Tristan Forever released in Swiss Cinemas
Tristan Forever Update
From Fabienne Erzinger of the Swiss company Hugo Film
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Cinema releaseTristan Forever had its cinema release Zurich, Kino Riffraff, Aarau, Free Film, Basel, Stadtkino, Bern, Kino Rex, Brugg, Odeon, Frauenfeld, Cinema Luna, Liestal, Cinema Sputnik, Lucerne, Bourbaki, Meiringen, Meiringen Cinema, Romanshorn, Roxy, Schaffhausen, Scala, Schwyz, Cinema Schwyz, St. Gallen, Kinok, Thusis, Cinema Rhaetia, Uster, qtopia, Wädenswil, Schlos. Upcoming Film Festivals- San Sebastian Film Festival, Spain, From Sept 24 https://www.sansebastianfestival.com/2026/sections_and_films/7/740488/in - Reykjavik, Int Film Festival, Iceland, Sept 24 - Oct 4 - Bogota Int Film Festival, Colombia, Oct 8 - 14 - La Roche-sur-Yon, France, Oct 12 - 18 |
Praise for Tristan Forever
The film's website https://www.tristanforever.com/Stimmen has a series of comments on the film:
"A captivating film full of unforgettable images!"
Dan Mecca - The Film Stage
"a great cinematic goosebump moment"
Michael Sennhauser
"once like an Edward Hopper painting, then again like one by William Turner"
Urs Bühler - NZZ
"An inspiring, masterfully staged docudrama."
Vladan Petkovic - Cineeuropa
"A simply magical experience. If you haven't fallen for Tristan da Cunha after 90 minutes, is very hard-boiled."
Roland Meier - Outnow
"a touching work about longing, fantasy and the power of utopias"
Henriette Bornkamm - SRF
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A still from the film Tristan Forever
featuring lead actor Loran Bonnardot and a Northern Rockhopper Penguin.
Moulting rockhopers are frequently seen in the Tristan Settlement every year.
Laudation, Winner of the Main Prize for Best Director, Krakow International Film Festival
Through its unique cinematic vision and poetic, hybrid form, this film examines the inner conflict between a person and their imagined self, exploring the universal longing for home and identity. Pushing the boundaries of creative documentary cinema, the film – by virtue of its originality, sensitivity, and emotional depth – travels through time to reflect upon the relentless impatience of human nature in the face of societal expectations. For this outstanding artistic achievement, we award the Golden Horn to Tristan Forever.
Laudation, Winner for Best Cinematography, Schwerin International Film Festival
How do you show the intermediate world of magic and hard reality? Where is the balance to be found in this? The deep longing for community in solitude - how can images be found for an inner, consuming search? This film moves between reality, fiction and dream with precise, poetic images of a utopian distant place. They are cinematic paintings, sensitively captured light between day and night, inside and outside. The image design captivates with its mystical atmosphere and palpable haptics. The film asks existential questions about belonging and visualizes inner doubts: Does this place of longing exist or is it all just a dream? The prize for the best cinematography in documentary film goes to Tobias Nölle for Tristan Forever.
More on the Schwerin International Film Festival Tristan forever award:
Tobias Nölle won the award for Best Cinematography (Beste Bildgestaltung) in the Documentary Film Competition at the Schwerin Art of Film Festival (Filmkunstfest MV) for his work on the film Tristan Forever. The prize includes a €2,500 cash award funded by the Sparkasse Mecklenburg-Schwerin. Nölle, who also directed, wrote, and co-edited the highly praised documentary-fiction hybrid tracking a French doctor's journey to the isolated South Atlantic island of Tristan da Cunha, noted during his acceptance that he planned to invest the prize money into his upcoming paternity leave.
See more about Tristan Forever on these pages:
Premiere at Berlin Film Festival
Golden Horn at Krakow Film Festival
Tristan Forever at Tristan Association 2027 Annual Gathering