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ANIMATION 2016
Selina Willemse Head of Festivals & Markets swillemse@swissfilms.ch T +41 79 286 51 88
Features New Feature
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Shorts New Shorts
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Festival Favourites
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Upcoming 20 In Production
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Cover: CHRIS THE SWISS by Anja Kofmel Back cover: MY LIFE AS A COURGETTE by Claude Barras
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My Life As A Courgette
Ma vie de Courgette Claude Barras
Switzerland / France 2016, 65 min. Stop motion Original language: French World premiere: Cannes 2016 (Quinzaine des Réalisateurs) Production: Rita Productions, Geneva Blue Spirit Productions, Paris Gébéka Films, Lyon KNM, Monte Carlo RTS Radio Télévision Suisse Rhône Alpes Cinéma, Villeurbanne Canal + France 3 Hélium Films, Lausanne World Sales: Indie Sales, Paris T +33 1 44 83 02 27 www.indiesales.eu
Courgette is a rather unusual nickname for a 9-year-old boy but his unique story is surprisingly universal. After his mother’s sudden death, Courgette is befriended by a kind police officer Raymond, who accompanies Courgette to his new foster home filled with other orphans his age. At first Courgette struggles to find his place in this strange, at times, hostile environment. Yet with Raymond’s help and his new found friends, he eventually learns to trust, finds true love and at last a new family of his own.
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* 1973 in Sierre. Claude Barras studied illustration and infography at École Emile Cohl in Lyon as well as computer graphics at ECAL in Lausanne. He has already made several award-winning short animation films, most recently ROOM 69 (2012), which was selected for numerous festivals. ICE FLOE (2005) was presented in the International Short Film Competition in Cannes, while festival hit LE GÉNIE DE LA BOÎTE DE RAVIOLIS (2006) screened at more than 50 festivals. MY LIFE AS A COURGETTE celebrated its world premiere in Cannes.
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Expected SPRING 2017
Chris The Swiss Anja Kofmel
Croatia, 7th of January 1992: In the middle of the war, a young journalist's body is discovered dressed in the uniform of an international mercenary group. Twenty years later, his cousin Anja Kofmel investigates his story. * 1982 in Lugano. Anja Kofmel studied animation at the Lucerne School of Art and Design (HSLU). She was assistant director on LETTER TO ANNA (2007) by Eric Bergkraut. Her Bachelor’s degree film CHRIGI (2009) has been awarded at numerous international film festivals. CHRIGI already told the story of the tragic death of Kofmel’s cousin Chris, and has now been turned into her first highly anti cipated anidoc feature film.
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Switzerland / Croatia / Germany AniDoc, 90 min. 2D Computer animation Original languages: German / Swiss-German / English / Spanish Production: Dschoint Ventschr Filmproduktion AG, Zurich Nukleus Film, Zagreb MA.JA.DE. Filmproduktion, Leipzig World Rights: Dschoint Ventschr Filmproduktion AG, Zurich T +41 44 456 30 20 www.dvfilm.ch
F e stival Favo u r it e F e at u r e
Molly Monster Ted Sieger Michael Ekblad Matthias Bruhn
Switzerland / Germany / Sweden 2016, 72 min. 2D/3D Computer animation, Drawing on paper Original language: English Festivals (selection): Berlinale 2016 (world premiere) New York Int. Children's Film Festival 2016 Guadalajara Int. Film Festival 2016 Buenos Aires Int. Independent Film Festival 2016 Trickfilm-Festival Stuttgart 2016 Taipei Film Festival 2016 Cinekid Amsterdam 2016 Production: Little Monster GmbH, Zurich Alexandra Schatz Filmproduktion, Hannover Trickstudio Lutterbeck GmbH, Cologne Sluggerfilm AB, Malmö Senator Film München GmbH, Munich Peacock Film AG, Zurich World Sales: Global Screen GmbH, Munich T +49 89 24 41 29 55 00 www.globalscreen.de
Molly Monster is no longer the centre of attention in her family. The focus has now become the egg, which Mama has laid and Papa is hatching. In Monsterland parents bring the eggs to the island to hatch them. Molly, however, must stay at home in her uncle’s care. But since her parents have forgotten the hat, Molly has knitted for the baby, she thus sets out on the long and difficult journey to the egg island. www.mollymonster.ch
Ted Sieger * 1958 in Chile. Ted Sieger is a Swiss independent director, animator and designer of animation films and series, comics and picture books. Since 2004 Sieger also lectures at film schools. His short THE SMORTLYBACKS (2013) was screened and awarded at many festivals worldwide including Stuttgart, Villa do Conde, Baden, Clermont-Ferrand and Leipzig. Michael Ekbladh * 1960 in Sweden. Attended Sheridan College in Oakville. Since 1985 works as animator, designer and director for animations. Co-owner of Sluggerfilm in Malmö. Matthias Bruhn * 1962 in Germany. Studied Graphic Design at FHD (Fachhochschule Düsseldorf). Since 1998 co-owner, co-manager and art director of Trickstudio Lutterbeck. Bruhn lectured at the Lucerne School of Art and Design (HSLU) and now works as lecturer at the school of animation La Poudrière in Valence.
