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SWISS FILMS AT THE FESTIVAL DE CANNES 2021

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PRE-CANNES SCREENINGS A LITTLE LESSON IN LOVE ATLAS CAGED BIRDS OPEN SEASON PRINCESS THE GIRL AND THE SPIDER

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13 L’ATELIER DE LA CINÉFONDATION

16 COMING SOON 32 COMING SOON SHORTS 34 IN PRODUCTION 35 SUPPORT MEASURES

SWISS FILMS TEAM

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2013. Olga is a 15-year-old passionate Ukrainian gymnast. Exiled in Switzerland, she does her best to fit into the national team. But the Euromaidan revolt erupts in Kiev, suddenly involving everyone she cares about. As the young girl prepares for the European Championship, the revolution enters her life and shakes everything up on its way.

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WORLD SALES: Pulsar Content, Paris www.pulsarcontent.com WORLD PREMIERE: Cannes 2021

SWITZERLAND / FRANCE Fiction, 85 min., 2021 ORIGINAL LANGUAGE: French SCREENPLAY: Elie Grappe, Raphaëlle Desplechin CAST: Anastasia Budiashkina, Caterina Barloggio, Jérôme Martin PRODUCTION: Point Prod, Geneva / RTS / Cinéma Defacto, Paris SWISS PRODUCER: Jean-Marc Fröhle

ELIE GRAPPE * 1994 in France. Elie Grappe completed musical training at the National Conservatory in Lyon. After attending the preparatory course at École Cantonale d’Art de Lausanne (ECAL) he proceded to study Film, receiving his Bachelor in Film from ECAL in 2015. His short film REHEARSAL (2014), was selected for IDFA, Clermont-Ferrand and Krakow film festivals. His first featurelength fiction film OLGA (2021) was selected for the 60th Semaine de la Critique in Cannes.

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ON SOLID GROUND written & directed by Jela Hasler

SWITZERLAND Fiction, 12 min., 2021 ORIGINAL LANGUAGE: Swiss-German CAST: Sofia Elena Borsani PRODUCTION: Langfilm – Bernard Lang AG, Freienstein / SRF PRODUCERS: Olivier Zobrist, Anne-Catherine Lang

WORLD SALES: KurzFilmAgentur Hamburg www.shortfilm.com FESTIVAL DISTRIBUTION: Kapitein Kort, Amsterdam www.hiddedevries.com/en WORLD PREMIERE: Cannes 2021

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JELA HASLER * 1986. Jela Hasler studied Photography in Zurich and Istanbul and Video in Lucerne. Her short films THE MEADOW (2015) and WHERE WE ARE HEADING (2018) premiered at the Locarno Film Festival and screened at festivals including IDFA, Hot Docs, Tampere and Torino Short Film Market. She has been a jury member of several festivals as well as film funds. She is currently a board member of Pro Short, the Swiss association for short films.

Summertime in a city. The coolness of a morning swim in the river quickly vanishes as the heat covers the city like a magnifying glass under which supposedly trivial everyday nuisances suddenly take on weight. Eli tires to escape the narrowness and agitation of the city, yet keeps on facing aggression. And her rage starts to build up.

Sheltering in a cafe from a downpour, a young woman chances upon a forgotten folder containing maths tests and a troubling love letter.

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FRANCE / SWITZERLAND Fiction, 86 min., 2021 ORIGINAL LANGUAGE: French CAST: Laetitia Dosch, Pierre Deladonchamps PRODUCTION: Blue Monday Productions, Paris / P.S. Productions, Châtel-St-Denis / RTS / Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Cinéma WORLD SALES: Be For Films, Brussels www.beforfilms.com

PETITE LEÇON D’AMOUR written & directed by Eve Deboise

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A LITTLE LESSON IN LOVE

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SWITZERLAND / BELGIUM / ITALY Fiction, 88 min., 2021 ORIGINAL LANGUAGE: Italian SCREENPLAY: Niccolò Castelli, Stefano Pasetto CAST: Matilda De Angelis, Helmi Dridi, Nicola Perot, Irene Casagrande PRODUCTION: Imagofilm Lugano / Climax Films, Brussels / tempesta srl, Bologna / RSI / SRG SSR WORLD SALES: Vision Distribution, Rome www.visiondistribution.it WORLD PREMIERE: Solothurner Filmtage 2021

directed by Niccolò Castelli

Allegra is a lively young woman with a passion for high mountain climbing. She decides to travel to Morocco to reach the top of the Atlas, but her trip ends abruptly when a man explodes a bomb in a coffee shop. Unable to overcome the trauma months later she returns to her city, where an encounter with Arad, a young refugee from the Middle East forces her to confront her fears and heal her profound interior wounds.

SWITZERLAND / GERMANY Fiction, 117 min., 2020 ORIGINAL LANGUAGES: German, Swiss-German CAST: Joel Basman, Marie Leuenberger PRODUCTION: Contrast Film, Zurich / Port au Prince, Berlin / Niama Film, Stuttgart / SRF / Teleclub / ARTE / BR / HR WORLD SALES: The Playmaker, Munich www.playmaker.de INTERNATIONAL PREMIERE: Tallinn Black Nights 2020

Barbara Hug is a young radical lawyer fighting Switzerland’s antiquated prison system in the 1980s. Walter Stürm is a charmer and chancer. Taunting the establishment with his outrageous thefts and media savvy he’s in and often escaping out of jail and becomes known as the Jailbreak King. When the two meet an unlikely alliance is formed.

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STÜRM: BIS WIR TOT SIND ODER FREI directed by Oliver Rihs

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As CFO, Alexander Meier fights for the survival of the longestablished Walser company – dutifully, quickly and perfectionist to the point of self-abandonment. When Hans-Werner Brockmann, an unscrupulous top manager, is appointed, he gets involved in a power struggle that increasingly throws him off track. Before the ruins of his existence, Alexander sees only one possibility left to take revenge on Brockmann.

