SWISS FILMS Berlinale 2023

SWISS FILMS 2023 IN BERLIN

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Published in February 2023

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ANDREAS BÜHLMANN Head of Festivals & Markets abuehlmann@swissfilms.ch

LAURA DANIEL Consultant Film, Talent & Awards ldaniel@swissfilms.ch

MARCEL MÜLLER Consultant Film, Programmes & VOD mmueller@swissfilms.ch

DANIELA STRIKA Support Scheme Manager support@swissfilms.ch

INGEBORG BACHMANN –JOURNEY

INTO THE DESERT

written & directed by Margarethe von Trotta

INGEBORG BACHMANN –REISE IN DIE WÜSTE

The remarkable and charismatic Ingeborg Bachmann has conquered the male dominated bastion of Germanlanguage literature with her poetry. Though still young, Bachmann is at the peak of her career. Her relationship with Max Frisch is passionate, but professional friction begins to disrupt the harmony. When Ingeborg is struggling, her friends are there to help. On a journey into the desert, she finds a way back to herself and – above all –to her writing.

WORLD SALES:

The Match Factory GmbH, Cologne

www.the-match-factory.com

WORLD PREMIERE:

Berlinale 2023

INTERNATIONAL PRESS:

Charles McDonald

charles@charlesmcdonald.co.uk

T +44 77 85 24 63 77

SWITZERLAND / AUSTRIA / GERMANY / LUXEMBOURG

Fiction, 110 min., 2023

ORIGINAL LANGUAGES:

German, Italian, French CAST:

Vicky Krieps, Ronald Zehrfeld, Tobias Resch, Basil Eidenbenz, Luna Wedler

PRODUCTION:

tellfilm GmbH, Zurich / AMOUR FOU Vienna, Vienna / Heimatfilm GmbH + CO KG, Cologne / AMOUR FOU

Luxembourg, Ettelbruck / SRF / ORF / ZDF

SWISS PRODUCER:

Katrin Renz

MARGARETHE VON TROTTA

* 1942 in Germany. Margarethe von Trotta is a German director and screenwriter who has been referred to as a “leading force” of the New German Cinema movement. Her films, which often centre around strong female protagonists and women in context of history, premiered at the most important film festivals. She is best-known for films such as MARIANNE & JULIANE (1981), I AM THE OTHER WOMAN (2006) and HANNA ARENDT (2012). In 2022 she received the European Cinema Lifetime Achievement Award.

LE GRAND CHARIOT

THE PLOUGH

directed by Philippe Garrel

The Plough is a constellation. It is also a puppet theatre. This is the story of a family of puppeteers: siblings Louis, Martha and Lena; their father, who directs the troop, and the grandmother, who makes the dolls. Together, they make up a company and put on puppet shows. One day, following a performance, the father dies of a stroke, leaving his children alone.

PHILIPPE GARREL

* 1948 in France. Philippe Garrel directed numerous short films in his youth before making his feature debut in 1968 with MARIE POUR MÉMOIRE. Four years later, he directed the celebrated cult film THE INNER SCAR (1972) with and about the rock icon Nico. His 25-plus feature films have screened and won prizes at the most prestigious international festivals.

FRANCE / SWITZERLAND

Fiction, 95 min., 2023

ORIGINAL LANGUAGE:

French

SCREENPLAY:

Philippe Garrel, Arlette

Langmann, Jean-Claude

Carrière, Caroline Deruas

Peano

CAST:

Louis Garrel, Damien Mongin, Esther Garrel, Lena Garrel

PRODUCTION:

Rectangle Productions, Paris / Close Up Films, Geneva / ARTE France / RTS / Tournon Films, Paris

SWISS PRODUCERS:

Joëlle Bertossa, Flavia Zanon

WORLD SALES:

Wild Bunch International, Paris

www.wildbunch.biz

WORLD PREMIERE:

Berlinale 2023

INTERNATIONAL PRESS:

