Carlo Pisani

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The filmmaker from Italy, who was raised in Africa, calls Switzerland home now. Carlo studied film directing at the Italian National Film School, worked as a documentary editor and director/producer in Berlin and Vienna. He crafts multimedia into engaging narratives. 

Multimedia

Oleg Radzinsky and Elena Servettaz in Lucerne

Oleg Radzinsky: ‘I see nothing wrong with separatism’

This content was published on Nov 19, 2024 Oleg Radzinsky, a Russian writer living in Switzerland, is a guest of On The Record. He discusses separatism in Russia and Vladimir Putin's regime.

Biodiversity initiative: Reactions to the rejection

This content was published on Sep 22, 2024 Our reporters, Zeno Zoccatelli and Christian Raaflaub, have been speaking to both the initiative committee and the group opposing the referendum.

Breaking protocol: Jojo Mayer and the machine

This content was published on Jun 27, 2024 He is one of the most influential drummers of recent decades, known both as a skilled technician and a visionary. Jojo Mayer talks to SWI swissinfo.ch about technology, tradition – and the future of music.

Guerreiro do Divino Amor poses in front of the "Fountain of Helvetia", part of the installation at the Swiss Pavilion in Venice.

An Alpine carnival: Switzerland stars as a superfiction at the Venice Biennale

This content was published on Apr 20, 2024 The Swiss-Brazilian artist Guerreiro do Divino Amor will represent Switzerland for the 60th edition of the Venice Art Biennale.

Mikhail Shishkin: ‘It pains me to be a Russian writer’

This content was published on Apr 4, 2024 In an in-depth interview Mikhail Shishkin discusses how he witnessed Switzerland welcome dirty money with open arms and whether Russia and Ukraine will ever be able to reconcile.

Ann Demeester at the entrance of the exhibition of the Bührle Collection

Bührle Collection: Ann Demeester on art, war, and context

This content was published on Nov 3, 2023 The Kunsthaus Zürich is making another attempt to deal with the controversial Bührle collection. Director Ann Demeester discusses the exhibition.

Markus Raetz opens his doors to perception in Bern

This content was published on Oct 19, 2023 A retrospective in Bern pays tribute to one of the most prominent Swiss artists of the past 50 years.

Ukraine war: former Estonian president urges Switzerland to lift ban on arms exports

This content was published on Sep 19, 2023 An exclusive interview with former Estonian President Toomas Ilves on the war in Ukraine and Swiss neutrality.

Picture of Sergei Pugachev and Elena Servettaz

Sergei Pugachev: Swiss banks help Putin’s people avoid sanctions

This content was published on Sep 7, 2023 An exclusive interview with former Russian billionaire and outspoken Kremlin critic Sergei Pugachev.

Luc Jacquet, a filmmaker who fears humans more than the Antarctic harshness

This content was published on Aug 8, 2023 The French documentarist has brought his latest work, 'Antarctica Calling', to the Locarno Film Festival.

Technician operating a film editing machine at the Swiss Film Archives

The Cinémathèque Suisse turns 75, and film lovers can rejoice

This content was published on Jul 28, 2023 Founded in 1948, Switzerland's national film archives now sit in state-of-the-arts facilities that can keep its gems safe even in case of nuclear war.

Nigerianer:innen protestieren aus einem Auto für End SARS

‘The world can’t ignore things that are happening in Nigeria’

This content was published on Feb 14, 2023 Diaspora Nigerian and ETH Zurich security expert Medinat Malefakis explains why the upcoming Nigerian elections are particularly important.

Director vs dictator: The enduring relevance of Charlie Chaplin

This content was published on Dec 25, 2022 Actor versus Hitler: Is Charlie Chaplin’s film The Great Dictator still relevant today?

Is war a man’s business?

This content was published on Nov 28, 2022 Political scientist Leandra Bias discusses authoritarianism and anti-feminism.

Global Forum for Democracy 2022 – voices for freedom in Lucerne

This content was published on Sep 23, 2022 Participants at the 10th Global Forum for Modern Direct Democracy on how democracies could be strengthened and made more democratic.

Lucerne, the capital city that never was

This content was published on Sep 21, 2022 Lucerne tried three times to become the Swiss capital. It nonetheless played a decisive role in the birth of Swiss democracy.

How exclusion became the driving force for democratisation

This content was published on Sep 13, 2022 Geneva is a pioneer for giving people with severe mental or physical disabilities the right to vote.

Frau, die im Parlamentssaal voller Männer vereidigt wird.

Gender discrimination: the first Swiss woman in cantonal parliament

This content was published on Aug 16, 2022 The first woman in Switzerland ever to be elected to a cantonal parliament was Raymonde Schweizer.

How a strike threat reshaped Swiss democracy

This content was published on Jul 19, 2022 The general strike called in Olten in 1918 was like an earthquake for Swiss politics.

Russia has passed ‘100 new laws’ restricting press freedom

This content was published on Jul 4, 2022 Galina Timchenko, the Russian-Ukrainian editor-in-chief of meduza.io, still writes about what Russian media can no longer publish due to censorship.