SWITZERLAND Fiction, 90 min., 2020 ORIGINAL LANGUAGE: German SCREENPLAY: Simone Schmid PRODUCTION: Turnus Film AG, Zurich / SRF / Teleclub CAST: Stefan Kurt, Ulrich Tukur, Sarah Viktoria Frick, Pierre Siegenthaler WORLD SALES: Atlas International Film, Oberhaching www.atlasfilm.com WORLD PREMIERE: Solothurner Filmtage 2020

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JAGDZEIT directed by Sabine Boss

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PRINZESSIN written & directed by Peter Luisi

It is the year 1985: Josef is a 47-year old alcoholic who has given up on life. When his younger sister moves into the same house, an unexpected friendship develops between him and her four-year old daughter, Nina. Thirty-five years later the two meet again. Nina is in trouble and Josef, now 82 years old, sets out to help her.

SWITZERLAND / UKRAINE Fiction, 101 min, 2021 ORIGINAL LANGUAGES: German, English, Swiss-German, Russian CAST: Matthias Habich, Johanna Bantzer, Fabian Krüger, Lia Hahne, Anne Haug PRODUCTION: Spotlight Media Productions, Zurich / SRF / blue / Directory Films, Kyiv SWISS PRODUCERS: David Luisi, Peter Luisi WORLD SALES: Global Screen GmbH, Munich www.globalscreen.de

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SWITZERLAND Fiction, 98 min., 2021 ORIGINAL LANGUAGE: German CAST: Henriette Confurius, Liliane Amuat, Ursina Lardi, Flurin Giger, Ivan Georgiev PRODUCTION: Beauvoir Films, Geneva / SRF PRODUCERS: Aline Schmid, Adrian Blaser WORLD SALES: Cercamon, Dubai www.cercamon.biz WORLD PREMIERE: Berlinale 2021 MORE INFORMATION: www.the-girl-and-the-spider.com

THE GIRL AND THE SPIDER DAS MÄDCHEN UND DIE SPINNE written & directed by Ramon & Silvan Zürcher Lisa is moving out. Mara is left behind. As boxes are shifted, walls painted and cupboards built, abysses begin to open up, yearnings fill the room and an emotional rollercoaster is set in motion. A tragicomic catastrophe film. A poetic ballad about change and transience. FIPRESCI Prize and Encounters Best Director Award at Berlinale 2021

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SWITZERLAND / ARGENTINA / FRANCE Fiction, 100 min., 2021 ORIGINAL LANGUAGES: French, Spanish CAST: Fabrizio Rongione, Stéphanie Cléau PRODUCTION: Alina film, Geneva / Ruda cine, Buenos Aires / Local Films, Paris / RTS SWISS PRODUCERS: Eugenia Mumenthaler, David Epiney

WORLD SALES: Be For Films, Brussels www.beforfilms.com WORLD PREMIERE: Berlinale 2021 MORE INFORMATION: www.alinafilm.com/azor

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ANDREAS FONTANA * 1982. After completing his Master in Comparative Literature at the University of Geneva, Andreas Fontana moved to Buenos Aires where he trained as production assistant. In 2010 he graduated with a Master in film production from the ECAL / HEAD. His first short film COTONOV VANISHED (2009) won the First Steps prize at Visions du Réel in Nyon. AZOR was selected for The Films After Tomorrow section at the Locarno Film Festival 2020 and premiered in the Berlinale 2021 Encounters section.

Yvan De Wiel, a private banker from Geneva, is going to Argentina in the midst of a dictatorship to replace his partner, the object of the most worrying rumours, who disappeared overnight. Between hushed lounges, swimming pools and gardens under surveillance, a remote duel between two bankers who, despite different methods, are the accomplices of a discreet and merciless form of colonization.

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written & directed by Mano Khalil A small village on the Syrian-Turkish border in the early 1980s: The six-year-old Kurdish boy Sero experiences his first school year in an Arab school and has to watch his small world being radically changed in the course of an absurd nationalism. Humorous yet serious, the film tells of a childhood that also finds its light moments between dictatorship and dark drama.

WORLD RIGHTS: SWITZERLAND Frame Film GmbH, Bern Fiction, 124 min., 2021 www.framefilm.ch ORIGINAL LANGUAGES: WORLD PREMIERE: Kurdish, Arabic, Hebrew Solothurner Filmtage 2021 CAST: INTERNATIONAL PREMIERE: Jay Abdo, Serhed Khalil, Shanghai Int. Film Festival 2021 Jalal Altawil, Tuna Dwek, Heval Naif, Mazin Alnatour, Zîrek, Bangen Ali, Ismail Zagros, Derya Uygurlar, Jiyan Armanc, Ivan Anderson PRODUCTION: Frame Film GmbH, Bern / SRF / SRG SSR / ARTE PRODUCER: Mano Khalil

MANO KHALIL * 1964. Mano Khalil was born in Syrian Kurdistan. He studied History and Law at the University of Damascus before pursuing his passion for film. From 1987-94 he studied directing at the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague. Until 1995 he freelanced for Czech and Slowak television. He lives in Switzerland since 1996, working as an independent film director, producer and founder of Frame Film in Bern.

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written & directed by Svetlana Rodina, Laurent Stoop 9

A portrait of the island of Ostrov in the Caspian Sea, whose inhabitants, left alone by the Russian state after the collapse of the Soviet Union, survive through poaching. Ivan regularly goes out to sea risking his life and freedom. He believes that one day Putin will see their misery and help. His son Anton only relies on himself. All he wants is to leave the island behind to find a liveable future elsewhere. Best International Feature Documentary Award at HotDocs

LAURENT STOOP * 1965. Laurent Stoop has a degree in literature and photography. As DOP he shot various television and feature documentaries, including the award-winning and critically acclaimed CITIZEN KHODORKOVSKY (2016).

SWITZERLAND Documentary, 90 min., 2021 ORIGINAL LANGUAGE: Russian PRODUCERS: Corinna Dästner, Sonja Kilbertus, Urs Schnell PRODUCTION: DokLab GmbH, Bern

WORLD SALES: Taskovski Films Ltd, London www.taskovskifilms.com WORLD PREMIERE: Visions du Réel Nyon 2021 INTERNATIONAL PREMIERE: Hot Docs Toronto 2021

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SVETLANA RODINA * 1975 in Russia. Svetlana Rodina graduated in Russian literature, philology and in film directing in Moscow. She is a screenwriter and director of documentaries. She has also worked as a host for various television programmes.

