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St.Moritz Art Film Festival
General information
- Dates
- Not available
- Location
- CH
- Submission deadline
- Not available
- Eligibility
- International
- Subtitles
- Not available
- Contact
- d.segantini@smaff.org
- Official website
- http://www.smaff.org/
- Last checked
- 23 September 2026
News
“The Draughtsman’s Contract” by Peter Greenaway
1982 · UK · colour · En · 107’ Peter Greenaway became a director of international status with this witty, stylised, erotic country house murder mystery. Extravagant costumes, a twisting plot, elegantly barbed dialogue and a mesmerising score by Michael Nyman make the film a treat for ear, eye and mind.
“The Greenaway Alphabet” by Saskia Boddeke
2017 · NL · colour · En · 70’ A blueprint of the life of filmmaker Peter Greenaway arranged in an alphabet, through playful conversations with his daughter Zoë. The fascinations of filmmaker Peter Greenaway, whose motto is “art is life and life is art,”are captured like butterflies and arranged in an alphabet, a form that suits him perfectly as an
“Records of love” by Binha Haase
2026 · DE · colour · Ar, En, It/en · 14’ · World premiere · In competition In the experimental film Records of Love, two drag performers and a classical opera singer en travesti transform an abandoned theatre into a stage where Arabic electro, experimental soul, and opera intertwine, exploring queer love, identity, and belonging. In the experimenta
“Dhikr” by Mengyun Han
2026 · UK/UZ · colour · En, Fa/en · 21’ · World premiere · In competition Conceived as a sound work, Dhikr transforms the layered acoustics of Uzbek textile workshops—mechanized looms, women’s voices, prayer, and industrial roar, into a cinematic meditation that juxtaposes Soviet machine devotion with Sufi remembrance, revealing maternal lineage, h
“Jardin Nocturno” by Leiko Ikemura
2022 · colour · 5’ · In competition A video projection composed entirely of close-ups from Leiko Ikemura’s dark abstract paintings transforms the stillness of night into a subtly shifting, dreamlike landscape, where shadow and light pulse in continuous motion, evoking inner worlds of creation, crisis, and renewal through immersive sound and an ever
“Father land: Wilhelm Reich, Jacques Morali, et al.” by Jonathan Horowitz
2025 · US · colour · En · 30’ · Swiss premiere Weaving together clips from Hollywood movies and documentary biographies, Father land: Wilhelm Reich, Jacques Morali, et al. explores the psychology of hyper masculinity as it is manifested in both gay culture of the 1970s and authoritarian political ideologies.