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E ditorial Swiss film and the film-going public guarantee that which, alongside quality, is the overriding criterion in film promotion: diversity. This diversity is of course first and foremost down to producers, directors and screenplay writers, their profes sionalism and the originality of their projects. However, it is also due to the fact that the Swiss market is dispersed and divided into three linguistic regions with differing cultures. It is therefore not surprising that Switzerland has a high density of producers, as you can see in this guide. However, diversity not only exists in the production and making of feature films, documentaries or animated films, but also on the screen. In the context of European film, there is a large audience for Swiss film in the cinema. Increasingly, access to culturally valuable films is also being sought outside conventional cinema release via online platforms. It is therefore all the more surprising that there is a growth in film viewings at festivals in Switzerland due to people wishing to experience films first hand, and that festivals are gaining in importance as a further outlet in the range of film release channels. The impact of film culture in the home country is one thing, but how it is perceived abroad through its international presence and the recognition afforded to films at renowned foreign festivals and competitions is another. One thing is certain, Swiss film can benefit enormously from intensive interaction with neighbouring countries. That is why European coproductions are extremely welcome. They support and encourage quality and diversity in Swiss film. Ivo Kummer Head of the cinema department of the Federal Culture Office
Swiss films can be seen on screens all over the world. Film festivals from Berlin to Venice and from Buenos Aires to Yamagata are presenting the most recent fiction, documentary, animation and short film productions from Switzerland. Many films appear in cinemas throughout Europe, America and Asia or are broadcast on television in a host of countries. Works by famous Swiss filmmakers are showcased in retrospectives at festivals and in film museums – which has already been the case in Latin America for the maestro Alain Tanner and in Madrid for the documentary filmmaker Richard Dindo in Spring 2012. Serving as the Swiss filmmakers’ partner, the promotion agency backs this diversity of initiatives, supporting them financially and establishing international contacts with festivals, world sales, distribution firms and television stations. provides international professionals in the film industry with information about new films and trends in Switzerland. The promotion agency fosters the participation of Swiss films at festivals with subsidies and reinforces the chances of an international release with direct support to foreign distribution firms. is, with its team in Zurich and Geneva, as well as with its website www.swissfilms.ch, your link to Swiss films. Micha Schiwow Director SWISS FILMS
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SWISS AUDIOVISUAL GUIDE may not be reproduced in any form without written permission of the publisher. This guide is distributed: – by SWISS FILMS at the following film festivals and film markets - Cannes, Festival & MIF (16-27.5.2012) - Annecy MIFA (4-9.6.2012) - Locarno International Film Festival (1-11.8.2012) - Montréal Festival des films du monde (23.8-3.9.2012) - Toronto International Film Festival (6-16.9.2012) - San Sebastian Festival Internacional de Cine (21-29.9.2012) - Zurich Film Festival (20-30.9.2012) - Leipzig Int. Festival für Dokumentar- und Animationsfilme (29.10-4.11.2012) - Genève Cinéma Tous Ecrans (2-9.11.2012) - Amsterdam Documentary Film Festival (14-25.11.2012) - Solothurn Film Festival (24-31.1.2013) - Clermond-Ferrand Short Film Festival (1-9.2.2013) - Berlin International Film Festival & EFM (8-18.2.2013) - Nyon Visions du Réel (17-24.4.2013)
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Neugasse 6, Postfach, CH-8031 Zürich Tel: +41.43-211.40.50, Fax: +41.43-211.40.60 e-mail: info@swissfilms.ch www.swissfilms.ch
Geneva office Maison des Arts du Grütli 16, rue Général-Dufour, CH-1204 Genève Tel: +41.22-308.12.40, Fax +41.22-308.12.41 e-mail: geneva@swissfilms.ch www.swissfilms.ch The SWISS FILMS Foundation is the promotion agency for Swiss filmmaking. It was initiated by the film industry. The foundation develops activities and provides services aimed at facilitating public relations and the distribution of Swiss film productions in Switzerland and abroad. The promotion agency serves as a partner to Swiss filmmakers and producers. SWISS FILMS has a performance-based contract with the Federal Office of Culture. SWISS FILMS supports the presence of Swiss film productions at international festivals and markets and also assists their distribution in cinemas abroad. The events and programmes organised by SWISS FILMS for home and abroad and in collaboration with different partners aid in increasing the public’s awareness of the national film scene, which has experienced an upswing for the past several years. SWISS FILMS employs 15 staff members, 13 of whom are in Zurich and 2 of whom are in Geneva. SWISS FILMS is one of the 10 founding members of European Film Promotion. The network comprises professional organisations from 33 European countries. For more information, please refer to www.swissfilms.ch Simon Koenig (International Promotion - Short Films) Sylvain Vaucher (International Promotion - Short Films) Sabina Brocal (Head of Events & Programmes) Ursula Hartenstein (Head of Information & Documentation)
Micha Schiwow (Managing Director) Maria Stergiou (Head of International Promotion) Francine Brücher (International Promotion) Peter Da Rin (International Promotion)
Swiss Film Prize «Quartz 2012» The Swiss Film Prize «Quartz» was awarded in the KKL Luzern on March 17, 2012. The gala event marked the 15th edition of the prize, with awards in nine categories presented to films and outstanding achievements in film. The Italian-speaking fiction film “Summer Games” directed by Rolando Colla garnered three awards and was thus the evening’s victorious film. The actors Carla Juri, Max Hubacher and Stefan Kurt also claimed first places among the year’s best. The prize-winners were selected by members of the Swiss Film Academy. For the first time a Special Prize of the Academy was given. It went to Gion-Reto Killias, for the outstanding editing of the three nominated films “Abrir puertas y ventanas”, “Day Is Done” and “Eine wen iig, dr Dällebach Kari”. Also awarded for the first time was the “Best Cinematography”; Lorenz Merz was the winner. The Honorary Award 2012 pays tribute to the extraordinary achievements by film director and author Rolf Lyssy. The television channels and radio stations of the SRG SSR devoted their programmes to Swiss filmmaking and featured reports on the award ceremony. The award ceremony is a gala event of the Swiss Federal Office of Culture, in collaboration with SRG SSR, the media partner, and SWISS FILMS. The winners of the Swiss Film Prize «Quartz 2012» (From the left to the right) Fernand Melgar, Elise Shubs, Pilar Anguita-MacKay, Elena Pedrazzoli, Balz Bachmann, George Vaine, Gion-Reto Killias, Rolf Lyssy, Cornelia Seitler, Lucy Betulius, Esen Isik Front row: Carla Juri, Lorenz Merz, Peter Bräker, Stefan Kurt, Max Hubacher, Brigitte Hofer, Rolando Colla, Charly Huser
2012 Awards: “Summer Games” (Best Fiction Film), “Vol spécial” (Best Documentary Film), “Du&Ich” (Best Short Film), Rolando Colla and Pilar Anguita-MacKay for “Summer Games” (Best Screenplay), Max Hubacher (Best Actor), Carla Juri (Best Actress), Stefan Kurt (Best Performance in a Supporting Role), Balz Bachmann, Peter Bräker and George Vaine (Best Film Score), Lorenz Merz (Best Cinematography), Gion-Reto Killias for the editing of three nominated films (Special Prize of the Academy), Honorary Award for Rolf Lyssy, Recognition for Charly Huser
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filming in switzerland To be eligible for public funding, a film coproduced between Switzerland and another country must be officially recognized as a Swiss film. The following rules apply:
Coproductions with Switzerland: FICTION Bye Bye Blondie (2011) France / Belgium / Switzerland Director: Virginie Despentes Swiss Coproducer: Ruth Waldburger, Vega Film, Zürich Cast: Béatrice Dalle, Emmanuelle Béart, Pascal Greggory, Soko, Clara Ponsot
• An independent Swiss film producer must be chosen as a partner, who will then apply for public funds. • Bilateral coproduction agreements exist with Germany, Austria, Canada, France, Luxemburg, Italy, Belgium and the French community of Belgium. With the exception of Canada, these agreements cover only films produced for theatrical exhibition. Switzerland is a member of the European convention for coproductions and by this multilateral convention is linked to many more European countries. In most cases, the minimal Swiss participation required varies between 10% and 20%. If no coproduction agreement is applicable – as is the case for the USA, for instance – the minimal Swiss participation is 50%.
Corpo Celeste (2011) Italy / France / Switzerland Director: Alice Rohrwachter Swiss Coproducer: Tiziana Soudani, Amka Films Productions, Savosa Cast: Yle Vianello, Salvatore Cantalupo, Pasqualina Scuncia, Anita Caprioli, Renato Carpentieri L’hiver dernier (2011) Belgium / France / Switzerland Director: John Shank Swiss Coproducer: Pierre-André Thiébaud, PCT Cinéma Télévision, Martigny Cast: Vincent Rottiers, Anaïs Demoustier, Florence Loiret Caille, Michel Subor, Aurore Clément, Théo Laborie, Fabien Dijols, Yuna Bandry, Yoann Blanc, Carlo Brandt
• The artistic and technical participation (which includes the hiring of Swiss technicians, assistants and actors) must be proportional to the Swiss financial participation. This condition also applies to postproduction. Since there are no fixed criteria for the evaluation of the percentage, decisions are made on a case-by-case basis.
Titeuf le film (2011) France / Switzerland Director: Zep Swiss Coproducer: Jean-Marc Fröhle, PointProd, Genève Animation
• Once theses conditions have been met, the Swiss coproducer can acquire the official agreement from the Swiss Federal Office of Culture.
The Turin Horse (2011) Hungary / Germany / France / Switzerland Director: Béla Tarr Swiss Coproducer: Ruth Waldburger, Vega Film, Zürich Cast: János Derzsi, Erika Bók, Volker Spengler, Mihály Kormos
Films officially coproduced with Switzerland have access to the public film funding of the Swiss Federal Office of Culture. • Selective public funding sees an independent expert committee choose and propose film projects for production subsidies. The maximum subsidy per film is 1,5 million Swiss Francs and cannot exceed 50% of the production costs (Swiss part).
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Un été brûlant (2011) France / Italy / Switzerland Director: Philippe Garrel Swiss Coproducer: Pierre-Alain Meier, Prince Film, Undervelier Cast: Monica Bellucci, Louis Garrel, Jérôme Robart, Vladislav Galard, Céline Sallette, Nicolas Maury
DOCUMENTARY Los pasos dobles (2011) Spain / Switzerland Director: Isaki Lacuesta Swiss Coproducer: Dan Wechsler, Bord Cadre Films, Genève
• Succès cinéma is a funding programme based on a film’s success. For each ticket bought in a Swiss cinema, the Swiss screenwriter, director, producer, distributor and cinema owner gets a bonus which must be reinvested in their next film project.
Lullaby To My Father (2012) France / Italy / Poland / Switzerland Director: Amos Gitai Swiss Coproducer: Alexandre Iordachescu, Elefant Films, Genève
• Other funding programmes include the annual competition for the Swiss Film Prize Quartz, as well as subsidies for the release of a film or for its participation in an international film festival.
The End Of Time (2012) Canada / Switzerland Director: Peter Mettler Swiss Coproducer: Cornelia Seitler, maximage, Zürich
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Location and production Services 4-FILMS GMBH Meret Burger Dienerstrasse 10 CH-8004 Zürich Tel: +41.44-240.16.60 Fax: +41.44-240.16.68 e-mail: info@4-films.ch www.4-films.ch General location & production services ALLABOUT PRODUCTION & SERVICES Roger Neuburger Pfarrgasse 36 CH-8704 Herrliberg-Zürich Tel: +41.44-687.13.13 Fax: +41.44-687.50.83 e-mail: office@allabout.ch www.allabout.ch General location & production services ALPINE FILMS Stefan Zürcher Rossen CH-3823 Wengen Tel: +41.33-855.20.69 Fax: +41.33-855.36.32 e-mail: info@alpine-films.com www.alpine-films.com General location & production services; specialized in snow / ice / mountain scenes AMATA Alex Baechler 16, rue Sénebier CH-1205 Genève Tel: +41.22-715.38.00 Fax: +41.22-715.38.08 e-mail: info@amata.net www.amata.net Features films, documentary, corporate & commercials, specialized in Bollywood productions
DH FILM SERVICE Heinz Dill Rue de la Clergère 2, CP 431 CH-1800 Vevey Tel: +41.21-923.63.63 Fax: +41.21-923.63.62 e-mail: info@dhfilmservice.com www.dhfilmservice.com Location & production services EVENTS VIDEO PRODUCTIONS Louis-Pierre Roger Rue Marziano 41, CP 1750 CH-1211 Genève 26 Tel: +41.22-307.82.50 Fax: +41.22-307.82.70 e-mail: lpr@evp.tv www.evp.tv General location & production services FRAMA FILMS Int. Victor Tognola Casa OM, CH-6992 Vernate Tel: +41.91-605.31.16 Mob: +41.76-347.31.16 e-mail: framafilm@swissonline.ch www.framafilms.com www.filmlocationswiss.ch Location scouting - Production of commercial, feature films, documentary, tv JASIJANANTH TRAVELS GROUP Freiburgstrasse 111b, CH-3008 Bern Tel: +41.31-381.19.64 Fax: +41.31-381.04.21 e-mail: info@jasijananthtravels.com www.jasijananthtravels.com Production service for Indian films K-STUNTS Olivier Keller - Marcel Stucki Rossfeldstrasse 46 CH-3004 Berne Mob: +41.79-713.15.74 (Olivier Keller) Mob: +41.76-435.35.04 (Marcel Stucki) e-mail: kellerstunts@aol.com www.kstunts.com Car stunts, motorcycle stunts, body stunts, stunt equipment rental, SFX
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KT PRODUKTION Katharina Trachsler Mühlezelgstrasse 24 CH-8047 Zürich Tel: +41.79-507.51.22 Fax: +41.44-400.51.22 e-mail: katharina@ktproduktion.com www.ktproduktion.com General location & casting and production for still photo shoots LE STUDIO Thierry Bourdeille Ch. des Grands-Champs 12 CH-1212 Grand-Lancy Tel: +41.22-884.08.84 Fax: +41.22-884.08.85 e-mail: info@le-studio.ch www.le-studio.ch Location & production services for photo shoots, corporate films and commercials OWL PRODUCTIONS Patrick Graber CP 262, CH-1000 Lausanne 22 Tel: +41.79-659.09.72 e-mail: graber@owlprod.com www.owlprod.com General location & production services PANDORA FILMS Jean-Marie Gindraux CP 148, CH-1228 Genève Tel: +41.79-202.50.01 Fax: +41.79-251.44.01 e-mail: jmg@pandorafilms.ch www.pandorafilms.ch General location & production services POINT PROD Vincent Gonet 41 bis, route des Jeunes CH-1211 Genève 26 Tel: +41.22-328.48.48 Fax: +41.22-328.49.59 e-mail: vincent.gonet@pointprod.ch www.pointprod.ch Fiction and TV production, general location services and post production
TIPI’MAGES Francine Lusser & Gérard Monier Rue Maunoir 15, CH-1207 Genève Tel: +41.22-735.41.18 Fax: +41.22-735.44.49 e-mail: mail@tipimages.ch www.tipimages.ch General location & production services
PS PRODUCTIONS Xavier Grin En Fossiaux 5, CP 127 CH-1618 Châtel-St-Denis Tel: +41.21-922.03.72 Fax: +41.21-922.03.91 e-mail: ps.productions@mac.com www.ps-productions.ch General location & production services
UNICORN MEDIA Leonhard Gmür CP 24, CH-6992 Vernate Tel: +41.91-605.34.27 Fax: +41.91-605.34.47 e-mail: unicornmedia@kinotv.com www.unicorn.ch General location & production services, specialized snow/ice/mountain scenes, 2nd unit, action sequences
SNOW FILMS Kim Belcham Avouitzons 218 CH-1936 Verbier Tel: +41.79-450.97.04 e-mail: info@snowfilms.com www.snowfilms.com General location & production services SWISSMOVIE SARL Rainer Mohler Route d’Ursy 23 CH-1675 Vauderens Tel: +41.21-909.45.50 Fax: +41.21-909.45.52 e-mail: rainer.mohler@swissmovie.ch General location
WirzFraefelPaal Productions AG Shoot in Switzerland Handan Kolali Forchstrasse 58, CH-8008 Zürich Tel: +41.44-384.50.07 Fax: +41.44-384.50.09 e-mail: contact@shootinswitzerland.ch www.shootinswitzerland.com General location & production services
PRODUCTION COMPANIES MP-Production Michael Portmann Postfach 229, CH-3920 Zermatt Tel: +41.79-334.42.88 Fax: +41.27-967.00.30 e-mail: info@mp-production.ch www.mp-production.ch Film and photo shooting, production and general location services CAB PRODUCTIONS SA Jean-Louis Porchet & Gérard Ruey Av. du Grey 123, CH-1018 Lausanne Tel: +41.21-641.04.80 Fax: +41.21-641.04.89 e-mail: administration@cabproductions.ch www.cabproductions.ch Feature and documentary films, coproduction and line production with France, Canada, Belgium CARAVAN Sacha Aranicki Rte de Frontenex 5, CH-1211 Genève 6 Tel: +41.22-849.10.70 Fax: +41.22-849.10.80 e-mail: sacha@caravan-prod.ch www.caravan-prod.ch Feature films, documentary, corporate & commercials T & C FILM AG Marcel Hoehn Seestr. 41a, CH-8002 Zürich Tel: +41.1-202.36.22 Fax: +41.1-202.30.05 e-mail: tcemail@tcfilm.ch www.tcfilm.ch Feature and documentary films
TCC FILM AG Charles Schürmann Seestrasse 41a, CH-8002 Zürich Tel: +41.44-201.88.88 Fax: +41.44-202.30.05 e-mail: tccemail@tccfilm.ch www.tccfilm.ch General location & production services
VEGA FILM Ruth Waldburger Seefeldstrasse 155, CH-8008 Zürich Tel: +41.44-384.80.60 Fax: +41.44-384.80.69 e-mail: beck@vegafilm.com www.vegafilm.com Feature & documentary films
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LUXAN Nil Henchoz Rue Simond Durrand 11 CH-1227 Genève-Acacias Tel: +41.22-301.59.07 Fax: +41.22-301.59.37 e-mail: info@luxan.ch www.luxan.ch Cameras, lights, generators, vehicles, etc. MEGARENT AG Hans Steinmann Tobelhofstr. 344 CH-8044 Zürich-Gockhausen Tel (office): +41.44-821.91.91 Tel (camera): +41.44-821.91.85 Tel (lighting): +41.44-821.91.48 Fax: 41.44-821.91.93 e-mail: admin@megarent.com www.megarent.com Cameras, lights, generators, vehicles, etc. see advertising page 8
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YAK FILM SERVICE GmbH Max Fahrni Zinggstrasse 16, CH-3007 Bern Tel: +41.31-371.10.08 Mob: +41.79-206.00.68 e-mail: max.fahrni@yak.ch www.yak.ch General production service, location scouting, material rental
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BROADCASTING & STUDIO FACILITIES STUDIO-GUTENSWIL Marc Keller Im Amt 9, CH-8605 Gutenswil Tel: +41.44-997.37.40 Mob: +41.79-336.61.08 e-mail: info@bilderundworte.ch studiogutenswil.ch Film studio; photo studio; pack shots; food styling (kitchen available) ACTUA FILMS Sophie Brandt 41 B, Route des Jeunes, CP 1302 CH-1211 Genève 26 Tel: +41.22-809.15.15 Fax: +41.22-320.07.76 e-mail: info@actuafilms.com www.actuafilms.com Camera crews, equipment rental, outside broadcast units, satellite transmissions TELEVISION SUISSE ROMANDE PRODUCTION Maurice Pozzi Quai Ernest-Ansermet 20, CP 234, CH-1211 Genève 8 Tel: +41.22-708.81.41 Fax: +41.22-708.98.18 e-mail: marketing-production@tsr.ch www.tsrproduction.ch Studios, film teams, outside broadcast vehicles, technical equipment radio TELEVISIONE SVIZZERA Timoteo Schmitt Casella postale, CH-6903 Lugano Tel: +41.91-803.51.11 Fax: +41.91-803.53.55 e-mail: timoteo.schmitt@rsi.ch www.rsi.ch Studios, film teams, outside broadcast vehicles, technical equipment
SDS Sound Design Studios Switzerland Hans Künzi Schermenweg 194 CH-3072 Ostermundigen/Bern Tel: +41.31-939.19.19 Fax: +41.31-939.19.18 Thurgauerstrasse 40, CH-8050 Zürich Tel: +41.43-300.99.02 e-mail: info@sounddesignstudios.ch www.sounddesignstudios.ch Very large sound studio/recordingstudio for professional Sound Design, Editing for movies and filmtone (Cinema/ Movie, TV, DVD and Advertisement) as well as foley recording, dubbing (ADR), multichannel mixtures and Dolby Mastering in THX certified soundstudios with Dolby Stereo, Dolby Surround, Dolby Digital Surround EX, DTS and SDDS (Post Productions) TITRA FILM SA Route du Nant d’Avril 101 CH-1217 Meyrin, Genève Tel: +41.22-785.55.45 Fax: +41.22-785.52.78
KOMPOST FILM PRODUCTIONS GmbH Gian Klainguti Via dal Bagn 2, CH-7500 St. Moritz Tel: +41.81-833.15.17 Mobile: +41.76-577.44.47 Fax: +41.81-534.45.71 e-mail: info@kompostnyc.com www.kompostnyc.com Production, pre-production, post production, location manager MASE S.A. Pierre Maulini and Denis Séchaud Rue des Maraîchers 8 CH-1205 Genève Tel: +41.22-322.80.80 Fax : +41.22-322.80.81 e-mail: office@mase-studio.ch www.mase-studio.ch Sound dubbing VPS Pierre-Alain Frey Av. Sevelin 48, CH-1004 Lausanne Tel: +41.21-621.12.00 Fax: +41.21-621.12.09 e-mail: vps@vpsprod.com www.vpsprod.com/ Video, post production and studio facilities, general location & production services
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LABORATORIES EGLI FILM AG Michael Egli Saatlenstrasse 265, CH-8050 Zurich Tel: +41.44-325.60.60 Fax: +41.44-325.60.66 e-mail: info@eglifilm.com www.eglifilm.com Full lab service with 16 to S35 Color and B/W, in-house postprod in HD, SD (PAL/NTSC) or xK
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RAW STOCK FUJIFILM (SWITZERLAND) AG Jacques Graber Niederhaslistrasse 12 CH-8157 Dielsdorf Tel: +41.44-855.50.50 Fax: +41.44-855.51.55 Mobile: +41.79-252.26.60 e-mail: jagraber@fujifilm.ch www.fujifilm.ch 16 & 35 mm positive film, intermediate and positive for laboratory KODAK S.A. Entertainement Imaging Felix Berger Route des Avouillons CH-1196 Gland Tel: +41.22-354.14.20 Fax: +41.22-354.14.8 Mobile: +41.79-210.37.47 e-mail: felix.berger@kodak.com www.kodak.ch 35 & 16 mm , Super 8 KODAK motion picture, intermediate and color print film
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facts and figures
swiss movies
facts and figures
PRODUCTION SWISS MOVIES: 66 films produced in 2011 including 28 feature-length fiction films (20 with 100% Swiss capital or in majority coproduction and 8 in minority coproduction), 38 feature-length documentaries. Source: Swiss Films The average cost to make and market a Swiss movie was about CHF 2’750’000 in 2007*. This includes CHF 2’500’000 in negative costs and CHF 250’000 in marketing costs. Source: SAG 2010 Production USA: 531 movies have been produced in the USA.