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Analysis Paralysis Anete Melece
*1983 in Latvia. Latvian citizenship. In 2007 Anete Melece graduated in Visual Communication from the Art Academy of Latvia and in 2012 she received her MA in Animation from the Lucerne School of Art and Design (HSLU). She works as an illustrator, animator and graphic designer. Her previous film THE KIOSK (2013) was awarded with the Swiss Film Award for Best Animation Film in 2014 and became a huge festival hit.
Anton’s head is bursting with thoughts. The gardener is seething with anger: who has trampled her flower beds? In the park Anton is looking for someone to play chess with. For someone who plays a better game than his dog. The gardner is looking for a mysterious vandal who has lost a yellow boot. But perhaps they are both looking for the same thing?
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Switzerland 2016, 9 min. Drawing on paper, Digital cutout animation Without dialogue Production: Virage Film, Saskia von VirĂĄg, Zurich SRF Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen World Sales: Interfilm Berlin Management GmbH, Berlin T +49 30 25 94 29 04 www.interfilm.de
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Angel
Mon ange
Gregory Casares
Switzerland 2016, 8 min. 2D Computer animation Without dialogue Production: Nadasdy Film Sarl, Geneva RTS Radio Télévision Suisse World Rights: Nadasdy Film Sarl, Geneva T +41 22 300 20 54 www.nadasdyfilm.ch
Eva and Mr. Corbeau have long felt a reciprocal affection and attraction. But the world of humans and the world of animals don't mix! That is, until this autumn evening, at the masked ball organised by Eva's father in honour of his daughter. * 1991 in Lausanne. Gregory Casares studied film at ECAL (École Cantonale d'Art de Lausanne). He works as filmmaker, 2D animator and illustrator. His short film BELLE COMME UN COEUR (2015) was shown and awarded at numerous festivals such as ClermontFerrand International Short Film Festival.
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Ariadne's Thread Le fil d'Ariane
Claude Luyet
Dani Levy
Ariadne is playing with a ball. She is interrupted, as her mother calls her inside. She loses her ball, along with her childhood. The 20th century and Ariadne's life plays out on her balcony. As Ariadne nears the end of her life, she regains her lost childhood. * 1948 in Geneva. After graduating in graphic design, Claude Luyet focuses on animation cinema. His films, of different styles, sometimes collaborations, have won awards at various international film festivals. In 1970 he co-founded Studio GDS with Georges Schwizgebel and Daniel Suter. He also collaborated on the first feature-length film by J.-F. Laguionie GWEN AND THE BOOK OF SAND (1985).
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Switzerland 2016, 13 min. Mixed techniques, Drawing on paper Without dialogue Production: Studio GDS, Carouge RTS Radio TĂŠlĂŠvision Suisse World Rights: Studio GDS, Carouge T +41 22 342 72 36 www.studio-gds.ch Festival Distribution: Studio Wasia, Champigny-sur-Marne Mikhal Bak mikhal.bak@gmail.com
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Au revoir Balthazar Rafael Sommerhalder
Switzerland 2016, 9 min. Stop motion Without dialogue Production and World Rights: freihändler Filmproduktion GmbH, Basel T +41 61 631 45 05 www.freihaendler.ch
The scarecrow Balthazar hears something enticing in the seashell. A sound so wonderful that he is ready to leave everything behind.
