After a sold out preview at the Gatto Theatre in Ascona, on March 25th, followed by an amazing live concert by James Andrews and Frank Salis, the documentary “La Musica è Vita” was broadcasted on Swiss TV.
The film is about record producer Nicolas Gilliet and pianist Frank Salis, both from Switzerland, who go to New Orleans to record an album with the living legend of Jazz and R&B James Andrews.
Set during a dress rehearsal, “Nuda” brings the Finzi Pasca’s show of the same name to the screen. We see the final preparations and we enter the world of the company, with all its dreamlike and poetic power. Nuda just had a cinema premiere on November 8th and is streaming on RSI Play.
A group of young space enthusiasts from all over the world decides to simulate a mission to the moon. “Mission Asclepios”, Patrik’s new documentary, just aired on Swiss TV.
Luna Park VR is an immersive theatrical experience, filmed with 360° cameras and mics, of the show "Luna Park - Come un giro di giostra" by the Compagnia Finzi Pasca. The sound of the show is recorded in ambisonics, a full-sphere surround sound format. In addition to the horizontal plane, it covers sound sources above and below the listener. The world premiere of this project will be at the Locarno Film Festival, from august 3-13 2022.
Four survival enthusiasts from all over Switzerland talk about their need for self-sufficiency in a time of profound uncertainty and insecurity. “The Art of Survival”, Patrik’s new documentary, just aired on Swiss TV.
The canonization of Mons. Romero is confirmed for October 14th. The documentary RIGHTING THE WRONG (El Desagravio) continues to be presented in cinemas and festivals around the world. Here are the next dates:
THE OTHER HALF OF THE SKY will go on an European tour with Les Ecrans de Chine, a Festival that will bring the film in several cities: Paris, Rome, Torino, Bruxelles, Madrid, Mitylini, Helsinki and Oulu.
SEPTEMBER 16TH 2017
THE OTHER HALF OF THE SKY was selected at the China's Women Film Festival. The screening will be at the Minsheng Art Museum in Beijing on September 17th.
THE OTHER HALF OF THE SKY was selected at the Docs Against Gravity Film Festival in Poland, in the "chinese dream" section. It will compete for the Warsaw documentary award.
MARCH 30TH 2017
THE OTHER HALF OF THE SKY is playing in cinemas in the south of Switzerland. Find all the news in the film's facebook page.
Patrik's new feature film, THE OTHER HALF OF THE SKY: STORIES OF CHINESE BUSINESSWOMEN, was selected at the international documentary competition of the 12th Zurich Film Festival. World premiere on September 24th.
The documentary RIGTHING THE WRONG, about the archbishop of San Salvador, Oscar Arnulfo Romero, aired on Swiss TV. Festival version of 80 minutes to be released soon.
Patrik's new doc "il nido" aired on Swiss tv. It is the following of the project "the first breath" from 2010. 4 years later the filmmaker returned to the same families and captured how they evolved since they last met.
"Quando sarò grande" (when I'm grown up), was selected to screen at the 27th edition of Castellinaria, an international film festival in Switzerland dedicated to youth.
Patrik and the swiss production company Pic-Film just attended "The Asian Side of the Doc" with their new documentary project "The Other Half of the Sky".
The Sound After the Storm has been presented in eight international film fesitvals around the world so far and many more are in the line up. Lombardo Films is our international distributor. The documentary had the first TV broadcast on Swiss TV in august 2010 and will soon have a wide cinema release in Germany. DVD sales also coming soon. For more information please visit the website.
“THE SOUND AFTER THE STORM” WINS THE BEST INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY FILM AWARD AT THE ZURICH FILM FESTIVAL.The International Documentary Film Competition was curated by Christine von Fragstein and its jury headed by Erwin Wagenhoferawarded the Golden Eye to "The Sound After the Storm" by directors Patrik Soergel, Ryan Fenson-Hood and Sven O. Hill, for its courageous revisiting of the victims of Hurricane Katrina long after the media had forgotten them and for the power of its visual and sound imagery in evoking a culture to a large degree destroyed when the hurricane hit.