(Source: SFSO)
The average cost to make and market a major MPAA member company film was $ 106.6 million in 2007*. This includes $ 70.8 million in negative costs and $ 35.9 million in marketing costs. Since 2007, reversing a long-standing practice, the trade and lobbying arm of the Hollywood studios won’t disclose the average costs of making and marketing movies anymore. 50% of Hollywood movies never achieve a cinema release. Those that do, make 5 times more from DVD sales than cinema takings. Source: MPAA *No new figures have been published since this date.
THE 20 MOST SUCCESSFUL SWISS movies (cumulated 1975-2011) (Admissions in Switzerland)
(productions & majority coproductions) - Die Schweizermacher (1978), by Rolf Lyssy
(940’508)
- Achtung, fertig, Charlie! (2003), by Mike Eschmann
(560’514)
- DIE HERBSTZEITLOSEN (2006), by Bettina Oberli
(559’051)
- MEIN NAME IST EUGEN (2005), by Michael Steiner
(542’195)
- Les petites fugues (1979), by Yves Yersin
(424’687)
- GROUNDING (2005), by Michael Steiner
(370’984)
- EIN SCHWEIZER NAMENS NÖTZLI (1988), by Gustav Ehmck
(350’681)
- ERNSTFALL IN HAVANNA (2002), by Sabine Boss
(313’617)
- HÖHENFEUER (1985), by Fredi M. Murer
(253’944)
- VITUS (2006), by Fredi M. Murer
(243’399)
- La dentellière (1977), by Claude Goretta
(239’525)
- ASHANTI (1978), by Richard Fleischer
(220’559)
- HANDYMAN (2006), by Ebe Jürg
(196’454)
- der VERDINGBUB (2011), by Imboden Markus
NEW ENTRY
(188’891)
- KASSETTENLIEBE (1981), by Rolf Lyssy
(186’075)
- GIULIAS VERSCHWINDEN (2009), by Christoph Schaub
(183’506)
- DAS GEFRORENE HERZ (1980), by Xavier Koller
(180’922)
- BROT UND STEINE (1979), by Mark M. Rissi
(160’779)
- DAS BOOT IST VOLL (1981), by Markus Imhoof
(159’429)
- KOMIKER (2000), by Markus Imboden
(157’838)
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Titles Production - Distributor
TOP 5 SWISS DOCUMENTARIES, 2011 Titles Production - Distributor
Admissions 2011
1 der VERDINGBUB C-Films AG - Elite-Film AG (Ascot Elite)
188’891
Admissions 2011
1 HOSELUPF Elite Filmproduktion AG - Elite-Film AG (Ascot Elite)
31’511
2 LA PETITE CHAMBRE Vega Film AG - Vega Film AG
75’597
2 VOL SPECIAL Climage - Look Now!
28’957
3 ONE WAY TRIP HesseGreutert Film AG - Elite-Film AG (Ascot Elite)
43’366
3 ARME SEELEN Edwin Beeler - Calypso Film AG
25’081
4 der SANDMANN Spotlight Media Productions AG - cineworx gmbh
19’469
4 die KINDER VOM NAPF 21’001 Ciné A.S. GmbH (Alice Schmid) - Xenix Filmdistribution GmbH
5 LIEBLING, LASS UNS SCHEIDEN Turnus Film AG - Walt Disney Studio (Schweiz AG)
13’946
5 SENTIER DES VACHES Jean-Théo Aeby - Jean-Théo Aeby
14’392
Top 10 Swiss fiction Films: 1995-2011 (cumulated)
Admissions
2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002
Swiss films only(*)
Swiss films + Swiss minority coprod.
4.28% 5.42% 3.41% 3.03% 5.06% 9.48% 5.85% 2.49% 5.51% 3.16%
5.09% 5.75% 3.77% 3.94% 5.72% 9.72% 6.58% 4.85% 6.03% 4.72%
560’514 558’875 542’053 370’976 313’604 243’137 196’454 188’891 183’370 157’838
(Source: SFSO)
(Source: SFSO)
- Achtung, fertiG, charlie! (2003), by Mike Eschmann - DIE HERBSTZEITLOSEN (2006), by Bettina Oberli - MEIN NAME IST EUGEN (2005), by Michael Steiner - GROUNDING - DIE LETZTEN TAGE DER SWISSAIR (2005), by Michael Steiner & Tobias Fueter - ERNSTFALL IN HAVANNA (2001), by Sabine Boss - VITUS (2006), by Fredi M. Murer - HANDY MAN (2006), by Jürg Ebe - der VERDINGBUB (2011), by Markus Imboden new entry - GIULIAS VERSCHWINDEN (2009), by Christoph Schaub - KOMIKER (1999), by Markus Imboden
EVOLUTION OF THE MARKET SHARE OF SWISS films, 2002-2011
MARKET SHARE OF SWISS movies BY REGIONS, 2010-2011
(*) 100% Swiss films and majority co-productions
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facts and figures
TOP 5 SWISS FICTION FILMS, 2011
(Source: SFSO)
swiss movies
(Source: SFSO)
(Source: SFSO)
admissions admissions 2010 2011
German-speaking Switzerland
6.9%
5.2%
French-speaking Switzerland
2.6%
2.7%
Italian-speaking Switzerland
1.7%
0.5%
Total Switzerland
5.4%
4.3%
box office switzerland
TOP TEN films, 2011 Rank Title, Distributor
Admissions
1 HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS: PART 2, Warner Bros. Pictures 2 the HANGOVER 2, Warner Bros. Pictures 3 PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: ON STRANGER TIDES, Walt Disney Studio (Schweiz AG) 4 KINGS SPEECH, Elite-Film AG (Ascot Elite) 5 INTOUCHABLES, Frenetic Films AG 6 RIO 3D, 20th Century Fox SA 7 RIEN A DECLARER, Pathé Films AG 8 FAST FIVE, United International Pictures (Switzerland) GmbH 9 TWILIGHT SAGA, THE: BREAKING DAWN, TEIL 1, Elite-Film AG (Ascot Elite) 10 BLACK SWAN, 20th Century Fox SA
509’410 492’955 483’715 409’275 344’013 330’533 322’120 300’017 297’945 289’442
TOP 10 BOX OFFICE SWITZERLAND, 1995-2011 cumulated Rank, Title
Box Office CHFx1000 Admissions
27’174 20’758 15’325 14’423 14’922 16’437 13’751 13’161 12’969 12’060
1 Titanic (1997) 2 avatar (2009) 3 FINDING NEMO (2003) 4 HARRY POTTER 1: the sorcerer’s stone (2001) 5 ICE AGE 2 (2006) 6 ICE AGE 3: DAWN OF THE DINOSAURS (3D) (2009) 7 LORD OF THE RINGS 3: THE RETURN OF THE KING (2003) 8 LORD OF THE RINGS 1: THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING (2001) 9 LORD OF THE RINGS 2: THE TWO TOWERS (2002) 10 HARRY POTTER 2: THE CHAMBER OF SECRETS (2002)
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN OF THE MOVIES DISTRIBUTED IN SWITZERLAND IN 2011 Country 1 United States
2 France 3 United Kingdom 4 Germany 5 Switzerland 6 Italy 7 Spain 8 denmark 9 australia 10 finland 11 iran 12 Others TOTAL
Admissions
Number of films
Market Share
9’665’558 1’724’862 1’285’710 668’095 637’554 239’953 98’437 68’807 57’862 53’990 45’582 349’610 14’896’020
424 279 68 133 244 81 27 24 6 9 8 262 1’565
64.89% 11.58% 8.63% 4.49% 4.28% 1.61% 0.66% 0.46% 0.39% 0.36% 0.31% 2.35% 100%
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1’916’716 1’154’464 1’110’543 1’051’603 1’045’949 1’029’677 912’703 900’679 882’819 866’144
GLOBAL BOX OFFICE SWITZERLAND, 2000-2011
2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002
BOX OFFICE Mio of Admissions
BOX OFFICE Mio of CHF
14.90 14.76 15.25 14.30 13.79 16.38 14.95 17.20 16.48 18.77
230.8 228.7 229.5 208.4 201.1 238.0 214.3 245.7 233.3 261.5
(Source: SFSO)
(Source: SFSO)
(Source: SFSO)
facts and figures
(Source: SFSO)
facts and figures
Italian-speaking Switzerland Total Switzerland
multiplex’s market share 2000-2011 Year Theaters Screens Seats Admissions % of total admissions
2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000
12 12 12 12 11 8 7 7 6 5 5 4
117 116 116 115 102 75 67 67 57 47 47 39
23’996 24’083 24’216 24’068 21’450 17’620 14’250 14’250 11’941 9’258 9’258 7’703
5’294’739 5’484’236 5’254’622 4’252’648 3’808’216 3’599’845 3’169’631 3’374’705 2’965’431 2’863’172 2’395’099 1’765’845
34.71% 36.26% 33.51% 28.89% 26.84% 21.36% 20.55% 19.06% 17.48% 15.22% 13.98% 11.33%
digital screens / 3d-screens in switzerland 2005-2011
Part
German speaking french speaking Italian speaking total
TOTAL 2011
% OF TOTAL
42 55 40 52
CHI
12 19 4 6
CHF
2009
14 18 4 4
CHD
2008
10 11 10 11 0 3 0 3
91 103 142 212 90 83 134 141
40 87 32 58
7 17 5 11
150 316 120 210
51.55 57.45 41.24 38.18
2010
2007
Digital Cinemas Digital Cinema Screens Digital 3D Cinemas Digital Cinema 3D-Screens
2006
2005
2011
openair cinemas switzerland 2011
OpenAir Seats Projections Admissions Box Office Screens
68 6 2 76
46’676 6’850 1’800 55’326
1’203 195 62 1’460
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277’189 41’744 3’813 322’746
4’288’531 579’394 50’453 4’918’378
Average ticket price
15.47 13.88 13.23 15.24
facts and figures
French-speaking Switzerland
Multiplex Cinema Total (8 Screens and more) Region 9 194 86 369 18’109 71’283 3 80 31 153 5’860 30’520 0 14 0 25 0 4’899 12 288 117 547 23’969 106’642
(Source: Procinema)
Number of Theaters Number of Screens Number of Seats Number of Theaters Number of Screens Number of Seats Number of Theaters Number of Screens Number of Seats Number of Theaters Number of Screens Number of Seats
Miniplex Cinema (2 to 7 Screens) 51 149 25’410 21 66 11’538 5 16 2’553 77 231 39’501
(Source: Procinéma)
German-speaking Switzerland
One-Screen Theater 134 134 27’764 56 56 13’122 9 9 2’286 199 199 43’172
(Source: Procinéma)
NUMBER OF THEATERS, SCREENS AND SEATS, 2011
(Source: SFSO)
exhibition
(Source: SFSO)
facts and figures
exhibition
Number of spectators (in Millions) in Swiss Theaters, 1990-2011 19.0
facts and figures
18.0 17.0 16.0 15.0 14.0 13.0
1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
(Source: SFSO)
© Swiss Federal Statistical Office (SFSO)
AVERAGE TICKET PRICE BY SWISS REGION 1999-2011, IN CHF 16.0
15.87 15.50 15.43
15.0
14.71
14.0 13.59 13.36
13.0
13.24 12.49
12.0
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
Global Switzerland French-speaking Switzerland
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
German-speaking Switzerland Italian-speaking Switzerland
(Source: SFSO)
© Swiss Federal Statistical Office (SFSO)
NUMBER OF NEW FILMS RELEASED BY COUNTRIES OF ORIGIN, 2003-2011
Switzerland Germany France Italy United Kingdom EU 27 (other countries) Asia Latin & South America USA Others Countries Total
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
41 33 98 25 12 27 19 13 116 20 404
49 31 78 13 25 25 22 10 99 31 383
46 32 89 19 19 28 17 8 106 24 388
56 36 88 27 19 16 9 9 112 26 398
58 30 89 27 19 20 8 15 110 26 402
59 34 95 17 16 30 13 7 117 22 410
75 32 87 23 18 29 9 8 110 27 418
66 38 88 22 17 30 3 6 105 29 404
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AGLOMERATION THEATERS SCREENS SEATS ADMISSIONS AVERAGE AVERAGE POPULATION ADMISSIONS TICKET (AVERAGE PER PRICE (CHF) 2010) INHABITANT (p)
ZÜRICH GENEVE BERN LAUSANNE LUZERN BASEL ST.GALLEN-HERISAU AARAU-OLTEN SWITZERLAND
21 15 24 14 8 14 10 15 288
68 40 43 35 23 27 25 25 547
14’027 7’957 8’613 7’004 5’393 5’679 4’811 4’554 106’642
2’753’995 1’519’312 1’321’806 1’387’499 886’435 831’504 619’414 594’509 14’896’020
3.33 2.98 3.32 3.75 2.92 1.79 2.31 1.82 1.89
16.36 15.45 16.01 14.90 16.28 15.36 15.56 15.44 15.50
facts and figures
ENTRIES PER MAJORS AGLOMERATIONS, 2011
(Source: SFSO)
exhibition
826’817 509’620 397’747 370’107 303’494 463’387 268’706 325’770 7’877’571
MARKET SHARE MAIN EXHIBITORS GROUPS 2011 PER CITy ZURICH (Total City: 2’700’228 admissions) KITAG: (2010: 41.72%) 37,46% PATHE: (548’837 adm.) (2010: 19.12%) 21% ARENA: (2010: 19.96%) 22.15% ARTHOUSE: (2010: 12.65%) 13.85% OTHERS: (2010: 6.55%) 5.54%
LUZERN (Total City: 881’969 admissions) KITAG: (2010: 83.3%) 80.72% OTHERS: (2010: 16.7%) 19.28% BASEL (Total City: 770’901 admissions) PATHE: (500’939 adm.) (2010: 65.64%) 66% OTHERS: (2010: 22.56%) 21.73% KITAG: (2010: 11.8%) 12.27%
GENEVA (Total City: 1’456’570 admissions) Pathé: (1’231’726 adm.) (2010: 82.21%) 85% Others: (2010: 17.79%) 15%
ST. GALLEN (Total City: 559’658 admissions) Kitag:
BERN (Total City: 1’236’450 admissions) PATHE: (634’269 adm.) (2010: 49.46%) 51% KITAG: (2010: 28.05%) 25,42% QUINNIE: (2010: 19.29%) 21,30% OTHERS: (2010: 3.2%) 2.28%
100%
FRIBOURG (Total City: 340’052 admissions) CAP-CINE: (2010: 80.76%) 83.11% SALAFA: (2010: 19.24%) 16.89%
KITAG pathé LIAG-CAPITOL CINEPEL SA CINERIVE sa
Screens
Seats
27 10 5 13 6
90 70 22 19 13
19’468 15’556 2’506 5’485 2’044
Main Cities of activity
Bern, Basel, Zurich, St. Gallen, Luzern, winterthur Geneva, Lausanne, Zurich, Basel, bern Winterthur, Schaffhausen, Sargans/Werdenberg Biel, Neuchâtel, La Chaux-de-Fonds Montreux, Vevey, Aigle, La Sarraz, orbe
MARKET SHARE 2 MAIN EXHIBITORS GROUPS 2011
Admissions
3’873’529 (25.8%) (2010: 25.8%) 2’823’078 (18.6%) (2010: 19.78%)
1. PATHé 2. KITAG
The Pathe cinema group, whose market share continues to grow, is now clearly the number 1 cinema operator in Switzerland.
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(Source: SAG)
BIGGEST EXHIBITORS GROUPS Theaters
(Source: SAG)
WINTERTHUR (Total City: 366’191 admissions) LIAG-CAPITOL AG: 235’057 (64.19%) KITAG: 131’134 (35.81%)
LAUSANNE (Total City: 1’264’033 admissions) PATHE: (1’016’905 adm.) (2010: 79.5%) 81% CINETOILE: 18.47% OTHERS: 0.53%
Group
(Source: SAG)
p = provisional
facts and figures
world box office
top ten Worldwide 2011 (Box office in million of us$)
facts and figures
Rank, Title (studio & swiss distributor)
USA 425.0 334.2 294.6 292.6 238.7 300.5 312.4 196.0 251.5 217.6
1. Toy Story 3, (bv-disney) 2. Alice in Wonderland, (bv-disney) 3. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1, (wb) 4. Inception, (wb) 5. Shrek Forever After, (par/dw-universal) 6. The Twilight Saga: Eclipse (sum-elite) 7. Iron Man 2, (par-universal) 8. Tangled, (bv-disney) 9. Despicable Me, (uni-universal) 10. How to Train Your Dragon, (par/dw-universal)
Overseas
648.2 690.1 657.2 531.0 511.2 398.0 309.6 350.5 276.4 277.3
World 1’063.2 1’024.3 951.9 823.6 750.0 698.5 622.1 546.5 527.9 494.9
Sequels, threequels and prequels dominated the biggest film releases of 2011 with the end of the Harry Potter franchise topping the list with more than $1 billion in receipts. Other films reaching the billion-dollar sales mark included Transformers: Dark of the Moon and Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides. In 2010, only two films, Toy Story 3 and Alice in Wonderland, reached $1 billion. Another popular trend includes animated family-friendly films in 3D, while the slew of new comic book superhero films did not soar to the top. (Source: www.boxofficemojo.com/latimesblogs.latimes.com)
cinema attendance in the european union 2002-2011 (in millions) 1013
1002
982 959 932
921
926
2007
2008
964
960
2010
2011
899
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
(Source: European Audiovisual Observatory)
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2009
YEAR
Switzerland
Germany
France
Italy
United Kingdom
Total EU 27e
USA
2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006
14.9 14.8 15.3 14.3 13.8 16.4
129.6p 126.6 146.4 129.4 125.4 136.7
215.6p 206.8 201.1 190.1 178.2 188.8
111.0p 120.6 111.2 111.6 116.4 106.1
171.6p 169.2 173.5 164.2 162.4 156.6
960e 964.0 980.4 925.4 920.3 931.6
1’300.0p 1’339.3 1’415.2 1’341.4 1’399.3 1’401.5
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NUMBER OF SPECTATORS (in Millions) IN SWITZERLAND AND IN OTHER COUNTRIES
(Source: SFSO. EAO)
world box office
AVERAGE TICKET PRICE (in Euro), INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
Switzerland CHF 14.28 Euro 9.25 USA (in US$) Euro 4.99 France Euro 5.82 Italy Euro 5.68 Germany Euro 5.70 United Kingdom Euro 6.62 Spain Euro 4.81 Global EUROPE (EU 27) e Euro 5.64
14.34 9.26 5.15 5.88 5.70 5.85 6.84 4.97 5.81
14.53 9.24 5.21 5.94 5.72 5.96 7.14 5.23 5.93
14.58 8.88 5.02 5.95 5.76 6.04 7.39 5.51 6.05
14.57 9.18 4.88 6.01 5.78 6.14 6.50 5.74 6.06
15.05 9.96 5.38 6.14 5.96 6.67 6.10 6.10 6.24
15.49 11.48 5.94p 6.31p 6.41p 7.27p 6.80p 6.52p 6.67p
(Sources: sfso, OEA)
p = provisional data / e = estimated data
AVERAGE ADMISSIONS PER INHABITANT, INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
SWITZERLAND AUSTRIA GERMANY FRANCE ITALY UNITED KINGDOM SPAIN Global EUROPE (EU 27) e USA
1.99 1.92 1.54 2.80 1.81 2.74 2.97 1.83 4.65
2.17 2.09 1.66 2.99 1.81 2.59 2.78 1.89 4.69
1.81 1.89 1.52 2.80 1.97 2.67 2.63 1.86 4.63
1.85 1.88 1.57 2.97 1.87 2.68 2.38 1.86 4.40
1.95 2.21 1.78 3.13 1.86 2.82 2.40 1.97 4.60
1.87 2.07 1.55 3.20 2.00 2.73 2.21 1.92 4.33
e = estimated data
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(Source: SFSO. EAO)
e = estimation / p = provisional
M ajor S wiss P roduction C ompanies
AKKA FILMS
AMKA FILMS PRODUCTIONS SA
Production
Nicolas Wadimoff Rue des Marbriers 4, CH-1204 Genève Tel: +41.22-345.11.70 - Fax: +41.22-345.12.79 e-mail: info@akkafilms.ch - www.akkafilms.ch
Tiziana Soudani Via Sole 2, CH-6942 Savosa Tel: +41.91-967.40.76 - Fax: +41.91-967.21.72 e-mail: amka@amka.ch www.amka.ch
Since the creation in 2002 by Nicolas Wadimoff, film director and producer, Akka Films is specialized in documentary and feature-length fiction films. Films anchored in debates of society which reflect and question stakes of today’s world, by exploring peculiar and original broadcasting and film expressions. At the same time, Akka Films develops shorter formats for television, web or telephony, as part of a global reflection on the evolution of production.