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written & directed by Salomé Jashi 10

A powerful man, who is also the former Prime Minister of Georgia, buys some 100-year-old trees. His men uproot them, and bring them to his private garden: through villages, over hills and across the Black Sea. To archieve this, other trees must be cut, electric cables moved and new roads paved through mandarin plantations. The film takes the concept of “uprooting” from its metaphorical meaning to an oppressive, tangible and yet surreal reality. An ode to the rivalry between men and nature.

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WORLD SALES: Syndicado Film Sales, Toronto www.syndicadofs.com WORLD PREMIERE: Sundance Film Festival 2021 MORE INFORMATION: www.tamingthegarden-film.com

SWITZERLAND / GEORGIA / GERMANY Documentary, 90 min., 2021 ORIGINAL LANGUAGES: Georgian, Mingrelian PRODUCTION: Mira Film Basel, Basel / Sakdoc Film, Tbilisi / Corso Film, Cologne / SRF / ARTE / Radio Bremen SWISS PRODUCER: Vadim Jendreyko

SALOMÉ JASHI * 1981 in Georgia. Salomé Jashi studied journalism and worked as a reporter for several years. In 2005 she received a scholarship from the British Council to study documentary film at the Royal Holloway University in London. She then co-founded the production company Sakdoc Film in Tbilisi. Her film THE DAZZLING LIGHT OF SUNSET (2016) was awarded the main prize of the Visions du Réel, Regard Neuf competition and at ZagrebDox, Jihlava IDFF, Valdivia IDFF and various other festivals.

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THE FAM written & directed by Frédéric Baillif 11

A group of teenage girls have been placed in a residential care home with social workers. This forced “family” experience creates unexpected tensions and intimacies. An incident triggers a chain of over-reactions. The fall-out reveals the weaknesses of the retrograde juvenile system, as well as the demons that haunt “La Mif”. A social drama, mirroring our ill-mannered morals. Winner of Berlinale’s Generation 14plus Grand Prix SWITZERLAND Fiction, 110 min., 2021 ORIGINAL LANGUAGE: French CAST: Claudia Grob, Anaïs Uldry, Kassia Da Costa, Amélie Tonsi, Amandine Golay, Joyce Esther Ndayisenga, Charlie Areddy, Sara Tulu PRODUCTION: Freshprod, Geneva / RTS PRODUCERS: Frédéric Baillif, Véronique Vergari, Agnès Boutruche

WORLD SALES: Latido Films, Madrid www.latidofilms.com WORLD PREMIERE: Berlinale 2021

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FRÉDÉRIC BAILLIF * 1973. Frédéric Baillif is a selftaught filmmaker. In 2000 he graduated from the Institut d’Études Sociales in Geneva with a degree in special edu cation. He interned as production assistant in New York. While producing various short films he developed his own approach and voice in filmmaking, which he calls social cinema. THE FAM premiered in the Generation section of the Berlinale 2021.

SARAH BORN PRODUCER

Sarah was born 1982 in Hamburg and grew up in Spain and Germany. She studied cultural sciences at the Europa Universität Viadrina in Frankfurt and Granada. In 2007 she started her career in sales and acquisition with First Hand Films in Switzerland where she built a broad network with the international industry. 2012 Sarah joined Catpics, an independent production company founded in 1984 by Alfi Sinniger. 2013 Sarah Born became a partner and fully took over the management of Catpics in 2018. Since 2021, she comanages the Zurich based production company with producers Rajko Jazbec and Dario Schoch (previously CognitoFilms). She is an EAVE Alumni and a member of the EWA Network, the European Film Academy, the European Producers Club and Eurodoc as well as a member of the Swiss National Film Commission.

FILMOGRAPHY (SELECTION) IN DEVELOPMENT CARNIVALESQUE by Pascal Reinmann (Switzerland), fiction feature IM FALLEN by Samuel Perriard (Switzerland / Italy), fiction feature IN PRODUCTION THE DRIVEN ONES by Piet Baumgartner (Switzerland), documentary RELEASED THE BUBBLE (2021) by Valerie Blankenbyl (Switzerland / Austria), documentary MATA NE (2020) by Christina Sayaka Kerber (Switzerland), documentary short DOUBLE SENTENCE (2017) by Léa Pool (Switzerland / Canada), documentary TALKING MONEY (2017) by Sebastian Winkels (Germany / Switzerland / Georgia), documentary

DIRECTOR, PRODUCER AND CINEMATOGRAPHER

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FABRICE ARAGNO

Born in 1970, Fabrice Aragno started his career as a lighting specialist and stage manager. He was selected for Cannes with his graduation short DIMANCHE (1998). Since the preparations for OUR MUSIC (2004), Fabrice Aragno has worked with Jean-Luc Godard in various creative roles, ranging from cinematographer, editor, producer, location sound man to postproduction specialist. He collaborated on films such as FILM SOCIALISME (2010) and ADIEU AU LANGAGE 3D and LE LIVRE D'IMAGE (2018). Aragno also developed his own audiovisual universe that alternates between historic footage and new technologies, always with a delicate touch. He has explored a variety of film styles, with an occasional excursion into the field of media installation. With his latest project LE LAC, Argano is selected for L’Atelier 2021 of La Cinéfondation at Festival de Cannes.

FILMOGRAPHY (SELECTION) IN DEVELOPMENT LE LAC by Fabrice Aragno (Switzerland), Fiction DYNAMIC WISDOM by Elise Schubs (as producer) (Switzerland), documentary IN PRODUCTION AND OUTSIDE LIFE GOES ON by Daniel Maurer (Switzerland), documentary RELEASED TUFFO (2021) by Jean-Guillaume Sonnier (Switzerland / France), short film LE LIVRE D’IMAGE (2018) by Jean-Luc Godard (as producer) LAKESIDE SUITE (2019) by Fabrice Aragno(Switzerland),Docu-fiction, short PARENTHHESIS (2021) by Fabrice Aragno (Switzerland), documentary short

OLIVIER ZOBRIST Since 2010 producer and co-owner of the production company Langfilm and since 2014 co-CEO of the distribution company Vinca Film. His most recent films screened at Venice Days 2020 (THE NEW GOSPEL) and the Semaine de la Critique Cannes 2021 (ON SOLID GROUND).

