hi there, can anyone tell me how I can find when movies are shown in English in Bern and Geneva? any help would be appreciated. Thank you

In Bern, Westside is a good option with a large selection of movies:
http://pathe-bern.cine.ch/seancesheures.php
Language indicated in front of movie name; English comes often with french/german subtitles.

For a complete search you can use Cineman: http://www.cineman.ch/fr/seances/
If you own an iPhone, Cineman is available as application.

Are English speaking movies generally in English with subtitles, or are they dubbed? I seem to remember something about dubbing on one Swiss visit, and know many TV shows are dubbed. I much prefer subtitles so just wondering.

Thanks.

You find both actually.
On TV, movies are often broadcasted in "dual channel": you can select the dubbed or the original version.

From my experience most of the major movies are shown in their original language (Eng) and some are dubbed, check

http://www.cineman.ch/en/showtimes/p...=Bern&spoken=E


For example,

The Book of Eli
14:15, 20:00 Egf | 14/16y.

Capital E = Spoken English
Lower case g+f = german and french subs

Too easy.

Excellent, I'm glad about that. And thanks for how to decipher the code! The German subtitles might also help my German practise!

In the Swiss French part of the country the codes used for the movies are as follows:

VO - Original Version (so if an English film, it will be English with F/D subtitles)

VF - French Version (dubbed in French)

For OV movies i usually visit the Pathè Cinemas. In Geneva theres one at the bus station and another one in Balexpert shopping mall.