Tiziana Soudani is the CEO of Amka Films Productions SA. She founded the company in 1988 and has since then been committed to producing independent works mainly in Europe but also in Africa and elsewhere in the world. Amka Films has produced and coproduced fictions films, documentary films and TV productions. Among the films: In 2011 “An African Election” by Jarreth Merz and “Corpo Celeste”, by Alice Rohrwacher, both winners of various awards and selected in very prestigious international festivals “Glorious Exit” by Kevin Merz (2008) and “Guerre sans images” by Mohammed Soudani (2002), winners of various international awards. “Vodka Lemon” by Hiner Saleem, Award at the 2003 Venice Film Festival; box office hit “Pane e Tulipani” by Silvio Soldini (2000); “Waalo Fendo” Swiss Film Prize Best Fiction in 1998, by Mohammed Soudani, and the very famous TV series “Nur 2 Minuten/Juste 2 Minutes/Solo 2 Minuti”.
IN PRODUCTION: OPERATION LIBERTAD, fiction by Nicolas Wadimoff (CH/F) SI PRES SI LOIN, documentary by Michel Favre (CH) RECENT PRODUCTIONS: LES MECREANTS, fiction by Mohcine Besri (CH/MAR) ROUGE PAROLE, documentary by Elyes Baccar (CH/TU/QAT) L’ENVOL, short film by Naïma Bachiri (CH) EN DIRECT DE NOTRE PASSE, TV fiction series by Noël Tortajada and Nicolas Frey (CH) AISHEEN [STILL ALIVE IN GAZA], documentary by Nicolas Wadimoff (Qatar/CH) LES SECRETS, fiction by Raja Amari (CH/TU/F) FIX ME, documentary by Raed Andoni (CH/F/PAL) OPERATION CRISTAL, documentary by Pascal Magnin (CH) FUTUROFOOT, TV fiction series, by Noël Tortajada and Nicolas Wadimoff (CH/F) 5 MINUTES FROM HOME, documentary by Nahed Awwad (CH/PAL) [L’ACCORD], documentary by Nicolas Wadimoff and Béatrice Guelpa (CH/F)
IN POST-PRODUCTION: L’INTERVALLO, fiction by Leonardo Di Costanzo IN PRODUCTION: LA TUA CASA E’ LA MIA CITTA’, TV documentary by Andrea Pellerani C’EST PAS DE MA FAUTE, MAIS CELLE A MA FAMILLE!, TV documentary by Klaudia Reynicke RELEASED: TERRA, TV documentary by Kevin Merz UNBELGIOCARE, documentary by Mohammed Soudani SORELLE D’ITALIA, documentary by Lorenzo Buccella and Vito Robbiani
OPERATION LIBERTAD
AN AFRICAN ELECTION
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Bord Cadre films Sàrl
BOX PRODUCTIONS
Founded in 2004 by Elena Tatti and Thierry Spicher, Box Productions has become an important player in the field of cinema by producing short films, fiction features and documentaries. The company has produced two main fiction films to date, “Mon frère se marie” (2006) by Jean-Stéphane Bron and “Home” by Ursula Meier with Isabelle Huppert and Olivier Gourmet, both of which found a niche in domestic and international markets. The company also coproduced Andrew Kötting’s feature film “Ivul” (2009) in collaboration with Emilie Blézat (Sciapode), and Mehran Tamadon’s documentary “Bassidji” (2009) which was a big hit on the festival circuit. The first feature by the visual artist Emmanuelle Antille “Avanti” – starring Hanna Schygulla, Nina Meurisse and Miou-Miou – and Valérianne Poidevin’s documentary “Bird Without Feet” will both be released in 2012. The company is also coproducing Joachim Lafosse’s next fiction film with Versus Production (Belgium). Box Productions wishes to work with directors who show a strong personal approach to cinema and with filmmakers who belong to the new generation. Box Productions also produces short films and develops projects by emerging talents from French-speaking Switzerland such as Basil Da Cunha, Robin Erard, Marie-Elsa Sgualdo, Frédéric Recrosio.
Bord Cadre films is a cinema production company, established in Geneva, Switzerland since 2004, specialized in the development and production of fiction films for cinema. The company was created by Dan Wechsler and Laurent Nègre aiming at the development, and production of an original cinema, focusing on the points of view of a new generation of Swiss and European cinema directors. In development: L’Ambassadeur, fiction by Laurent Nègre La Poussette, fiction by Dominique de Rivaz ConFuSion, documentary by Laurent Nègre Renaissance, documentary by Laurent Nègre Released: Opération Casablanca, fiction by Laurent Nègre (2011) Los Pasos Dobles, fiction by Isaki Lacuesta (ES/CH 2011) Aurora, fiction by Cristi Puiu (RO/CH/F/D 2010) fragile, fiction by Laurent Nègre (2006) Il neige à Marrakech, short film by Hicham Alhayat (2006) Schenglet, short film by Laurent Nègre (2004)
In development: TONNERRE, fiction by Frédéric Moser et Philippe Schwinger TIENS TA DROITE, fiction by Pilar Anguita Mackay and Robin Erard BLOODY & MARIE, fiction by Jean-Paul Cardinaux and Xavier Ruiz In production: PAUSE, fiction by Mathieu Urfer PAUL ET LES FILLES, fiction by Frédéric Recrosio and JeanLuc Barbezat Released: BASSIDJI (doc), by Mehran Tamadon (FR/CH) IVUL, by Andrew Kötting (FR/CH) HOME, by Ursula Meier (CH/FR/BE) MON FRèRE SE MARIE, by Jean-Stéphane Bron (CH/FR)
Opération Casablanca
Hanna Schygulla in «Avanti»
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Elena Tatti, Thierry Spicher & Elodie Brunner Rue de la Savonnerie 4, CH-1020 Renens Tel: +41.21-312.64.11 - Fax: +41.21-635.64.69 e-mail: info@boxproductions.ch www.boxproductions.ch
Dan Wechsler 8, rue de la Coulouvrenière Case postale 5353, CH-1211 Genève Tel/Fax: +41.22-320.90.25 e-mail: info@bordcadrefilms.com www.bordcadrefilms.com
M a jor S wiss P roduction C ompanie s CARAC FILM AG
Theres Scherer-Kollbrunner Lutertalstrasse 23, CH-3065 Bolligen Tel: +41.31-372.00.40 Fax: +41.31-372.04.81 e-mail: carac-film@bluewin.ch www.carac.ch
CAB PRODUCTIONS SA
Production
Jean-Louis Porchet & Gérard Ruey Av. du Grey 123, CH-1018 Lausanne Tel: +41.21-641.04.80 - Fax: +41.21-641.04.89 e-mail: administration@cabproductions.ch www.cabproductions.ch
CARAC Film produces fiction films and documentaries for the cinema and television. IN DEVELOPMENT/PRE-PRODUCTION: Les choses Beloved of Mine, documentary by Jasmin Gordon Giftnapf, fiction by Bernhard Giger
Jean-Louis Porchet and Gérard Ruey founded CAB Productions in 1984 and have since produced full-length feature films, such as Krzysztof Kieslowski’s trilogy “Trois couleurs: Bleu-Blanc-Rouge”, Claude Chabrol’s “Merci pour le chocolat” and “Rien ne va plus”, Alain Tanner’s films as well as TV films and documentaries, such as “La Liste de Carla” or “B comme Béjart”. CAB Productions received the Swiss Film Prize Best Fiction Film in 2004 for Dominique de Rivaz’s “Mein Name ist Bach”, and in 2005 for Greg Zglinski’s “Tout un hiver sans feu”.
RELEASED: Herz im Emmental, documentary by Bernhard Giger Thousand Oceans, fiction by Luki Frieden (2009) with Max Riemelt, Max Simonischek, Distribution Switzerland: Frenetic Films FIXERORTE, documentary by Bernhard Giger (2006), DVD-Distribution Switzerland: Pelican Films LA STELLA CHE NON C’E, fiction by Gianni Amelio (2006), with Sergio Castellitto, Tai Ling, Distribution Switzerland: Frenetic Films OESCHENEN, TV-movie by Bernhard Giger (2004), with Martin Rapold, Walo Lüönd, Bettina Stucky, Linda Geiser SOONER OR LATER, documentary by Jürg Neuenschwander (2003), Distribution Switzerland: Filmcoopi AG NOVEMBER, fiction by Luki Frieden (2003), with Muriel Rieben, Charlotte Heinimann, Max Rüdlinger, Martin Rapold, Distribution Switzerland: Frenetic Films BASHKIM, doc. by Vadim Jendreyko (2001) – Swiss Film Prize 2002 Best Documentary, Distribution Switzerland: Frenetic Films 3 TATORTS (1992, 1997, 2001), TV-movies for DRS, ARD, ORF ADIEU PLANCHER DES VACHES, fiction by O. Iosseliani (1998), with Nikoloz Tarjelashvili, Stéphanie Hainque, Philippe Bas, Amiran Amiranachvili, Distribution Switzerland: Fama Film AG LA TERZA LUNA, fiction by Matteo Bellinelli (1997), with Omero Antonutti, Roberto Citran, Alessandra Acciai, Alexandre Medvedev, Distribution Switzerland: Fama Film AG BRIGANDS, CHAPITRE VII, fiction by Jacques Rivette (1995), with Dato Gogibedachvili, Guio Tzintsadze, Nino Ordjonikizde, Keti Kapanadze, Distribution Switzerland: Fama Film AG HAUT, BAS, FRAGILE, fiction by Jacques Rivette (1995), with Marianne Denicourt, Nathalie Richard, Laurence Côte, André Marcon, Distribution Switzerland: Filmcoopi AG JENATSCH, fiction by Daniel Schmid (1987), with Michel Voita, Christine Boisson, Vittorio Mezzogiorno, Jean Bouise, Laura Betti, Carole Bouquet
In development: ALONE TOGETHER, fiction by Niklaus Hilber BULLE DE SOLEIL, fiction by Bruno Deville SUR LA TERRE COMME AU CIEL, fiction by Laurent Flutsch LA PETITE MECANIQUE DE L’AMOUR, fiction by Anne Richard and Christophe Chevalier In production: LEFT FOOT, RIGHT FOOT, fiction by Germinal Roaux L’HEURE DU SECRET, TV-series by Elena Hazanov Released: LE PAYSAGE INTERIEUR, documentary by Pierre Maillard INSOUPÇONNABLE, fiction by Gabriel Le Bomin CONSTRUIRE LA SUISSE – Learning Center EPFL, short documentary by Pierre Maillard NATURE HUMAINE symphonic concert and film REFRACTAIRE, fiction by Nicolas Steil LES YEUX DE SIMONE, short fiction by Jean-Louis Porchet MICHEL CORBOZ LE COMBAT ENTRE LE VRAI ET LE BEAU, documentary by Rinaldo Marasco and Jérôme Piguet LE COMBAT DES CHEFS, TV-documentary by Jean-François Amiguet PASSE-MOI LES JUMELLES LE RETOUR DE LA TONKINOISE by Jean-François Amiguet / documentary program CROM, TV-series by Bruno Deville
L’Heure du Secret
Thousand Oceans
Radio Télévision Suisse, photography Philippe Christin
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CATPICS COPRODUCTIONS Ltd.
C-FILMS AG
Catpics Ltd. was founded in 1984 as an independent film production company. After winning an Academy Award for “Best Foreign Language Film” in 1991 for “Journey Of Hope” by Xavier Koller, sister company Catpics Coproductions Ltd. was founded in 1992 to enable more international coproductions.
C-FILMS AG is nationally and internationally involved in the following activities: development and production of TV-movies and TV-series, theatrical movies and documentaries.
Peter Reichenbach, Michael Steiger & Anne Walser Hallenstrasse 10, Postfach, CH-8032 Zürich Tel: +41.44-253.65.55 - Fax: +41.44 -251.52.53 e-mail: c-films@c-films.ch - www.c-films.ch
In development (selection): RECYCLING LILY, fiction by Pierre Monnard GRÜNINGERS FALL, TV-movie by Alain Gsponer SCHELLEN-URSLI, fiction by Xavier Koller BLUE EYED SAMURAI, fiction by Marcel Langenegger DER GOALIE BIN IG, fiction by Sabine Boss DEFEKT, fiction by Oliver Paulus DER KOCH, fiction after the novel of Martin Suter DER MOSCHEENSPION, fiction by Bastian Schweizer GLOBAL BEACH, fiction by Fulvio Bernasconi
IN DEVELOPMENT: PARACELSUS, fiction by Xavier Koller THE STRANGER, fiction by Xavier Koller PRE-PRODUCTION: DINU [DINU – DR SCHWÄRCHRAFT ENTGÄGE], fiction by Simon Aeby Recent productions: TATORT: SCALPEL, TV-movie by Tobias Ineichen EINE WEN IIG; DR DÄLLEBACH KARI, fiction by Xavier Koller THE COLOUR OF YOUR SOCKS – EIN JAHR MIT PIPILOTTI RIST, documentary by Michael Hegglin LATE BLOOMERS, (Die Herbstzeitlosen), fiction by Bettina Oberli
IN PRODUCTION: NIGHT TRAIN TO LISBON, fiction by Bille August KLANG DER STILLE, fiction by Friederike Jehn DER TEUFEL VON MAILAND (The Devil of Milano), TV-movie by Markus Welter RELEASED: DER VERDINGBUB (THE FOSTER BOY), fiction by Markus Imboden DRAMA AM GAULIGLETSCHER, documentary by Cristina Karrer and Patricia Wagner IMPASSE DU DÉSIR, fiction by Michel Rodde 180°, fiction by Cihan Inan DER LETZTE WEYNFELDT (THE LAST WEYNFELDT), TV-movie by Alain Gsponer GROUNDING – THE LAST DAYS OF SWISSAIR, fiction by Michael Steiner and Tobias Fueter MEIN NAME IST EUGEN (RASCALS ON THE ROAD), fiction by Michael Steiner THE MANNS – NOVEL OF A CENTURY, TV-mini-series by Heinrich Breoler
RELEASED: JOSEPHSOHN – SCULPTOR, documentary by Matthias Kälin and Laurin Merz GERHARD MEIER – WRITER, documentary by Friedrich Kappeler JOURNEY OF HOPE, by Xavier Koller BLACK TANNER, by Xavier Koller GRIPSHOLM, by Xavier Koller DESIRE IN MOTION, by Léa Pool EMPORTE-MOI, (Set Me Free), by Léa Pool MANI MATTER, WHY ARE YOU SO SAD? by Friedrich Kappeler THE SALTMEN OF TIBET, by Ulrike Koch
Eine wen iig, dr Dällebach Kari
der Verdingbub
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Production
Alfi Sinniger Steinstrasse 21, CH-8003 Zürich Tel: +41.44-455.99.00 - Fax: +41.44-455.99.09 e-mail: info@catpics.ch - www.catpics.ch
M a jor S wiss P roduction C ompanie s DSCHOINT VENTSCHR FILMPRODUKTION AG
Samir, Werner Schweizer & Karin Koch Molkenstrasse 21, CH-8004 Zürich Tel: +41.44-456.30.20 - Fax: +41.44-456.30.25 e-mail: office@dschointventschr.ch www.dschointventschr.ch
cobra film ag
Production
Valerie Fischer & Susann Rüdlinger Carmenstrasse 25, CH-8032 Zürich Tel: +41.44-252.05.76 - Fax: +41.44-252.05.52 e-mail: office@cobrafilm.ch - www.cobrafilm.ch
Dschoint Ventschr (pronounced like Joint Venture) produces fiction and documentaries concentrating on cultural, political and social issues for cinema and television. Special attention is given to cross-cultural encounters and new visual approaches. Most productions are produced with international partners. Dschoint Ventschr works with first-time as well as established filmmakers.
Cobra Film AG was founded in 2001 by producer Valerie Fischer and the distribution company Filmcoopi Zürich. Both partners have been in the film business for decades, Valerie Fischer notably with her Silvia Filmproduktion AG. In 2007, producer Susann Rüdlinger joined Cobra Film, producer of Andrea Staka’s acclaimed and award-winning “Das Fräulein”, and various other fiction films. The objectives of Cobra Film are to develop and produce fiction and non-fiction featurelength films, both on a national and an international level, for an arthouse audience that loves humour, drama and emotional stories.
Coming up: VERLIEBTE FEINDE, docu-fiction by Werner Schweizer, (CH) OPERATION LIBERTAD, fiction by Nicolas Wadimoff, (CH) RETURN TO BEIRUT, documentary by Avi Mograbi, (FR/CH/ISR) DAWN, fiction by Romed Wyder, (CH/DE/ISR/UK) BLACK BROTHERS, fiction by Xavier Koller, (CH/DE) IRAQI ODYSSEY, documentary by Samir, (CH/DE)
in Post-production: PAPPKAMERADEN, animation by Stephan Bischoff and Stefan Wicki
IN FINANCING: DORA OR THE SEXUAL NEUROSES OF OUR PARENTS, fiction by Stina Werenfels, (CH/DE/AT) THE SWALLOW, fiction by Mano Khalil, (CH) CORPS DIPLOMATIQUE, fiction by Nadia Fares THE JACQUES BOLSEY PROJECT, documentary by Alyssa Bolsey, (CH/US)
in production: Rosie, fiction by Marcel Gisler IN FINANCING/DEVELOPMENT: Sophie and the smalltime crooks, family entertainment by Carla Lia Monti UNTER NULL, fiction by Rolf Lyssy
RECENT PRODUCTIONS: PUPPET, fiction by Sebastian Kutzli, (CH/DE) JOSCHKA UND HERR FISCHER, documentary by Pepe Danquart (D/CH) SILBERWALD, fiction by Christine Repond, (CH/D) SATTE FARBEN VOR SCHWARZ, fiction by Sophie Heldmann, (D/CH) MORD HINTERM VORHANG, TV fiction by Sabine Boss, (CH)
RELEASED: MY GENERATION, documentary by Veronika Minder SONGS OF LOVE AND HATE, fiction by Katalin Gödrös Swiss distributor: Filmcoopi Zürich AG, World Sales: Cobra Film AG DER KAMERAMÖRDER, fiction by Robert Pejo, (HU/A/CH) TANDOORI LOVE, by Oliver Paulus, (CH/D/A) Swiss distributor: Filmcoopi Zurich AG, World Sales: Media Luna New Films, Köln TULPAN, by Sergey Dvortsevoy (D/CH/Kaz/Russ/Pol) Swiss distributor Filmcoopi Zürich AG, World Sales: Match Factory
My Generation
VERLIEBTE FEINDE
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FAMA FILM AG
HESSEGREUTERT FILM AG
Rolf Schmid Engelstrasse 52, Postfach, CH-8026 Zürich Tel.: +41.44-245.86.60 Fax: +41.44-245.86.66 e-mail: info@famafilm.ch www.famafilm.ch
Valentin Greutert & Simon Hesse Badenerstrasse 129, CH-8004 Zürich Tel: +41.43-322.18.22 - Fax: +41.43-322.18.20 email: contact@hessegreutert.ch www.hessegreutert.ch
FAMA FILM AG is a well established production company and was founded in 1987 in Bern, Switzerland as an independent film production and distribution company. FAMA FILM AG has produced more than twenty fiction films (cinema and TV), as well as documentaries, animation films and short films, many of them in coproduction with European partners. FAMA FILM AG has its own distribution department, specialized in arthouse and children films.
IN DEVELOPMENT/PRE-PRODUCTION: THE SOUND OF WATER, fiction by Men Lareida (CH/HU) NEWLAND, fiction by Moritz Gerber IN PRODUCTION: THULETUVALU, documentary by Mathias von Gunten (CH/D)
IN PRE-PRODUCTION: Welcome To Iceland, fiction by Felix Tissi Verzockt, fiction by Thomas Hess Im Schatten des Tages, fiction by Daniela and Isabella Cianciarulo Born Criminal, documentary by Janos Tedeschi and Christof Schaefer Weisse Tasten, schwarze Tasten, fiction by Stefanie Klemm Tangomaniacs, documentary by Ursula Haas Farideh und der Teppich, fiction by Matthias Brunner and Tamara Lardori
IN POST-PRODUCTION: CLARA AND THE SECRET OF THE BEARS (working title), fiction by Tobias Ineichen (CH/D) THE CAGE DOOR IS ALWAYS OPEN (working title), documentary by Daniel Young RELEASED: ONE WAY TRIP 3D, fiction by Markus Welter THE CHEESEMAKER, TV-fiction by Markus Welter ROCKSTEADY: THE ROOTS OF REGGAE, documentary by Stascha Bader (CH/CA) NIGHT RUSH, fiction by Markus Welter (CH/D) KORICHOR, TV-documentary by Jan Poldervaart ELENA’S CHANCE, TV-documentary by Bernhard Weber DAY AT THE SEASIDE, fiction by Moritz Gerber MAX FRISCH, CITOYEN, documentary by Matthias von Gunten A FARMER’S DEATH, TV-fiction by Rudi Burkhalter and Daniel Helfer HER SECOND CHANCE, TV-fiction by Tobias Ineichen THE ORANGE SUN, TV-documentary by Piotr Jaxa and Ursula L esiak
RELEASED: Gottfried Honegger – on doit construire le monde, documentary by Roman Meyer Nur ein Wort, short film by Rajko Jazbec Das Schiff des Torjägers, documentary by Heidi Specogna Zwerge sprengen, fiction by Christof Schertenleib Der Fürsorger, fiction by Lutz Konermann Der Choreograf HEINZ SPOERLI, documentary by Werner Zeindler
Das Schiff des Torjägers
One Way Trip 3D
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HesseGreutert Film is an independent production company founded in 2004 by the producers Simon Hesse and Valentin Greutert. The company mainly produces documentary and fiction films for theatrical release as well as television, also in coproduction with international partners.
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Hugofilm Productions GmbH
Kontraproduktion AG
Hugofilm is one of the leading film production companies from Switzerland. Their most successful productions so far are “Vitus” by Fredi M. Murer which premiered at the Berlinale 2006 and was shortlisted for the Academy Awards 2007 and “Pepperminta” by Pipilotti Rist, a Festival hit 2009/2010 worldwide. Currently Hugofilm has just completed various films such as “Sommervögel” by Paul Riniker and “Tinguely” by Thomas Thümena.
Kontraproduktion AG, a subsidiary of Constantin Film Switzerland AG, was founded in 1997 and has primarily focused on the production of fiction films for the cinema. “Rascals On the Road” (My Name is Eugen) produced in 2006 was the most successful Swiss film since 1978 and won the Swiss Film Prize for Best Fiction Film. In 2010 the fiction film “Sennentuntschi” was released and was the most successful Swiss film of the year and was also nominated in three separate Swiss Film Prize «Quartz 2011» categories.
