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BAGHDAD IN MY SHADOW directed by Samir

Amal, a wife in hiding, Taufiq, a writer, and Muhanad, a gay IT-specialist, all meet at Café Abu Nawas, a popular hangout for Iraqi exiles in London. Instigated by a Salafist preacher, Taufiq’s nephew Nasseer, a fanatic religious youth, attacks his uncle and turns everyone’s life upside down.

BEYOND THE HORIZON LE MILIEU DE L’HORIZON directed by Delphine Lehericey

1976. A scorching summer. On the family farm, 13-year-old Gus senses that the heat is not only affecting the animals and the fields, but is also disrupting the behaviour of the adults around him. During his vacation, Gus will witness the end of his father’s traditional world of farming as well as the explosion of his family nucleus. In a few months, he will have left his childhood innocence behind for good. 2 N D F E A T U R E

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SWITZERLAND/GERMANY/ UNITED KINGDOM /IRAQ Fiction, 105 min., 2019 ORIGINAL LANGUAGES: English, Arabic SCREENPLAY:

Samir, Furat al Jamil CAST:

Haytham Abdulrazaq, Zahraa Ghandour, Shervin Alenabi PRODUCTION:

Dschoint Ventschr, Zurich/ Coin Film, Cologne/Ipso Facto, London/SRF/Art City Productions, Baghdad WORLD SALES:

Global Screen GmbH, Munich WORLD PREMIERE:

Locarno Film Festival 2019

Fiction SWITZERLAND/BELGIUM Fiction, 90 min., 2019 ORIGINAL LANGUAGE: French SCREENPLAY: Joanne Giger CAST:

Luc Bruchez, Laetitia Casta PRODUCTION:

Box Productions sàrl, Lausanne/ Entre Chien et Loup, Brussels/ RTS/RTBF/Teleclub/BeTv WORLD SALES:

Be For Films, Brussels www.beforfilms.com WORLD PREMIERE: San Sebastian 2019

GO LOS directed by Roman Vital, Sandro Zollinger

SWITZERLAND

Expanded Cinema, 25 min., 2020 ORIGINAL LANGUAGES: French, English, German SCREENPLAY:

Sandro Zollinger PRODUCTION:

Montezuma AG, Zurich/ Klubkrahn Filmproduktion, Zurich/SRF WORLD RIGHTS:

Primatoni Filmverleih, Zurich www.primatoni.ch WORLD PREMIERE:

Sundance Film Festival 2020

ITALY/SWITZERLAND/LEBANON Documentary, 82 min., 2019 ORIGINAL LANGUAGES: English, Italian, Arabic PRODUCTION:

Graffiti Doc, Torino/Amka Films Productions SA, Savosa/RAI Cinema/RSI/Itar Productions, Beirut WORLD SALES:

Fandango, Rome www.fandango.it WORLD PREMIERE:

Rome Film Festival 2019

“His life to date has been nothing but deferral, delay, skirmishes. Now it is serious. – Finally.” Searching for stability in his life, Peter Thaler sets out on a hike in the Swiss mountains, from which he will never return. Inspired by true events, a story of everyday and final farewells, thus opening the door to eternity a tiny crack.

ONE MORE JUMP written&directed by Emanuele Gerosa

Abdallah and Jehad are friends born in the Gaza Strip, they know little about freedom. Abdallah, founder and leader of the Gaza Parkour Team, left Gaza and moved to Italy to become a professional athlete, but now he can barely survive. Jehad still lives segregated in the Strip, coaching youngsters and caring for his sick father, but he doesn’t stop dreaming of leaving that tormented land.

Peyangki is a young monk living in a rural monastery in Bhutan. When television and the internet eventually come to the remote country, Peyangki is lured by the power of smartphones, which now compete with the structured daily rituals of monastery life. Peyangki’s journey challenges us to reassess our own perceptions of relatedness and self-worth in an age of unparalleled connectivity.

THE FORUM DAS FORUM directed by Marcus Vetter

In times of rampant populism and increasing distrust of the elite, the filmmaker accompanies the 81-year-old founder of the contro - versial World Economic Forum over the period of one year in his efforts to implement his leitmotif: to improve the state of the world. Can the WEF contribute to solving global problems? Or is it rather an integral part of the problem?

