NEWS

12.08.2023: Lea Bloch wins two awards at the XYth Locarno Film Festival

Lea Bloch’s short film project was supported by the Story Lab. Now, the young film-maker has received two awards at the Locarno Film Festival. Further information.

06.04.2023: New funding opportunities

The Migros Culture Percentage offers two new funding opportunities for audiovisual projects. Further information.

20.01.2023: Impressions from Solothurn, workshop with Maria Villadsen and Niels Alberg, Coworking im Uferbau, Solothurn

Maria Villadsen and Niels Alberg from the “PUBLIKUM” program presented the evaluation of their analysis to the Story Lab projects in a workshop. Further information.

20.01.2023: Impressions from Solothurn, “Im Atelier” opening event, Kino im Uferbau, Solothurn

How does a film reach its audience? Growing competition from streaming services is making this question increasingly important. That’s why we have focused this year’s event on the topic of audience building. Further information.

28.09.2022: Futura! at the 18th Zurich Film Festival

It’s time: The first of the projects promoted by the Migros Culture Percentage Story Lab is celebrating its world premiere at the 18th Zurich Film Festival. “Futura!” will be shown as part of a series of special screenings. The ZFF will screen all ten episodes of this documentary mini-series. “Futura!” will also be available on the Play Suisse streaming platform at the same time. Further information.

24.01.2022: Impressions from Solothurn, Masterclass with Khadidja Benouataf and Vivian Schröder, Solothurn

Khadidja Benouataf and Vivian Schröder gave a hybrid audience of about 50 people an exciting look at Impact Producing. What is impact? And what isn’t? Futher information

15.08.2021: Article on SRF

Click here for the article on SRF.CH: Keine Traumfabrik: Die Filmbranche macht es Frauen schwer (in German)

22.06.2021: The supported projects of the Migros Culture Percentage Story Lab

The Migros Culture Percentage Story Lab hits the nerve of the times: no less than 224 submissions reached us at the first submission deadline. In particular, we are pleased that the entire offer is actually taken up. The whole spectrum reached us: from games to feature films, from series to documentaries, from XR to animation. Click here for the supported projects.

06.05.2021: Overwhelming response to the first tender

April 12 marked the submission deadline for the first tender of the Story Lab of the Migros Culture Percentage. Our support is in high demand, with 224 applications submitted.

22.01.2021: Article on SRF

Click here for the article on SRF.CH: Die Schweiz hat jetzt ein Film-Labor für virtuelle Welten (in German)

22.01.2021: The Story Lab of the Migros Culture Percentage has been launched

The Migros Culture Percentage Story Lab has been launched. Entries are possible as of now. Discover now what the new funding project entails: Trailer.

18.01.2021: Article in the Migros Magazine

The Migros Culture Percentage has supported 18 films that will be shown at the 56th Solothurn Film Festival from 20 to 27 January 2021. In addition, the Migros Culture Percentage Story Lab is the main programme partner of the new section “Im Atelier”. Click here for the article in the Migros magazine (in german).