A decade after “Aloys” won the Fipresci Prize at the Berlin Festival’s Panorama, Swiss filmmaker Tobias Nölle returns to the section with “Tristan Forever,” a meditative, genre-elusive hybrid that tracks a French doctor’s 30-year obsession with Tristan da Cunha, the world’s most isolated inhabited island, and his bid to settle there permanently. Produced by Hugofilm […]
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A decade after “Aloys” won the Fipresci Prize at the Berlin Festival’s Panorama, Swiss filmmaker Tobias Nölle returns to the section with “Tristan Forever,” a meditative, genre-elusive hybrid that tracks a French doctor’s 30-year obsession with Tristan da Cunha, the world’s most isolated inhabited island, and his bid to settle there permanently. Produced by Hugofilm […] This article provides comprehensive coverage and analysis of current events.
A decade after “Aloys” won the Fipresci Prize at the Berlin Festival’s Panorama, Swiss filmmaker Tobias Nölle returns to the section with “Tristan Forever,” a meditative, genre-elusive hybrid that tracks a French doctor’s 30-year obsession with Tristan da Cunha, the world’s most isolated inhabited island, and his bid to settle there permanently. Produced by Hugofilm […]
Home Global Global Feb 17, 2026 6:07am PT Tobias Nölle Returns to Berlinale Panorama With Hybrid Island Portrait ‘Tristan Forever’ Swiss director revisits Panorama with a genre-blurring study of obsession and belonging set on Tristan da Cunha, the world’s most remote inhabited island. By Callum McLennan Plus Icon Callum McLennan Latest Catalonia Pushes Beyond Arthouse 3 days ago ‘Iván & Hadoum,’ ‘Ravalear: Not for Sale’ Lead Catalonia’s Varied Slate 3 days ago Ian de la Rosa Bows ‘Iván & Hadoum’ at Berlin, a ‘Classic Love Story With Characters Who Are Anything but Classic’ 4 days ago See All Tristan Forever A decade after “Aloys” won the Fipresci Prize at the Berlin Festival’s Panorama, Swiss filmmaker Tobias Nölle returns to the section with “Tristan Forever,” a meditative, genre-elusive hybrid that tracks a French doctor’s 30-year obsession with Tristan da Cunha, the world’s most isolated inhabited island, and his bid to settle there permanently. Produced by Hugofilm Features, SRF Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen and Arte G.E.I.E., the film is co-directed and co-written by its own subject, Loran Bonnardot, the doctor in question. “Tristan Forever” is a shift for Nölle, who has built a body of fiction work defined by meticulous planning. Here, he surrendered control to instinct and to the rhythms of a volcanic rock in the South Atlantic reachable by only six to eight boats a year. Related Stories 'Fing!’ Review: Roald Dahl Meets E.T. in Jeffrey Walker’s Classical Tale of a Problem Child and Her Lovable Creature
