Fernand Melgar
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 , focusing on asylum seekers in Switzerland and the conditions they live in, garnered eleven international film festival awards.
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Filmography (documentaries)
- 1983 Performances au Musée Deutsch
- 1986 Le musée imaginaire
- 1987 L'homme-nu
- 1990 Chroniques cathodiques
- 1991 Je zappe donc je suis
- 1993 Album de famille
- 1997 Fou du jeu
- 1998 Classe d'accueil
- 2000-2003 Collection Premier Jour
- 2002 Remue-ménage
- 2003 L'histoire, c'est moi ''
- 2011 Special Flight
- 2013 : Le monde est comme ça
- 2014 : L'Abri
- 2018 : ''À l'école des philosophes''
Awards
- 2008 "Camera-stylo" award at the Rencontres internationales du documentaire de Montréal 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