From the photographs of my family and that of my boyfriend, I realize the portrait of two clans that everything opposes. And between the two: me.
Studio project (2011) by Carina Freire
Documentary / 7min
Synopsis
Based on photographs of my relatives and my companion’s relatives, I have portrayed two families that could hardly be more different. My parents were farmers in Portugal before immigrating to Switzerland in the 1980s. His parents are Swiss academics. And I am somewhere in between.
Comment
Born behind the stones, that is to say poor, in the Portuguese countryside. To leave for Switzerland, full of hope. To work hard, to rise socially. To want the best for your child. Let the years infuse and wait for your daughter (the director) to revisit the family album. With irony.
Jean-Stéphane Bron / Director
Festivals
BA FILM STUDIES
with Verena Paravel
The 2026 documentary film workshop for 2nd year students was lead by french director and visual anthropologist Verena Paravel.
BA GRAPHIC DESIGN
by Joanna Metz
Galerie Nationale offers a glimpse of the young photographic scene in Dakar. In collaboration with a team of Senegalese photographers, the artist organised the exhibition Li Nu Boole, What connects us, which culminated in an opening in May, 2026 at the National Gallery in Dakar. This book documents the preparation of the event, the environment, the artists and their artworks, as well as the spectators taking part as actors during the opening. Through conversations and texts, the artists share their journeys, their visions of what connects us, as well as their reactions to the project. Throughout this project, the artist took on the roles of artistic director, curator, and graphic designer, while living an artistic and human experience in the country of her childhood.
BA GRAPHIC DESIGN
by Arnaud Wenger
Our perception of climate change depends on what we read. How You Read, How You Know is an investigation into the invisible architecture of information. When a wildfire burns, the facts are the same: the hectares, the wind, the displaced lives. But the story told about it never quite is. It shifts depending on who writes, from where, and for whom. This project analyzes the media coverage of two wildfires in 2025: the Los Angeles wildfires in January, and the Corbières wildfires, in the south of France, in August.
BA FILM STUDIES
with Marie-Eve Hildbrand
The 2026 documentary film workshop for 1st year students was lead by swiss director Marie-Eve Hildbrand.
BA PHOTOGRAPHY
with Rineke Dijkstra
What is good portrait? What technique do you choose? What kind of light do you use? Daylight or flash? What location or backdrop do you choose for? How do you choose your subject? How do you approach someone you don’t know? In this workshop, the students have explored what makes a good portrait and which tools you can use to create one.