Wild Bunch International

Solène Michel

smichel@wbinter.eu

T +33 7 68 86 69 18

WORLD SALES:

Andana Films, Lussas

www.andanafilms.com

WORLD PREMIERE:

Berlinale 2023

INTERNATIONAL PRESS:

L’atelier documentaire

Raphaël Pillosio

raphael_pillosio@hotmail.com

T +33 6 12 50 18 00

MY WORST ENEMY

directed by Mehran Tamadon

Mojtaba, Hamzeh and Zar and others have been pressured in prison and ideologically interrogated in Iran at different times in their lives. The director asks them to interrogate him as an agent of the Islamic Republic might. He would like the real torturer in Iran to see himself through the film as if in a mirror. The violent experience of actually putting themselves in the head of the torturer confronts them with what they are willing to do and the limits of the project itself.

FRANCE / SWITZERLAND

Documentary, 82 min., 2023

ORIGINAL LANGUAGE:

Persian

SCREENPLAY:

Mehran Tamadon, Philippe Lasry

PRODUCTION:

L’atelier documentaire, Bordeaux / Box Productions, Lausanne

SWISS PRODUCER: Elena Tatti

MEHRAN TAMADON

* 1972 in Iran. Mehran Tamadon graduated as an architect prior to directing BEHESHT ZAHRA, MOTHERS OF MARTYRS (2004) and BASSIDJI (2010) in which he attempts to dialogue with the defenders of the Iranian regime. He continues this approach with Iranians, where he convinces supporters of the regime to live in cohabitation with him. His latest films MY WORST ENEMY and WHERE GOD IS NOT, both premiering at the Berlinale in 2023, deal with the violence of interrogation and detention in Iran.

SISI & I

written & directed by Frauke Finsterwalder

The story of Sisi, Empress Elisabeth of Austria-Hungary, and her lady-in-waiting Irma, who falls madly in love with Sisi while working for the Empress and eventually helps her to commit suicide out of love.

FRAUKE FINSTERWALDER

* 1975 in Germany. Frauke

Finsterwalader studied literature and history in Berlin. She worked at various theatres, including the Maxim Gorki Theater and the Volksbühne. From 2001 she was an editor at the Süddeutsche Zeitung until 2003, when she began studying documentary film directing at the University of Television and Film Munich (HFF). After graduating, she moved with her family to Argentina, Kenya and Italy. She has been living in Los Angeles for several years.

GERMANY / SWITZERLAND / AUSTRIA

Fiction, 120 min., 2023

ORIGINAL LANGUAGE:

German

SCREENPLAY:

Frauke Finsterwalder, Christian Kracht

CAST:

Sandra Hüller, Susanne Wolff, Georg Friedrich, Stefan Kurt, Sophie Hutter

PRODUCTION:

W2 Walker + Worm Film, Munich / C-Films AG, Zurich / DOR Film GmbH, Vienna / SRF / BR / SWR

SWISS PRODUCER: Anne Walser

WORLD SALES:

The Match Factory GmbH, Cologne

www.the-match-factory.com

WORLD PREMIERE:

Berlinale 2023

INTERNATIONAL PRESS:

Premier PR

sisiandi@premiercomms.com

SISI UND ICH

WORLD SALES:

Latido Films, Madrid

www.latidofilms.com

WORLD PREMIERE:

Berlinale 2023

INTERNATIONAL PRESS:

Schmidt Schumacher

Presseagentur GmbH

Marten Schumacher

info@schmidtschumacher.de

T +49 30 263 91 311

L’AMOUR DU MONDE

directed by Jenna Hasse

On the shores of Lake Geneva, fourteen-year-old Margaux meets Juliette, a seven-year-old child in care, and Joël, a fisherman recently returned from Indonesia. United in silent refusal to face life, the three are torn between attraction, disappointment and a longing for faraway places.

