News, August 25, 2011

Celebrating the 70th birthday of Markus Imhoof the film "The Mountain" will be broadcasted on Swiss television.

On September 18th the film "The Journey" will be screened by the Filmpodium Zürich. Markus Imhoof will be attending and answering questions after the screening.

For more information on the new documentary "More than Honey" please visit http://morethanhoney-blog.de/.

The book "Schweizer Filmregisseure in Nahaufnahme - von Höhenfeuer bis Herbstzeitlosen" ('Swiss filmmakers in close-up - from Höhenfeuer to Herbstzeitlosen') by Andrea Seiler and Peter Würmli will be presented at the Locarno Filmfestival on August 5th, 4pm, Bar la Barca (Via Borghese 14, Locarno, Apéro des BAK, Tickets www.ruefferundrub.ch, info@ruefferundrub.ch, Telefon +41 (0)44 381 77 30, Fax +41 (0)44 381 77 54.)

August 2011: Final takes for "More than Honey" (in Vienna and Berner Oberland).


News, August 25, 2011

August 31st "The Journey" will be broadcasted on 3sat.


News, April 04, 2011

Shooting of the film "More than Honey" in Makrostudio Wien. The beekeeper Peter Hopfgartner is taking care of 15 colonies of bees
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News, April 04, 2010

April 2010 to Mai 2011
Shooting of the film "More than Honey" in Europe, USA, Australien and China. Director of photography: Jörg Jeshel, Sound: Dieter Meyer, Co-writer and assistant: Kerstin Hoppenhaus, Production: Thelma Film AG Zürich; Ormenis Film AG Zürich; Zero one Film GmbH Berlin; Allegro film GmbH Wien.


News, January 01, 2010

"Beautiful Tania" ("Tabu") Screenplay by Markus Imhoof based on one year research about women trafficking in Germany, Switzerland, Poland, Ukraine and Moldawia, Co-writer Holger Franke ("Alles auf Zucker"). The Film Board rejects the application argumenting: "The balancing act between Tragedy and Comedy seems fragile." - Indeed, this was our concern.

"Promise the Moon" Screenplay on an impostor's story by Markus Imhoof. The fiction is overtaken by the impressions of the financial<< crisis. (There is no connection between the screenplay and another film with the same original title.)

News, August 01, 2009

The film «The Boat is Full» will be screened on Swiss television:
August 13th, 2009, 20.00 and 22.35 on SFHD
August 16th, 2009, 13.05 on SF
August 20th, 2009, 10.00 and 14.50 on SFHD


News, July 05, 2009

The film «The Boat is Full» will be screened on Israelian television in mid-July 2009.

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News, January 19, 2009

The film «The Mountain» will be screened on February 1st, 2009 on Swiss television.


News, July 09, 2008

The film «The Journey» will be screened on September 14th, 2008 on 3SAT.

The Academy of Arts Berlin screens «The Journey» as part of the exhbition „Kunst und Revolte“ (Art and Revolt). From April 17th until July 27th, 2008, daily 15.40, Pariser Platz, Room 1.



News, April 05, 2008

In May 2008 Markus Imhoof writes in a Swiss television weblog twice a week on issues concerning 1968. (http://kulturplatz.blog.sf.tv/author/imhoof)

«The Journey» will be screened on Swiss television on May 14th, 2008 and May 28th, 2008 on TSI .



News, March 01, 2008

«The Boat is Full», «The Journey», «The Mountain» and «Fire in Paradise» are now available seperately. Each DVD encloses several different language versions and subtitles, interviews and additional bonus material. (shop)




  A US edition of the digitally remastered version of «The Boat Is Full» is now available on DVD. In addition to the original language version with English subtitles there are several bonus features enclosed. For more information see the shop.






The Markus Imhoof Collection: «The Boat is Full», «The Journey», «The Mountain» and «Fire in Paradise». 4 DVDs with several different language versions, an interview with Markus Imhoof and additional bonus material. For more information see the shop.





News, May 20, 2004

«The Boat is Full» comes back to Swiss cinemas

«Imhoof blew away the myths... his film is as much as good as necessary.»
– Friedrich Dürrenmatt

After the successful reedition at this year's Berlin International Film Festival and the Tribeca Film Festival, New York, the digitally restored version of «The Boat is Full» will go on release in Swiss cinemas as well.

The Swiss opening night will be on June 2nd, 2004, at 9 o'clock p.m. in the RiffRaff Cinema, Zurich, in the presence of Markus Imhoof, Mathias Gnädinger, and Renate Steiger.

On June 3rd there will be the Winterthur opening night in the Loge Cinema.

Further screenings will take place in Basel, Schaffhausen, St Gallen, Bern, etc., and Western Switzerland. (For distribution details see contact)



News, Feb 09, 2004

The restored version of Markus Imhoof’s film «The Boat is Full» will be shown on the Berlin Film Festival again, where it was awarded a Silver Bear in 1981.

      9. February, 9:30 p.m. in the «Filmpalast» on Kurfürstendamm 225

The original negative of the film was found heavily damaged in a chapel in Rome. With help of the Swiss association Memoriav and other generous sponsors the damages were repaired and the film was touched up and digitally restored by the company Swiss Effects. This process took three years to accomplish. The launching of the again seaworthy boat will be a «Berlinale Special».

Presentations in Switzerland are in preparation for spring 2004.