Аватар персоны Fernand Melgar

Fernand Melgar

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Né en 1961 dans une famille de syndicalistes espagnols exilés à Tanger au Maroc. Il accompagne clandestinement ses parents qui émigrent en Suisse en 1963 comme travailleurs saisonniers. Il participe à la fondation au début des années 80 le haut lieu de la culture underground de Suisse romande, Le Cabaret Orwell. Après y avoir programmé de la vidéo de création, il devient, en autodidacte, réalisateur et producteur indépendant. À partir de 1983, il bricole des films expérimentaux et des reportages iconoclastes pour la télévision. En 1985, il rejoint l’association Climage et y réalise une dizaine de documentaires, aujourd’hui films de référence sur les questions d’immigration et d’identité. Son documentaire précédent Exit – le droit de mourir a reçu plusieurs distinctions internationales dont le prestigieux Golden Link UER Award de la meilleure coproduction européenne et le Prix du Cinéma Suisse 2006. Lauréat du concours de scénario lancé par la Télévision Suisse Romande, il prépare actuellement sa première fiction, Loin derrière la montagne. Il vit et travaille à Lausanne.​

04-07-1961

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At the Philosophers’ School

At the Philosophers’ School

The first experiences for five mentally handicapped children entering school, who will have to learn how to get along with the others: an almost impossible task, as they seem to be closed to the outside world. But gradually, the class takes shape before our eyes as the students move towards and against everything, much to the amazement and delight of their parents.
6.9

Year:

2018

The Shelter

The Shelter

It is winter at an emergency shelter for the homeless in Lausanne. Every night at the door of this little-known basement facility the same entry ritual takes place, resulting in confrontations which can sometimes turn violent. Those on duty at the shelter have the difficult task of “triaging the poor”: the women and children first, then the men. Although the total capacity at the shelter is 100, only 50 “chosen ones” will be admitted inside and granted a warm meal and a bed. The others know it will be a long night.
6.3

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2014

Le monde est comme ça

Le monde est comme ça

The film recounts the fates of five of the protagonists of the film “Special Flight” following their expulsion from Switzerland. Having been wrenched away from the country in which they had lived and from their children because they had no papers, they are found again in Senegal or Kosovo, in Gambia or Cameroun, destitute and cut off from their families, sometimes even having been tortured upon arrival. This film broaches the private lives of these broken men and testifies to the brutality of a migration policy that is common in Switzerland and in Europe.
6.0

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2013

Special Flight

Special Flight

Switzerland still carries out special flights, where passengers, dressed in diapers and helmets, are chained to their seats for 40 hours at worst. They are accompanied by police officers and immigration officials. The passengers are flown to their native countries, where they haven't set foot in in up to twenty years, and where their lives might be in danger. Children, wives and work are left behind in Switzerland. Near Geneva, in Frambois prison, live 25 illegal immigrants waiting for deportation. They are offered an opportunity to say goodbye to their families and return to their native countries on a regular flight, escorted by plain-clothes police officers. If they refuse this offer, the special flight is arranged fast and unexpectedly. The stories behind the locked cells are truly heartbreaking.
6.1

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2011

Prud'Hommes

Prud'Hommes

"Prud’hommes" is an immersion into the heart of a judicial court that handles disputes between employers and employees. This specific jurisdiction is a place of confrontation where the tensions, suffering and revolts that span the world of employment are exposed. In search of justice or recognition, employees speak out and face their employer face to face. This unique theatre plunges us into a real human drama and forces us to reflect upon today's society.
0.0

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2010

The Fortress

The Fortress

The personal stories of the people from all around the world waiting for a decision in an asylum-seekers centre in one of most restrictive countries in the world, Switzerland.
6.7

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2008

Exit: The Right to Die

Exit: The Right to Die

Switzerland is presently the only country in the world where suicide assistance is legal. Exit: The Right to Die profiles that nation's EXIT organization, which for over twenty years has provided volunteers who counsel and accompany the terminally-ill and severely handicapped towards a death of their choice.
6.3

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2006