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Swiss television RTS broadcasts THE END OF MALE GYNECOLOGISTS? on April 23. THIN LINE Productions’ latest documentary film explores the world of gynecology, which for decades has been dominated by male practitioners. Are they still legitimate? Who better than a woman…

Two-hour interview on Swiss national radio with Marc Wolfensberger regarding the release of his latest film : “THE END OF MALE GYNAECOLOGISTS?” In the interviewers’ seat: Francesco Biamonte & Pauline Vrolixs – radio interview link (in French) RTS La 1ère – deux…

The International Science Film Festival in Olomouc (CZ) selects INTO THE HEART OF PAIN as part of its main competition (60th edition, April 22-27 2025, selection list). This 85-minute film, coproduced by RTS and Arte, dives into a world of both ordinary and…

INTO THE HEART OF PAIN, the English (subtitled) version of VOYAGE AU COEUR DE LA DOULEUR / ANATOMIE DE LA DOULEUR (85′), coproduced by RTS and Arte, is now available on Vimeo’s VOD platform. Same for the German synchronised version (IM REICH DER SCHMERZEN)…

Petits faussaires, grands soucis, un reportage réalisé pour l’émission Basik de la RTS. Diffusion: lundi 17 février à 20h10. Adaptation SRF : Schwarzfahren auf der Piste – mehr als nur ein Kavaliersdelikt.  Swiss tv RTS broadcasts Petits faussaires, grands…

TV5Monde broadcasts INTO THE HEART OF PAIN  (POURQUOI J’AI MAL? VOYAGE AU COEUR DE LA DOULEUR, 85′) starting from Sept 6.  link Diffusion sur TV5Monde du film documentaire POURQUOI J’AI MAL? VOYAGE AU COEUR DE LA DOULEUR à partir du 6 septembre. Pourquoi sommes-nous…

French-German TV channel Arte broadcasts INTO THE HEART OF PAIN (Arte title: ANATOMIE DE LA DOULEUR / IM REICH DER SCHMERZEN) on June 25 in Arte THEMA. Why are we so ‘unequal’ when it comes to pain? Are there ways to moderate it? Can we increase our resistance to…

PlaySuisse, Swiss television’s VOD platform, acquires the rights for THIN LINE’s latest documentary film INTO THE HEART OF PAIN and also renews the rights for WOMEN UNDERTAKERS: BACK FOR THE DEAD, NOTICE OF PROCEEDINGS, FEMININE PLEASURE: A NEW FRONTIER?, LAKE…

Sky Italia’s Cielo channel airs again “Il Piacere è Donna” on Jan. 1 & Jan. 7 2024. VOD Link (English version) La chaine italienne Cielo rediffuse CAP SUR LE PLAISIR le 1er et le 7 janvier 2024. Lien VOD (titre anglais: FEMININE PLEASURE –…

Swiss public television RTS1 broadcasts INTO THE HEART OF PAIN  (VOYAGE AU COEUR DE LA DOULEUR, 85′) on Oct. 18 at 9 pm . THIN LINE’s first feature film invites viewers to get as close as possible to the experience of pain so that we can better manage the day that it…

The preview of THIN LINE’s documentary film VOYAGE AU COEUR DE LA DOULEUR (INTO THE HEART OF PAIN, 85′) will take place on Oct. 9 at 6:15pm at the CHUV university hospital in Lausanne. The screening will be followed by a round-table discussion with the film’s…

“Il Piacere è Donna“, the Italian version of THIN LINE’s documentary film CAP SUR LE PLAISIR, airs on Sky Italia’s Cielo channel on March 8. VOD Link (English version) La chaine italienne Cielo diffuse CAP SUR LE PLAISIR le 8 mars lors de la…

SRF’s DOK programme airs again IM BETREIBUNGSAMT (52′) , the German version of AVIS DE POURSUITES. SRF-replay available until Feb. 8. Trailer DOK, l’émission documentaire de la SRF, rediffuse IM BETREIBUNGSAMT (52′), la version allemande d’AVIS DE POURSUITES. Replay…

INTO THE HEART OF PAIN (85′), THIN LINE Productions’ first feature-length documentary, gets coproduction approval from Swiss public television RTS and ARTE. Why are we so unequal in the face of pain? Do we have any levers to modulate it? Does suffering…