FRANCE/UNITED STATES/ GERMANY/SWITZERLAND Documentary, 99 min., 2019 ORIGINAL LANGUAGE: Dzongkha PRODUCTION:

TBC Productions, Paris/ Participant Media, Beverly Hills/zero one film, Berlin/ Close Up Films, Geneva/ ARTE/RTS WORLD RIGHTS:

Participant Media, Beverly Hills www.participantmedia.com WORLD PREMIERE: TIFF 2019

GERMANY/SWITZERLAND Documentary, 115 min., 2019 ORIGINAL LANGUAGES: German, English, Swiss-German PRODUCTION:

Gebrueder Beetz Filmproduktion, Berlin/ Dschoint Ventschr, Zurich/ Filmperspektive, Stuttgart/ SWR/SRF/SRG SSR/BR/ HR/VPRO WORLD SALES:

Rise and Shine World Sales, Berlin www.riseandshine-berlin.de WORLD PREMIERE: DOK Leipzig 2019

THE YEAR OF THE DISCOVERY EL AÑO DEL DESCUBRIMIENTO directed by Luis López Carrasco

SPAIN/SWITZERLAND Documentary, 200 min., 2020 ORIGINAL LANGUAGES: Spanish SCREENPLAY:

Luis López Carrasco, Raúl Liarte PRODUCTION AND WORLD RIGHTS:

LaCima Producciones, Madrid www.lacimaproducciones.com Alina film, Geneva www.alinafilm.com WORLD PREMIERE: IFFR 2020

SWITZERLAND

Fiction, 104 min., 2019 ORIGINAL LANGUAGE: English CAST:

Sophie Auster, Joonas Saartamo, Julienne Pfeil, Rüdiger Hauffe, Roland Bonjour, Leonardo Nigro, Patrick Rapold, Dagna Vinet PRODUCTION AND WORLD RIGHTS:

Syquali Crossmedia AG, Zurich www.syquali.com WORLD PREMIERE:

Shanghai International Film Festival 2019 MORE INFORMATION:

www.thezurichliaison.com

In 1992, the Barcelona Olympics and the Seville Expo presented Spain as a modern and dynamic country. However, in Cartagena, Spain, the protests due to the industrial crisis provoked an uprising resulting in the burning down of the Parliament of the Autonomous Community. In a café, neighbours, young and unemployed people share their dreams, worries and family stories. Little by little, the echo of the revolt of 1992 approaches.

Over 170 years ago Switzerland was the only country in Europe with a democratic constitution. Richard Wagner lived in Zurich from 1849 until 1858. Mathilde Wesendonck and her husband venerate Wagner. While in Zurich, Wagner works on his new opera: “Tristan and Isolde”. Mathilde is turning from a loving mother into a muse of the new music. The whole city is talking about this Zurich liaison. THE ZURICH LIAISON – WAGNER’S ONE AND ONLY LOVE written&directed by Jens Neubert

WAKE UP ON MARS RÉVEIL SUR MARS written&directed by Dea Gjinovci

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A 10-year-old Roma boy living in Sweden attempts to come to terms with the mysterious Resig nation syndrome that has put his two sisters in a coma. The tightknit family is trying to rebuild a normal life far from their native Kosovo where they were victims of persecution. While their entire future hangs in the balance of a pending asylum request, the little boy dreams of building a space ship to leave it all behind. 1 S T F E A T U R E EFM

SWITZERLAND/FRANCE Documentary, 74 min., 2020 ORIGINAL LANGUAGES: Albanian, Swedish PRODUCTION:

Alva Film Production, Geneva/ Mélisande Films, Paris/ Dea Gjinovci, Geneva/RTS/ in association with Amok Films, Paris/Heidi Fleisher, Paris WORLD SALES:

CAT&Docs, Paris www.catndocs.com

WHEN HITLER STOLE PINK RABBIT ALS HITLER DAS ROSA KANINCHEN STAHL directed by Caroline Link

Berlin, 1933: Anna is only nine years old when her life changes completely: To escape the Nazis, her father has to flee to Zurich; his family follows him a short time later. Anna leaves everything behind, including her beloved pink rabbit, and must face a new life full of challenges and privations. Based on the bestseller of the same name by Judith Kerr. 19

GERMANY/SWITZERLAND Fiction, 119 min., 2019 ORIGINAL LANGUAGE: German SCREENPLAY: Caroline Link, Anna Brüggemann CAST:

Riva Krymalowski, Carla Juri PRODUCTION:

Sommerhaus Filmproduktion, Ludwigsburg/La Siala Entertainment, Dinhard/ Hugofilm, Zurich/Warner Bros., Hamburg/SRF/SRG SSR WORLD SALES:

Beta Cinema, Oberhaching www.betacinema.com