IN FINANCING L’AMOUR DU MONDE by Jenna Hasse (fiction) ONE MINUTE MOVIE by Nicolas Mahler & Stefan Holaus (animated series) DIE REVOLUTIONÄRE KRAFT DER LUST AN SICH by Kerstin Polte & Donat Blum (doc) IN PRODUCTION ATTACHED by Anaïs Voirol (animated short) RELEASED THE NEW GOSPEL by Milo Rau (doc) ON SOLID GROUND by Jela Hasler (short fiction)

JUDITH LICHTNECKERT Since 2001 Judith Lichtneckert has been working freelance as an AD, production manager and producer on various fiction features, documentaries, TV movies and serials such as THE UNDERTAKER. 2013 she founded Emilia Productions GmbH. Since 2018 she is also a producer and co-owner of the Zurichbased Snakefilm GmbH. IN DEVELOPMENT NAIMA by Anna Thommen MAX AT DUSK by Yoav Parish (fiction) CALANDA TROOPER by J.M. Grünthal (fiction) IN POST PRODUCTION THE BLACK SPIDER by Markus Fischer (fiction) LES NOUVELLES ÈVES by A. Gisler, A. Thommen, T. Odermatt, W. Pillonel, J. Hasler, C. Budin (doc) RELEASED RESET-RESTART by Judith Lichtneckert (doc)

CONSUELO FRAUENFELDER The Swiss director and producer founded Garidi Films in 2012. She has produced and coproduced many films, among others THE TRUTH by Hirokazu Kore-eda. Garidi Films also coproduced Leos Carax’ ANNETTE, the opening film of Festival de Cannes 2021 and created the Virtual Reality experience RED BULL THE EDGE, A MATTERHORN VR EXPERIENCE.

IN DEVELOPMENT AFFECTION AFFECTION by Alexia Walther and Maxime Matray (fiction) LA BONTE by Yann Gonzalez (fiction) MON OISEAU PAR LA FENÊTRE by Nicolas Maury (fiction) IN PRODUCTION ALEXX196 &THE PINK SAND by Loïc Hobi (fiction) RELEASED ANNETTE by Leos Carax (fiction), coproduction

CYRILL GERBER Founder, managing director and producer of Milan Film. He is a graduate of the Bavarian Academy of Television. As a former screenwriter he worked in various functions in the film industry before becoming a producer. IN FINANCING SAFE SPACE by Sarah Horst (doc) A CHOICE OF REMEDIES by S. Moser (fiction) SELUN by Batbayar Chogsom (fiction) IN PRODUCTION I’LL REMEMBER YOU by F. Chiquet, V. Moser (doc) IN POST PRODUCTION A FLEETING ENCOUNTER by Romed Wyder (fiction) COMPLETED SOUL OF A BEAST by Lorenz Merz (fiction) THE PACIFIST by M. Affolter, F. Chiquet (doc) RELEASED OUT OF PARADISE by Batbayar Chogsom (fiction)

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ROMED WYDER * 1967. Romed Wyder graduated with a degree from the cinema department of HEAD – Geneva (Haute école d’art et de design) in 1995. He is an active in several Swiss professional associations and works as producer, director and screenwriter for fiction and documentary. His features NO COFFEE, NO TV, NO SEX (1999) and ABSOLUT (2004) premiered at the Locarno Film Festival and DAWN (2014) won several international awards.

SWITZERLAND / LUXEMBOURG WORLD RIGHTS: Paradigma Films SA, Geneva Fiction, 85 min. www.paradigmafilms.ch ORIGINAL LANGUAGES: English, French, Persian SCREENPLAY: Nasim Ahmadpour, Romed Wyder CAST: Felipe Castro, Pooneh Hajimohammadi, Elisabet Johannesdottir PRODUCTION: Paradigma Films SA, Geneva / Milan Film AG, Basel / Amour Fou Luxembourg sàrl, Ettelbruck / RTS SWISS PRODUCERS: Cyrill Gerber, Romed Wyder

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Grappling with a mid-life crisis, Sacha leaves his girlfriend and escapes to his grandparents’ Airbnb. He is surprised by the presence of Marjan, an Iranian woman who is facing her own marital crisis. They are both annoyed at having to share the apartment and rather than finding a place of retreat, tension builds. When Mina, a vibrant American, arrives, their mutual prejudices give way to curiosity and complicity. What began as an involuntary encounter becomes a moment of new possibilities.

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In a remote mountain village the still young love of Anna and Marco is put to a severe test. As a result of a brain tumour, Marco increasingly loses his impulse control. In the tense relationship between the village community and the effects of Marco’s illness, Anna tries to preserve a love that in the end outshines even death. TFL participant at the ScriptLab 2018.

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WORLD SALES: New Europe Film Sales, Warsaw www.neweuropefilmsales.com

SWITZERLAND / GERMANY Fiction, 90 min. ORIGINAL LANGUAGE: Swiss-German CAST: Michèle Brand, Simon Wisler PRODUCTION: hugofilm features GmbH, Zurich / Pandora Film Produktion, Cologne / SRF / SRG SSR / ARTE SWISS PRODUCER: Christof Neracher

MICHAEL KOCH * 1982. Michael Koch worked as an actor for theatre and film prior to studying filmmaking at the Academy of Media Arts in Cologne (KHM). In 2008 he graduated with a degree from KHM. He received the German Short Film Award in 2009 and a special mention at the Berlinale for POLAR (2008). His first feature-length film, MARIJA (2016), premiered in Competition at Locarno Film Festival.

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MICHAEL STEINER * 1969 Michael Steiner studied Ethnology, Art History and Film at the University of Zurich. He worked as a journalist and director for various films and commercials. For MEIN NAME IST EUGEN (2005) he was awarded the Swiss Film Prize for Best Fiction Film. He is known for Swiss box office hits like GROUNDING (2006) and SENNENTUNTSCHI (2010). His last comedy, THE AWAKENING OF MOTTI WOLKENBRUCH (2018) was Switzerland’s official submission for the Academy Awards in 2019.

