizons and aim at sparking discussion.

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21/01/2026

✈️ Flying Film Festival 2025/2026 Program

"A feeling of emptiness, a restless mind and two pieces of land. What is born from the void that unites them?"

Today we present the last film in our selection: "Wildflower" by Carina Pierro Corso

https://vimeo.com/1115531067?fl=pl&fe=vl

Find the complete program on our website: https://flyingfilmfestival.com/program-2025-26/

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16/01/2026

✈️ Flying Film Festival 2025/2026 Program

"A screen-based investigation about the invisible workers who teach AI how to read the world."

Today we present you "Their Eyes" by Nicolas Gourault

https://vimeo.com/1115530840?fl=pl&fe=vl

Find the complete program on our website: https://flyingfilmfestival.com/program-2025-26/

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✈️ Flying Film Festival 2025/2026 Program"Six friends road-trip to the Polish coast as their car—and country—fall apart....
11/01/2026

✈️ Flying Film Festival 2025/2026 Program

"Six friends road-trip to the Polish coast as their car—and country—fall apart. Memories surface along the way."

Today we present you: "The car that came back from the sea" by Jadwiga Kowalska

https://vimeo.com/1115530571?share=copy&fl=cl&fe=ci

Find the complete program on our website: https://flyingfilmfestival.com/program-2025-26/

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✈️ Flying Film Festival 2025/2026 Program"Blending character portraits with historical context, Tessitura explores how v...
06/01/2026

✈️ Flying Film Festival 2025/2026 Program

"Blending character portraits with historical context, Tessitura explores how voice and gender arereformulated in opera."

Today we present you "Tessitura" by Lydia Cornett and Brit Fryer

https://vimeo.com/1115530116?share=copy&fl=cl&fe=ci

Find the complete program on our website: https://flyingfilmfestival.com/program-2025-26/

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✈️ Flying Film Festival 2025/2026 Program"As a jazz legend’s memory fades, his soulmate discovers their love lives on in...
01/01/2026

✈️ Flying Film Festival 2025/2026 Program

"As a jazz legend’s memory fades, his soulmate discovers their love lives on inthe music that once shaped their bond."

Today we present you: "Sunset and the Mockingbird" by Jyllian Gunther

Find the complete program on our website: https://flyingfilmfestival.com/program-2025-26/

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