Production
Christian Davi, Christof Neracher & Thomas Thümena Zypressenstrasse 76, CH-8004 Zürich Tel: +41.44-240.40.77 - Fax +41.44-240.34.96 e-mail: productions@hugofilm.ch - www.hugofilm.ch
Bertastrasse 1, CH-8003 Zürich Tel: +41.43-817.25.02 - Fax: +41.61-816.67.70 e-mail: info@kontra.ch - www.kontra.ch
IN DEVELOPMENT: SOIF, fiction by François Bovy TAUBEN FLIEGEN AUF, fiction by Katalin Gödrös CHRIEG, fiction by Simon Jaquemet WE ARE DEAD, fiction by Tobias Nölle
IN DEVELOPMENT: TASADAY!, fiction JUKEBOX HERO, fiction
Released: RUHM, fiction by Isabel Kleefeld TÖTE MICH, fiction by Emily Atef SOMMERVÖGEL, fiction by Paul Riniker CONTEMPORARY, documentary by Elodie Pong TINGUELY, documentary by Thomas Thümena JUMP, fiction by Bindu de Stoppani VATER, UNSER WILLE GESCHEHE, fiction by Robert Ralston TANNÖD, fiction Film by Bettina Oberli MEIN KAMPF, fiction Film by Urs Odermatt PEPPERMINTA, fiction Film by Pipilotti Rist DHARAVI, SLUM FOR SALE, documentary by Lutz Konermann VITUS, fiction by Fredi M. Murer CITYWALLS – MY OWN PRIVATE TEHRAN, documentary by Afsar Sonia Shafie JO SIFFERT live fast - die young, documentary by Men Lareida KROKUS – as long we live, documentary by Reto Caduff MA FAMILLE AFRICAINE, documentary by Thomas Thümena
RECENT PRODUCTIONS: DAS SCHWEIZER MISSEN MASSAKER, fiction by Michael Steiner SENNENTUNTSCHI, fiction by Michael Steiner (Swiss Film Prize «Quartz 2011» special Jury Prize) PINPRICK, fiction by Daniel Young (CH/HU) MEIN NAME IST EUGEN, fiction by Michael Steiner NACHT DER GAUKLER, fiction by Michael Steiner and Pascal Walder SPITAL IN ANGST, TV-movie by Michael Steiner ALLES WIRD GUT, TV-movie by Thomas Hess (prize for Best Swiss TV movie 2003 at Cinema Tout Ecran, Geneva) SUITE 705, short film by Michael Steiner & Philipp Lengyel STUNT HERO, TV-reality series (8 episodes) for SF2
IN PRODUCTION: LOVELY LOUISE, fiction by Bettina Oberli Hanglage Mit Aussicht (Tatort), fiction by Sabine Boss
JUMP
Das Schweizer Missen Massaker
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Langfilm / Bernard Lang AG
MAXIMAGE gmbh
Langfilm / Bernard Lang AG was founded in 1980 by Bernard Lang. Today, the company is lead by Anne-Catherine Lang Majer and Olivier Zobrist. With their experience, Langfilm is one of the established production companies in Switzerland. Langfilm maintains regular business relations with other European producers, particularly in France, Germany and Austria. Over the years, Langfilm has produced around 40 fictions.
maximage is an independent production firm based in Zurich and run by the producers Brigitte Hofer and Cornelia Seitler. Since 1997 they have been producing documentaries and fiction films for the international cinema and television market. They have worked with a number of highly innovative writers and directors on award-winning films such as Peter Mettler’s “Gambling, Gods and LSD”, Stefan Schwietert’s “Balkan Melodie”, “Heimatklänge” and “Accordion Tribe”. maximage has also been involved as a coproducer in a range of international projects including Bettina Borgfeld’s and David Bernet’s “Raising Resistance”.
IN PRODUCTION: SITTING NEXT TO ZOE, fiction by Ivana Lalovic IN DEVELOPMENT / Pre-Production: LE VAMPIRE DE ROPRAZ, fiction by Raymond Vouillamoz, based on a novel by Jacques Chessex GEISTERFAHRER, fiction by Karim Patwa RIDER JACK, fiction by This Lüscher ELECTROBOY, documentary by Marcel Gisler AN EINEM TAG WIE DIESEM, fiction by Georg Isenmann based on a novel by Peter Stamm FROSCH, fiction by Jann Preuss DURST, fiction by Ivana Lalovic INSIDER, fiction by Uwe Lützen and Micha Lewinsky
IN PRODUCTION: Am Hang, fiction by Markus Werner Sie kamen, um zu helfen, documentary by Thomas Isler Kurt und der Sessellift, short-documentary by Thaïs Odermatt Letzte Runde, short fiction by Kerstin Polte IN post-PRODUCTION: The End of Time, documentary by Peter Mettler 37 Karteikarten zu Nabokov, documentary by Harald Bergmann
RECENT PRODUCTIONS: LIEBE UND ANDERE UNFÄLLE, TV-fiction by Tom Gerber 5x5x5, 5 short films by 5 directors BLITZEIS, short film by Georg Isenmann LÄNGER LEBEN, fiction by Lorenz Keiser
RELEASED: Balkan Melodie, documentary by Stefan Schwietert Du&Ich, short fiction by Esen Isik
Liebe und andere Unfälle
BALKAN MELODIE
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Production
Brigitte Hofer & Cornelia Seitler Neugasse 6, CH-8005 Zürich Tel: +41.44-274.88.66 - Fax: +41.44-274.88.60 e-mail: info@maximage.ch - www.maximage.ch
Bernard Lang, Anne-Catherine Lang Majer & Olivier Zobrist Dorfstrasse 14 C, CH-8427 Freienstein Tel: +41.44-865.66.27 e-mail: info@langfilm.ch - www.langfilm.ch
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PCT cinéma télévision SA
Okofilm Productions GmbH
Pierre-André Thiébaud Rue des Maraîchers 8, CH-1205 Genève Les Rappes, CH-1921 Martigny-Combe Tel: +41.27-723.60.15 - Fax: +41.27-723.60.16 e-mail: info@pctprod.ch www.pctprod.ch
Production
Andrea Štaka & Thomas Imbach Ankerstrasse 3, CH-8004 Zürich Tel: +41.44-240.58.56 e-mail: info@okofilm.ch www.okofilm.ch
Okofilm Productions was founded in 2007 by internationally acclaimed directors Andrea Staka and Thomas Imbach with the aim to produce independent and artistically challenging films for theatrical release. Okofilm is based in Zürich and collaborates with international partners on both production and distribution such as Samson Films (David Collins) in Dublin, Ziva Productions (Leon Lucev, Damir Ibrahimovic, Jasmila Zbanic) in Zagreb, Coop99 (Barbara Albert, Jessica Hausner, Antonin Svobod, Martin Gschlacht) in Vienna and Sciapode (Emilie Blézat) in Paris. Okofilm is currently producing three new projects. “Cure (Girls)”, (in production) is the new fiction film project by Andrea Staka. Her previous film “Das Fräulein” (2006) won the Golden Leopard in Locarno and the Heart of Sarajevo for Best Film and Actress. “Day is Done”, Thomas Imbach’s autobiographical fiction, premiered at the Berlinale in February 2011. His new fiction film “Mary’s Ride”, based on the life of Mary Stuart, is currently in post-production.
Since its creation in 1990, PCT cinéma télévision has set up a network of partners in Europe and a catalogue of fiction films and documentaries. IN pre-PRODUCTION: Un déjeuner de soleil, fiction by Anne Gonthier Corps étranger, fiction by Laurent Nègre La révolution silencieuse, documentary by Lila Ribi and Claude Muret Carton rouge, fiction by Jérôme Porte Raconte-moi tes morts, documentary by Pierre-André Thiébaud IN PRODUCTION: Mémoire Aveugle, documentary by Pierre-André Thiébaud For this is my body, fiction by Paule Muret RELEASED: MEDIUMS d’un monde à l’autre, documentary by Denise Gilliand L’hiver dernier, fiction by John Shank Sous la main de l’autre, documentary by Vincent Detours and Dominique Henry Ultima Donna, fiction by Tristan Aymon Sauvage, fiction by Jean-François Amiguet
IN PRODUCTION: CURE, by Andrea Staka, written by Andrea Staka, Marie Kreutzer and Thomas Imbach IN post-PRODUCTION: MARY’S RIDE, by Thomas Imbach, written by Thomas Imbach, Eduard Habsburg and Andrea Staka RELEASED: DAY IS DONE, by Thomas Imbach, written by Thomas Imbach and Patrizia Stotz, Distributor: Pathé Films, Switzerland
MEDIUMS d’un monde à l’autre
DAY IS DONE
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PEACOCK FILM
POINTPROD SA
Peacock Film was founded in 1984 by Rolando Colla (director, screenwriter) and Peter Indergand (director of photography), with the aim of producing films and videos. During its first years, Peacock Film produced mainly commissioned and advertising films. In 1985 Elena Pedrazzoli joined the firm, initially as a production assistant and later as a producer. In 1989 Peter Indergand sold his shares to Elena Pedrazzoli, who became managing director later. In 1994 Colla made his first medium-length fiction film “Jagdzeit”, which won five international awards. From then on, Rolando Colla and Elena Pedrazzoli’s work shifted strongly in the direction of independent film production, with fewer commissioned and advertising films being produced. During the past years, Peacock Ltd (with a share capital of 100,000 CHF) produced half a dozen commissioned works, two full-length television films and a diverse number of short films, as well as Colla’s latest fiction film “Giochi D’Estate” (Summer Games), Switzerland’s official entry for the Academy Awards. For a number of years Elena Pedrazzoli has also produced films with external, independent directors from Switzerland and abroad (among others: “Masàngeles” by Beatriz Flores Silva, in coproduction with Saga Film, Bruxelles and “Operation Casablanca”, by Laurent Nègre).
Founded in 1996, PointProd has specialised in television productions (fictions, documentaries, RSS feeds, magazine programmes and news). In 2002, the Edipresse group became the company’s partner. In 2005, the company created a development and production unit for fiction and documentaries headed by David Rihs and Jean-Marc Fröhle. In 2007, PointProd joined forces with Actua Films, renowned for its technological know-how (satellite transmissions, shootings, editing...). PointProd and Actua now host a production centre under one roof that is unique in French-speaking Switzerland. It is linked to 300 television channels and disposes of studios as well as editing and shooting platforms.
Jean-Marc Fröhle, David Rihs & Vincent Gonet 41B route des Jeunes, CP 1302, CH-1211 Genève 26 Tel : +41.22-328.48.48 e-mail: info@pointprod.ch - www.pointprod.ch
IN pre-PRODUCTION: A livre ouvert, TV-series by Stéphanie Chuat and Véronique Reymond Le Vaste Monde, written and directed by Nicole Borgeat Miséricorde, fiction written by Pierre-Pascal Rossi and directed by Fulvio Bernasconi Le sens de l’humour, fiction written by Denis Rabaglia and Nicolas Haut, directed by Denis Rabaglia Dernier Tour de Chant à Kaboul, documentary by Lisbeth Koutchoumoff and Wolgrand Ribeiro
IN pre-PRODUCTION: UNTER DER HAUT (UNDER THE SKIN), first fiction by Claudia Lorenz DER AFRIKANISCHE GAERTNER, fiction by Fredi Murer IL VENDITORE DI MEDICINE, fiction by Antonio Morabito (minority coproduction) WHITE ROOM, fiction by Rolando Colla
Released: Ciwara, 2012, fiction by Jacques Sarrasin Le Ballon Truqué, 2012, documentary by Fulvio Bernasconi and Patrick Oberli D’une jungle à l’autre, 2012, documentary by Raymond Vouillamoz Port d’Attache, 2012, TV- series by Anne Deluz Chronique d’une mort oubliée, 2012, documentary by Pierre Morath La saga des Perrochon, 2011 documentary by Jean-Claude Chanel in coproduction with RTS Radio Télévision Suisse Titeuf le film, 2011 feature-length animation by ZEP, in coproduction with Moonscoop, Pathé and RTS Radio Télévision Suisse La mort est dans le champ, 2010, animation short documentary by Patrick Chappatte and Marco Delamula, in coproduction with ICRC and RTS Radio Télévision Suisse
IN POST-PRODUCTION: CLAROSCURO, documentary by Sandra Gomez CHERRY PIE, short film by Lorenz Merz RELEASE (2012): DAS BESSERE LEBEN IST ANDERSWO, (95 min.) documentary by Rolando Colla RECENT PRODUCTIONS: GIOCHI D’ESTATE, (101 min.) fiction by Rolando Colla EINSPRUCH VI, (17 min.) short film by Rolando Colla OPERATION CASABLANCA, (88 min.) fiction by Laurent Nègre
GIOCHI D’ESTATE
La saga des Perrochon
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Production
Elena Pedrazzoli & Rolando Colla Mühlebachstrasse 113, CH-8008 Zürich Tel: +41.44-422.47.70 - Fax: +41.44-422.90.40, e-mail: info@peacock.ch - www.peacock.ch
M a jor S wiss P roduction C ompanie s Rita productions sàrl
P.S. Productions
Production
Xavier Grin Chemin En Fossiaux 5, Case postale 127, CH-1618 Châtel-St-Denis Tel: +41.21-922.03.72 e-mail: ps.productions@mac.com - psinfo@bluewin.ch www.ps-productions.ch
Pauline Gygax & Max Karli Rue des marbriers 4, CH-1204 Genève Tel: +41.22-775.15.50 - Fax: +41.22-775.15.55 e-mail: info@ritaproductions.com www.ritaproductions.com
Founded by Xavier Grin in 2000, PS. Productions first acquired its knowhow at the service of several foreign co-productions teams that were shooting in Switzerland. Bolstered by its international experiences, the firm has been developing its own productions since 2006. In 2008, two first documentaries were released in theaters: “Cher Monsieur, cher papa” by François Kohler (“Visions du Réel” international competition) and “Un petit coin de paradis...” by Jacqueline Veuve (official selection of the Locarno Festival). PS then went on to produce two non documentary movies: Plus là pour personne (2009), Jean-Laurent Chautems’s first feature-length film, selected for the international competition in Namur, and then Séverine Cornamusaz’s Coeur animal (Animal Heart), which won the Best Swiss Fiction award in 2010. With more than eight international awards, the movie signaled that PS. had indeed become a full-fledged producer. Pursuing its expansion, PS. Productions intends to become an international player for the long haul thanks to its co-productions, all while initiating regional projects. Cyanure, Séverine Cornamusaz’s second movie, currently in postproduction, is a Swiss-Canadian co-production. PS. seeks to develop projects in an innovative perspective, underpinned by the desire to support young filmmakers. In tune with the evolution of society and sensitive to identity-related issues, PS. is currently producing documentaries in collaboration with broadcasting partners such as RTS-Télévision suisse romande and ARTE.
Based in Geneva and founded by Pauline Gygax and Max Karli in 2003, RITA Productions focuses on fiction and documentaries for both cinema and television, with the purpose of conveying an intense or original interpretation of our times. RITA has yet produced over ten fictions and documentaries (TV films, feature films, documentaries and series). During year 2007, Frederic Choffat’s The real life is elsewhere meets the enthusiasm of the audience in cinemas and international festivals (released in 2008 in France and Germany). By 2009, RITA is granted the TV5 Prize for the Best French speaking TV film as well as the Swissperform Prize for the Best Swiss Telefilm for Raymond Vouillamoz’s Unleashed, featuring Irène Jacob and Adèle Heanel. Then, the TV serie Life Uncorked! was nominated at the Monte-Carlo Television Festival and BANFF Festival. Back to cinema in 2011, with films and documentaries by Lionel Baier, Robin Harsch, Yann-Olivier Wicht, Daniel Schweizer and Claude Barras. IN DEVELOPMENT: LES GRANDES ONDES, feature film by Lionel Baier LA FAUTE A ROUSSEAU!, in partnership with the RTS and the HEAD–Geneva L’ENFER ROSE, feature film by Robin Harsch IT’S A ZUCCHINI’S LIFE!, animated movie by Claude Barras DIRTY GOLD WAR, documentary film by Daniel Schweizer LES VIVANTS, feature film by Yann-Olivier Wicht THE LADY OF NAZCA, feature film by Damien Dorsaz PRINTEMPS, feature film by Maryam Goormaghtigh
IN DEVELOPMENT: L’ART DE LA GUERRE, fiction by François Yang (CH/F) NO COLOR, fiction by Nicholas Peart (CH/F/B) RUE DES MOINEAUX, fiction by Tania Zambrano Ovalle (CH) IN PRODUCTION: MA FAMILLE, documentary by Anne Theurillat MIRAGE D’AMOUR AVEC FANFARE, fiction by Hubert (B/F/CH) IN post-PRODUCTION: CYANURE, fiction by Severine Cornamusaz (CH/CND) VIBRATO, documentary by Jacqueline Veuve (CH) RELEASED: CœUR ANIMA/ANIMAL HEART, fiction by Severine Cornamusaz (CH/F)
SELECTION FROM CATALOGUE: LIFE UNCORKED!, comedy TV-Series, directed by Pierre-Antoine Hiroz UNLEASHED, fiction, directed by Raymond Vouillamoz HEIDI, Family TV-Series, directed by Pierre-Antoine Hiroz and Anne Deluz THE REAL LIFE IS ELSWHERE, feature film, by Frédéric Choffat
Cyanure
LA FAUTE A ROUSSEAU!
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T&C FILM AG
THELMA FILM AG
Pierre-Alain Meier Registred Office: Coin-Dessus 3, CH-2863 Undervelier Office and correspondance: Rue de la Préfecture 2, CH-2800 Delémont Tel: +41.32-423.17.78 e-mail: meier@thelmafilm.ch, meier@princefilm.ch
Founded in 1976. Main focus is the production of fiction films and documentaries for theatrical release and television broadcast. Marcel Hoehn, the initiator and co-founder, produced films with directors such as Daniel Schmid “Hécate”, “Tosca’s Kiss”, “Off Season”, “Beresina”, Rolf Lyssy “The Swissmakers”, Fredi M. Murer “Full Moon”, Christoph Schaub “Jeune Homme”, “Julia’s Disappearance” or coproductions with Francesco Rosi “The Truce”, Jacques Rivette “Secret Defense”, Sandra Nettelbeck “Mostly Martha” among others.
Since it’s founding in 1988, Thelma Film AG has produced and coproduced more than 30 fiction films and documentaries, most of them in coproduction with European partners. In 2005 Pierre-Alain Meier launched Prince Film SA in Geneva, now based in Delémont (www.princefilm.ch). IN DEVELOPMENT: WALTY, fiction by P. A. Meier (CH), KISSING THE POPE, fiction by Denis Rabaglia (CH)
IN DEVELOPMENT: BULLISH, fiction by Juri Steinhart WHEN I’M 64, fiction by Gertrud Pinkus
IN PRODUCTION: MADE IN CHINA, fiction, directed by Claudio Tonetti, produced by Prince Film, Saga Film (B)
IN post-PRODUCTION: NACHTLÄRM, fiction by Christoph Schaub. Script by Martin Suter. Coproduction with X Filme Creative Pool GmbH, Berlin. Starring Alexandra Maria Lara, Sebastian Blomberg, Georg Friedrich, Carol Schuler, Andreas Matti
RELEASED: UN ETE BRÛLANT, by Philippe Garrel (F) with Monica Belluci, Louis Garrel, produced by Rectangle Productions Paris, Faro Film (I), Prince Film (CH). Premiere: Mostra de Venise 2011. Distribution CH: Agora Film, Geneva MORE THAN HONEY, by Markus Imhoof (CH), produced by Thelma Film (CH), zero one film (D), Allegro Film (A). Distribution CH: Frenetic Films, Zürich COMME DES LIONS DE PIERRE, by Olivier Zuchuat (CH), produced by Prince Film (CH), AMIP (F). Premiere: Visions du Réel, Nyon 2012, International Competition. Distribution CH: trigon-film, Ennetbaden
RELEASED: THE GUANTANAMO TRAP, documentary by Thomas Selim Wallner. Coproduction with zero one film Berlin, Xenophile Media Toronto and Amythos Media Toronto GIULIAS VERSCHWINDEN (JULIA’S DISAPPEARANCE), fiction by Christoph Schaub. Starring Corinna Harfouch, Bruno Ganz, Stefan Kurt, Sunnyi Melles. Audience Award, Film Festival Locarno 2009. World Sales by T&C Edition, Zürich DANIEL SCHMID – LE CHAT QUI PENSE, documentary by Pascal Hofmann and Benny Jaberg. World Premiere Berlinale Panorama 2010. World Sales by T&C Edition, Zürich. BAD BOY KUMMER, documentary by Miklós Gimes. Coproduction with busse&halberschmidt, Düsseldorf. World Sales by T&C Edition, Zürich
NACHTLÄRM
More than Honey
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Marcel Hoehn Seestrasse 41a, CH-8002 Zürich Tel: +41.44-208.99.55 - Fax: +41.44-208.99.54 e-mail: tcemail@tcfilm.ch www.tcfilm.ch
M a jor S wiss P roduction C ompanie s
TRILUNA FILM AG
VEGA FILM AG
Triluna Film produces and coproduces fiction films and documentaries for the Swiss and European market since 1991. Currently Triluna Film is producing three 52 minutes episodes for a new historic series entitled “Die Schweizer – Les Suisses – Gli Svizzeri – Ils Svizzers” on behalf of the SRG SSR. For this ambitious project in the style of docu-fiction, directed by Dominique Othenin-Girard, CGI technologies will be used to recreate historic settings. In Winter 2011/2012 the new documentary “Wisdom Of Changes – Richard Wilhelm And The I Ching” by Bettina Wilhelm was released in cinemas in Germany and Switzerland. The film follows the life of her Grandfather, who became a cultural facilitator by translating among others the I Ching, the “Book of Changes” and bringing it to the western world. Untill today the many translations based on his work are inspiring millions of people around the globe.
