Rolf Leuenberger

Curator and owner of the Cine Museo 65 in Sessa

Rolf Leuenberger, curator and owner of the Cine Museo 65 in Sessa.

Once upon a time ...

there was Rolf who liked to make short movies on his own and from time to time he went to festivals with or without his films.

Main life stages

Rolf Leuenberger, Curator Cine Museo 65, Sessa TI
Rolf Leuenberger, Curator Cine Museo 65, Sessa TI

 

  • Born 1953 in Bern
  • Non commercial Filmmaker since 1970
  • Living in Ticino (Switzerland) since 1974
  • President of Cinedoc in 1980 (7 years)
  • Founder of CiAC in 1984 and
  • President of CIAC (18 years)
  • Round the world trip in 1993
  • Videomaker since 1994
  • Jury member UNICA in 2005
  • Member of FVCL since 2007
  • Member of Lichtspiel Bern since 2010
  • Cine collector since 2010
  • Adviser UNICA Committee 2009 (6 years)
  • Early retirement in 2011
  • Film Trip in Myanmar in 2012 (29 days)
  • Living in Sessa since 2013
  • Member of VAL since 2014
  • Jury co-ordinator UNICA  since 2018
  • Member of INEDITS since 2018
  • Member of VSM/ASM since 2019
  • New member of Memoriav in 2020 ?

Video Portraits of the Artist

Efrain Nadereau Maceo, Santiago de Cuba, Cuba (Foto RL 11.2001)
Efrain Nadereau Maceo, Santiago de Cuba, Cuba (Foto RL 11.2001)

 

  • Adams Michael, Seychelles
  • Alhinho Tété, Cabo Verde
  • Bowers Tom, Seychelles
  • Filippin Antonio, Seychelles 
  • Furrer Renée, Genève
  • Kamermann Annarita, Sessa
  • Kammermann Hansruedi, Sessa
  • Knowles Thomas, Seychelles
  • Monthy Daniel, Seychelles
  • Nadereau Maceo Efrain, Cuba
  • Petraglio Manuela, Arzo
  • Röhtlisberger Yrini, Bern
  • Sema Lopi, Cabo Verde
  • Zumthor Peter, Expo 2000, Hannover

Video Life-artist Portraits

Hans Roskamp, Ponta do Sol, Santo Antao, Cabo Verde (Foto RL 6.2001)
Hans Roskamp, Ponta do Sol, Santo Antao, Cabo Verde (Foto RL 6.2001)

 

  • Baenziger Elisabeth, Zürich
  • Gilardini Daisy, Vancouver
  • Kaufmann Adriano, Beride
  • Köhler Marco, Gentilino
  • Kropik Werner, Lugano
  • Lemme Miriam, Locarno
  • Lindberg Maria, Ekenäs
  • Mandl Alfred, Cabo Verde
  • Roskamp Hans, Cabo Verde
  • St. Ange Myriam, Seychelles
  • Tamayo Eddy, Cuba
  • Widmer Frank, Taba
  • Zanini Luigi, Cabo Verde
  • and many other people

Travel Videos

Arakan River, Rakhine State, Myanmar
Arakan River, Rakhine State, Myanmar

 

  • Bali & Sulawesi
  • Cabo Verde
  • Cuba
  • Europe (incl. trips to UNICA)
  • India
  • Myanmar (former Burma)
  • Seychelles
  • South Korea
  • Sri Lanka (former Ceylon)
  • Togo
  • Tunesie
  • Peru
  • USA
  • Vietnam

Meeting Film Friends

  • Grand Prix Sony
  • SAFIT
  • Festival swiss.movie
  • Festival der Nationen
  • One minute movie
  • ...