PREVIEWS WINTERTHUR 2024 SWISS FILMS
SYLVAIN
SWISS FILMS TEAM
2024/25
CLAY
directed by Kevin Haefelin
Emerging from a plaster egg in Central Park, a baby embarks on a lyrical voyage through the city’s pulse, uncovering her true form.
KEVIN HAEFELIN
* 1989. Kevin Haefelin is a Swiss filmmaker working in New York. He holds a Master of Fine Arts in directing and screenwriting from Columbia University. His work has been shown in film festivals and museums around the world. THE FUSE (2022) won the Short Film Showcase at the 2023 Gotham Awards in New York, was shortlisted for the BAFTA British Academy Film Awards Live Action 2023, and nominated for the Swiss Film Award, Best Short Film 2024.
SWITZERLAND Fiction, 9 min.
ORIGINAL LANGUAGE: English CAST: Leonora Fellini
SCREENPLAY: Kevin Haefelin, Youmi Haefelin-Roch
PRODUCER: Youmi Haefelin-Roch
PRODUCTION AND WORLD RIGHTS: Kumoshika Productions, Sàrl Geneva www.kumoshika.ch
LOOKING FOR: World Sales Int. Distribution Int. Festival Premiere CONTACT: Youmi Haefelin-Roch Kumoshika Productions Sàrl info@kumoshika.ch
AIR HORSE ONE
written & directed by Lasse Linder
The film chronicles the intercontinental journey of top show jumping horse Legacy from its home stable in Ontario to Paris – the venue of the 2024 Olympic Games.
WORLD RIGHTS:
Dynamic Frame GmbH, Zurich www.dynamic-frame.ch
LOOKING FOR:
World Sales
Int. Festival Premiere CONTACT:
Philipp Ritler
Dynamic Frame GmbH philipp.ritler@dynamic-frame.ch
SWITZERLAND
Documentary, 20 min.
ORIGINAL LANGUAGE: English
PRODUCTION:
Dynamic Frame GmbH, Zurich / SRF
PRODUCERS:
Luzius Fischer, Philipp Ritler
LASSE LINDER
* 1994. Lasse Linder graduated in 2019 with a Bachelor in Film from the Lucerne School of Design, Film and Art (HSLU). His short films have been screened at multiple film festivals across the world as well as featured at the MoMa in New York. ALL CATS ARE GREY IN THE DARK (2019) won Best Short Film at both TIFF and Festival dei Popoli as well as the European Film Award for Best Short Film in 2020.
LOST TOUCH
written & directed by Justine Klaiber
Amelia is the sole survivor on a damaged spaceship. Trapped in the gravitational pull of a planet, she struggles with grief and isolation. When a mysterious presence appears, she is torn between the past and the future.
JUSTINE KLAIBER
* 1989. In 2014 Justine Klaiber graduated with a Bachelor in Animation from the Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts (HSLU), earning her Master's degree in 2023. She is a co-founder of the Team Tumult Creative Collective in Zurich.
SWITZERLAND
Animation, 10 min.
ORIGINAL LANGUAGE: Without dialogue
ANIMATION:
Justine Klaiber, Julia Krummenacher, Frederic Siegel, Tamara Milošević, Dario Marti
PRODUCTION:
Asako Film GmbH, Zurich / SRF
PRODUCERS:
Anja Kofmel, Frances McStea
PRODUCTION AND WORLD RIGHTS:
Asako Film GmbH, Zurich www.asakofilm.ch
LOOKING FOR:
World Sales
Int. Distribution
Int. Festival Premiere
CONTACT: Frances McStea
Asako Film GmbH frances@asakofilm.ch
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LES DIEUX
THE GODS
written
& directed by
Anas Sareen
Under a burning sun, Adel and Moses try to come to terms with the loss of their father. But as grief morphs into an obsession, a rift grows between the two teenage brothers that threatens to leave them alone.
PRODUCTION AND WORLD RIGHTS:
Marmotte Productions, Vouvry www.marmotteproductions.ch
LOOKING FOR:
World Sales
Int. Distribution
Int. Festival Premiere
CONTACT:
Julien Bono
Marmotte Productions julien@marmotteproductions.ch
SWITZERLAND
Fiction, 15 min.
ORIGINAL LANGUAGES: French, Arabic
CAST:
Abdeslam Jadrani, Sofiane Elb, Amine Sabir
PRODUCTION:
Marmotte Productions, Vouvry
PRODUCERS:
Julien Bono, Gaspard Vignon
ANAS SAREEN
* 1992 in United Arab Emirates. Anas Sareen studied Literature and Film History at the universities of Lausanne and Oxford and works now as a screenwriter and director. He is a feature film programmer for the Berlinale’s Generation section and the LGBTQ+ Pink Apple Festival in Zurich. THE GODS is his second short film. He is currently working on the screenplay of his first feature film, provisionally titled SWANSONG.
SWISS AND INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION
102 NARRA by Tatjana Fanny, Rafael Manuel
MOVEMENT OF STEEL by Lou Rambert Preiss
STORYTELLING by Nils Hedinger
TEENAGE COWBOY by Matteo Gariglio
SWISS COMPETITION
2MM by Mona Jelić
ACCIAIO by Valentina Parati
BIOS BENEATH BLIND by Kim Allamand
BIRD, BAT OR BUTTERFLY by Filippo Filliger
COTTAGE CHEESE by Liina Luomajoki, Lena Metzger, Janina Müller, Alice Kunz
FENNI IN WONDERLAND by Fei Fan
HAFTPFLICHT, THE BAND by Lars Mulle
HEROINE – NECESSARY OBJECTS by Liza Raheem
IL GRIDO DEL POPULISMO by Julius Lange
LE DERNIER SOLEIL by Alexandre Schild
LONG DISTANCE by Michael Frei
MOM DANCES by Mégane Brügger
NOT EXACTLY A STILL LIFE by Johannes Binotto
PANIC IN NOWHERE by Adrian Flury
VOICELESS by Samuel Patthey
SILENT MODE by Elias Bötticher
WINTER MONOLOGUES by Manuel Karel Seiler
ZÜRI SHORTS
DELAY by Milva Stutz
DEMONS by Humbi Entress
EXIT THROUGH THE CUCKOO’S NEST by Nikola Ilić
LUX CARNE by Gabriel Grosclaude
ONE ROOM by Jana Schlegel
UNDER THE ICE by Michel Kessler, David Oesch
More Swiss films can be found in various sections.
VISIT US AT OUR STANDS AT: Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Market
Berlinale European Film Market
Cannes Village International Annecy Mifa
Locarno International Film Festival
SWISS FILMS
Neugasse 6, 8005 Zurich
www.swissfilms.ch
Published in November 2024