Cultural Committee
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Swiss Films at the 24th Berlin & Beyond Film Festival,
Feb 7 - 13, 2020 in San Francisco
Join us for one (or both) of the Swiss films featured at America’s leading festival of new cinema from German-speaking countries in San Francisco. This year’s selection of Swiss films consists of two important films: The San Francisco premieres of both The Reformer. Zwingli – A Life’s Portrait by award-winning Swiss director Stefan Haupt and #Female Pleasure, Barbara Miller’s feature documentary is portraying five courageous, smart, and self-determined women, breaking the silence imposed by their archaic-patriarch societies and religious communities.
For detailed information on showtimes and where to get tickets, refer to the Film Festival’s website.
The Swiss Cultural Committee will give away complimentary tickets to both Swiss films as well as other festival movies. Please check our Facebook page for the ticket give-away and further information.
Author Reading By Milena Moser And Art Exhibition By Victor-Mario Zaballa (Before PSC Fondue Event)
In Colaboration with The Peninsula Swiss Club
When: Saturday, February 1, 2020, 5:30 pm to 6:15 pm
Where: Masonic Lodge, 890 Church St, Mountain View, CA 94041
Cost: The author’s reading is free
Milena Moser and Art Exhibition by Victor-Mario Zaballa
Best-selling Swiss writer Milena Moser will read from two of her latest books – one in German (Das schöne Leben der Toten – Vom unbeschwerten Umgang mit dem Ende, 2019) and one in English (Fool’s Journey, 2016). Both books are very personal. In Das schöne Leben der Toten, Milena Moser, together with her partner and artist Victor-Mario Zaballa, who has been dealing with a number of health issues, explores the different ways of dealing with death in both the Western and Mexican cultures. In a Fool´s Journey, the author describes how she found happiness again after a painful divorce.
Victor-Mario Zaballa will exhibit his popular Calavera-Portraits (skulls) in different formats and techniques, some of which have also been printed in the book Das schöne Leben der Toten. Books are available to purchase at the event.
About the books: Fool´s Journey (2016)
After a painful divorce and with her 50th birthday approaching, a successful but burned-out writer takes three months off to travel through the United States. All alone: The plan is to reconnect with her inner voice. To rediscover herself not as a mother or a wife, not as a friend and maybe not even as a writer but simply as a human being. But her inner voice says loud and clear: “I don’t want to be alone anymore!”
Das schöne Leben der Toten (2019)
Mourning without pain? – Is that possible? In contrast to European culture, in Mexico, death is not hidden or regarded as a taboo. On Dia de los Muertos, families celebrate the dead with exuberant family get-togethers, with cake, tequila and presents.