Ruth Waldburger is the owner and business manager of the production company Vega Film AG and the distribution company Vega Distribution AG. Vega Film (founded in 1988) is one of the most renowned film production companies in Switzerland. It stands for international coproductions but also for numerous Swiss films. Many of the films Ruth Waldburger has produced have been awarded prizes. Recently “Sister” by Ursula Meier won the Special Award – Silver Bear in Berlin, and in 2011, “The Turin Horse” by Béla Tarr was awarded the Jury Grand Prix – Silver Bear. Earlier, “Johnny Suede” starring Brad Pitt and directed by Tom DiCillo, won the Golden Leopard at the Locarno Film Festival in 1991, “Same Old Song” by Alain Resnais (amongst other prizes, the Silver Bear at the Berlin Film Festival in 1998) or “Our Music” by Jean-Luc Godard (The San Sebastian Film Festival, The FIPRESCI Grand Prix “Best film of the year 2004”). In 2003 the Locarno Film Festival awarded Ruth Waldburger with the Raimondo Rezzonico life achievement award for the entirety of her production activities. The 46th Solothurn Film Festival 2011 dedicated its “Rencontre Section” to the film producer Ruth Waldburger. This programme is devoted to a person who has made an outstanding contribution to the culture of Swiss film.
Production
Rudolf Santschi Neugasse 6, CH-8005 Zürich Tel: +41.44-273.00.53 - Fax: +41.44-273.01.06 e-mail: info@trilunafilm.ch - www.trilunafilm.ch
Production & Distribution: Ruth Waldburger Helenastrasse 3, Postfach, CH-8034 Zürich Tel: +41.44-384.80.90 - Fax: +41.44-384.80.99 e-mail: info@vegafilm.com - www.vegafilm.com
IN DEVELOPMENT: BEYTO, fiction by Gitta Gsell, written by Gitta Gsell and Yusuf Yesilòz, based on the novel “Hochzeitsflug” by Yusuf Yesilòz, published by Limmat Verlag AG, Zürich FINSTERES GLÜCK, fiction by Stefan Haupt, based on the novel by Lukas Hartmann, published by Diogenes Verlag AG, Switzerland AND FURTHER PROJECTS FOR CINEMA AND TV
IN DEVELOPMENT: UN JUIF POUR L’EXEMPLE, fiction by Jacob Berger (CH/F) MOI, ZURAB, fiction by Elena Hazanov (CH) WANDELSTERNE, fiction by Benjamin Heisenberg (CH/D) MAN LEBT NUR EINMAL, fiction by Sabine Boss (CH) DOUBLE JE(U), fiction by Wolfgang Panzer (CH/LUX) RELEASED: sister, fiction by Ursula Meier (CH/F) BYE BYE BLONDIE, fiction by Virginie Despentes (CH/F/B) HELL, fiction by Tim Fehlbaum (D/CH) THE TURIN HORSE, fiction by Béla Tarr (HU/F/D/CH) FLIEGENDE FISCHE, fiction by Güzin Kar (CH/D) LA PETITE CHAMBRE, fiction by Stéphanie Chuat and Véronique Reymond (CH/LUX) FILM SOCIALISME, fiction by Jean-Luc Godard (F/CH)
IN pre-PRODUCTION: MARIO, fiction by Marcel Gisler, written by Thomas Hess SCHWESTERN (SISTERS), fiction by Silvia Berchtold IN PRODUCTION: DIE SCHWEIZER – LES SUISSES – GLI SVIZZERI – ILS SVIZZERS, 3 episodes for a new historic series on behalf of the SRG SSR RELEASED: WISDOM OF CHANGES – RICHARD WILHELM AND THE I CHING, documentary by Bettina Wilhelm
WISDOM OF CHANGES – RICHARD WILHELM AND THE I CHING
L’ENFANT D’EN HAUT/SISTER
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VENTURA FILM AG
ZODIAC PICTURES Ltd.
Ventura film AG produces, mainly in collaboration with European partners, both fiction and documentary work. Ever since its beginnings in 1991 the main aim has been to focus on productions which, in form and content, explore and cross new boundaries.
Zodiac Pictures is an independent production company based in Zurich and Lucerne, Switzerland. Focusing on fiction films for both local and international markets. Working with the most promising talents and the most attractive brands.
Lukas Hobi & Reto Schaerli Kalkbreitestrasse 59, CH-8003 Zürich Tel: +41.41-534.66.33 - Fax: +41.41-211.22.03 e-mail: contact@zodiacpictures.com www.zodiacpictures.com
IN DEVELOPMENT / pre-production: ALFONSINA STORNI, documentary by Christoph Kühn EVA, fiction by Kristina Wagenbauer FUORI MIRA, fiction by Erik Bernasconi ROSY, MICKY & COLETTE, fiction by Elena Hazanov I SANTI SPORCHI, fiction by Francesco Jost SIE HETZTEN MICH DURCH ARIZONA, fiction by Matthias Huser IL SONNO, documentary by Francesco Jost TRE COSE BIANCHE, documentary by Zijad Ibrahimovic
IN DEVELOPMENT: Heidi, by Caroline Link. Writer: Petra Volpe Papa Moll, by Manuel Flurin Hendry, Writer: Jann Preuss and Domenico Blass Traumland, by Petra Volpe, Writer: Petra Volpe Achtung, fertig, WK! by Oliver Rihs, Writer: Güzin Kar IN PRODUCTION: Schmutziger Donnerstag, by Dani Levy Das kleine Gespenst, co-production with Claussen+ Wöbke+Putz Filmproduktion, Director: Alain Gsponer
IN PRODUCTION: BABY BLUES, fiction by Alina Marazzi IL COMANDANTE E LA CICOGNA, fiction by Silvio Soldini SMOKINGS, documentary by Michele Fornasero VIA CASTELLANA BANDIERA, fiction by Emma Dante
RELEASED: Nebelgrind, by Barbara Kulcsar Stationspiraten, by Michael Schaerer, Distribution CH: The Walt Disney Company (Switzerland), World Sales: Global Screen Bon Appétit, by David Pinillos, coproduction with Morena Films and Egoli Tossell Film, World Sales: Beta Cinema Breakout, by Mike Eschmann, Distribution CH: The Walt Disney Company (Switzerland), World Sales: Global Screen
recent productions: LE QUATTRO VOLTE, fiction by Michelangelo Frammartino MY REINCARNATION, documentary by Jennifer Fox CUSTODI DI GUERRA, documentary by Zijad Ibrahimovic MIRNA, fiction by Corso Salani RELEASED: THE SUBSTANCE – ALBERT HOFMANN’S LSD, documentary by Martin Witz GLAUSER documentary by Christoph Kühn EGLIADAS-AUGENBLICKE, documentary by Christian Schocher
THE SUBSTANCE-ALBERT HOFMANN’S LSD
Nebelgrind
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Copyright: SRF/Nikkol Rot
Production
Andres Pfaeffli & Elda Guidinetti Salita al Castello, CH-6866 Meride Tel.: +41.91-646.20.21 - Fax: +41.91-646.03.86 e-mail: ventura@venturafilm.ch - www.venturafilm.ch
Production
M a jor S wiss P roduction C ompanie s ABRAKADABRA FILM AG, Claudia Wick Theaterstrasse 10, CH-8001 Zurich Tel: +41.44-251.58.90 - Fax: +41.44-262.45.14 e-mail: mailbox@abrakadabra.ch - www.abrakadabra.ch
DOC PRODUCTIONS GmbH, Rose-Marie Schneider Dienerstrasse 7, CH-8004 Zurich Tel: +41.44-241.16.56 - Fax: +41.44-241.16.55 e-mail: info@docproductions.ch - www.docproductions.ch
Alina film Sàrl, Eugenia Mumenthaler, David Epiney Rue Coutance 8bis, Case postale 1073, CH-1211 Genève 1 Tel: +41.22-901.17.94 e-mail: eugenia@alinafilm.com - david@alinafilm.com www.alinafilm.com
Elefant Films, Alexandre Iordachescu & Ruxandra Zenide 3, rue Voltaire, CH- 1201 Genève Tel: +41.22-301.65.00 - Fax: +41.22-301.65.01 Mobile: +41.79-290.21.08 e-mail: info@elefantfilms.ch - www.elefantfilms.ch
ARTHUR COHN Gellertstrasse 18, CH-4052 Basel Tel: +41.61-312.12.42 - Fax: +41.61-312.07.17
el Patrol Art & Advertising GmbH Tessenbergstrasse 72, CH-2505 Biel/Bienne Tel: +41.32-325.29.94 email: office@elpatrol.com - www.elpatrol.com
Association Climage Rue du Maupas 8, CH-1004 Lausanne Tel: +41.21-648.35.61 - Fax: +41.21-646.27.87 e-mail: climage@climage.ch www.climage.ch
ESPACES FILM GmbH, Isabella Huser Dienerstrasse 7, CH-8004 Zürich Tel: +41.44-241.16.64 e-mail: mail@espacesfilm.ch - www.espacesfilm.ch
Balzli & Fahrer GmbH, Dieter Fahrer Altenbergstrasse 16, CH-3013 Bern Tel/Fax: +41.31-332.94.38 e-mail: balzli-fahrer@gmx.net
Filmkollektiv Zürich AG Turnerstrasse 26, CH-8006 Zürich Tel: +41.44-362.46.44 - Fax: +41.44-361.32.18 e-mail: fkz@bluewin.ch - www.filmkkollektiv.ch
BANDE A PART FILMS Sàrl Rue Mauborget 6, CH-1003 Lausanne Tel: +41.21-311.90.34 e-mail: info@bandeapartfilms.com - www.bandeapartfilms.com
Freestudios SA, Nadia Boulifa & Pascal Girardin 3, Rue Gourgas, 1205 Genève Tel: +41.22-592.50.00 - Fax: +41.22-592.50.05 email: info@freestudios.ch - www.freestudios.ch
Bohemian Films Sàrl Rte de Frontenex 54, Case postale 6240, CH-1211 Genève 6 Tel: +41.22-707.73.00 - Fax: +41.22-707.73.07 e-mail: info@bohemianfilms.ch - www.bohemianfilms.ch
freihändler filmproduktion gmbh, Stella Händler & Claudia Frei Gärtnerstrasse 50, CH-4057 Basel Tel: +41.61-631.45.05 - Fax +41.61-386.98.38 e-mail: mail@freihaendler.ch - www.freihaendler.ch
CONDOR films ltd, K. Widmer, P. Petersson & D. Stibal Kreuzstrasse 2, CH-8034 Zürich Tel: +41.44-256.15.15 - Fax: +41.44-256.15.16 e-mail: info@condorfilms.com www.condor-communications.com
ican films GmbH, Mirjam von Arx Lagerstrasse 101, CH-8004 Zürich Tel: +41.44-252.33.59 - Fax: +41.44-252.33.69 e-mail: ucan@ican-films.com - www.ican-films.com
Das Kollektiv für audiovisuelle Werke GmbH, Philip Delaquis Zentralstrasse 156, CH-8003 Zürich Tel: +41.43-811.50.50 e-mail: info@daskollektiv.ch - www.daskollektiv.ch
Imagofilm SA Lugano produzioni cinematografiche, Villi Hermann Viale Cassarate 4, CH-6900 Lugano Tel: +41.91-922 68 31 - Fax: +41.91-922 06 88 e-mail: info@imagofilm.ch - www.imagofilm.ch
DOCMINE Productions AG Mühlebachstrasse 164, CH-8034 Zürich Tel: +41.44-269.62.80 - Fax: +41.44-269.62.61 e-mail: info@docmine.com - www.docmine.com
Intermezzo Films SA, Vincent Pluss & Luc Peter 28, rue de Bâle, CH-1201 Genève Tel/Fax: +41.22-741.47.47 e-mail: info@intermezzofilms.ch - www.intermezzofilms.ch
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Other Swiss Production Companies (This list contains only companies which have been active in 2011 and will be active in 2012):
KINO.NET FILMPRODUKTION AG Hafnerstrasse 60, CH-8005 Zürich Tel: +41-44-272.79.00 - Fax: +41-44-272.80.73 e-mail: kino@kino.net - www.kino.net
Rita Productions, Max Karli 4, rue des Marbriers, CH-1204 Genève Tel: +41.22-732.15.15 - Fax: +41.22-738.48.46 e-mail: info@ritaproductions.com - www.ritaproductions.com
Light Night Production SA, Patricia Plattner 22, rue de la Filature, CH-1227 Carouge Tel: +41.22-342.31.31 - Fax: +41.22-300.00.71 e-mail: info@lightnight.ch - www.lightnight.ch
Snakefilm GmbH Asylstrasse 63 , CH-8005 Zürich Tel. +41.43-317 99 20 email: info@snakefilm.ch - www.snakefilm.ch
Mira Film GmbH, Hercli Bundi & Vadim Jendreyko Badenerstrasse 129, CH-8004 Zürich Tel: +41.43-960.36.81 - Fax: +41.43-960 36 94 e-mail: info@mirafilm.ch - www.mirafilm.ch
TILT Production GmbH Langstrasse 213, CH-8005 Zürich Tel: +41.43-960.39.15 Fax: +41.43-960.39.16 e-mail:mail@tiltproduction.com - www.tiltproduction.com
Olympia Films GmbH, Gilles Roulin Dufourstrasse 153, CH-8008 Zürich Tel/Fax: +41.44-586.34.06 e-mail: info@olympiafilms.com - www.olympiafilms.com
TIPI’MAGES, Francine Lusser & Gérard Monier 15, rue Maunoir, CH-1207 Genève Tel: +41.22-735.41.18 - Fax: +41.22-735.44.49 e-mail: mail@tipimages.ch - www.tipimages.ch
Paradigma Films SA, Romed Wyder 8, rue de la Coulouvrenière, CH-1204 Genève Tel: +41.22-550.11.60 e-mail: info@paradigmafilms.ch – www.paradigmafilms.ch
TOPIC FEATURES, Andres Bruetsch Ottikerstrasse 24, CH-8006 Zürich Tel: +41.43-255.10.10 - Fax: +41.43-255.00.10 e-mail: info@topicfilm.ch - www.topicfilm.ch TROUBADOUR FILMS, Nasser Bakhti 12, route des Acacias, CH-1227 Genève Tel: +41.22-343.63.36 - Fax: +41.22-343.65.14 e-mail: info@troubadour-films.com - www.troubadour-films.com
POINT DE VUE AUDIOVISUELLE PRODUKTIONEN Judith Lichtneckert, Uri Urech & Renatus Zürcher Mailandstrasse 20, CH-4053 Basel Tel: +41.61-322.52.00 - Fax: +41.61-322.52.22 www.pointdevue.ch
Waka Films, Silvia Voser Obfelderstrasse 31, CH-8910 Affoltern am Albis Tel: +41.79-623.28.76 e-mail: wakafilms@hotmail.com
PS Film GmbH, Peter Spoerri Mutschellenstrasse 105, CH-8038 Zürich Tel: +41.44-481.31.70 - Fax: +41.44-481.31.72 e-mail: psfilm@hotmail.com – www.psfilm.ch
World sales
RECK FILM PRODUCTION, Franziska Reck Dienerstrasse 7, CH-8004 Zürich Tel: +41.44-241.37.63 - Fax: +41.44-241.37.64 e-mail: info@reckfilm.ch - www.reckfilm.ch
First Hand Films, Esther van Messel Fritz Heeb Weg 5, CH-8050 Zurich Tel: +41.44-312.20.60 - Fax: +41.44-312.20.80 Berlin Office: Mehringdamm 33, DE-10961 Berlin Tel: +49.30-285.290.88 - Fax: +49.30-285.290.99 e-mail: info@firstandfilms.com - www.firsthandfilms.com
RECYCLED TV AG, Marian Amstutz Sandrainstrasse 3, CH-3007 Bern Tel: +41.31-318.53.53 - Fax: +41.31-318.53.54 e-mail: info@rectv.ch - www.rectv.ch
Accent Films International, Carol Spycher, Managing Director Rue de la Gare 46, CH-1820 Montreux Tel: +41.21-963.93.00 - Fax: +41.21-963.93.05 e-mail: info@accent-films.com - www.accent-films.com
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Production
TARANTULA SUISSE SA, c/o LPR Production 41, rue Eugène Marziano, Case postale 1750, CH-1211 Genève 26 Tel: +41-22-301.85.92 - Fax: +41.22-301.74.47 e-mail: contact@tarantulaprod.ch - www.tarantulaprod.ch
LOUISE PRODUCTIONS, Heinz Dill Rue de la Clergère 2, Case postale 431, CH-1800 Vevey Tel: +41.21-923.63.63 - Fax: +41.21-923.63.62 e-mail: info@louiseproductions.ch - www.louiseproductions.ch
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ASCOT-ELITE ENTERTAINMENT GROUP
AGORA FILMS Sàrl
Laurent Dutoit & José Michel Buhler Rue Maunoir 16, CH-1207 Genève Tel: +41.22-823.03.03 - Fax: +41.22-823.03.04 e-mail: agora@agorafilms.ch www.agorafilms.net
CEO Karin Dietrich & Ralph S. Dietrich Elite Film AG, Badenerstrasse 156, CH-8026 Zürich Tel: +41.44-298.81.81 - Fax: +41.44-298.81.89 e-mail: info@ascot-elite.ch – www.ascot-elite.ch
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Founded in 1999, Agora Films is one of the last distribution companies based in French-speaking Switzerland. It distributes 12 to 15 films a year, mainly arthouse and european films. Amongst its biggest hits are ÊTRE ET AVOIR — LES PETITS MOUCHOIRS — HARRY UN AMI QUI VOUS VEUT DU BIEN — SAINT JACQUES…LA MECQUE — VA, VIS ET DEVIENS — EMBRASSEZ QUI VOUS VOUDREZ — JEUX D’ENFANTS — LEMON TREE — 7 ANS DE MARIAGE — NOMAD’S LAND — LES HERBES FOLLES.
Elite Film AG is the head of Ascot Elite Entertainment Group the biggest independent distributor for theatrical and home video releases in Switzerland. Ascot Elite distributes motion pictures since 1929 and is one of the most traditional and successful European film distributors. The family run company holds steady against the national dominance of major studios as the market leading independent distributor by exploiting films in theaters, DVD, Pay TV and VOD. Since November 1st, 2006 Ascot Elite runs the Stuttgart (Germany) based affiliate Ascot Elite Home Entertainment AG in order to penetrate the market in Germany. Core business is the production and marketing of high quality products. Additionaly Ascot Elite reopened their film production in 2009 and is currently developing movies for the home and the international market. In 2010 Ascot Elite reenters the German theatrical market after an absence of 15 years and unifies Home Video exploi tation, TV Sales and theatrical distribution within one corporation in Germany.
Most important films distributed in 2011: LES NEIGES DU KILIMANDJARO — LE TABLEAU — L’APOLLONIDE — SOUVENIRS DE LA MAISON CLOSE — TOMBOY — TOUTES NOS ENVIES Most important films to come in 2012: MONSIEUR LAZHAR — 38 TÉMOINS — MAINS ARMÉES — QUARTIER LIBRE — HÉRITAGE — SÂDHU — J’ENRAGE DE SON ABSENCE — TIME OF MY LIFE
Most important films distributed in 2011: The King’s Speech — The Fighter — Twilight: Breaking Dawn — Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy — Der Verdingbub — Hugo Cabret – The Tree of Life — Scream 4 — Limitless — Jane Eyre – Carnage — The Lincoln Lawyer — The Ides of March — The Guard — The Eagle — Killer Elite — Drive Most important films to come in 2012: Mirror Mirror — The Grey — My Week With Marilyn — Take Shelter — Marley — Salmon Fishing in Yemen — The Raven — Looper — Twilight: Breaking Dawn 2 — Great Hope Springs — KILLING THEM SOFTLY — Song for Marion — The Place Beyond Pines — Magic Mike – Wettest Country — The Words — The Company you keep — Cosmopolis — Cloud Atlas — The Master
KILLING THEM SOFTLY
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cineworx gmbh
COLUMBUS FILM AG
Cineworx is a distributor founded in 2003, based in Basel. The main focuses of this young and dynamic distribution company are international arthouse productions and European children films. Cineworx is seeking for new talents and innovative films. It will bring six to ten films a year into the theaters.
Columbus Film Ltd., founded in 1934 in Zurich, distributed some of the most successful Swiss films and Swiss coproductions of recent years, in theatres and on DVD. The company also distributes international arthouse films, documentaries and features.
Pascal Trächslin Clarastrasse 48, Postfach, CH-4005 Basel Tel: +41.61-261.63.70 - Fax: +41.61-261.63.77 e-mail: info@cineworx.ch www.cineworx.ch
Selina Willemse Seestrasse 41a, CH-8002 Zürich Tel: +41.44-462.73.66 - Fax: +41.44-462.01.12 e-mail: info@columbusfilm.ch www.columbusfilm.ch
Most important films to come in 2012: NACHTLÄRM
Most important films to come in 2012: TYRANNOSAUR-EINE LIEBESGESCHICHTE — KAMPF DER KÖNIGINNEN — TURN ME ON, GODDAMMIT
Tyrannosaur
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Most important films distributed in 2011: GOODNIGHT NOBODY — THE GUANTANAMO TRAP — MIT DEM BAUCH DURCH DIE WAND — WER WENN NICHT WIR — OPERATION CASABLANCA — REGILAUL — Lieder aus der Luft — THE FUTURE
Most important films distributed in 2010/2011: DIE FRAU MIT DEN 5 ELEFANTEN — MOSCOW, BELGIUM — REVANCHE — PETTERSSON & FINDUS IV — STURM — NEL GIARDINO DEI SUONI — WOMEN WITHOUT MEN — ALL THAT I LOVE — DER SANDMANN — EINE RUHIGE JACKE — MEIN BESTER FEIND
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FILMCOOPI ZURICH AG
FRENETIC FILMS
Founded in 1972, the Filmcooperative Zürich has been one of the most influential distribution companies of the independent sector in Switzerland. Having started with mainly Swiss documentaries and fiction, it developed into a distributor of internationally acclaimed arthouse films. Filmcoopi has established long term relations with various directors such as Andreas Dresen, Jim Jarmusch, Aki Kaurismäki, Ken Loach, François Ozon and Dani Levy. The company releases about 30 films each year, fiction as well as documentaries. In 1998, Filmcoopi became one of the founding co-owners of the arthouse cinema RiffRaff with screens in Zurich and Lucerne.
Frenetic Films was founded in 1994 and has grown to be one of the major Swiss independent film distribution companies. On average, it releases 25 fiction films and documentaries a year and sells to private and public television channels in all three language territories of Switzerland and Liechtenstein. Frenetic Films has its own DVD-Label: moviemento. The distribution slate is centered on arthouse films, but includes mainstream movies as well. Works by Swiss directors are continuously part of Frenetic Films’ line up.