SWITZERLAND

Fiction, 76 min., 2023

ORIGINAL LANGUAGE:

French

SCREENPLAY:

Jenna Hasse, Nicole

Stankiewicz, Julien Bouissoux

CAST:

Clarisse Moussa, Esin

Demircan, Marc Oosterhoff

PRODUCTION:

Langfilm – Bernard Lang AG, Freienstein / RTS / Galão com Açúcar, Lausanne

PRODUCERS:

Olivier Zobrist, Anne-Catherine Lang

JENNA HASSE

* 1989 in Portugal. Jenna Hasse has Swiss and Portuguese citizenship and studied Drama at INSAS in Brussels. Her award-winning short IN AUGUST (2014) premiered at the Quinzaine des réalisateurs in Cannes and also screened at Rotterdam IFFR and BFI London. Her second short SOLTAR (2016) and her medium-length documentary, THE PROTAGONIST (2020), screened at FIFF Namur, Curtas Vila do Conde and DocLisboa, among others. L’AMOUR DU MONDE is her first feature-length film.

CRUSHED

written & directed by Ella Rocca

The filmmaker is, once again, hopelessly in love. Time for them to confront their crushes. With reflective self-irony the director takes on unrequited desire and by mixing imagination and fact at their desktop, creates a surprising experience.

STUDENT TNEDUTS

QUEER AMENIC

SWITZERLAND

Documentary / Experimental, 8 min., 2023

ORIGINAL LANGUAGE:

Swiss-German

CAST:

Ella Rocca, Florentina Walser

PRODUCTION AND WORLD RIGHTS:

Lucerne School of Art and Design HSLU BA Video

www.hslu.ch/video

NATIONAL PREMIERE:

Internationale Kurzfilmtage

Winterthur 2023

INTERNATIONAL PREMIERE: Berlinale 2023

POND TÜMPEL

written & directed by Lena von Döhren, Eva Rust

A shoal of herrings, adopting fantastic formations, roams the vast ocean. When seagulls suddenly attack, one small herring finds itself stranded in a tidal pool. As it searches desperately for a way out, it discovers many other sea creatures here. And now there is no time for fear: only by joining forces can they hope to defend themselves against the hungry seagull.

CHILDREN NERDLIHC

SWITZERLAND

Animation, 9 min., 2023

ANIMATION TECHNIQUE:

2D Computer animation

ORIGINAL LANGUAGE: Without dialogue

PRODUCTION:

Catpics, Zurich / SRF

WORLD SALES:

Magnetfilm GmbH, Berlin

www.magnetfilm.de

WORLD PREMIERE:

Berlinale 2023

WHERE GOD IS NOT

written & directed by Mehran Tamadon

Taghi, Homa and Mazyar were arrested and interrogated by the Iranian regime. All three testify with their bodies, with their gestures and tell what it means to resist, to break. Is there any hope that the torturer will one day reconnect with his conscience?

WORLD SALES:

Andana Films, Lussas

www.andanafilms.com

WORLD PREMIERE:

Berlinale 2023

INTERNATIONAL PRESS:

L’atelier documentaire

Raphaël Pillosio raphael_pillosio@hotmail.com

T +33 6 12 50 18 00

FRANCE / SWITZERLAND

Documentary, 112 min., 2023

ORIGINAL LANGUAGE:

Persian

PRODUCTION:

L’atelier documentaire, Bordeaux / Box Productions, Lausanne

SWISS PRODUCER:

Elena Tatti

MEHRAN TAMADON

* 1972 in Iran. Mehran Tamadon graduated as an architect prior to directing BEHESHT ZAHRA, MOTHERS OF MARTYRS (2004) and BASSIDJI (2010) in which he attempts to dialogue with the defenders of the Iranian regime. He continues this approach with Iranians, where he convinces supporters of the regime to live in cohabitation with him. His latest films MY WORST ENEMY and WHERE GOD IS NOT, both premiering in the Berlinale in 2023, deal with the violence of interrogation and detention in Iran.