* 1974 in Zurich. In 2000 he received a degree in directing from the ECAL (École Cantonale d'Art de Lausanne) and in 2009 an MA in Animation from the Royal College of Art in London. Rafael Sommerhalder is co-owner of the production company Crictor and works as an independent director and animator. His films, such as WOLVES (2009) and HERR WÜRFEL (2004) were screened and awarded at numerous festivals worldwide.
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He sö kherö Aline Höchli
The woman saves fishes. The crocodile eats fishes. The woman loves the crocodile and the crocodile loves her. The film follows their everyday life and, in short episodes, tells of their difficulties. * 1990 in Switzerland. Aline Höchli studied 2D animation at the renowned Lucerne School of Art and Design (HSLU). In 2015 she graduated with her Bacherlor’s degree film HE SÖ KHERÖ.
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Switzerland 2016, 6 min. Drawing on paper, Pixilation Without dialogue Production: Hochschule Luzern, Design & Kunst Aline Höchli Tricksfilms, Wabern World Rights: Hochschule Luzern, Design & Kunst T +41 41 248 64 64 animation@hslu.ch
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Pica Pica, histoire d'une pie insatiable Mojgan Ghanaatgar
Switzerland 2016, 6 min. 2D / 3D Computer animation Without dialogue Production: Nadasdy Film Sarl, Geneva RTS Radio TĂŠlĂŠvision Suisse World Rights: Nadasdy Film Sarl, Geneva T +41 22 300 20 54 www.nadasdyfilm.ch
In a small town organised around a roundabout, life flows peacefully. Everyone goes about their task and everything works as it should, until the arrival of an insatiable magpie.
* 1982 in Iran. Mojgan Ghanaatgar first studied graphic design in Teheran, then graduated from the Lucerne School of Art and Design (HSLU) in 2D animation in 2009. She also has a Master of Art in Design in the same field. Since then she realises her own films as well as animations and illustrations. Her previous film RECYCLED PLANETS (2007) was screened at several international film festivals.
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Shed Skins Peaux mortes
Séverine Leibundgut
In a world of perpetual decomposition and recomposition, small individual neuroses feed large collective neuroses.
* 1973 in Nyon. In 1997 Séverine Leibundgut received a degree from ESBA (École Supérieure des Beaux Art de Genève). Besides making films she also works as an illustrator for comic books.
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Switzerland 2016, 8 min. 2D Computer animation, Mixed techniques Without dialogue Production: Nadasdy Film Sarl, Geneva RTS Radio Télévision Suisse World Rights: Nadasdy Film Sarl, Geneva T +41 22 300 20 54 www.nadasdyfilm.ch
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Sunnämilch Silvan Zweifel
Switzerland 2016, 7 min. Drawing on paper, Drawn animation Without dialogue Production and World Rights: Hochschule Luzern, Design & Kunst T +41 41 248 64 64 animation@hslu.ch
An educational short film about the harvesting of sun milk.
* 1992 in Switzerland. Silvan Zweifel studied 2D animation at the renowned Lucerne School of Art and Design (HSLU). SUNNÄMILCH is his Bachelor’s degree film. His previous animated short TOHUWABOHU (2015) was screened at prestigious festivals such as Dok Leipzig and Fantoche Baden.
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The Bridge Over The River
Die Brücke über den Fluss
Jadwiga Kowalska
A man on a bridge, separated from his love. Longing to be with her one last time, he decides to look for her on the other side.