WORLD SALES SWITZERLAND / GERMANY The Playmaker, Munich Fiction, 115 min. www.playmaker.de ORIGINAL LANGUAGE: Swiss-German SCREENPLAY: Urs Bühler CAST: Morgane Ferru, Sven Schelker, Ingo Ospelt, Karin Pfammatter PRODUCTION: Zodiac Pictures Ltd, Zurich / MMC Zodiac GmbH, Cologne / SRF / blue / SRG SSR SWISS PRODUCERS: Reto Schaerli, Lukas Hobi

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In 2011 the young Swiss couple Daniela Widmer and David Och is kidnapped on their journey along the old Silk Road in Pakistan. They’re taken 500 kilometres to warlike Waziristan and handed over to the local Taliban. The two of them live under the most precarious conditions for eight months in hostage, until they finally succeed in escaping from the Taliban, as the only civilians so far.

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written & directed by Stefano Knuchel 20

A promising Italian cartoonist lands in Buenos Aires in 1950, with the dream of reaching the United States, to discover that, for him, America will be Argentina. The country immediately overpowers him with its massive economic boom and a cultural scene among the most vibrant in the world. We are at the dawn of Argentina’s most raving decade and the young immigrant feels that all the promises of this country are for him to grasp. His name will indeed make itself known: Hugo Pratt.

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WORLD RIGHTS: Fiumi Film, Promontogno www.fiumifilm.ch

SWITZERLAND Documentary, 95 min. ORIGINAL LANGUAGES: French, Spanish PRODUCTION: Fiumi Film, Promontogno / RSI PRODUCER: Vittoria Fiumi

STEFANO KNUCHEL * 1966. Stefanio Knuchel is a primarily self-taught director. In 1988 he started working for the Italian Swiss radio and later for the Italian Swiss Broadcasting Service (RSI). He received a diploma from The Film & Photographic Workshop, Rockport in Maine in 2001. He is the founder of Venus and beyond production company. Among his documentaries are HUGO PRATT IN AFRICA (2009), selected at the Orizzonti competition of the 66th Venice Film Festival and QUANDO ERO CLOCLO (2017).

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STEVEN MICHAEL HAYES * 1973. Steven Michael Hayes studied Film at the Zurich University of the Arts (ZHdK) and received his Bachelor in 2003. For his diploma film MEYERS (2003) he received the Premio Action Light Award for Best Swiss Newcomer. He has directed numerous commercials and is a lecturer in film at the ZHdK. JILL is his first feature-length film.

SWITZERLAND / GERMANY Fiction, 100 min. ORIGINAL LANGUAGE: English CAST: Tom Pelphrey, Juliet Rylance PRODUCTION: hugofilm features, Zurich / K5 Film, Munich / SRF SWISS PRODUCER: Christof Neracher

Jill’s father once tried to protect his family from something that didn’t exist. His distrust in the collective society divided the family to a point where there was nothing left but fear and Jill, on her journey back to her childhood, needs to learn about who there is left to trust.

WORLD RIGHTS: hugofilm features, Zurich www.hugofilm.ch

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LIFE BEGINS, LIFE ENDS

VIDA COMIENZA, VIDA TERMINA

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written & directed by Rafael Palacio Illingworth 22

Cancer appeared one morning on her right breast and suddenly life became fragile and precious. A filmmaker decided to chronicle time passing, with all its beautiful simplicity. The film diary of a family, pieces of an Argentinian fiction film that wants to be completed, a tumor that dreams to be loved, two hunters looking for something to kill. The film glides between reality and fiction as the filmmaker tries to grasp the essence of his passing life.

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WORLD RIGHTS: Nora Films GmbH, Zurich www.norafilms.com

SWITZERLAND / UNITED STATES Fiction, 87 min. ORIGINAL LANGUAGES: Swiss-German, Spanish, English CAST: Cristian Salguero, Eleonore Meier, Mariana Anghileri PRODUCTION: Nora Films GmbH, Zurich / Solo Five Productions, Santa Barbara / enSoie Zurich, Zurich SWISS PRODUCER: Rafael Palacio Illingworth

RAFAEL PALACIO ILLINGWORTH * 1978. Born in Mexico, Rafael Palacio Illingworth studied at the American Film Institute Conservatory in Los Angeles. prior to moving to Switzerland in 2016. His first feature film, MACHO (2010), won Best Micro-Budget Feature at Raindance Film Festival. His short film MAN IN A ROOM (2010) premiered in Venice’s Orizzonti section and BETWEEN US (2016) premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival. He is currently in pre-production of his next feature film, ALMA.

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Based on Patricia Highsmith’s personal writings and accounts of her family and lovers, the film casts new light on the famous thriller writer’s life and oeuvre, permeated by themes of love and its defining influence on identity. Selected for IDFA Forum 2020

SWITZERLAND / GERMANY Documentary, 83 min. ORIGINAL LANGUAGES: English, French, German PRODUCTION: Ensemble Film GmbH, Zurich / Lichtblick Film- und Fernsehproduktion, Cologne / ZDF / ARTE / RSI / SRF SWISS PRODUCERS: Franziska Sonder, Maurizius Staerkle Drux

WORLD RIGHTS: Ensemble Film GmbH, Zurich www.ensemblefilm.ch

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EVA VITIJA * 1973. Eva Vitija studied screenwriting at the German Film and Television Academy Berlin (DFFB). She has written for cinema and television, including the screenplays of MEIER, MARILYN, MADLY IN LOVE and LITTLE PARADISE. Her first feature-length documentary MY LIFE AS A FILM (2015) was nominated for the Swiss Film Award and a prize of the International Documentary Association in Los Angeles. The film garnered various awards, among them the Prix de Soleure.

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MONTE VERITÀ

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1906. Hanna wants nothing more than to free herself from her bourgeois corset. When she flees to the notorious Monte Verità, leaving her daughters behind, she is initially reluctant to accept the free lifestyle of those seeking meaning. But when she begins to photograph the guests, she grows beyond herself. In her devotion to art, she has to ask herself: can she return to her family without giving up herself?

