Biography
Fernand Melgar (1961) focuses on the situation of immigrants in Switzerland, exploring their status and the nature of the bureaucratic system by looking at particular institutions: in The Fortress (La Fortresse, 2008), which won the Golden Leopard in Locarno, it was a center for asylum-seekers, and in Special Flight (Le Vol spécial, 2011) it was a detention facility. Both films were shown at the One World Film Festival in Prague.
MFDF Ji.hlava
Director
| Documentaries | |
|---|---|
| 2018 |
Philosophers' School |
| 2014 |
Shelter, The |
| 2011 |
Special Flight |
| 2008 |
Fortress, The |
| 2005 |
Exit: The Right to Die |
| 2002 |
Sturm im Wasserglas |
| 1998 |
Classe d'accueil |
| 1997 |
Les Frissons du hasard |
| 1994 |
Album de famille (TV movie) |
| Short | |
|---|---|
| 2002 |
Le Combat |
| 2000 |
L'Arrivée |
Producer
| Documentaries | |
|---|---|
| 2018 |
Philosophers' School |
| 2011 |
Special Flight |
| 1995 |
Le Garçon s'appelait Apache |
Screenwriter
| Documentaries | |
|---|---|
| 2018 |
Philosophers' School |
| 2005 |
Exit: The Right to Die |
| 2002 |
Sturm im Wasserglas |
| 1994 |
Album de famille (TV movie) |
| Short | |
|---|---|
| 2002 |
Le Combat |
| 2000 |
L'Arrivée |
Cinematographer
| Documentaries | |
|---|---|
| 2018 |
Philosophers' School |
| 2002 |
Sturm im Wasserglas |
Editor
| Documentaries | |
|---|---|
| 1997 |
Journal de Rivesaltes 1941-1942 |
Les Frissons du hasard |
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