* 1982 in Bern. From 2003-07 she studied animation at the renowned Lucerne School of Art and Design (HSLU) and at the Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow. Currently Jadwiga Kowalska is finishing her Master's degree in Illustration again at the HSLU. In 2009 she won the Swiss Film Award for Best Animation with TÔT OU TARD (2008). Her previous films THE EARTH IS ROUND (2006) and THE GIRL & THE HUNTER (2010) have been huge festival hits. Photo: Ralph Kühne
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Switzerland 2016, 6 min. Paint on cells, Cutout animation, Mixed techniques, 2D Computer animation Without dialogue Production: Jadwiga Kowalska, Lucerne SRF Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen World Rights: Jadwiga Kowalska, Lucerne T +41 79 780 05 67 www.jadwiga.ch
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The Little Match Girl
La petite marchande d'allumettes
Anne Baillod / Jean Faravel
Switzerland / France 2016, 10 min. Stop motion Without dialogue Production: Nadasdy Film Sarl, Geneva Folimage, Bourg-Les-Valences RTS Radio Télévision Suisse World Rights: Nadasdy Film Sarl, Geneva T +41 22 300 20 54 www.nadasdyfilm.ch
Adapted from a story by Anderson, the film tells the tale of a little girl who peddles matches. Failing to sell them, she ends up burning them all. These moments of warmth are accompanied by happy visions, culminating in the apparition of her deceased grandmother. Anne Baillod * 1960 in Geneva. In 1987 she received her degree from the École Supérieure d'Art Visuel (ESAV) Geneva in animation and engraving. She works as an animation director, photographer, does engravings and installations. Co-founded Ivanko Films in 1996.
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Jean Faravel * 1958 in Morges. He attended the Haute école d’art et de design (HEAD) in Geneva. He works as a sound engineer and film director as well as in theatre productions. Co-founder of Ivanko Films with Anne Baillod in 1996.
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Whatever The Weather
Bei Wind und Wetter
Remo Scherrer
* 1986 in Switzerland. Remo Scherrer studied at Switzerland’s renowned school for animated film, the Lucerne School of Art and Design – Master of Arts in Film. WHATEVER THE WEATHER is Remo Scherrer's Master's degree film which premiered in Cannes at the Cinéfondation Selection.
Wally’s childhood is increasingly turned upside down by her mother's alcohol addiction. She experiences the excesses and consequences of addiction first hand. Desperately, the eightyear-old tries to keep up normality in her own life and the life of her family by any means. A roller coaster ride between helplessness, excessive demands and desperation begins. A daily struggle for survival. www.beiwindundwetter.ch
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Switzerland AniDoc, 2016, 11 min. 2D Computer animation Original language: German World premiere: Cannes 2016 (Cinéfondation Selection) Production: Zeitraum Film GmbH, Adliswil Hochschule Luzern, Design & Kunst SRF Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen SRG SSR World Sales: Interfilm Berlin Management GmbH, Berlin T +49 30 25 94 29 04 www.interfilm.de
F e stival F avo u r it e s
Birdz
Cats & Dogs
Erlking
Emilien Davaud
Jesús Pérez / Gerd Gockell
Erlkönig Georges Schwizgebel
Switzerland, 2016, 11 min. | Without dialogue
Switzerland / Germany, 2015, 6 min. Without dialogue
Switzerland, 2015, 6 min. | Without dialogue
Festivals (selection): Int. Short Film Festival Tampere 2016 European Short Film Festival-FEC Cambrils-Reus 2016 Hong Kong Int. Film Festival 2016 Animfest Athens 2016 Production: Hélium Films, Lausanne RTS Radio Télévision Suisse World Rights: Hélium Films, Lausanne T +41 21 544 86 02 www.heliumfilms.ch People that look and behave like birds are trying to survive the cruelness of nature.
Festivals (selection): Fantoche Baden 2015 Animatou Geneva 2015 Chicago Int. Children's Film Festival 2015 Berlinale 2016 Filmfest München 2016 Production: Gerd Gockell Filmproduktion, Lucerne Anigraf Filmproduktion, Hannover SRF Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen World Sales: Magnetfilm, Berlin T +49 163 801 07 53 www.magnetfilm.de An animated short film for children about friendship. One can't force a friendship, but an emergency can build a friendship.
Festivals (selection): Festival del film Locarno 2015 Fantoche Baden 2015 Sitges 2015 Media Arts Festival Tokyo 2016 Annecy 2016 Production: Studio GDS, Carouge RTS Radio Télévision Suisse World Sales: Studio GDS, Carouge T +41 22 342 72 36 www.studio-gds.ch
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A father rides through the dark forest with his son. The sick child thinks he sees the Erl king, who both charms and frightens him. Based on Goethe's poem Erlkönig and the music of Schubert and Liszt comes a new film by Georges Schwizgebel, one of Switzerland's leading animation film directors.
