Fernand Melgar
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Fernand Melgar is a Swiss actor, producer, director and film editor. The son of Spanish immigrants, Melgar has lived in Lausanne
since 1963. Melgar's documentary The Fortress garnered eleven international film festival awards.
Lausanne
Lausanne is a city in Romandy, the French-speaking part of Switzerland, and is the capital of the canton of Vaud. The seat of the district of Lausanne, the city is situated on the shores of Lake Geneva . It faces the French town of Évian-les-Bains, with the Jura mountains to its north-west...
since 1963. Melgar's documentary The Fortress garnered eleven international film festival awards.
Filmography (documentaries)
- 1983 Performances au Musée Deutsch
- 1986 Le musée imaginaire
- 1987 L'homme-nu
- 1990 Chroniques cathodiques (co-director)
- 1991 Je zappe donc je suis
- 1993 Album de famille
- 1997 Fou du jeu (film collective "Les frissons du hasard")
- 1998 Classe d'accueil
- 2000-2003 Collection Premier Jour ( Le Combat, L'Arrivée, L'Apprentissage, La Visite, La Vente, Le Stage, L'Attente, L'Inalpe, La Rentrée, L'Ordination)
- Remue-ménage
- 2003 L'histoire, c'est moi (À table, À l'arrière, “J”]
- 2005
- Le puits
- EXIT, le droit de mourir
- Cartographies n° 6 – La vallée de la jeunesse
- 2008 The Fortress
Awards
- 2008 "Camera-stylo" award at the Rencontres internationales du documentaire de MontréalRencontres internationales du documentaire de MontréalRencontres internationales du documentaire de Montreal also known by the acronym RIDM is Montreal, Canada's international documentary film festival....
for The Fortress - 2008 Grand Prize at the Tehran International Documentary Film Festival for The Fortress
- 2010 Silver Magnolia - Best Social Documentary at the MIDA Shanghai Festival