OURS

BEAR

written & directed by Morgane Frund

An amateur filmmaker who has filmed bears for years, contacts a film school looking for someone to edit his images into a film. A student comes forward. But when she digitises his archive, she discovers that the recordings are not only of bears. A discussion ensues about the power of a gaze and its voyeuristic violence.

STUDENT TNEDUTS

MORGANE FRUND

* 1997. Morgane Frund studied Film, English and German at the University of Lausanne (UNIL). She went on to complete a Bachelor in Video at Lucerne School of Art and Design (HSLU). BEAR (2022) is her graduation film. Her works focuses on documentary film, video essay and performance.

SWITZERLAND

Documentary, 20 min., 2022

ORIGINAL LANGUAGES:

German, French, Swiss-German

PRODUCER:

Volko Kamensky

PRODUCTION AND WORLD RIGHTS:

Lucerne School of Art and Design HSLU BA Video www.hslu.ch/video

NATIONAL PREMIERE:

Internationale Kurzfilmtage

Winterthur 2022

INTERNATIONAL PREMIERE: Berlinale 2023

WORLD SALES:

Sudu Connexion, Pantin

www.sudu.film

WORLD PREMIERE:

Berlinale 2023

TERRA MATER –MOTHER LAND

written & directed by Kantarama Gahigiri

Technology and waste, in our lands, our systems, our bones. Wandering our spaces, she cannot help but wonder, where is the space for healing?

SWITZERLAND / RWANDA

Fiction, 10 min., 2023

ORIGINAL LANGUAGES:

English, Swahili

CAST: Cheryl Isheja

PRODUCTION:

Kantarama Gahigiri, Geneva / Les Films du Léopard, Kigali / RGBW GmbH, Bern

SWISS PRODUCERS:

Kantarama Gahigiri, Daniel Bleuer

KANTARAMA GAHIGIRI

Kantarama Gahigiri is a writer and director with joint Swiss and Rwandan citizenship. She explores the notions of identity, migration, sovereignty and on-screen representation, through various film formats, both in Switzerland and in East Africa. She participated in Realness Residency in 2018, Le Moulin d’Andé in 2020 and Berlinale Talents in 2021. And recently in 2023, she has been invited to Atelier Grand Nord with TANZANITE, her featurelength film in development.

ROMEO UND

AUF

DORFE ROMEO AND JULIET IN THE VILLAGE

directed by Valérien Schmidely, Hans Trommer

Little Sali and Vreni grow up in the Swiss countryside, where their farmer fathers work together. When a disagreement arises between the two men that turns into extreme animosity, the children are prevented from seeing each other. Meeting as young adults some years later, Sali and Vreni must confront the hostilities between their families, as well as the tense atmosphere of the village, if they are to love each other.

VALÉRIEN SCHMIDELY

* 1909 in St. Petersburg. He died 1994 in Zurich. Valérien Schmidely was a director and cinematographer especially known for MY DREAM (1939), FÜÜR IM HUUS! (1939) and ROMEO AND JULIET IN THE VILLAGE (1941).

HANS TROMMER

* 1904. Hans Trommer studied music and assisted film directors such as Richard Oswald and Joe May. ROMEO AND JULIET IN THE VILLAGE (1941) was his first feature film and is based on the story by Gottfried Keller. He died in 1989.

SWITZERLAND

Fiction, 82 min., 1941

ORIGINAL LANGUAGE:

Swiss-German

SCREENPLAY:

Hans Trommer

CAST:

Margrit Winter, Erwin Kohlund, Johannes Steiner, Emil Gyr, Emil Gerber

PRODUCTION:

Pro Film, Zurich

PRODUCER:

Conrad Arthur Schläpfer

DIGITAL RESTAURATION:

Cinémathèque suisse / SRF

WORLD RIGHTS:

Cinémathèque suisse, Lausanne

www.cinematheque.ch

WORLD SALES:

The Open Reel, Torino

www.theopenreel.com

WORLD PREMIERE:

Locarno Film Festival 2022

DE NOCHE LOS GATOS SON PARDOS

written & directed by Valentin Merz

A crew is shooting a libertine costume film in the countryside when Valentin, the director, suddenly disappears. While the local police investigates, the film shoot continues but takes an odd turn. Robin, the cameraman and director’s lover, follows a promise and reaches the Mexican Pacific.