F e stival F avo u r it e s
I Felt Like Destroying Something Beautiful
Islander's Rest
Ivan's Need
Katrin Jucker
Claudius Gentinetta / Frank Braun
Veronica L. Montaño / Manuela Leuenberger / Lukas Suter
Switzerland, 2016, 3 min. | Without dialogue
Switzerland, 2016, 18 min. | Without dialogue
Switzerland, 2015, 6 min. | Without dialogue
Festivals (selection): Holland Animation Film Festival Utrecht 2016 European Media Art Festival Osnabrück 2016 Annecy 2016 Production and World Rights: Hochschule Luzern, Design & Kunst T +41 41 248 61 14 edith.flueckiger@hslu.ch
Festivals (selection): Fantoche Baden 2015 Festival de cinema de animação Espinho 2015 Animateka Ljubljana 2015 Mumbai Shorts 2015 ShortFest Palm Springs 2016 Production: Gentinettafilm, Zurich SRF Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen World Rights: Gentinettafilm, Zurich T +41 44 271 44 55 www.gentinettafilm.ch
Festivals (selection): Fantoche Baden 2015 Int. Kurzfilmtage Winterthur 2015 Animation Festival Golden Kuker–Sofia 2016 Int. Trickfilm-Festival Stuttgart 2016 IndieLisboa 2016 Annecy 2016 Production: Hochschule Luzern, Design & Kunst SRF Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen World Rights: Hochschule Luzern, Design & Kunst T +41 41 248 64 64 animation@hslu.ch
Image codes and their variations: An experiment in databending. Images morph through sound and text files and back into images.
A bitter-sweet, affectionate tale of lost innocence, bottled-up desires and the comfort of recycling. www.gentinettafilm.ch/islanders_rest.html
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Ivan is obsessed with the incredible softness of the dough. When kneading, he gets lost in intensive daydreams not accepting that sooner or later the master baker will turn every wonderfully elastic dough into horribly crispy bread. Until he sees Alva's looooong breasts. www.facebook.com/ivansneed
F e stival F avo u r it e s
Ruben Leaves
The Little Girl And The Night
The Musical Dragon
Frederic Siegel
La petite fille et la nuit Madina Iskhakova
Le dragon et la musique Camille Müller
Switzerland, 2015, 5 min. | Without dialogue
Switzerland / Belgium / France, 2015, 8 min. Original languages: French / German
Switzerland, 2015, 8 min. | Without dialogue
Festivals (selection): Fantoche Baden 2015 Int. Kurzfilmtage Winterthur 2015 Premiers Plans Angers 2016 Annecy 2016 Production: Hochschule Luzern, Design & Kunst SRF Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen World Rights: Hochschule Luzern, Design & Kunst T +41 41 248 64 64 animation@hslu.ch On his way to work, Ruben is haunted by obsessive-compulsive thoughts. Is the front door locked? Is the stove really turned off? As Ruben’s creative mind is invaded by increasingly absurd scenarios, reality and imagination begin to merge. fredericsiegel.ch/rubenleaves
Festivals (selection): Animateka Ljubljana 2015 Clermont-Ferrand 2016 Oberhausen 2016 World Festival of Animated Films Zagreb 2016 Production: Nadasdy Film Sarl, Geneva La Boîte,… Productions, Brussels Les Films du Nord, Roubaix World Rights: Nadasdy Film Sarl, Geneva T +41 22 300 20 54 www.nadasdyfilm.ch A little girl lives alone in her house in the middle of nowhere. She owns just a few buffalo, which she takes to graze in the fields during the day. In the evening, she hurries home and carefully locks the windows and doors because it is then that an enormous woman appears – so large that she blocks the sun and turns day into night.
Festivals (selection): Animatou Geneva 2015 Warsaw Film Festival 2015 Leipzig 2015 Festival de cinema de animação Espinho 2015 World Festival of Animated Films Zagreb 2016 Production and World Rights: Studio GDS, Carouge T +41 22 342 72 36 www.studio-gds.ch A little girl befriends a dragon in the woods. They begin to play music together, but this is not without danger, for the obstinate king allows only military marches.