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Heinrichstrasse 114, Postfach, CH-8031 Zürich Tel: +41.44-448.44.22 - Fax: +41.44-448.44.28 e-mail: filmcoopi@filmcoopi.ch www.filmcoopi.ch
Monika Weibel & Daniel Treichler Bachstrasse 9, CH-8038 Zürich Tel: +41.44-488.44.00 - Fax: +41.44-488.44.11 www.frenetic.ch
Most important films distributed in 2011: MIDNIGHT IN PARIS — MELANCHOLIA — THIS MUST BE THE PLACE — HABEMUS PAPAM — POLISSE — UNKNOWN — LA GUERRE DES BOUTONS — IN A BETTER WORLD — MA PART DU GATEAU — TINGUELY — LA SOURCE DES FEMMES — ARRIETTY — INTOUCHABLES — HOLLYWOO — THE SUBSTANCE
Most important films distributed in 2011: POTICHE — PINA 3D — TAMBIEN LA LLUVIA — INCENDIES — LE HAVRE — POULET AUX PRUNES Most important films to come in 2012: SISTER (L’ENFANT D’EN HAUT) — DETACHMENT — ON THE ROAD — ANGEL’S SHARE — PATIENT STONE — DANS LA MAISON — AMOUR
Most important films to come in 2012: ASTERIX & OBELIX: GOD SAVE BRITANNIA — BOTTLED LIFE — CLOCLO — ET SI ON VIVAIT TOUS ENSEMBLE? — les INFIDELES — MORE THAN HONEY — SAMMY’S ADVENTURES 2 — les SAVEURS DU PALAIS — SHAME — VOUS N’AVEZ ENCORE RIEN VU
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JMH DISTRIBUTIONS SA
LOOK NOW!
Matthieu Henchoz Cassarde 4, CH-2000 Neuchâtel Tel: +41.32-729.00.20 - Fax: +41.32-729.00.29 e-mail: societes@jmhsa.ch www.jmhsa.ch
Managing Director, Programming & Acqisitions : Bea Cuttat Press & Publicity: Rosa Maino Gasometerstrasse 9, CH-8005 Zürich Tel: +41.44-440.25.44 - Fax: +41.44-440.26.52 e-mail: info@looknow.ch www.looknow.ch
Faithful to their policy of distributing only films they are really taken by, JMH Distributions SA has released about 30 films in 2010. Most important films distributed in 2011: LARGO WINCH 2 — TITEUF LE FILM — UN BAISER PAPILLON — VOYEZ COMME ILS DANSENT — MONSTRE A PARIS Most important films to come in 2012: LA VERITE SI JE MENS 3 — RADIOSTARS — BIENVENUE PARMI NOUS — DE ROUILLE ET D’OS — POPULAIRE — TAKEN 2
Most important films distributed within the last years: WINTER’S BONE — VOL SPECIAL — TROUBLED WATER — THE SOUND OF INSECTS — summer games — STELLET LICHT — LA FORTERESSE — HEIMATKLÄNGE — ADAM’S APPLES — WELCOME TO THE RILEYS — DAS FRÄULEIN — CHRIGU — SATTE FARBEN VOR SCHWARZ — DAS LIED IN MIR Most important films to come in 2012: BALKAN MELODIE — BARBARA — ABRIR PUERTAS Y VENTANAS — OSLO, AUGUST 31ST — TABU — THORBERG — END OF TIME — GERHARD RICHTER PAINTING — HAPPY HAPPY — MARINA ABRAMOVIC. THE ARTIST IS PRESENT
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Launched in 1988, Look Now! is mainly interested in upscale arthouse films, and works with independent producers and sales companies from all over the world and, of course, Switzerland. Look Now! is a small but very powerful distribution company and works with all important cinemas in Switzerland. Look Now! releases about 10 films (fiction films and documentaries) a year and wants to carry on working with love and passion. Look Now! also has a DVD-department and a very frequently visited online-store.
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MFD Morandini Film Distribution Sagl
MONT-BLANC DISTRIBUTION SA Managing Director: Jean-Pierre Grey Rue Robert-Céard 11, CH-1204 Genève Tel: +41.22-700.76.10 - Fax: +41.22-700.76.11 e-mail: info@mont-blanc-distribution.ch www.mont-blanc-distribution.ch
Luca Morandini Via Vela 21 CH-6850 Mendrisio Tel: +41.91-630.03.70 - Fax: +41.91-646.53.64 e-mail: luca@mfd.ch www.mfd.ch
Mont-Blanc Distribution celebrates 13 years of high quality film distribution in Switzerland. «Quality and not quantity» – this is our motto! We focus on independent films and have distributed so far more than 60 films among which: “Inside Job” (Nicolas Winding Refn), “Mala Noche” (Gus van Sant), “When You’re Strange” (Tom DiCello), “Ken Park” (Larry Clark), “Mysterious Skin” and “Kaboom” (Gregg Araki), “Les Temps qui changent” (André Téchiné), “The Chaser” (Na Hong-Jin). After having distributed Gustave Kervern’s & Benoît Delépine’s “Aaltra” and “Mammuth”, we will release their new movie “Le Grand Soir” in the next coming weeks. We also have a specific department to release animation movies: “Asterix & The Vikings”, “Corto Maltese”, “Emilie Jolie” are only a few of them. We are still looking for outstanding films to distribute in 2012.
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Since its creation in 1997, the MFD company is a leading film distributor of Italian films in Switzerland. The aim is to carry on like this and to guarantee the producers serious and passionate commitment in European film distribution. Most important films distributed in 2011: CHE BELLA GIORNATA — IMMATURI — QUALUNQUEMENTE — MANUALE D’AMORE 3 — AMICI MIEI: COME TUTTO EBBE INIZIO — MATRIMONIO A PARIGI — BAR SPORT — FRONTALIERS... AL CINEMA — FINALMENTE LA FELICITA’ — VACANZE DI NATALE A CORTINA Most important films to come in 2012: IL GIORNO IN PIU’ — EX, AMICI COME PRIMA — IMMATURI, IL VIAGGIO — BENVENUTI AL NORD — POSTI IN PIEDI IN PARADISO
BENVENUTI AL NORD
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PATHÉ FILMS AG
PRAESENS-FILM AG
Managing Directors: Corinne Rossi & Peter Gassmann Tel: +41.44-422.38.32 Fax: +41.44-422.37.93 e-mail: info@praesens.com www.praesens.com
Pathé Films AG, founded in 1923, is the Swiss subsidiary of the Pathé group, one of Europe’s preeminent entertainment companies. Pathé Films AG is a strong and reliable partner for quality arthouse and mainstream films releasing an average of 35 films a year. It’s activities include theatrical, video/DVD and sales to private and public TV. Sister company Pathé Suisse S.A. owns and manages 70 screens in Geneva, Lausanne, Zurich, Basel and Berne.
Founded in 1924 by aviation pioneer Walter Mittelholzer (who was also the founder of the airline Swissair) und Lazar Wechsler, Praesens-Film AG was the most important Swiss film company and the only one to achieve global recognition. Today the company holds the record for being the oldest Swiss film enterprise still in existence, for the number of films produced and the number of awards received. Beside thea trical distribution Praesens has its own DVD production and sales department, the most comprehensive non-theatrical title-by-title distribution in Switzerland and with its daughter company MPLC Switzerland, relationships in 25 countries providing simple solutions for umbrella licensing.
Most important films distributed in 2011: RIEN à DECLARER — LA PIEL QUE HABITO — 127 HOURS — THE THREE MUSKETEERS 3D — MON PIRE CAUCHEMAR — WICKIE AUF GROSSER FAHRT 3D — BIUTIFUL — LE CHAT DU RABBIN 3D — LE NOM DES GENS
Most important films distributed in 2011: LES FEMMES DU 6EME ETAGE — WASTE LAND — FOUR LIONS — CHICO & RITA — MARGIN CALL — EL BULLI — THE MONK — THE WOMAN IN THE FIFTH — KILL ME PLEASE
Most important films to come in 2012: THE IRON LADY — SUR LA PISTE DU MARSUPILAMI — ALBERT NOBBS — 360 — GREAT EXPECTATIONS — LAY THE FAVORITE — TAKE THIS WALTZ — THE LADY — TWIXT — L’AMOUR DURE TROIS ANS — TÉLÉ GAUCHO — LE PRÉNOM
Most important films to come in 2012: THE ARTIST — HYSTERIA — WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN — DAS HAUS ANUBIS — GOON — LES ADIEUX À LA REINE — A GLIMPSE INSIDE THE MIND OF CHARLES SWAN III — PARIS MANHATTAN — ZAMBESIA – THE LOCALS — LIKE SOMEONE IN LOVE — LES SEIGNEURS — YELLOW — RESPONSIBLE ADULTS
SUR LA PISTE DU MARSUPILAMI
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Managing Director: Hélène Cardis Neugasse 6, Postfach, CH-8031 Zürich 5 Tel: +41.44-277.70.80 - Fax: +41.44-277.70.89 www.pathefilms.ch
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RIALTO FILM AG
TRIGON-FILM
Managing Director: Susanne Loepfe Neugasse 6, CH-8005 Zürich Tel: +41.44-444.22.77 - Fax: +41.44-444.22.80 e-mail: info@rialto.ch - www.rialto.ch
Managing Director: Walter Ruggle Limmatauweg 9, CH-5408 Ennetbaden Tel: +41.56-430.12.30 - Fax: +41.56-430.12.31 e-mail: info@trigon-film.org www.trigon-film.org
Rialto Film AG, an independent distributor in Switzerland, was founded a good 50 years ago and offers a wide spectrum of fiction films, from big entertainment to art house delicatessen.
The trigon-film foundation has been editing and distributing films from Africa, Asia, Latin America and Eastern Europe in Switzerland since 1988. trigon-film is known worldwide for its rich programme of more than 300 films, its outstanding and unique DVD-edition of South and East and its well documented film information. The trigon-film website gives an overview of all available titles for screenings and also those on DVD or BLU-RAY – new films and backlist with numerous classics. It provides a range of useful information about the films and their directors.
Most important films to come in 2012: THE DEEP BLUE SEA — OUR IDIOT BROTHER — HEMEL
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Furthermore Rialto Film AG distributes the line-up of Impuls Pictures.
IMPULS PICTURES AG
Most important films distributed in 2011: A SEPARATION: NADER AND SIMIN — UNCLE BOONMEE — NOSTALGIA DE LA LUZ — LA MIRADA INVISIBLE — MEDIANERAS — EL ESPIRITU DE LA COLMENA — ECUADOR — 89 SHIMEN LU — AU REVOIR TAIPEI — UN HOMME QUI CRIE — THE LIGHT THIEF — THE HUNTER — SILENT SOULS — THE OTHER BANK — PEEPLI (LIVE)
Most important films to come in 2012: BEL AMI — 50:50 — M.S. ONE: MAXIMUM SECURITY — LOL — STREET DANCE 2 3D — BURNING MAN — COBU 3D — FRIENDS WITH KIDS — AFRICAN SAFARI 3D — DREDD 3D — ANLEITUNG ZUM UNGLÜCKLICHSEIN — TAD – THE LOST EXPLORER — SEEKING A FRIEND FOR THE END OF THE WORLD — ODD THOMAS
Most important films to come in 2012: Avé — Golden Slumbers — No Man’s Zone — Once Upon A Time in Anatolia — Mama Africa — Gatos Viejos — Auma Obama Hanezu no tsuki — Death for Sale — Sheherazade — Bombay Diaries — Ufo In Her Eyes — La Yuma — Pizza Bethlehem — Wilaya — Un mundo secreto — Modest Reception — The Woman in the Septic Tank — Un amor
Peter Schaumlechner Hinterbergstrasse 24, 6330 Cham Tel: +41.41-748.35.35 - Fax: +41.41-757.57.58 e-mail: info@img.biz - www.img.biz
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UNIVERSAL PICTURES INTERNATIONAL SWITZERLAND GMBH
THE WALT DISNEY COMPANY (SWITZERLAND) gmbh
Theatrical distributor for Universal and Paramount Pictures (including DreamWorks Animation), as well as independent productions.
Distributor of films of The Walt Disney Studios and Sony Pictures International.
Managing Director: Emin Soysaler Marketing Manager: Paul Fischli Sales Manager: Philipp Dutler Signaustrasse 6, CH-8032 Zürich Tel: +41.44-388.40.10 - Fax: +41.44-388.40.11 www.universalpictures.ch
General Manager: Roger Crotti Head of Theatrical Sales: Marcel Dinten Head of Marketing: Jasmine Kellenberger Marketing Manager Sony: Johnny Forrer Höschgasse 45, 8008 Zürich Tel: +41.44-289.22.00 - Fax: +41.44-289.22.22
Most important films to come in 2012: THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO — BRAVE — THE MUPPETS — WAR HORSE — JOHN CARTER — MEN IN BLACK 3 — THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN — TOTAL RECALL — THE AVENGERS
Most important films to come in 2012: BIG MIRACLE — YOUNG ADULT — SAFE HOUSE — THE DEVIL INSIDE — CONTRABAND — DIE VIERTE MACHT — BATTLESHIP — WANDERLUST — AMERICAN PIE: REUNION — THE DICTATOR — HANNI & NANNI 2 — SNOW WHITE AND THE HUNTSMAN — THE LORAX — MADAGASCAR 3: EUROPE’S MOST WANTED — WHAT TO EXPECT WHEN YOU’RE EXPECTING — TED — G.I. JOE RETALIATION — THE FIVE-YEAR ENGAGEMENT — STEP UP 4 — PARANORMAN — THE BOURNE LEGACY — SAVAGES — ANNA KARENINA — PARANORMAL ACTIVITY 4 — 47 RONIN — RISE OF THE GUARDIANS — THIS IS 40
SNOW WHITE AND THE HUNTSMAN
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Most important films distributed in 2011: PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN 4 — REAL STEEL — HANNA — CARS 2 — THE SMURFS — THE HELP — FRIENDS WITH BENEFITS — THE LION KING 3D — THE ADVENTURES OF TINTIN
Most important films distributed in 2011: MORNING GLORY — DEVIL — THE DILEMMA — NO STRINGS ATTACHED — DSCHUNGELKIND — TRUE GRIT — RANGO — PAUL — THE ADJUSTMENT BUREAU — JUSTIN BIEBER: NEVER SAY NEVER — HOP — THOR — FAST AND FURIOUS 5 — KUNG FU PANDA 2 — THE DEBT — HONEY 2 — TRANSFORMERS 3 — BRIDESMAIDS — BEGINNERS — SUPER 8 — CAPTAIN AMERICA: FIRST AVENGER — COWBOYS & ALIENS — JOHNNY ENGLISH REBORN — THE THING — FOOTLOOSE — PARANORMAL ACTIVITY 3 — THE CHANGE-UP — TOWER HEIST — A DANGEROUS METHOD — IMMORTALS — PUSS IN BOOTS — BLACK GOLD — MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE GHOST PROTOCOL — RUBBELDIE KATZ
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Warner Bros. (transatlantic) inc. Zurich Branch
XENIX FILMDISTRIBUTION GmbH Managing Director: Cyril Thurston Sales & Acquisitions: Patrick Riesen Press & Promotion: Anna-Katharina Straumann Langstrasse 64, Postfach, CH-8026 Zürich Tel: +41.44-296.50.40 - Fax: +41.44-296.50.45 e-mail: distribution@xenix.ch www.xenixfilm.ch
(Distributor for 20th Century Fox in Switzerland) Managing Director: Leo Baumgartner Baslerstrasse 52, CH-8048 Zürich Tel: +41.44-495.77.55 - Fax: +41.44-495.77.50 www.fox.ch - www.warnerbros.ch
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Warner Bros. (Transatlantic) Inc. is the Zurich branch of the leading US-film studio and distributes 20th Century Fox films in Switzerland. Warner Bros. was established in Switzerland in the 1930’s.
Founded in 1996, Xenix Filmdistribution GmbH releases aproximately 12 titles a year. The company focuses on arthouse and independent productions. We are dedicated to the discovery of new talents and innovative films from all over the world, both fiction and documentary. Most successful titles include “Cube”, “Lantana”, “Rhythm Is It!.”, “The Band’s Visit”, “2 Days In Paris”, “Pranzo Di Ferragosto”, “Seraphine”, “El Secreto De Sus Ojos”, “Bergauf, bergab”, “Die Kinder vom Napf” and “Die Wiesenberger”. Tightly connected to Filmclub Xenix, our distribution company has access to one screen in Zürich.
More information about upcoming films by 20th Century Fox under: www.fox.ch
Most important films distributed in 2011: CARANCHO — GIANNI E LE DONNE — LOS COLORES DE LA MONTANA — MÜRNERS UNIVERSUM — LE GAMIN AU VÉLO — AMADOR — DIE VATERLOSEN — ANGÈLE ET TONY — THE MILL AND THE CROSS — THE LOOK
More information about upcoming films by Warner Bros. under: www.warnerbros.ch
Most important films to come in 2012: DIE KINDER VOM NAPF — LE GAMIN AU VÉLO — DIE WIESENBERGER — WEITERLEBEN — 2 DAYS IN NEW YORK — ELENA — L’EXERCICE DE L’ÉTAT — QUELQUES HEURES DE PRINTEMPS — THE LOOK
THE HOBBIT: AN UNEXPECTED JOURNEY © 2012 Warner Bros. Ent. All Rights Reserved.
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Other Swiss Distributors (this list contains only companies which have been active in 2010:)
CINEMATOGRAPH-FILMVERLEIH (SCHWEIZ) Breitensteinstrasse 25 CH-6422 Steinen Tel: +41.41-811.60.82 e-mail: cinematograph@cinematograph.ch www.cinematograph.ch NEW FILMS: Die grosse Erbschaft, Maurus Nadia Flurina, Rajas Reise, Die Kunst der exakten Phantasie, Pizzet vielleicht das nächste Jahr, Allein ... mit Dir, Pantaleon y las visitadoras, La vida es filmar DOCUFACTORY GMBH Sara Leu Ackerstrasse 57 Postfach CH-8021 Zürich Tel: +41.44-586.64.76 email: info@docufactory.ch www.docufactory.ch NEW FILMS: The Queen and I, El Sistema FILM VERLEIH GRUPPE Thomas Waldner Badenerstrasse 18 CH-8004 Zürich Tel: +41.44-241.56.14 - Fax: +41.44-241.56.15 thomas.waldner@filmverleihgruppe.ch www.filmverleihgruppe.ch (specialized in Japanese mangas/animation films) NEW FILMS: Pinprick, Don Hertzfeldt compilation, Bill Plympton dog days, Sita sings the blues, Aachi & Ssipak
LANGJAHR FILM GMBH Erich Langjahr Luzernstrasse 16 CH-6037 Root Tel: +41.41-450.22.52 e-mail: info@langjahr-film.ch www.langjahr-film.ch NEW FILMS: Geburt, Birth MASCOTTE-FILM AG K. Schmid Dienerstrasse 16/18 Postfach 1950 CH-8026 Zürich Tel: +41.44-296.90.90 Fax: +41.44-296.90.79 www.cinesex.ch www.mascottefilm.com (distributor of X-rated films) MOA DISTRIBUTION Alain Bottarelli 35, rue Pré-du-Marché CH-1004 Lausanne Tel: +41.21.729.76.22 Fax: +41.21-729.76.32 e-mail: info@moadistribution.ch www.moadistribution.ch NEW FILMS: Fixe Me, Bouton, Romans d’ados, La Cantante de Tango, Pomegranates & Myrrh MOVIEBIZ GMBH Jonas Frei Postfach 204 CH-9630 Wattwil Tel: +41.78-855.95.00 e-mail: jay@moviebiz.ch www.moviebizfilms.com NEW FILMS: Niklaus Troxler, Silvesterchlausen, Himmelfahrtskommando Russlands Wildnis, Unter Strom
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SPIEGEL MEDIA GMBH Pierre C. Spiegel Buchholzstrasse 35 CH-8053 Zürich Tel: +41.44-380.40.90 Fax: +41.44-380.40.94 e-mail: info@spiegel-media.com www.spiegel-media.com NEW FILMS: To be or not to be, The Third Man, Hangmen also die (Movies for cineclubs and arthouse cinemas) STAMM FILM AG Illona Stamm & Pascal Ulli Korneliusstrasse 17 CH-8008 Zürich Tel: +41.44-211.66.15 e-mail: info@stammfilm.ch www.stammfilm.ch NEW FILMS: Sunny Hill, Die Legende vom Schatz im Silbersee, Vaclav, Stella VEGA DISTRIBUTION AG Ruth Waldbruger Helenastrasse 3 Postfach CH-8034 Zürich Tel: +41.44-384.80.60 Fax: +41.44-384.80.69 e-mail: distribution@vegafilm.com www.vegadistribution.ch NEW FILMS: La petite chambre, The Turin Horse, Fliegende Fische (see also under Major Swiss Production Companies)
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CINELIBRE Swiss Association of Film Societies and Non-Profit Cinemas Postfach 534 CH-3000 Bern 14 Tel: +41.31-371.61.00 - Fax: +41.31-371.32.72 e-mail: cinelibre@gmx.ch - www.cinelibre.ch NEW FILMS: Into Eternity, Steam of Life, Cash & Marry, Dreaming by Numbers, L’encerclement, Exile Family Movie, Promised Paradise.
F e stivals & M arkets
12th Neuchâtel International Fantastic Film Festival
65th FESTIVAL DEL FILM LOCARNO August 1 – 11, 2012 Artistic Director: Olivier Père Via Ciseri 23, CH-6601 Locarno Tel: +41.91-756.21.21 - Fax: +41.91-756.21.49 e-mail: info@pardo.ch - www.pardo.ch
Festivals & Markets
July 6 – 14, 2012 Artistic Director: Anaïs Emery Passage Max-de-Meuron 6, CH-2000 Neuchâtel Tel: +41.32-730.50.31 - Fax: +41.32-731.07.75 e-mail: info@nifff.ch - www.nifff.ch
Throughout its 65 year history, the Festival del film Locarno has occupied a unique position in the landscape of the major film festivals. Last August, 160’000 cinema-goers, 900 journalists and 3’000 professionals converged on the Swiss-Italian town of Locarno, which becomes every summer the world capital of auteur cinema for eleven days. With its challenging selection of world and international premieres, tracking new tendencies and innovation in contemporary cinema, Locarno is an unmissable rendezvous and an invaluable meeting-place for film fans and industry professionals alike.
