Born in São Paulo, Brazil, editor at the Portuguese Dept. and responsible for swissinfo.ch Culture beat. Degrees in Film and Business & Economics, worked at Folha de S. Paulo, one of Brazil’s leading dailies, before moving to Switzerland in 2000 as international correspondent for various Brazilian media. Based in Zurich, Simantob worked with print and digital media, international co-productions of documentary films, visual arts (3.a Bienal da Bahia; Johann Jacobs Museum/Zurique), and was guest lecturer on Transmedia Storytelling at the Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts (HSLU – Camera Arts, 2013-17).
From Dada to Concrete Art: when Zurich was a modernist battleground
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A new book about the pioneers of Concretism fills a gap in the history of the most internationally influential Swiss art movement of the 20th century.
Israel, diaspora, Gaza: Swiss film festival exposes the fault lines of Jewish identity
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Michel Rappaport, director of the Yesh! Jewish Film Festival in Zurich, talks about the soul-searching within the Jewish diaspora in the aftermath of the October 7 terrorist attacks.
Unique Brazilian Modernism art exhibition takes over Swiss capital
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An unprecedented exhibition in Bern seeks to insert 20th century Brazilian art into the grand narrative of “global modernism”.
Women rule and animals roam in Ramon Zürcher’s human zoo
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Ramon Zürcher's new film arrives in Swiss cinemas, concluding the Animal Trilogy. With a unique psychological aesthetic, the director transforms spaces into emotional chessboards.
Swiss film exposes xenophobia as weapon against the working class
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Filmmaker Samir’s new documentary about Italian immigrants is a tale of xenophobia, resilience, and a call to avoid past prejudices.
The man from Shanghai: Marco Müller keeps sowing the future of cinema
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The former director of the Locarno Film Festival is fostering a new generation of Chinese filmmakers, who may soon turn China into the largest film industry in the world.
Future of Locarno Film Festival lies in discreet charm of new president
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Switzerland’s most prestigious film festival starts today, marking the debut of Maja Hoffmann as its new president. She wants to raise the festival’s profile.
Art Basel keeps its lead as art fairs go corporate and scramble for markets
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As the leading art fairs incorporate into big holdings and expand on a planetary scale, are smaller fairs being squeezed out of existence?
An Alpine carnival: Switzerland stars as a superfiction at the Venice Biennale
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The Swiss-Brazilian artist Guerreiro do Divino Amor will represent Switzerland for the 60th edition of the Venice Art Biennale.
Le Corbusier’s Punjab album sheds light on India’s modernist drive
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The publication of the Swiss architect’s sketchbooks for the creation of the city of Chandigarh in the 1950s is a snapshot of the moment when India finally felt free to shape its own future.
She yodelled her way into jazz, now she wants to reclaim Switzerland
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Gabriela Martina learned to yodel at home before setting off to expand her singing skills abroad. But her native Switzerland still eludes the singer.
The 76th Locarno Film Festival was a big success but its future is a big unknown
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The festival exceeded even the most optimistic expectations. The shape of its next edition, however, depends on where its new president steers it.
Radu Jude and the joys of making a cinema masterpiece
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Interview with Romanian director Radu Jude, whose film Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World won a Special Jury Prize in Locarno.