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59 Seconds
A Festive Wind
59 secondes Mauro Carraro
Expected Fall 2017
Switzerland / France | 15 min. 3D Computer animation | Original language: French
Vent de fête Marjolaine Perreten Switzerland / France | 9 min. 2D Computer animation | Without dialogue
Expected Spring 2017
Production: Nadasdy Film Sarl, Geneva Autour de Minuit, Paris RTS Radio Télévision Suisse World Rights: Nadasdy Film Sarl, Geneva T +41 22 300 20 54 www.nadasdyfilm.ch
Production: Nadasdy Film Sarl, Geneva Folimage, Bourg-Les-Valences RTS Radio Télévision Suisse World Rights: Nadasdy Film Sarl, Geneva T +41 22 300 20 54 www.nadasdyfilm.ch
59 seconds is short when it comes to changing the destinies of two people, of an entire region, or of a country, but it can seem like a long time when the earth is trembling.
It is early morning in the square of a small Swiss village and a grand festival is being prepared. Volunteers are busying themselves and the first musicians have arrived.
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Airport Michaela Müller Switzerland / Croatia | 10 min. Painting on glass | Without dialogue
Circuit Expected Spring 2017
Delia Hess Switzerland | 8 min. Drawn animation | Without dialogue
Expected SPRING 2017
Production: Schick Productions, Zollikon Kinorama, Zagreb World Rights: Schick Productions, Zollikon T +41 79 400 62 60 ruedi.schick@gmail.com
Production: Cinéma Copain Ltd, Zurich SRF Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen World Rights: Cinéma Copain Ltd, Zurich T +41 43 322 05 11 www.cinemacopain.com
Individual identities disappear and arise in transit space. Everything is in constant motion, and everyone potentially suspicious.
On a small planet, caught up in their own little private universe, the inhabitants perform their poetically surreal actions, which repeat themselves in an endless loop. That they are all part of a complex little ecosystem which can only function if each of them plays his or her role, is something they are unaware of.
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Dragon Nest
FUN-DO
Drachennest Lynn Gerlach
Expected Spring 2017
Switzerland | 6 min. 2D Computer animation | Without dialogue
Jonas Raeber Switzerland | 4 min. | Original language: English Drawn animation, 2D Computer animation
Expected Fall 2016
Production and World Rights: SWAMP Animation, Lucerne T +41 41 210 45 29 www.swampfilm.com
Production: Nadasdy Film Sarl, Geneva RTS Radio Télévision Suisse World Rights: Nadasdy Film Sarl, Geneva T +41 22 300 20 54 www.nadasdyfilm.ch
The expedition of a valiant knight hoping to wrench a beautiful princess from the claws of a terrible dragon finishes in a brutal and unexpected way. The knight winds up a slave to the princess, who is actually a shrew that has already put a poor dragon under her yoke. However, the two captives merely appear to be resigned to their fate.
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In 2035: Ueli and Heinz take a stab at representing Switzerland with their “FUN-DO” song in the Eurovision Song Contest, only to discover at the audition that a great deal has changed during the past years.
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L'affaire des tableaux suisses Jacob Berger / Samuel Guillaume / Frédéric Guillaume Switzerland | 20 min. Mixed techniques | Original language: French
La femme canon Expected Summer 2016
David Toutevoix / Albertine Zullo Switzerland | 12 min. Stop motion | Original language: French
Expected Fall 2017
Production and World Rights: Nouvelle Tribu, Geneva T +41 78 697 41 17 yasmine@nouvelletribu.ch
Production and World Rights: Hélium Films, Lausanne T +41 21 544 86 02 www.heliumfilms.ch
What does painting tell us? What does Swiss painting tell us about Switzerland? What does it reveal about who we are? Comparing three iconic works with dozens of images drawn from six centuries of Swiss pictorial, photographic, filmic and sculptural art, this film is an unusual voyage, extravagant and poetic, through the tortured meanderings of identity, politics and aesthetics.