SWITZERLAND

Fiction, 110 min., 2022

ORIGINAL LANGUAGES:

French, Spanish, English, German, Swiss-German

CAST:

Robin Mognetti, Valentin Merz, Dogartzi Magunagoicoechea, Jean-Charles de Quillacq, Maxi Schmitz, Natalia Portnoy, Mara Thurnheer

PRODUCTION:

Andrea Film, Zurich

PRODUCERS:

Marie Lanne-Chesnot, Valentin Merz

VALENTIN MERZ

* 1985. Valentin Merz moved to Mexico City in 2007 where he worked as a typographer. From 2009-14 he worked in Berlin in cinema and theatre before studying film at Geneva University of Art and Design (HEAD – Genève). His short films have been screened at international festivals. In 2018, he cofounded the production company Andrea Film.

Jury statement

Kayije Kagame is Switzerland’s European Shooting Star, presented by the European Film Promotion at the Berlinale.

Kayije Kagame was born in Geneva. She studied at the drama academy ENSATT in Lyon (École Nationale Supérieure des Arts et Techniques du Théâtre) and worked with legendary theatre director Bob Wilson, among others. Kagame is also the creator of numerous performances, sound pieces, films and installations. Most recently she toured with INTÉRIEUR VIE / INTÉRIEUR NUIT (INNER LIFE / INNER NIGHT), which she codirected together with Hugo Radi.

The role of Rama in SAINT OMER by French director Alice Diop marks Kayije Kagame’s feature film debut and has attracted a great deal of attention. SAINT OMER premiered in Venice and was awarded the Silver Lion. The film was the French entry for the International Feature Film Competition at the 95th Academy Awards. Kayije Kagame was selected by the French Film Academy as a “Revelation” for the 2023 Césars.

KAYIJE KAGAME ACTRESS

FILMOGRAPHY (SELECTION)

2024 DIDY by Gaël Kamilindi, François Xavier Destors (in production)

2022 SAINT OMER by Alice Diop

2022 INNER LIFE / INNER NIGHT by Kayije Kagame, Hugo Radi

2021 INITIAL by Hugo Radi

“She has a special aura that is mesmerizing.”

LAURA COPPENS

PRODUCER, DIRECTOR

Director and producer at Srikandi Productions. Her debut documentary TASTE OF HOPE premiered at Visions du Réel in Nyon where it won the Zonta Award and the SSA SUISSIMAGE Jury Award.

FILMOGRAPHY (SELECTION)

2023 MANTRA by Irina Radu (in development)

CHANTAL SCHEINER PRODUCER

Producer at Seeland Filmproduktion aside Linda Vogel and director Cyril Schäublin. Her first independent production FOR THE TIME BEING premiered in the Bright Future Competition at IFFR.

FILMOGRAPHY (SELECTION)

2022 UNRUEH by Cyril Schäublin

2020 FOR THE TIME BEING by Salka Tiziana

CORINA SCHWINGRUBER ILIĆ DIRECTOR

Her first feature-length documentary DIDA (codirected with Nikola Ilić) won the Golden Dove at Dok Leipzig among many other awards. ALL INCLUSIVE (2018) screened at more than 250 festivals.

FILMOGRAPHY (SELECTION)

2023 BEEN THERE by Corina Schwingruber Ilić (in post-production)

2021 DIDA by Nikola Ilić, Corina Schwingruber Ilić

2019 TASTE OF HOPE by Laura Coppens

BERLINALE CO-PRODUCTION MARKET

The “Berlinale Co-Production Market” (February 18–20, 2023) is the Berlin International Film Festival’s service and networking platform for producers and financiers working in international coproductions. The programme is targeted at producers who seek to get to know the international market and expand their network globally.