Fiction

WORLD SALES: The Playmaker, Munich www.playmaker.de

SWITZERLAND / AUSTRIA / GERMANY Fiction, 110 min. ORIGINAL LANGUAGE: German SCREENPLAY: Kornelija Naraks CAST: Maresi Riegner, Max Hubacher, Julia Jentsch, Hannah Herzsprung, Joel Basman, Philipp Hauß PRODUCTION: tellfilm GmbH, Zurich / KGP Filmproduktion, Vienna / COIN FILM, Cologne / RSI / ORF / MMC Movies, Cologne / blue SWISS PRODUCER: Katrin Renz

STEFAN JÄGER * 1970. Stefan Jäger is a director, screenwriter and lecturer. He graduated from the Film Academy BadenWürttemberg in 1997 and has since worked as a director. His films screened at international festivals and have received numerous awards. Since 1998 he is owner of tellfilm GmbH in Zurich. He works as a lecturer in Ludwigsburg and since 2018 as head of the script department at the Zurich University of the Arts (ZHdK).

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RED JUNGLE

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directed by Juan José Lozano, Zoltán Horváth

ZOLTÁN HORVÁTH * 1966. Zoltán Horváth has worked as producer, director, graphic designer and writer. In 2001 he founded Nadasdy Film. His shorts have screened at numerous international film festivals.

SWITZERLAND / FRANCE Animation, 85 min. ANIMATION TECHNIQUE: 2D / 3D Computer animation, mixed technique ORIGINAL LANGUAGE: Spanish SCREENPLAY: Juan José Lozano, Antoine Germa PRODUCTION: Intermezzo Films, Geneva / Dolce Vita Films, Paris / RTS / Nadasdy Film Sarl, Geneva / Tchack, Lille SWISS PRODUCERS: Anne Deluz, Luc Peter, Nicolas Burlet

WORLD SALES: Urban Distribution International, Paris www.urbangroup.biz

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JUAN JOSÉ LOZANO * 1971 in Colombia. Juan José Lozano worked as director and television producer in Colombia. Since 1998 he works as independent filmmaker in Geneva and is an associate at Intermezzo Films.

In 2008, FARC second-in-command Raul Reyes, was killed in a raid orchestrated by the CIA and the Colombian army. His computers were found: ten years of emails written by the man in charge of negotiating the release of 100 hostages – including Ingrid Betancourt. The film delves into the secrets of the oldest communist guerrilla, as the revolutionary utopia was slowly turning into a nightmare.

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written & directed by Lorenz Merz

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In a delirious summer rush, teenage father Gabriel falls in love with enigmatic Corey, the girlfriend of his best friend Joel. Deeply hurt about their deceitful intentions, Joel reveals the truth about Gabriel’s entangled past, there is not only a child. Overwhelmed with the decision of his life, Gabriel is catapulted into the unforgiving wilderness of his heart, where imagination is realer than reality.

WORLD RIGHTS: Hesse Film GmbH, Zurich www.hessefilm.ch

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SOUL OF A BEAST

SWITZERLAND Fiction, 110 min. ORIGINAL LANGUAGES: Swiss-German, French CAST: Pablo Caprez, Ella Rumpf, Art Bllaca, Luna Wedler, Tonatiuh Radzi, Lolita Chammah, Angelique La Douce PRODUCTION: Hesse Film GmbH, Zurich / 8horses GmbH, Zurich / Milan Film AG, Basel / SRG SSR / SRF / blue PRODUCERS: Simon Hesse, Lorenz Merz, Cyrill Gerber, Julien Wagner, Anke Being-Wellhausen, Patrick Gantner

LORENZ MERZ * 1981. Formation in painting, music and photography. He studied Film at Zurich University of the Arts (ZHdK) and Universidad del Cine Buenos Aires. With films such as UN DIA Y NADA (Locarno / Tel Aviv IFF 2008), CHERRY PIE (Rotterdam / Camerimage IFF 2014) and for his cinema tography for SUMMER GAMES (Venice / TIFF 2011) and WAR (San Sebastian/Karlovy Vary IFF 2014) he won international awards and three times the Swiss Film Award. He is currently developing a new feature project WHO/MAN.

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THE BLACK SPIDER

DIE SCHWARZE SPINNE

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directed by Markus Fischer

SWITZERLAND / HUNGARY Fiction, 100 min. ORIGINAL LANGUAGE: German SCREENPLAY: Plinio Bachmann, Barbara Sommer CAST: Lilith Stangenberg, Nurit Hirschfeld, Anatole Taubman, Marcus Signer, Ronald Zehrfeld, Marin Blülle, Andreas Matti, Ueli Jäggi PRODUCTION: Snakefilm GmbH, Zurich / Laokoon Film, Budapest SWISS PRODUCER: Judith Lichtneckert

WORLD SALES: The Playmaker, Munich www.playmaker.de

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MARKUS FISCHER * 1953. Markus Fischer has been working as a director, screenwriter and producer since 1980. In 2005 he founded Snakefilm GmbH in Zurich. As a producer he was responsible for the successful series THE UNDERTAKER for SRF. Films such as FINSTERNIS (1979), ZIMMER 36 (1988), BRANDNACHT (1991), MARMORERA (2007) and the dance films PASSENGERS (2000) and ONE BULLET LEFT (2003) have won international awards.

The courageous young midwife Christine makes a pact with the devil to save her village from the brutal terror of the Teutonic Knights. Punished by a spider plague, Christine goes from saviour to hunted, and the violence escalates. Christine faces the decisive battle against the diabolical power that wants to take away the highest good she is willing to die for: humanity. Based on the famous novella by Jeremias Gotthelf.

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THE DORMANT (WORKING TITLE) directed by Jérôme Dassier

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Living as a recluse in the Swiss Alps, Anne discovers that her isolated chalet has been bugged. Unwillingly reactivated in the intelligence community, Anne finds herself embroiled in a plot to discredit Obama’s candidacy in the 2008 election and must risk a final double game in the deceptive hope of winning back the love of her life.