Belgium TV RTBF to broadcast THIN LINE Productions’ CROQUE-MORT AU FEMININ on Nov. 1 (8:30pm, La Trois, link)   La RTBF diffusera CROQUE-MORT AU FEMININ, produit par THIN LINE, le lundi 1er novembre à 20:30 (La Trois, lien) 

Swiss newspaper 24Heures publishes an interview with AVIS DE POURSUITES’s film director  Marc Wolfensberger after a woman facing  over-indebtedness commits suicide near Lausanne. PDF link Le quotidien 24Heures publie une interview de Marc Wolfensberger, réalisateur du…

Swiss public television RTS1 airs AVIS DE POURSUITES (52′) on Aug. 5. THIN LINE’s documentary film follows debt collectors over time at the Office of Public Prosecutions in Lausanne. In coproduction with RTS/Temps Présent . Available in VOD and on PlaySuisse. RTS…

Swiss public television RSI airs the Italian version of AVIS DE POURSUITES (52′) on July 15. Available in VOD as well as on PlaySuisse. RSI Radiotelevisione Svizzera diffuse “SPIANTATI E PIGNOORATI”, la version italienne d’AVIS DE POURSUITES (52′) le jeudi 15 juillet…

PlaySuisse, Swiss television’s VOD platform, acquires 3-year rights to show several THIN LINE documentary films. CROQUE-MORT AU FEMININ, AVIS DE POURSUITES, CAP SUR LE PLAISIR, FRONTALIERS ENTRE DEUX EAUX et ALZHEIMER A VISAGE HUMAIN are now available free of charge…

Swiss filmmaker Marcel Schüpbach publishes “Instantanés”, a second book full of personal anecdotes witnessing 50 years of cinema. Vernissage on May 20 at the Swiss Cinematheque in Lausanne (bookings). Marcel Schüpbach regularly works with THIN LINE productions (Women…

  Discovery’s Science Channel acquires footage from OIL ROCKS – CITY ABOVE THE SEA . for its ” What on Earth? ” series to be broadcast in the second quarter of 2021. La chaine de télévision américaine Discovery Channel acquiert les droits images de  LA CITE DU PETROLE…

CROQUE-MORT AU FEMININ / DIE BESTATTERINNEN (52′) is selected at the Soleure Swiss Film Festival Jan. 21-27 (film presentation link). This year’s edition will be excusively online. To access the films in competition, please click here. CROQUE-MORT AU…

One-hour debate on Swiss national radio La Première with Yasmine Praz Dessimoz, from the Hospice Général in Geneva, and THIN LINE’s Marc Wolfensberger. In the interviewer’s seat: Pauline Vrolixs – link (in French) Radio Suisse Romande La Première – une heure…

Swiss public television airs  CROQUE-MORT AU FEMININ (52′) on Aug. 13 at 8:15pm. THIN LINE’s documentary film, released in 2019, follows women undertakers as they (re)start dusting off a traditionally opaque profession that lacks both training and safeguards . In…

DOK airs IM BETREIBUNGSAMT, the German version of AVIS DE POURSUITES (52′), on June 24 (8:50pm). Whether you like them or not, debt collectors are part of our economic system. Let’s get a rare glimpse at what their daily workload looks like as the number of…

Swiss public television RTS1 airs AVIS DE POURSUITES (52′) on May 28. THIN LINE Productions’ latest documentary film follows debt collectors over six months at the Office of Public Prosecutions in Lausanne. In coproduction with Swiss public television RTS/…

Rerun of CAP SUR LE PLAISIR on Belgium Television RTBF (La Deux, March 4, 10:40pm) Nouvelle diffusion de CAP SUR LE PLAISIR sur la RTBF (LaDeux) le 4 mars à 22h40. Titre belge: PLAISIR FEMININ, LES NOUVELLES EXPLORATRICES

Premiers pas des élu(e)s vert(e)s à Berne. Diffusion: jeudi 20 février, RTS Un, 20h15. Un reportage pour Temps Présent de Xavier Nicol & Marc Wolfensberger (THIN LINE). Image: Philippe Evêque, son: Nicolas Ducret, Patrick Blache, montage: Véronique Rotelli, durée:…

DIE BESTATTERINNEN, the German synchronised version of CROQUE-MORT AU FEMININ (52′), airs on Swiss German TV SRF1  on Nov. 24  (Sendung: SRF Kultur/Sternstunde) . To access the film on Vimeo, please e-mail Thin Line to obtain the password.  Diffusion le 24 novembre…