Peter Liechti

Peter Liechti (b. 1951, St. Gallen, Switzerland) Initially a medical student, he later studied art history at the University of Zürich (1971-79). He established a film club in his hometown and has been actively making movies since 1986. His documentaries have taken awards at the festivals in Locarno, Torino, and Leipzig. Two of his films have been screened in the documentary competition at Karlovy Vary: Lucky Jack (Hans im Glück, 2004) and The Sound of Insects – Record of a Mummy (2009), which was subsequently voted Documentary of the Year at the European Film Awards. He has been a guest lecturer at universities in Zürich, Geneva, Lucerne, Lausanne, and Munich, and has frequently sat on festival juries. His latest work, Father’s Garden - The Love of My Parents, premiered in the Forum section at the Berlinale where it was awarded the Tagesspiegel Readers’ Prize, and also the FEDEORA Prize at the Linz festival.

48. MFF karlovy Vary