WORLD SALES: WTFilms, Paris www.wtfilms.fr

Fiction

WINTER 2021/22

LE DORMANT (WORKING TITLE)

SWITZERLAND / FRANCE Fiction, 90 min. ORIGINAL LANGUAGE: French SCREENPLAY: Jérôme Dassier, Didier Rouget CAST: Asia Argento, Jeanne Balibar PRODUCTION: Vega Film, Zurich / Sombrero Films, Paris / RTS SWISS PRODUCER: Ruth Waldburger

JÉRÔME DASSIER Jérôme Dassier is a French screenwriter and film director. He lived and worked in Poland for a number of years. In 2007 he worked as a second director on the set of WARSAW DARK by Christopher Doyle, and in 2004 on the set of SECRET AGENTS by Frédéric Schoendoerffer. He is known for his first feature LIMOUSINE (2009).

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SWITZERLAND / GEORGIA Fiction, 112 min. ORIGINAL LANGUAGE: Georgian SCREENPLAY: Elene Naveriani, Sandro Naveriani CAST: Bebe Sesitashvili, Megi Kobaladze, Gia Agumava, Giorgi Tsereteli, Kakha Kobaladze, Eka Chavleishvili, Zaal Goguadze PRODUCTION: maximage, Zurich / Takes Film, Tbilisi / SRF SWISS PRODUCERS: Cornelia Seitler, Brigitte Hofer

WORLD RIGHTS: maximage, Zurich www.maximage.ch

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ELENE NAVERIANI * 1985 in Georgia. Elene Naveriani studied Painting at State Academy of Art in Tbilisi. In 2011 she received her Master in Critical Curatorial Cybermedia, in 2014 her Bachelor in Film from Geneva School of Art and Design (HEAD – Genève). Her first feature I AM TRULY A DROP OF SUN ON EARTH (2017) premiered at IFFR and won awards at Entrevues Belfort and Semana Internacional de Cine de Valladolid. Her short RED ANTS BITE (2019) premiered at IFFR.

A village at the Georgian Black Sea with friendly people believing to know each other. One day, Eliko is found hanged and his granddaughter Moe is called to organise the funeral. She is confronted with a web of lies and the tragic consequences of Eliko’s hidden love life with Amnon over the last 22 years. The truth however frees Moe’s capability to love and provokes the villagers to take a stand.

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directed by Dennis Stormer

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Wanja is a perpetual underdog, until an algorithm calculates her dreamjob, which promises a dazzling career. In her new position she should now be happy, fulfill herself and above all: finally grow up to an adult. However, the more successful Wanja becomes, the more she misses her crazy teenage friends and begins to understand that they have something that adults have lost: community.

WORLD RIGHTS: tellfilm GmbH, Zurich www.tellfilm.ch

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YOUTH TOPIA

SWITZERLAND / GERMANY Fiction, 85 min. ORIGINAL LANGUAGE: German SCREENPLAY: Marisa Meier, Dennis Stormer CAST: Lia von Blarer, Saladin Dellers, Elsa Langnäse, Jürg Plüss, Lou Haltinner, Nicolas Rosat, Regula Imboden PRODUCTION: tellfilm GmbH, Zurich / Intuition Club, Schönkirchen / Sehstern Filmproduktion, Frankfurt am Main SWISS PRODUCERS: Marisa Meier, Katrin Renz, Stefan Jäger

DENNIS STORMER * 1990 in Germany. In his youth Dennis Stormer cofounded an improvisational theatre group and created installations and performances. He moved to Berlin to work as a film critic for Negativ, while he shot his first short films. Finally he studied film directing at the Columbia University New York and the Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg, from which he graduated in 2019.

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MARÍ ALESSANDRINI * 1979 in Argentina. Marí Alessandrini worked as a photographer, director and acrobat in a circus company. In 2007 she moved to Geneva and studied directing and visual arts at the Geneva University of Art & Design (HEAD – Genève). She directed several short films and participated at the Cinéfondation residence of the Cannes Film Festival to develop her first feature-length fiction film ZAHORÍ. In Locarno she received the Pardo 2020 – The Films After Tomorrow award.

WORLD RIGHTS: SWITZERLAND / ARGENTINA / Le Laboratoire Central, CHILE / FRANCE Lausanne Fiction, 105 min. ORIGINAL LANGUAGES: www.lelaboratoirecentral.com English, Italian, Mapuzungun, Spanish CAST: Lara Viaena Tortosa, Sabine Timoteo, Cirilo Wesley, Carol Jones, Francisca Castillo, Santos Curapil, Michael Silva PRODUCTION: Le Laboratoire Central, Lausanne / El Calefón, Cordoba / Cinestacion, Santiago / Norte Productions, Paris SWISS PRODUCER: Nadejda Magnenat

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The Patagonian steppe is swept by a grey wind… Mora, thirteen years old, wants to be a “gaucho”. She rebels against school and affirms herself to her parents, Swiss Italian ecologists, whose dream of autonomy turns into a nightmare. Mora will go deep into the meanders of the steppe to help her only friend Nazareno, an old Mapuche who has lost his horse, Zahorí.

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written & directed by Marí Alessandrini

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IL FAUT FABRIQUER SES CADEAUX written & directed by Cyril Schäublin

As snow keeps falling over a city, some people share their secret tricks with each other. Like how to kiss somebody and make them disappear, or having thoughts which are unrecognizable for machines.

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SWITZERLAND Fiction, 11 min. ORIGINAL LANGUAGES: Swiss-German, French, Mandarin CAST: Clara Gostynski, Cyril Oberli, Miriam Leonardi, Valentin Merz, Yun Long Song, Lan Qin PRODUCTION AND WORLD RIGHTS: Seeland Filmproduktion, Zurich www.seelandfilm.ch PRODUCER: Linda Vogel

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SWITZERLAND / FRANCE Fiction, 20 min. ORIGINAL LANGUAGE: French CAST: Auguste Wilhelm, Max Libert, Maximilien Decorse, Sandrine Blancke, Yoann Blanc, Eric Castex PRODUCTION: Box Productions sàrl, Lausanne / Yukunkun Productions, Paris / RTS / Canal+ SWISS PRODUCER: Elena Tatti WORLD RIGHTS: Yukunkun Productions, Paris www.yukunkun.fr

written & directed by Jules Carrin

LES RIVES DU STYX

Thirteen-year-old Jonathan spends his summer holidays at a mountain campsite with his mother. One afternoon, his mother sends him to walk the dog in order to receive her lover. The lover’s son, accompanied by another teenager, makes Jonathan drink Pastis and drags him into a cruel and sadistic game. The humiliation will reach a point of no return and will mark all three of them for life.