Day after day, female cannonball Madeleine is shot kilometres from her home and has to return on foot. When she arrives home exhausted, she finds her satisfied husband waiting for her, reading the newspaper in front of a big plate of spaghetti with tomato sauce. But one evening Madeleine doesn't come home.
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Les grattes-ciel
Un fait-divers étrange
Fabienne Giezendanner
Expected Spring 2017
Switzerland / France | 10 min. 2D Computer animation | Without dialogue
Antoine Guex Switzerland | 5 min. | Original language: French Drawing on paper, 2D Computer animation
Expected Spring 2017
Production: Antoine Guex – Les Productions Remue Ménage, Lausanne RTS Radio Télévision Suisse World Rights: Antoine Guex – Les Productions Remue Ménage, Lausanne T +41 21 646 03 92 antoine.guex@bluewin.ch
Production: Nadasdy Film Sarl, Geneva RTS Radio Télévision Suisse Zéro de Conduite Productions, Lille World Rights: Nadasdy Film Sarl, Geneva T +41 22 300 20 54 www.nadasdyfilm.ch
Strange objects lifted by cranes are rising in the sky. Gradually, two buildings are erected. Two billionaires, Agenor-Agobar Poirier des Chapelles and Willigis Kittycly Junior, assisted by the most highly paid architects in the world, are each building a skyscraper, ever higher and more luxurious – but how high will they go?
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A cat and a dog are having difficulty living under the same roof. One day the cat, tired of the incessant quarrelling with the dog, decides to get rid of him and invites him out of the house to an unnamed destination. Intrigued and hungry, the dog follows the cat in the hopes of finding something to eat. He has no idea he is about to become the victim of a strange news item.
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Vanités Zoltán Horváth Switzerland | 12 min. | Mixed techniques Original languages: German / French / Russian
Vertico Expected Spring 2017
Production: Nadasdy Film Sarl, Geneva RTS Radio Télévision Suisse World Rights: Nadasdy Film Sarl, Geneva T +41 22 300 20 54 www.nadasdyfilm.ch
Somewhere on the shores of a Russian lake, a recreational fisherman and his guide are preparing to haul to the surface something much more than an extraordinary fish: the demonstration that in the face of death, seeking wealth or appearance is a vain pursuit.
Elie Chapuis / Lynn Devillaz Switzerland | 5 min. | Mixed techniques, Sand animation, Pixilation | Without dialogue
Expected Fall 2016
Production and World Rights: Hélium Films, Lausanne T +41 21 544 86 02 www.heliumfilms.ch
An experimental film bringing together 11 Geneva illustrators expressing themselves through direct animation techniques, rostrum camera, pixilation and animation of objects.
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I N PR O DU C T I O N
Ralph And The Dinosaurs
The Cage
Der kleine Vogel und die Raupe
Marcel Barelli director of Lucens (2015) and Vigia (2013)
Jonas Raeber director of Credo (2000) Grüezi (1995) and Hoping For Better Times (1993)
Lena von Döhren director of The Little Bird And The Squirrel (2014) and The Little Bird And The Leaf (2012)
2D Computer animation Nadasdy Film Sarl, Geneva Vivement Lundi!, Rennes Planned for Fall 2017
2D Computer animation SWAMP Animation, Lucerne Planned for Summer 2017
Digital cutout Schattenkabinett GmbH, Bern Planned for Spring 2017
Les fables de l'homme
Le renard et l'oiseau
Zibila ou la vie zebrée
Frédéric Guillaume / Samuel Guillaume directors of Max & Co (2007) Le conte des sables d'or (2015) and The Night Of The Bear (2012)
Frédéric Guillaume / Samuel Guillaume directors of Max & Co (2007) Le conte des sables d'or (2015) and The Night Of The Bear (2012)
Isabelle Favez director of Air-Mail (2015) and Au coeur de l'hiver (2012)
Feature length in development Hybrid techniques Caravel Production Sàrl, Lausanne Planned for Winter 2019
Hybrid techniques Caravel Production Sàrl, Lausanne Planned for Fall 2017
2D Computer animation Nadasdy Film Sarl, Geneva La Boîte,… Productions, Brussels Planned for Spring 2017
Ralph et les dinosaures
(working title)
Der Käfig
(working title)
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