Thomas Burkhalter

  • Thomas Burkhalter
Film director, Actor, Journalist
(Male)
Principal country concerned : Column : Cinema/tv
Switzerland

Dr. Thomas Burkhalter is an ethnomusicologist, AV-artist, filmmaker and music journalist from Switzerland. He is the founder and director of Norient - Performing Music Research and the Norient Film Festival (NFF). He co-directed the documentary film "Contradict" (2020), and is the author of the book "Local Music Scenes and Globalization: Transnational Platforms in Beirut", and he co-edited books like "The Arab Avant Garde: Musical Innovation in the Middle East".

Films

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Partners

  • Arterial network
  • Media, Sports and Entertainment Group (MSE)
  • Gens de la Caraïbe
  • Groupe 30 Afrique
  • Alliance Française VANUATU
  • PACIFIC ARTS ALLIANCE
  • FURTHER ARTS
  • Zimbabwe : Culture Fund Of Zimbabwe Trust
  • RDC : Groupe TACCEMS
  • Rwanda : Positive Production
  • Togo : Kadam Kadam
  • Niger : ONG Culture Art Humanité
  • Collectif 2004 Images
  • Africultures Burkina-Faso
  • Bénincultures / Editions Plurielles
  • Africiné
  • Afrilivres

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