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SWITZERLAND Fiction, 17 min. ORIGINAL LANGUAGES: Swiss-German, French, Albanian CAST: Diana Dengler, Veton Hamza, Anaram Alizadeh, Richard Henschel, Stéphane Maeder, Melanie Schmidli, Robin Senn PRODUCTION: Dynamic Frame, Zurich / SRF PRODUCER: Nicole Boner WORLD RIGHTS: Dynamic Frame, Zurich www.dynamic-frame.ch

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In anonymous government offices across Switzerland, authorities are confronted with dissatisfied, even aggressive citizens. Gradually, the cases fall into place, foreshadowing things to come.

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BEHÖRDENHASSER written & directed by Jonas Ulrich

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THE AFFRONT

THREE KINGS

SWITZERLAND / GERMANY Fiction, 22 min. ORIGINAL LANGUAGE: French CAST: Lisa Harder, Paulin Jaccoud, Pierre-Isaïe Duc, Sabine Timoteo PRODUCTION: Mnemosyn Films, Geneva / German Film and Television Academy Berlin (DFFB) SWISS PRODUCERS: Sandra Ferrara, Charlie Petersmann, Vania Jaikin Miyazaki WORLD RIGHTS: Mnemosyn Films, Geneva www.mnemosynfilms.ch

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For one day, on the fringe of a school, a young jenish girl in transit with her community in Switzerland gets closer to a settled boy from the region. Two worlds that intersect, where each protagonist projects solutions to their own through the life of the other.

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ROIS MAGES written & directed by Charlie Petersmann

WINTER 2021 / 22

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GIRL GANG

by Samuel Perriard, director of BLACK PANTHER – THE STORY OF EMILIE AND JACOB

by Susanne Regina Meures, director of SAUDI RUNAWAY and RAVING IRAN

SWITZERLAND / ITALY Fiction PRODUCTION: Catpics AG, Zurich / Helios Sustainable Films SRL, Bolzano / SRF / SRG SSR CAST: Julia Jentsch, Florian Lukas, Sami Loris, Sarah Hostettler WORLD RIGHTS: Catpics AG, Zurich www.catpics.ch

SWITZERLAND Documentary PRODUCTION: Christian Frei Filmproduktion GmbH, Zurich / SRF WORLD RIGHTS: Christian Frei Filmproduktion GmbH, Zurich christianfrei@gmx.ch

SPRING 2022

LAST DANCE

THE LINE

by Delphine Lehericey, director of PUPPYLOVE and BEYOND THE HORIZON

by Ursula Meier, director of SISTER and HOME

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SPRING 2022

SWITZERLAND / BELGIUM Fiction PRODUCTION: Box Productions, Lausanne / Need Productions, Brussels CAST: François Berléand, Kacey Mottet Klein, La Ribot, Jean-Benoît Ugeux, Astrid Whettnall, Luc Bruchez, Lisa Harder WORLD RIGHTS: Box Productions, Lausanne www.boxproductions.ch

SWITZERLAND / FRANCE / BELGIUM Fiction PRODUCTION: Bandita Films, Geneva / Les films de Pierre, Paris / Les Films du Fleuve, Liège CAST: Stéphanie Blanchoud, Valeria Bruni Tedeschi WORLD SALES: Memento Films International, Paris www.memento-films.com

Supporting the theatrical release and distribution via online platforms of Swiss films worldwide. Its aim is to strengthen the visibility and the distribution of Swiss films abroad. The subsidies are granted according to the “Guidelines Funding for the distribution of Swiss films and coproductions in foreign countries”.

For more information please consult our website www.swissfilms.ch A support measure by the Swiss Federal Office of Culture (FOC), administrated by SWISS FILMS. www.bak.admin.ch

WHAT’S NEW IN 2021 – Funding for releases worldwide – Funding for cinema and / or VOD releases – Increase of maximum support per film release – Applications for individual as well as slate funding – No fixed submission deadlines Applications must be submitted by the distributor via the Swiss producer.

Contact : support@swissfilms.ch

SUPPORT MEASURES

DISTRIBUTION SUPPORT

FILM SALES SUPPORT

A scheme by the European Film Promotion (EFP) for the promotion of European films outside of Europe. FSS OPEN CALL : Available to European and Swiss sales companies selling Swiss films at selected festivals and markets through digital promotion campaigns. READY-TO-USE DIGITAL PROMOTION CAMPAIGNS : This scheme encourages the creation of innovative universal digital promotion strategies (B2B / B2C) by European sales companies. Applications must be submitted online by the European sales company.

FSS is supported by the Swiss Federal Office of Culture (FOC), Media Desk Suisse and SWISS FILMS. Guidelines and application : www.efp-online.com/en/project_market/fss.php

SWISS FILMS SUPPORT DURING CORONA

METHOD OF PAYMENT FOR

FINANCIAL AID AND SUPPORT MEASURES DURING THE COVID-19 CRISIS Contact: support@swissfilms.ch

VOD SUPPORT for applicants (rights holders and international distributors currently using alternative distribution)

– Applications for VOD Support for the distribution of Swiss films on international VOD platforms can be submitted at any time. – Under the current circumstances, SWISS FILMS also accepts platforms that are not on the SWISS FILMS VOD list, provided there is a valid reason.

Please consult our website for up-to-date information on our festival attendance. www.swissfilms.ch

SWISS FILMS is supported by

“ Allez les filles! T out va bien se passer!” Olga in OLGA by Elie Grappe, coproduced by Point Prod, Semaine de la Critique