The Neuchâtel International Fantastic Film Festival (NIFFF) is the only international festival in Switzerland devoted to genre movies, Asian cinema and digital images. The NIFFF presents an international competition of fiction films, a selection of Swiss and European shorts and a programme dedicated to Asian genre movies; it also premieres the most awaited blockbusters of the summer. Since its founding in 2000, this festival has grown to become one of the leading cultural events in Switzerland. It has already welcomed such important directors as George Romero, Terry Gilliam, Dario Argento, Ray Harryhausen, Tobe Hooper, John Landis Joe Dante, Roger Corman, Eli Roth, Hideo Nakata and Park Chan-wook. The NIFFF also extends to “Imaging the Future” (www.imagingthefuture.ch), a symposium which gathers digital images creators from movie industry, art, video games and design.
Highlights 2012: The 65th festival will include a complete retrospective dedicated to Otto Preminger, a focus on francophone Sub-Saharan Africa within the Open Doors coproduction lab, and many other events to be announced. The 2012 programme will also feature the traditional Main sections of the Festival: the Piazza Grande open air night screenings before an audience up to 8’000 people, the Concorso internazionale, the Concorso Cineasti del presente (competition dedicated to first or second features), the Pardi di domani (short films competitions), and many tributes to personalities who have left their mark on contemporary cinema. Main Awards: CONCORSO INTERNAZIONALE: Pardo d’oro (90’000 CHF) – Special Jury Prize (30’000 CHF) – Leopard for the Best Direction (30’000 CHF). CINEASTI DEL PRESENTE: Pardo d’oro Cineasti del presente, Premio George Foundation (40’000 CHF) – Premio speciale della giuria Ciné+ Cineasti del presente (30’000 CHF) – Premio miglior regista emergente (20’000 CHF). PARDI DI DOMANI: National and International competition, first prize 10’000 CHF each, offered by Swiss Life and SRG SSR respectively. PARDO PER LA MIGLIOR OPERA PRIMA: Prize from the City and Region of Locarno for the best first film screened in the Concorso internazionale, the Concorso Cineasti del presente and in the Piazza Grande section. (30’000 CHF).
Main awards: Narcisse Award for the Best Feature Film (10’000 CHF) RTS Audience Award (5’000 CHF for distribution) Best Asian Movie Award Méliès d’Argent for the Best European Fantastic Film Titra Film Award (4’000 CHF Voucher for subtitling) SSA/Suissimage Narcisse for the Best Swiss Short (10’000 CHF)
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43rd Les Diablerets Film Festival
Fantoche, Baden
August 11 – 18, 2012 Festival Director: Jean-Philippe Rapp Case postale 3, CH-1865 Les Diablerets Tel: +41.24-492.20.40 - Fax: +41.24-492.00.11 e-mail: info@fifad.ch - www.fifad.ch
10th International Animation Film Festival September 4 – 9, 2012 Artistic Director: Annette Schindler Managing Director: Silvan Rüssli Bruggerstrasse 37, CH-5401 Baden Tel: +41.56-290.14.44 - Fax: +41.56-290.14.45 e-mail: mail@fantoche.ch - www.fantoche.ch
Closing date for entries: April 31st, 2012 Les Diablerets Film Festival is a must in the mountain world. Screening of new films about mountains, exploits and the environment are proposed every evening. A topic is broached every year by Jean-Philippe Rapp, the festival’s director, and his guests at the daily screenings at the end of the afternoon. Freeride will also be on the programme at the opening weekend. In addition to the tent bar, the giant screen, two climbing walls, exhibitions and a library with over 300 books will add to the spirit of this 8-day festival.
Programme 2012: - Official competition: a selection of 20 to 25 films about mountain, feat, adventure and environment - Opening week end with extreme sports, freeride and special guests - Different thematic programmes every afternoon with conferences, debates and guests (free entrance) - Photograph exhibitions, mountain book shop, kids animation - Screening of films in the afternoon (free entrance)
Highlights With it’s tenth edition in September 2012, Fantoche will again, with curiosity and passion, track the global development of animation film: The heart of the festival are the international competition and – since 2009 – the Swiss competition, which aim to attract bold, artistic and visionary animation films. Fantoche encourages the vision of young talents, puts Swiss animated film making on an international level and shows the world’s most important productions, as well as the viewing public’s favorites. Fantoche takes a close look at specific aspects of animation with blocks devoted to particular themes, historic features and countries. The festival showcases work from art colleges and gives professionals the chance to attend workshops with leading international figures. Not least Fantoche also presents a rich program of events for children and teens and organizes animation workshops in schools. Numerous fringe events, such as exhibitions, presentations and discussion forums, offer the opportunity to take an in-depth look at specific themes and to rub shoulders with film makers and producers. All in all, Fantoche is a festival marked by encounter, exchange and inspiration. Please check our website www.fantoche.ch for periodic updates, downloads and latest information.
Festival du Film des Diablerets – Librairie © Christophe Racat 2011.
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Fantoche was launched in 1995 to enrich Switzerland’s cultural scene with an international animation film festival. Ever since, the festival has been highly appreciated by professionals as well as the general public. During Fantoche’s latest edition in 2011, more than 70 different programmes with 217 short and feature-length films from 34 countries were shown. Switzerland’s biggest and most prestigious animated festival recorded over 34’500 entries.
FESTIVAL DU FILM FRANÇAIS D’HELVÉTIE
8 ÈME ÉDITION – 8. AUSGABE 12. – 16.9.2012 BIEL-BIENNE, SUISSE WWW.FFFH.CH
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8th Zurich Film Festival
8th FESTIVAL DU FILM FRANÇAIS D’HELVÉTIE
The unique French Film Festival in Switzerland September 12 – 16, 2012 Managing Director: Christian Kellenberger Artistic Director: Edna Epelbaum Rue Sessler 7, CH-2502 Biel-Bienne Tel: +41.32-322.08.22 - Fax: +41.32-322.08.46 e-mail: info@fffh.ch - www.fffh.ch
The Zurich Film Festival is one of the youngest film festivals in Switzerland. Since its launch in 2005, the festival was able to grow successfully. Its main objective is to promote new independent voices and talents, to explore fresh ideas and to discover new forms of narration. Thanks to the various side events, the festival has proven to serve as an excellent meeting point for movie lovers and people from the industry likewise. In addition to the rich film programme, the Zurich Film Festival offers panel discussions, the Zurich Master Class, Q&A sessions with actors, directors and producers and a vibrant nightlife for film fans and filmmakers. In 2011, the festival welcomed international guests like Laurence Fishburne (as Jury President), Sean Penn, Paul Haggis and Alejandndro Gonzales Inarritu and brought together hundreds of filmmakers, producers, distributors and journalists as well as 50’000 enthusiastic visitors. Programme The Competition line-ups lie at the heart of the festival, providing a platform for talented directors presenting their first, second and third full-length fiction films. The Golden Eye is presented in four categories, evaluated by separate juries: the International and German Language Feature Film Competition as well as the International and German Language Documentary Film Competition. Out Of Competition Premieres are red carpet premieres of highly anticipated films by well-established filmmakers. New World View focuses each year on the cinematic output of a new innovative generation of filmmakers in a specific producing region (2007-2011: Israel, Russia, Argentina, Australia, Turkey). A Tribute To...: The lifetime achievement award with a retrospective during the festival presented to a prominent director which has influenced and enthused generations (2006-2011: Stephen Frears, Oliver Stone, Costa-Gavras, Roman Polanski, Milos Formann, Paul Haggis). Golden Icon Award: This Award honours a personality whose acting abilities have left a lasting impression upon the cinema landscape (2008-2011: Sylvester Stallone, Morgan Freeman, Michael Douglas, Sean Penn). In addition, the 8th Zurich Film Festival will host the first International Film Music Competition at this year’s venue.
Biel/Bienne (1 hour drive from Geneva, Basel and Zürich), the largest bilingual city in Switzerland, makes a bridge between the Swiss French and the Swiss German cultures using the cinema as a universal language. The French Film Festival of Helvetia (FFFH), which is one of the youngest film festivals in Switzerland, dedicates its programming to French speaking films winking at Swiss cinema too. For five days, about 40 films, many of which are international previews, are unveiled in original version subtitled in German (45% of the audience speaks German). Some of them are not released in Switzerland (Section découverte). The Festival organize two short film Competitions. The Festival starts with the Children’s Day. Then, the event takes the symbolism of the three-colored French flag. Throughout its seven-year history, more than 220 talents have converged in Biel/Bienne to present more than 200 feature-length films and 60 short films. Everyday, the festival gives the spectators the chance to attend directly after the screening a special moment of exchange and encounter with professionals, directors and actors. In 2011, the festival welcomed famous guests like Ariane Ascaride, Tahar Rahim, Carlo Brandt and Robert Guédiguian. One of the goals of these open discussions (which are simultaneously translated into German) is to bring the Swiss German and Swiss French cultures together. Moreover, talents greatly enjoy discussing with a bilingual audience. Highlights 2011: - 45 Guests were in Biel/Bienne to present their films -17 World - or International Previews - 9 Swiss Previews - 9 Swiss-German Previews - The “Short-Film Competition” Section découverte - Another “Short-Film Competition” was created (Section Forum)
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September 20 – October 30, 2012 Festival Directors: Karl Spoerri & Nadja Schildknecht Bederstrasse 51, CH-8002 Zürich Tel: +41.44-286.60.00 - Fax: +41.44-286.60.01 e-mail: info@zff.com - www.zff.com
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16th International Short Film Festival Winterthur
18th GENEVA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
November 6 – 11, 2012 Contact for filmmakers: Reto Bühler Steiggasse 2, Postfach, CH-8402 Winterthur Tel: +41.52-212.11.66 - Fax: +41.52-212.11.72 e-mail: info@kurzfilmtage.ch - www.kurzfilmtage.ch
November 2 – 9, 2012 Director: Claudia Durgnat 16, rue Général Dufour, CP 5730, CH-1211 Genève 11 Tel: +41.22-809.69.20 - Fax: +41.22-329.37.47 e-mail: info@cinema-tous-ecrans.com - www.cinema-tous-ecrans.com
The International Short Film Festival Winterthur is Switzerland’s largest short film festival. The festival takes place each year in November. It is a popular audience event and an important platform for European short films.
The Geneva International Film Festival: Cinéma Tous Ecrans (Cinema for all screens) breaks through audiovisual barriers by screening international fiction films made for cinema, television, the web and mobile phones. It provides a platform on which to highlight and promote the constantly evolving nature of the language of cinema. It showcases films of all genres that reflect the society we live in and also those films in which technological advances have all sorts of p ersonal and social repercussions.
In 2009, 14,000 spectators visited the festival and we receiv ed over 3000 submissions for the national and international competitions, which offer cash awards that total 38,000 CHF (over 23,000 EURO). Since 2005 the festival is connected to the European submission platform reelport. Apart from innovative programming, the International Short Film Festival is committed to the sustainable promotion of short films, for example by maintaining the largest short film archive in Switzerland.
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Inspired by the phenomenon of cross-media and attentive to the process of storytelling across the various screens, Cinema Tous Ecrans aims to present the best international fiction in the following competition categories: 1. International cinema and television features competition 2. International television series competition 3. International New Screens competition (web-films and series, films made with mobile phones, video games with a narrative) 4. International shorts competition 5. Swiss shorts competition
Winterthur is situated in the German-speaking part of Switzerland, not far from Zurich. With its nearly 100,000 inhabitants, the former industrial heavyweight is now the sixthlargest city in Switzerland. The city can easily be reached by train (20 min from Zurich), car (directly via the motorway A1) or aeroplane (12 min from Zurich’s international airport). The festival centre is in the heart of Winterthur’s old town in the time-honoured Casino Theatre. The venues are made up of two auditoriums in the Casino Theatre (400 seats and 250 seats) and since 2009 the Theatre Winterthur (800 seats).
In addition, Cinéma Tous Ecrans’ music section promotes films about music/musicians as well as film soundtracks, narration through music, and music videos with a strong narrative vein. Cinéma Tous Ecrans holds various workshops and seminars in which international experts bring the latest film theories and practice to Geneva. The festival aims to continue developing strong links with related organisations in Switzerland and abroad.
Short films of all genres no longer than 30 minutes and no older than 2011 can now be submitted for the competition of the 16th International Short Film Festival Winterthur. The submission deadline is July 31st 2012 - or earlier if possible!
All festival and competition details can be found on www.cinema-tous-ecrans.com
«closing ceremy Cinéma Tous écrans» photo by Rebecca Bowring
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25th Castellinaria Festival internazionale del cinema giovane Bellinzona (Switzerland)
22nd Black Movie / GENEVA FILM FESTIVAL
January 18 – 27, 2013 Directors and Programming: Virginie Bercher, Kate Reidy & Maria Watzlawick Rue Général-Dufour 16, CH-1204 Genève Tel: +41.22-320.83.87 - Fax: +41.22-320.85.27 e-mail: info@blackmovie.ch - www.blackmovie.ch
November 17 – 24, 2012 President: Gino Buscaglia Artistic Director: Giancarlo Zappoli Via Cattori 3, Casella postale 1239, CH-6502 Bellinzona Tel: +41.91-825.35.11 - Fax: +41.91-825.41.01 e-mail: castellinaria.presidente@gmail.com - zapvoce@yahoo.it www.castellinaria.ch
Since 1999, Black Movie film festival offers annually the largest cinematographic event evocative of Geneva’s cosmopolitan nature.
First held in Bellinzona, Switzerland, in 1988, Castellinaria is a cinematographic event dedicated to highlighting films that deal with subjects of relevance to young people, in an attempt to encourage the production, making and distribution of good quality films. Particular attention is paid to the films of artistic, pedagogical and humanitarian qualities with the goal of stimulating knowledge and understanding between people and cultures. This doesn’t exclude entertainment quality movies.
Black Movie is a contemporary film festival based on today’s social and aesthetic realities, presenting an original and innovative programme. In the previous editions, some of the world’s most innovative filmmakers have attended the festival, such as the Argentinian Lisandro Alonso, the Korean Hong Sang-soo, the Taiwanese Tsai Ming-Liang, the Mexican Carlos Reygadas, the Chinese Jia Zhang Ke, …
Special importance is given to the active participation on the entire school institution. The Festival has 3 competitive sections, two feature-length film competitions and one short film competition. Besides, various out of competition sections enrich Festival program.
And there is lots more: discussion lounge, round table, Dj and Vj evenings.
Winners 2011: CASTELLO D’ORO (GOLD CASTLE PRIZE) Kaddish For A Friend by Leo Kashin – Germany 2011 TRE CASTELLI (THREE CASTLES PRIZE) Under The Hawthorn Tree by Zhang Yimou – China 2010 PREMIO UTOPIA (UTOPIA PRIZE) 17 filles by Delphine and Muriel Coulin – France 2011
leo kashin, winner of the castello d’oro
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Always on the lookout for the best in Asian, African and South American cinema, the festival’s programme focuses on themes such as social topics (migration, clan mentality, war, adolescence), current events, popular cinema, new urban cultures, or defined by genre (Latin-American thrillers, Nigerian videos, Korean documentaries…), and retrospectives of directors.
F e stivals & M arkets 48th Solothurn Film Festival
Fribourg International Film Festival
January 24 – 31, 2013 Director: Seraina Rohrer Untere Steingrubenstrasse 19 Postfach 1564, CH-4502 Solothurn Tel: +41.32-625.80.80 - Fax: +41.32-623.64.10 e-mail: info@solothurnerfilmtage.ch www.solothurnfilmfestival.ch
March 24 – 31, 2012 / March 16 – 23, 2013 Director: Thierry Jobin Secretary General: Esther Widmer Ancienne Gare, Case postale 550, CH-1701 Fribourg Tel: +41.26-347.42.00 - Fax: +41.26-347.42.01 e-mail: info@fiff.ch - www.fiff.ch
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Since 1964, the Solothurn Film Festival has presented every year an overview of Swiss filmmaking of the preceding year. Solothurn is a popular meeting spot for the film and media industry as well as the broad public. Apart from it’s main focus on current Swiss film productions of all genres and lengths, including many premieres, the festival’s programme also shows a retrospective of a prominent filmmaker or actor. Furthermore it hosts the sections “Upcoming”, which presents works of young talents and music-clips, and “Focus”, which is dedicated to films on contemporary issues. The screenings are accompanied by a variety of daily round-table discussions, talks, film industry meetings, master classes and seminars. Besides the official programme Solothurn also hosts the Swiss Film Academy’s announcement of the nominees for the Swiss Film Prize «Quartz» during the “Night of the Nominations”.
Since its inception in 1980, the Fribourg International Film Festival (FIFF) stands for a dazzling film selection and the promotion of independent cinema from all over the world. Today, the FIFF is perceived as a high-profile platform for creative and cultural exchange and as a place of cinematographic discovery. Its core is the high-level competition of featurelength fiction and documentary films, mainly from Latin America, Asia and Africa. The official selection is completed by three short film programmes – a barometer of current trends and a treasure trove of new talents. Parallel sections offer the possibility to explore a cinematographic topic, genre or period more in-depth. Some 100 films are shown each year as national or international premieres. In addition selected screenings are followed by professional talks, such as master classes or panel discussions. Over 30,000 spectators are expected every year.
In January 2012 the new festival director Seraina Rohrer opened the 47th Solothurn Film Festival with the fiction film “Eine wen iig, dr Dällebach Kari” by Oscar-winning director Xavier Koller. This year some 1’500 professionals were hosted and over 57’000 cinema-goers enjoyed 232 films in different programme sections.
For programme details and latest news please visit our website www.fiff.ch
The retrospective called “Rencontre” was devoted to the Swiss actress Marthe Keller, who presented in Solothurn a selection of films of her long-standing international career, such as “Toute une vie” by Claude Lelouch, “Marathon Man” by John Schlesinger, “Bobby Deerfield” by Sydney Pollack or “Elles” by Luis Galvão Teles. The Jury Prize “Prix de Soleure”, endowed with CHF 60’000, was awarded to Fernand Melgar for his documentary “Vol spécial”. The Public Award, endowed with CHF 20’000, went to “Die Wiesenberger”, a documentary by Bernard Weber and Martin Schilt.
The new festival director Seraina Rohrer (second on the left) at the opening with the President of the Swiss Confederation Evelyne Widmer-Schlumpf and the crew of “Eine wen iig, dr Dällebach Kari” by Xavier Koller (first on the right).
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11th International Film Festival and Forum on Human Rights (FIFDH) geneva March 1 – 10, 2013 Directors: Leo Kaneman FIFDH Maison des Arts du Grütli Rue Général-Dufour 16, Case postale 5251 CH-1211 Genève 11, Switzerland Tel: +41.22-809.69.00 - Fax: +41.22-809.69.13 e-mail: contact@fifdh.ch - www.fifdh.org
Over the past decade, the FIFDH has continued to question the UN Human Rights Council. As an independent platform, it disseminates voices coming from all over the world. Film directors, defenders of freedom, victims of violations – hundreds have denounced the dangerous drifts and abuses of their governments. Considering the current context, the Festival’s raison d’être is still and above all to denounce violations of human dignity via written word, speech and image. We firmly believe that cinema has the power to bring about change in the world. For our tenth birthday, it is this marvelous capacity of cinema that we have celebrated while also paying tribute to all those who resist and who make peace. Always on the programme: highly artistic films d’auteur, creative documentaries and fiction that ally the 7th art to our inner and universal quest for meaning. Léo Kaneman FIFDH Director
Edgar Morin and Stéphane Hessel at FIFDH 2012 ©Miguel Bueno
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Festivals & Markets
A decade of free speech against indifference Between hope and concern
F estivals & M arkets Other festivals May 2 – 10, 2012 (Zürich) May 11 – 13, 2012 (Frauenfeld) 15th PINK APPLE – LESBIAN & GAY FILM FESTIVAL Postfach 264, CH-8024 Zürich www.pinkapple.ch
VISIONS DU REEL - NYON
International Film Festival DOC OUTLOOK – INTERNATIONAL MARKET April 20 – 27, 2012 / April 19 – 26, 2013 Director: Luciano Barisone Place du Marché 2, CH-1260 Nyon, Switzerland Tel: +41.22-365.44.55 - Fax: +41.22-365.44.50 e-mail: contact@visionsdureel.ch - www.visionsdureel.ch
May 26 – June 3, 2012 VIDEOEX International Experimental Film & Video Festival, Zurich Director: Patrick Huber Kanonengasse 20, CH-8004 Zürich Tel: +41.43-322.08.14 - Fax: +41.43-322.08.15 e-mail: office@videoex.ch www.videoex.ch
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Visions du Réel, 18th edition Visions du Réel 2012 is proud to present a varied and fascinating programme. Among the 3500 films screened by the selection committee 110 films have been selected for the competitive sections of the programme. They are added to the films programmed in the Ateliers, Séances spéciales, Focus and Port Franc sections. 47 producing countries are represented. The Swiss productions are excellent and reflect the high quality of production in our country. The criteria adopted by the selection committee include respect for the persons filmed and for the spectator, the profound implication of the filmmaker in his or her work, the need for the film to be made, the originality of the projects, consistency between subject and form, the treatment of time in the filming and editing, the composition of the frame, and the beauty of the shots... but also the desire to combine the expectations of the professionals with those of a wider audience, convinced that cinéma du réel today is the most authentic and accessible form of contemporary art. The films of Visions du Réel provoke thought, tears, and laughter. In Nyon the cinéma du réel is a cinema in its own right, a moving, intelligent, amusing, serious, and enriching spectacle.