SWISS FILMS proudly introduces the following producers as participants of this year’s Visitors’ Programme:

Dea Gjinovci, Astrae Productions

Jessica Hefti, Zodiac Pictures

Davide Marangoni, Lakeside Pictures

Valentin Merz, Andrea Film

Liliane Ott, Emilia Productions

Are you interested in coproducing with Switzerland? Here is all you need to know:

SWITZERLAND

Documentary, 96 min., 2022

ORIGINAL LANGUAGE:

English

PRODUCTION:

Distant Lights GmbH, Zurich / Dschoint Ventschr Filmproduktion AG, Zurich / SRF

WORLD SALES:

Rise and Shine World Sales

UG, Berlin

www.riseandshine-berlin.de

WORLD PREMIERE:

Locarno Film Festival 2022

ERICA JONG BREAKING THE WALL

written & directed by Kaspar Kasics

With her worldwide success

“Fear of Flying”, the New Yorker

Erica Jong inspired the sexual liberation of women. She dared to set out for herself and demanded an encounter on equal terms. She wanted to change the world and still wants to today. With her own story, with her humour and with trust in the power of words.

GOLDEN YEARS

DIE GOLDENEN JAHRE directed by Barbara Kulcsar

SWITZERLAND / GERMANY

Fiction, 92 min., 2022

ORIGINAL LANGUAGE:

Swiss-German

SCREENPLAY:

Petra Volpe

CAST:

Esther Gemsch, Stefan Kurt, Ueli Jäggi, Gundi Ellert

PRODUCTION:

Zodiac Pictures, Zurich / Claussen+Putz Filmproduktion, Munich / SRF / SRG SSR / ZDF / blue+

WORLD SALES:

Beta Cinema, Oberhaching www.betacinema.com

WORLD PREMIERE:

Zurich Film Festival 2022

Newly retired, Alice and her husband Peter are ready to finally enjoy their life as pensioners. But their pent-up marital problems bubble to the surface on a cruise trip through the Mediterranean. The spouses end up going on separate journeys of self-discovery, both finding unexpected ways of how to spend their golden years.

HABIB

written & directed by Benoît Mariage

Habib is a young actor who dreams of being on stage and in the movies. But up until now he has only been stringing along dead-end roles. His family has a hard time understanding this passion of his that doesn’t earn him a cent. Until the day he lands a role in a film, playing a gigolo alongside Catherine Deneuve. It’s payback time – and perhaps just the beginning of his troubles.

LET HER KILL YOU

directed by Jérôme Dassier

Alone in the mountains of Switzerland, Anne discovers that her isolated chalet is under surveillance and has been bugged. Caught up by her former life as an intelligence secret agent and an affair with her handler, Anne can only count on herself to get out alive. A paranoia espionage thriller centred around the iconic duo of Asia Argento and Jeanne Balibar.

BELGIUM / FRANCE / SWITZERLAND /

Fiction, 84 min., 2022

ORIGINAL LANGUAGES:

French, Arabic

CAST:

Catherine Deneuve, Bastien Ughetto, Michel Fau, Thomas Soliveres, Sofia Lesaffre

PRODUCTION:

Daylight Films / Formosa Production, Paris / CAB Productions SA, Lausanne / Polaris Film Production, Paris

WORLD SALES:

Be For Films, Bruxelles www.beforfilms.com

WORLD PREMIERE: Les Arcs Film Festival 2022

SWITZERLAND / FRANCE

Fiction, 92 min., 2023

ORIGINAL LANGUAGES:

English, French

SCREENPLAY:

Jérôme Dassier, Didier Rouget

CAST:

Asia Argento, Jeanne Balibar, Joe Rezwin

PRODUCTION:

Vega Film, Zurich / Sombrero Films, Paris / RTS

WORLD SALES:

WTFilms, Paris www.wtfilms.fr

SWITZERLAND

Documentary, 65 min., 2023

ORIGINAL LANGUAGES:

English, French

PRODUCTION:

Peacock Film AG, Zurich / Little Monster GmbH, Zurich

WORLD SALES:

Outplay Films, Paris www.outplayfilms.com

OUT OF UGANDA

written &

directed by

Rolando Colla, Josef Burri

Philip, Lynn, Hussein and Shammy, young LGBT Ugandans, are fighting for survival. Staying in their country, where religious oppression and discrimation prevail, endangers their lives. Then, their last hope is to leave it all behind and experience a long and painful exile.

