Where the heart is

Omar Merlo left Ticino at the age of 18 and emigrated to Australia. Now in his thirties he lives in Cambridge where he's a lecturer in marketing at the Judge Business School.

This content was published on March 25, 2009 - 17:33

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A documentary and animation filmmaker from Bern, Michele studied film at Zurich University of the Arts. He's been a swissinfo.ch video journalist since 2004 and has a special interest in developing new video formats for mobile viewing, mixing animation and documentary styles.

Michele Andina, Cambridge

I met Omar on my last day in England and talked to him about the prospects for young people in Ticino today. (swissinfo.ch)

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