Max Bill – the master’s vision


A film by Erich Schmid

The film about Max Bill (1908-1994) moves between the dynamic fields of art, aesthetics and politics. Max Bill was probably the most important swiss artist of the 20th century and the most famous student to come out of the legendary Bauhaus in Dessau. He was an ardent anti-fascist and all his avant-garde work as an artist, sculptor, architect and typographer showed a social responsibility and environmental awareness right through his life. His views have become incredibly topical.
 


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Listen to music from the film...
André Bellmont, composer; Jazz Quintet assembled by Daniel Schenker

> Max Bill's Connections with the U.S.

Festivals and Screenings

Stampa GR CHSalone Piz DuanJuly 13th, 2013, Samstag, 20:00
Filmfest Prag-Brünn CZOctober 16th, 2013


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Award at the Film Festival Locarno 2008

Jury of the Critic's Week:  «Erich Schmid has made an original, personal and affectionate film in memory of Max Bill whose radiant creations as a painter, architect and teacher have had a huge influence on the art scene throughout the world.»

11th Int. Panorama Tessaloniki 2009

Memorable Award

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The film has already been shown

in 104 cities in 15 coutries

Albania
Tirana Universiteti POLIS;

Austria
Klagenfurt Neues Volkskino;

Brazil
São Paulo SESC;

Bulgaria
Sofia Orthogonal at The Red House; Red House; Red House;

Canada
Montréal FiFa Festival international du Film sur l'art; Goethe Institute; Musee de beaux arts;

France
Colmar Le Colisée; Lyon Ecole nationale supérieure des beaux-arts; Nancy Ecole nationale supérieure d'architecture; Paris Centre culturel suisse; Cite universitaire/le corbusier pavillon suisse; Maison des ensembles; Musée du Louvre (JIFA); Strasbourg Musée d'Art Moderne et Contemporaine;

Germany
Badenweiler-Lipburg Dorfschranne; Bamberg Lichtspiel Kino; Berlin Babylon Mitte; Bauhaus-Archiv; FSK am Oranienplatz; Bochum Endstation Kino; Bonn CineVision; Bremen Atlantis; City Kino; Chemnitz Clubkino Siegmar; Duisburg Filmforum; Lehmbruck Museum; Erfurt Kino Klub; Erlangen Lamm Lichtspiele; Frankfurt Mal Seh'n Kino; Pupille; Freiberg Pi-Haus; Freiburg Kandelhof; Gutersloh Bambi; Hamburg Kinemathek; Metropolis; Hannover Kommunales Kino; Heilbronn Cinemaxx; Koki; Ingolstadt Audi Forum; Jena Schillerhof; Karlsruhe Badisches Landesmuseum; Schauburg; Kassel Bali; Kempten Coloseum; Kunsthalle; Kirchberg/Jagst Kino Klappe; Kulturzentrum Schloß-Schule; Köln Filmpalette; Haus der Architektur; Leipzig Museum Grassi; Ludwigsburg Caligari Kino; Ludwigshafen Wilhelm Hack Museum; München Arena; Gasteig; Nürnberg Neues Museum; Passau Scharfrichter-Kino; Pforzheim Kommunales Kino; Potsdam Thalia; Reichenau Weitwinkel; Reutlingen Kunstverein; Rostock LiWu; Saarbrücken Achteinhalb; Schwäbisch Gmünd Brazilkino; Seefeld Breitwand; Simmern/Hunsrück Pro-Winzkino; Starnberg Breitwand; Stuttgart Akademie der Künste; Atelier am Bollwerk; Tuttlingen Scala; Ulm Obscura; Weimar Kommunales Kino; Weingarten Linse; Wiesbaden Caligari Filmbühne; Würzburg CinemaxX;

Hungary
Pècs KINO APOLLO;

Italy
Carrara S.G.F.; Carrara/Torano S.G.F. Scultura;

Lithuania
Vilnius (Litauen) Nacionaline dailes galerija;

Monaco
Monaco Club Suisse;

Netherlands
Den Haag Gemeentemuseum;

Switzerland
Acquarossa Blenio; Basel kult.kino Atelier/Camera; Bern Kino im Kunstmuseum; Biel Filmpodium/CentrePasquArt; Palace; Rex; Brugg Odeon; Chur Apollo; Frauenfeld Luna; Fribourg Cinema Corso; La Chaux de Fonds Scala; Lausanne Zinema; Lenk Cinema; Liestal Sputnik; Locarno Filmfestival: Kursaal, Fevi; Lugano/Massagno Lux; Luzern Bourbaki; Mannedorf Wildenmann; Moosseedorf BE Openair; Murten Feuerwehrmagazin; Neuchatel Apollo; Neuhausen Cinevox (von Max Bill erbaut); Olten Tiffany; Pontresina Rex; Rapperswil Hochschule für Technik; Reinach Atelier; Schaan taKINO; Schaffhausen Kiwi Scala; Scuol Nairs; St. Gallen KinoK; Theatre du Vidy ; Thusis Rätia; Winterthur Loge; Zug Gotthard/Seehof; Zumikon Gemeindezentrum; Haus Bill (von Max Bill erbaut); Zurich Arthouse Nord-Süd/Commercio/Movie/Uto;

United Kingdom
London Annely Juda Fine Art; The Barbican;

United States
Boston Massachusetts Institute of Technology MIT Department of Architecture; Chicago Gene Siskel Film Center; Northwestern University; New York Cooper Union Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences; Storefront Gallery for Art and Architecture; The Watermill Center of Robert Wilson; San Francisco Goethe Institute; Seattle University of Washington; Washington DC National Gallery of Art; Embassy of Switzerland in cooperation with the American Institute of Architects;

Festivals / Awards

Brazil
Nova Friburgo(Rio de Janeiro) Fri Cine; São Paulo Panorama SESC do cinema suico, 2009;

Canada
Montréal Festival international du Film sur l'art FIFA (selected in competition); Victoria BC Film Festival.;

France
Nancy Goethe-Institut; Paris Journées internationales du film sur l'art (JIFA) au Musee du Louvre, 2010;

Greece
Rodos International Film + Visual Arts Festival ecofilms '09 (selected in competition); Thessaloniki Panorama of Independent Cinema Creators 2009 (award granted for the participation);

Switzerland
Locarno Film Festival Locarno 2008 (awarded by Semaine de la Critique); Solothurn Solothurner Filmtage 2009;

United States
Philadelphia Documentary & Fiction Festival 2009;