PARADISE

PARADIS

written & directed by Alexander Abaturov

FRANCE / SWITZERLAND

Documentary, 89 min., 2022

ORIGINAL LANGUAGE:

Yakut

PRODUCTION:

Petit à Petit Production, Paris / Intermezzo Films, Geneva / ARTE France / Siberiade, Paris

WORLD SALES:

The Party Film Sales, Paris

www.thepartysales.com

WORLD PREMIERE:

IDFA 2022

Summer 2021, an exceptional heat-wave and drought led to giant fires ravaging nineteen million hectares in northeastern Siberia. At the heart of the taiga, lies the village of Shologon soon to be coated by a thick cloud of smoke. Spread by the wind, the black ashes carry alarming news: the forest is on fire and the flames are fast approaching. The inhabitants, left alone by the government, must rally to fight the dragon.

RETREAT RÉDUIT

written & directed by Leon Schwitter

On a holiday in the mountains, an estranged father and son get to know each other better. Sheltered by the rocky landscape, Michael believes that he and his son are safe from the outside world, which is crumbling under the impact of environmental destruction and economic crises.

THE BLACK SPIDER

DIE SCHWARZE SPINNE directed by

Markus Fischer

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.

SWITZERLAND

Fiction, 82 min., 2022

ORIGINAL LANGUAGE: Swiss-German

SCREENPLAY:

Leon Schwitter, Michael Karrer

CAST:

Peter Hottinger, Dorian Heiniger

PRODUCTION:

EXIT Filmkollektiv GmbH, Zurich / Sabotage

Filmkollektiv GmbH, Zurich

WORLD SALES: Alief, Paris www.alief.co.uk

WORLD PREMIERE:

Mar del Plata International Film Festival 2022

SWITZERLAND / HUNGARY

Fiction, 116 min., 2022

ORIGINAL LANGUAGES:

German, Swiss-German

SCREENPLAY:

Plinio Bachmann, Barbara Sommer

CAST:

Lilith Stangenberg, Nurit Hirschfeld, Anatole Taubman, Marcus Signer

PRODUCTION:

Snakefilm GmbH, Zurich / Laokoon Film, Budapest

WORLD SALES:

The Playmaker, Munich www.playmaker.de

WORLD PREMIERE:

Solothurner Filmtage 2022

SWITZERLAND / KOSOVO

Fiction, 108 min., 2022

ORIGINAL LANGUAGES:

French, Albanian

PRODUCTION:

Alva Film Production, Geneva / Ikonë Studio, Pristina / RTS

CAST:

Luàna Bajrami, Florist

Bajgora, Luan Jaha, Arta

Musa, Irena Aliu, May-Linda

Kosumoviç

WORLD SALES:

TVCO, Rome

www.tvco.eu

WORLD PREMIERE:

PÖFF Tallinn 2022

THE LAND WITHIN

written & directed by Fisnik Maxville

After years of exile, Remo returns to his childhood village in the Balkans. He must help his adoptive cousin, Una, with the exhumation of a mass grave that contains most of their family members buried there during the war. But the bodies reveal family secrets that will make Remo and Una question their past and their future. A film about the possibility of truth in a place that only knows survival.