August 16 – 19, 2012 ONE MINUTE FILM & video festival aarau Postfach, CH-5001 Aarau e-mail: info@oneminute.ch www.oneminute.ch August 23 – 26, 2012 7th FESTIVAL CINEMAS D’AFRIQUE Association Afrique Cinemas c/o Alain Bottarelli Pré-du-Marché 35, CH-1004 Lausanne Tel: +41.21-729.76.22 - Fax: +41.21-729.76.32 e-mail: info@cinemasdafrique.ch www.cinemasdafrique.ch September 13 – 20, 2012 DE DELEMONT A HOLLYWOOD info@delemont-hollywood.ch www.delemont-hollywood.ch October 6 – 14, 2012 7th Festival cinematou 14, rue de Montbrillant Case postale 5524, CH-1211 Genève 11 Tel/Fax: +41.22-734.11.84 e-mail: info@cinematou.ch www.cinematou.ch October 10 – 14, 2012 NORTH-SOUTH MEDIA FESTIVAL geneva Solveig Sautier 20, quai Ernest Ansermet Case postale 234, CH-1211 Genève 8 Tel: +41.22-708.81.93 - Fax: +41.22-328.94.10 www.nordsud.ch
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Other festivals October 17 – 21, 2012 11th Lausanne Underground Film & Music Festival Julien Bodivit Case postale 6765, CH-1002 Lausanne Tel: +41.76-329.01.01 www.luff.ch
April 10 – 14, 2013 37th SWISS YOUTH FILM DAYS Schweizer Jugendfilmtage Zentralstrasse 156 CH-8003 Zürich Tel: +41.44-366.50.12 Fax: +41.44-366.50.15 www.jugendfilmtage.ch www.facebook.com/Jugendfilmtage
November 17 – December 2, 2012 Festival Filmar en AmErica latina Geneva, (+ Ferney-Voltaire, Lausanne, Biel), 14th Edition Gérard Perroulaz Cinéma des Trois Mondes - IUED Case postale 136, CH-1211 Genève 21 Tel: +41.22-906.59.27 Fax: +41.22-906.59.94 www.filmaramlat.ch December 2012 Biennale de l’Image en Mouvement Mrs Laura Györik-Costas c/o Centre d’Art Contemporain 10, rue des Vieux-Grenadiers CH-1205 Genève Tel: +41.22-329.18.42 Fax: +41.22-329.18.86 e-mail: info@centre.ch - www.centre.ch
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February 16 – March 3, 2013 8th FESTIVAL du film vert 41, rue Centrale, CH-1341 L’Orient Tel: +41.21-635.73.28 Fax: +41.21-635.73.32 e-mail: direction@festivaldufilmvert.ch www.festivaldufilmvert.ch
Doc Outlook
March, 2013 INTERNATIONAL ORIENTAL FILM FESTIVAL IN GENEVA (FIFOG), 8th edition Tel: +41.78-761.13.79 e-mail: houchitahar@hotmail.com www.fifog.com
Within the framework of Visions du Réel, the Doc Outlook-International Market (DOCM) has established itself as one of the most important meeting places for the Swiss and international film industry. DOCM ensures excellent working conditions for producers, buyers, decision-makers and distributors supported by optimum facilities and cutting edge tools. It fosters contacts for the funding and promotion of films, as well as for networking and acquiring film rights. About 900 participants from approximately 35 countries are expected.
International Market
April 20 – 27, 2012 / April 19 – 26, 2013 Organized by Visions du Réel - Nyon Head of DOCM : Gudula Meinzolt Place du Marché 2, CH-1260 Nyon Tel: +41.22-365.44.55 - Fax: +41.22-365.44.50 e-mail: gmeinzolt@visionsdureel.ch - www.visionsdureel.ch
April 2013 Voix du Muet, Festival of silent films, accompanied by a movie organ A coproduction of the Théâtre Barnabé and the Swiss Film Archive (Cinémathèque Suisse). Théâtre Barnabé CH-1077 Servion Tel: +41.21-903.09.03 e-mail: barnabe@bluewin.ch
DOCM activities centre on the following events: - Media Library 350 selected films - Coproduction Market Pitching du Réel and Perspectives d’un Doc RTS - Docs in Progress Screenings and Consulting on Distribution and Marketing - Rough Cut Lab Tutoring for young filmmakers - Doc Think Tank Seminars and Panels - Networking Magic Hour, Lounge, Meet&Greet and much more
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May 2013 52nd ROSE D’OR FESTIVAL Sempacherstrasse 3, CH-6003 Luzern Tel: +41.41-242.09.05 Fax: +41.41-242.09.06 www.rosedor.com
P ublic & P rivate F ilm S chools Conservatorio Internazionale di Scienze Audiovisive Via G. Brentani 5 CH-6900 Lugano Tel: +41.91-971.51.61 Fax: +41.91-971.07.67 e-mail: info@cisaonline.ch www.cisaonline.ch école Cantonale d’Art de Lausanne (ECAL) University of Art and Design Lausanne Unité Cinéma, Lionel Baier 5, avenue du Temple, 1020 Renens Case postale 555 CH-1001 Lausanne Tel: +41.21-316.99.33 Fax: +41.21-616.39.91 e-mail: lionel.baier@ecal.ch www.ecal.ch see advertising cover 2
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éCOLE DE CINEMA GENèVE Avenue de Châtelaine 93 CH-1219 Châtelaine GE Tel: +41.22-970.22.00 Fax: +41.22-425.45.47 e-mail: contact@ecole-cinema.com www.ecole-cinema.com éCOLE DE THéâTRE DES TEINTURERIES Rue Sébeillon 9b CH-1004 Lausanne Tel: +41.21-623.21.00 Fax: +41.21-623.21.01 info@ecole-theatre-teintureries.com www.ecole-theatre-teintureries.com
Haute école d’art et de design - Genève (HEAD) Geneva University of Art and Design Filière arts visuels/Cinéma 9, bd Helvétique CH-1204 Genève Tel: +41.22-388.58.00 Fax: +41.22-388.58.61 e-mail: m-catherine.theiler@hesge.ch www.hesge.ch see advertising cover 3 HOCHSCHULE FÜR GESTALTUNG UND KUNST basel Vogelsangstrasse 15 CH-4058 Basel Tel: +41.61-695.67.71 Fax: +41.61-695.68.00 e-mail: info.hgk@fhnw.ch www.fhnw.ch HOCHSCHULE LUZERN, DESIGN & KUNST (HSLU) Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Art Video Department Baselstrasse 61 CH-6003 Luzern Tel: +41.41-228.75.84 Fax: +41.41-228.79.36 e-mail: edith.flueckiger@hslu.ch http:video.hslu.ch Animation Department Tel: +41.41-228.79.35 e-mail: jochen.ehmann@hslu.ch http:animation.hslu.ch
EMAF BROADCAST Place des Ormeaux 1 CH-1702 Fribourg Tel: +41.26-425.45.45 Fax: +41.26-425.45.47 e-mail: info@emaf.ch www.emaf.ch
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LA MANUFACTURE Haute école de théâtre de Suisse Romande (HETSR) Rue du Grand-Pré 5 Case postale 160 CH-1000 Lausanne 16 Tel: +41.21-620.08.80 Fax: +41.21-620.08.89 e-mail: info@hetsr.ch www. hetsr.ch Universität Zürich University of Zurich Seminar für Filmwissenschaft Plattenstrasse 54 CH-8032 Zürich Tel: +41.44-634.35.37 Fax: +41.44-634.49.10 e-mail: cinema@fiwi.uzh.ch www.film.uzh.ch UNIL-UNIVERSITé DE LAUSANNE University of Lausanne Anthropole Section d’histoire et esthétique du cinéma CH-1015 Lausanne Tel: +41.21-692.30.18 Fax: +41.21-692.22.75 www.unil.ch/cin/ Zürcher Hochschule der Künste (zhdk) Zürich University of the Arts Departement Darstellende Künste und Film Film Department Postfach CH-8031 Zürich Tel: +41.43-446.31.12/14 Fax: +41.43-446.45.65 e-mail: film.info@zhdk.ch www.zhdk.ch www.netzwerk-cinema.ch
Castingbüro zürich Susan Müller Dienerstrasse 7 CH-8004 Zürich Tel: +41.44-242.10.91 e-mail: susan@castingbuero.com www.castingbuero.com
SWISS FILMS Neugasse 6 Postfach CH-8031 Zürich Tel: +41.43-211.40.50 Fax: +41.43-211.40.60 e-mail: info@swissfilms.ch www.swissfilms.ch
Fonds REGIO Films Maison des Arts du Grütli Rue Général-Dufour 16 CH-1204 Genève Tel: +41.22-321.96.71 Fax: +41.22-321.96.72 e-mail: jmcruchet@regiofilms.ch www.regiofilms.ch
CINECASTING François Roch Case postale 221 CH-1211 Genève 8 Tel. +41.22-340.22.22 www.cinecasting.ch
SWISS FILMS genève Maison des Arts du Grütli 16, rue Général-Dufour CH-1205 Genève Tel: +41.22-308.12.40 Fax: +41.22-308.12.41 e-mail: geneva@swissfilms.ch
MEDIA DESK Suisse Neugasse 6 CH-8005 Zürich Tel: +41.43-960.39.29 Fax: +41.43-211.40.60 e-mail: info@mediadesk.ch www.mediadesk.ch
COMEDIEN.CH François Roch Case postale 221 CH-1211 Genève 8 Tel. +41.22-320.66.30 www.comedien.ch
FEDERAL DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS Cultural Foreign Policy Center Bundesgasse 32 CH-3003 Bern Tel: +41.31-324.10.57 Fax: +41.31-324.10.66 e-mail: anita.clerc@eda.admin.ch
PRO HELVETIA Swiss Arts Council Hirschengraben 22 CH-8024 Zürich Tel: +41.44-267.71.71 Fax: +41.44-267.71.06 e-mail: info@prohelvetia.ch www.prohelvetia.ch
FEDERAL OFFICE OF CULTURE Film Section Hallwylstrasse 15 CH-3003 Bern Tel: +41.31-322.92.71 Fax: +41.31-322.57.71 e-mail: cinema.film@bak.admin.ch www.kultur-schweiz.admin.ch
SWISS FILM ARCHIVE cinematheque suisse Case postale 5556 CH-1002 Lausanne Tel: +41.21-315.21.71 Fax: +41.21-315.21.89 e-mail: lausanne@cinematheque.ch www.cinematheque.ch
FOCAL Foundation for Professional Training in Cinema and Audiovisual Media Rasude 2 CH-1006 Lausanne Tel: +41.21-312.68.17 Fax: +41.21-323.59.45 e-mail: info@focal.ch www.focal.ch
SWISS FILM ARCHIVE Film Documentation Zurich Neugasse 10 Postfach 1215 CH-8031 Zürich Tel: +41.43-818.24.65 Fax: +41.43-818.24.66 e-mail: cszh@cinematheque.ch www.cinematheque.ch
Corinna Glaus Casting Freiestrasse 80 CH-8032 Zürich Tel: +41.44-262.12.49 Fax: +41.44-262.12.51 e-mail: info@glauscasting.ch www.glauscasting.ch Swiss Casting Ruth Hirschfeld Spiegelgasse 29 CH-8001 Zürich Tel: +41.44-261.57.01 e-mail: rh@swisscasting.ch www.swisscasting.ch
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A ssociations CINÉ-BULLETIN Maison des Arts du Grütli 16, rue du Général-Dufour, CH-1204 Genève Tel: +41.22-322.81.30 e-mail: redaction@cine-bulletin.ch www.cine-bulletin.ch
PROCINEMA Swiss Association of Exhibitors and Motion Pictures Distributors Postfach 399 Schwarztorstrasse 56, CH-3000 Bern 14 Tel: +41.31-387.37.00 - Fax: +41.31-387.37.07 e-mail: info@procinema.ch www.procinema.ch
CINÉLIBRE Swiss Association of Film Societies and Non-Profit Cinemas Postfach 534, CH-3000 Bern 14 Tel: +41.31-371.61.00 - Fax: +41.31-371.32.72 e-mail: cinelibre@gmx.ch www.cinelibre.ch
REGIO Distrib Maison des Arts du Grütli 16, rue Général-Dufour, CH-1204 Genève Tel: +41.22-321.96.70 - Fax: +41.22-321.96.72 e-mail: chahnaz.sibai@regiodistrib.ch www.regiofilms.ch
FILMLOCATION LUCERNE St.-Karlistrasse 71b, CH-6004 Luzern Tel: +41.41-240.10.34 e-mail: info@filmlocationlucerne.com www.filmlocationlucerne.com
SUISA The Swiss Society for the Rights of Authors of Musical Works Bellariastrasse 82 Postfach 782, CH-8038 Zürich Tel: +41.44-485.66.66 - Fax: +41.44-482.43.33 e-mail: suisa@suisa.ch www.suisa.ch
Fonction Cinéma Maison des Arts du Grütli 16, rue Général-Dufour Case postale 5305, CH- 1204 Genève Tel: +41.22-328.85.54 - Fax: +41.22-329.68.02 e-mail: contact@fonction-cinema.ch www.fonction-cinema.ch
SUISSIMAGE Swiss Authors’ Rights Cooperative for Audiovisual Works Neuengasse 23 Postfach, CH-3001 Bern Tel: +41.31-313.36.36 - Fax: +41.31-313.36.37 e-mail: mail@suissimage.ch www.suissimage.ch
Fondation Romande pour le Cinéma Maison des Arts du Grütli 16, rue Général-Dufour, CH-1204 Genève Tel: +41.22-322.81.30 e-mail: info@cinema-romand.ch www.cinema-romand.ch
SUISSIMAGE Lausanne Office Rasude 2, CH-1004 Lausanne Tel: +41.21-323.59.44 - Fax: +41.21-323.59.45 e-mail: lane@suissimage.ch www.suissimage.ch
Associations
GARP Group Authors, Directors, Producers Postfach 465, CH-8034 Zürich Tel/Fax: +41.43-536.84.91 e-mail: info@garp-cinema.ch www.garp-cinema.ch
SWISS ANIMATED FILM GROUP Kanzleistrasse 126, CH-8004 Zürich Tel: +41.44-240.19.09 e-mail: info@swiss-animation.ch www.swiss-animation.ch
MEMORIAV Association for the preservation of the audiovisual heritage of Switzerland Bümplizstrasse 192, CH-3018 Bern Tel: +41.31-380.10.80 - Fax: +41.31-380.10.81 e-mail: info@memoriav.ch www.memoriav.ch
SWISS ART CINEMA ASSOCIATION c/o Look Now! Gasometerstrasse 9, CH-8005 Zürich Tel: +41.44-440.25.44 - Fax: +41.44-440.26.52 e-mail: info@independent-pictures.ch www.independent-pictures.ch
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SWISS ASSOCIATION OF FILM JOURNALISTS c/o Valentin Rabitsch Mutschellenstrasse 4, CH-8002 Zürich Tel: +41.44-201.52.37 e-mail: info@filmjournalist.ch www.filmjournalist.ch
SWISS FILM UNION Josefstrasse 106, Postfach 2210 CH-8031 Zürich Tel: +41.44-272.21.49 - Fax: +41.44-271.21.94 e-mail: info@ssfv.ch www.ssfv.ch
SWISS ASSOCIATION OF MOTION PICTURE AND AUDIOVISUAL INDUSTRIES c/o Fuhrer Marbach & Partner Philippe Probst Konsumstrasse 16a, CH-3007 Bern Tel: +41.31-382.44.33 - Fax: +41.31-382.46.42 e-mail: probst@fmp-law.ch
SWISS NATIONAL FILM COMMISSION (FLS) Stadelhoferstrasse 26, CH-8001 Zürich Tel: +41-844.000.666 e-mail: info@filmlocation.ch www.filmlocation.ch SWISS SOCIETY OF AUTHORS Rue Centrale 12/14 Case postale 7463, CH-1002 Lausanne Tel: +41.21-313.44.55 - Fax: +41.21-313.44.56 e-mail: info@ssa.ch www.ssa.ch
SWISS ASSOCIATION OF MOTION PICTURES DISTRIBUTORS Schwarztorstrasse 56, CH-3007 Bern Tel: +41.31-387.37.02 - Fax: +41.31-387.37.14 e-mail: info@filmdistribution.ch www.filmdistribution.ch
SWISS VIDEOGRAM ASSOCIATION (ASV) Netzibodenstrasse 23B, CH-4133 Pratteln Tel: +41.61-816.94.97 e-mail: info@svv-video.ch www.svv-video.ch
SWISS CINEMA ASSOCIATION (SCA) c/o Probst Rechtsanwälte Bahnhofplatz 18, CH-8400 Winterthur Tel: +41.52-269.14.00 e-mail: franz.probst@probst-law.ch
SWISSFILM ASSOCIATION (SFA) Hermetschloostrasse 77, CH-8048 Zürich Tel: +41.79-797.47.77 e-mail: rita.kovacs@swissfilm-association.ch www.swissfilm-association.ch SWISSPERFORM Kasernenstrasse 23 Postfach 1868, CH-8021 Zürich Tel: +41.43-269.70.50 - Fax: +41.43-269.70.60 e-mail: info@swissperform.ch www.swissperform.ch
SWISS FILM Academy Neugasse 10, CH-8005 Zürich Tel: +41.44-271.09.80 e-mail: info@filmakademie.ch www.filmakademie.ch SWISS FILMMAKERS ASSOCIATION Neugasse 10, CH-8005 Zürich Tel: +41.44-253.19.88 - Fax: +41.44-253.19.48 e-mail: info@realisateurs.ch www.realisateurs.ch
Special thanks (in alphabetical order): Mr. René Gerber, Procinema, Berne - Mr. Micha Schiwow, SWISS FILMS, Zurich Mr. Laurent Steiert and all the crew of the Film Section at the Federal Office of Culture, Berne - Mr. Umberto Tedeschi, Swiss Federal Statistical Office (SFSO), Bienne - Mrs Clarissa Wojciechowski, SWISS FILMS, Zurich. Thanks also to all the companies and persons which support this publication by advertising; without them, this guide could not have been published.
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Associations
union of film music composers (ufmc) c/o Stéphane Kirscher Avenue Ruchonet 2, CH-1003 Lausanne Tel: +41.79-658.44.94 - Fax: +41.21-312.63.50 e-mail: ufmc@ufmc.ch www.ufmc.ch
SWISS FILM PRODUCERS’ ASSOCIATION Zinggstrasse 16, CH-3007 Bern Tel: +41.31-370.10.60 - Fax: +41.31-372.40.53 e-mail: info@swissfilmproducers.ch www.swissfilmproducers.ch
T elevision SWISS BROADCASTING CORPORATION SRG SSR Giacomettistrasse 1 CH-3000 Bern 31 Tel: +41.31-350.91.11 Fax: +41.31-350.92.56 e-mail: info@srgssr.ch www.srgssr.ch
radio TELEVISION SUISSE (rTS) Quai Ernest Ansermet 20, Case postale 234 CH-1211 Genève 8 Tel: +41.58-236.36.36 www.rts.ch Acquisitions: - Fiction Films and Mini-Series: Isabell Hagemann-Pouliquen Tel: +41.58-236.95.46 e-mail: isabell.hagemann@rts.ch - Documentary Films: Irène Challand Tel: +41.58-236.95.74 e-mail: irene.challand@rts.ch Sales: - Fiction & Documentary Films: Maryline Thiriot Tel: +41.58-236.91.24 e-mail: maryline.thiriot@rts.ch
Television
(Co)-productions: - Head of Department: Alberto Chollet Tel: +41.58-236.82.70 e-mail: alberto.chollet@rts.ch - Fiction Films: Françoise Mayor Tel: +41.58-236.82.70 e-mail: francoise.mayor@rts.ch - Documentary Films: Irène Challand Tel: +41.58-236.95.74 e-mail: irene.challand@rts.ch
RADIOTELEVISIONE SVIZZERA (RSI)
SCHWEIZER radio und fernsehen (SrF)
Casella postale, CH-6903 Lugano Tel: +41.91-803.51.11 Fax: +41.91-803.53.55 e-mail: info@rsi.ch www.rsi.ch
Fernsehstrasse 1-4, Postfach CH-8052 Zürich Tel: +41.44-305.66.11 www.srf.ch
Acquisitions: - Fiction: Silvana Carminati Head of Acquisitions Fiction Tel: +41.91-803.54.56 e-mail: silvana.carminati@rsi.ch - Mini-Series (Drama): Gabriella De Gara Tel: +41.91-803.54.14 e-mail: gabriella.degara@rsi.ch - Documentary (Cultura TV): Maurizio Canetta Tel: +41.91-803.50.81 email: maurizio.canetta@rsi.ch Sales: Beatrice Grossmann Head of Business Affairs Tel: +41.91-803.54.63 e-mail: beatrice.grossmann@rsi.ch Manuela Lenzin Sales representative Tel: +41.91-803.54.82 e-mail: manuela.lenzin@rsi.ch (Co)-Productions Fiction: Gabriella De Gara Tel. +41.91-803.54.14 e-mail: gabriella.degara@rsi.ch
RADIOTELEVISIuN svizra RUMANTSCHA (RTR) Via da Masans 2 CH-7002 Chur Tel: +41.81-255.75.75 Fax: +41.81-255.75.00 e-mail: contact@rtr.ch - www.rtr.ch
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Acquisitions: - Fiction Films and Mini-Series: Michel Bodmer Tel: +41.44-305.63.43 e-mail: michel.bodmer@srf.ch - Documentary Films: Christoph Müller Tel: +41.44-305.59.06 e-mail: christoph.mueller@srf.ch Sales: Philippe van Doornick Telepool GmbH Fernsehstrasse 1-4, Postfach CH-8052 Zürich Tel: +41.44-305.69.64 e-mail: philippe.vandoornick@ telepool.ch TV MOVIES: Urs Fitze Tel: +41.44-305.58.23 e-mail: urs.fitze@srf.ch
STAR TV The first private TV station of Switzerland (created in 1995) Lifestyle & entertainment Wagistrasse 2, CH-8952 Schlieren Tel: +41.44-554.44.44 Fax: +41.44-554.44.07 CEO: Paul Grau e-mail: info@startv.ch - www.startv.ch
Teleclub AG (pay tv) Löwenstrasse 11 CH-8021 Zürich Tel: +41.44-225.25.25 Fax: +41.44-225.25.00 e-mail: info@teleclub.ch www.teleclub.ch
Cinéma/cinéma du réel department ba & ma programmes The Cinema /cinéma du réel department is at the very heart of contemporary cinema From the traditional 16 mm Bolex to current narratives and their digitized images To invent new areas beyond academic boundaries, between fiction and documentary A theoretical and practical adventure, reflection and writing in action To give the cinema every reason to relate more true stories
Shooting of Louise Gillard Bachelor film “Walkman” Photography: Baptiste Coulon
Head of the Department: Jean Perret
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