THE MIES VAN DER ROHES

written & directed by Sabine Gisiger

SWITZERLAND

Docufiction, 90 min., 2023

ORIGINAL LANGUAGES:

German, English

CAST:

Katharina Thalbach, Anna Thalbach, Rebekka

Burckhardt, Ingo Ospelt

PRODUCTION:

Dschoint Ventschr

Filmproduktion AG, Zurich / SRF

WORLD SALES:

Rise and Shine World Sales

UG, Berlin

www.riseandshine-berlin.de

WORLD PREMIERE:

Solothurner Filmtage 2023

A family saga in times of modernism, told by the women around the iconic architect Mies van der Rohe. His wife Ada, his daughters Georgia, Manna and Traudel and his lover Lilly Reich seize the opportunities of the new age but also experience the constraints of old patterns. The Golden 20s, the increasingly barbaric 30s and ultimately war. A troubling family story from a female perspective.

BURNING FIRE

FÜÜR BRÄNNT

written & directed by Michael Karrer

In unspectacular everyday scenes we observe three groups, their dynamics and moods over the course of a day.

PERIPHERIC LOVE

written & directed by Luc Walpoth

Maria is pregnant. Her husband Giorgio is sterile. Unable to communicate, they drift away from each other attracted by unlikely romances.

SWITZERLAND

Fiction, 74 min., 2023

ORIGINAL LANGUAGE: Swiss-German

CAST:

Nadim Ben Saïd, Nadège Kanku, Umberto Norelli, Daris Sefic, Anna Wohlgemuth, Samuel Schmassmann, Maria Rebecca Sautter

PRODUCTION:

Sabotage Filmkollektiv GmbH, Zurich / Zurich University of the Arts ZHdK

WORLD SALES:

Kino Rebelde, Lisbon www.kinorebelde.com

WORLD PREMIERE:

IFFR 2023

SWITZERLAND / ITALY

Fiction, 90 min., 2023

ORIGINAL LANGUAGE: Italian

CAST:

Iazua Larios, Fabio Troiano, Christina Andrea Rosamilia

PRODUCTION:

Dschoint Ventschr

Filmproduktion AG, Zurich / CDV Casa delle Visioni, Milan / SRF

WORLD RIGHTS:

Dschoint Ventschr

Filmproduktion AG, Zurich www.dvfilm.ch

WORLD PREMIERE:

Solothurner Filmtage 2023

SWITZERLAND

Fiction, 88 min., 2023

ORIGINAL LANGUAGE:

Swiss-German

SCREENPLAY:

Alexander Seibt

CAST:

Roeland Wiesnekker, Ursina

Lardi, Sarah Spale, Max Simonischek

PRODUCTION:

Elite Filmproduktion AG, Zurich /

SRF / SRG SSR / blue+

WORLD SALES:

Filmax International Castelao Pictures, Barcelona

www.filmaxinternationalsales.com

THE NEIGHBOURS FROM UPSTAIRS

DIE NACHBARN VON OBEN directed by Sabine Boss

The pleasant evening becomes the final touchstone of their once undying love when the neighbours bring not only an exotic specialty but also a spicy offering to the aperitif.

THEO: A CONVERSATION WITH HONESTY

THEO: EINE KONVERSATION MIT DER EHRLICHKEIT directed by Damien Hauser

SWITZERLAND

Fiction, 90 min., 2022

ORIGINAL LANGUAGES:

Swiss-German

SCREENPLAY:

Damien Hauser, Esra Tas

CAST:

Jakob Fessler, Fayrouz

Gabriel, Julia Tremp, Christian Sprecher, Hagar

Admoni, David Oberholzer, Gizem Baruk, Claudia Mai

PRODUCTION AND WORLD RIGHTS:

Art4um Production GmbH, Zurich

www.art4um.ch

WORLD PREMIERE:

PÖFF Tallinn 2022

Simi is sexually insecure and inexperienced. He gets some advice from his friends, but his first sexual encounter turns into a nightmare. A social media backlash follows, which leads him all the way to court. He doesn’t want to admit what he has done and has to learn that only yes really means yes.

EXPECTED

SPRING 2023

DETCEPXE

8 DAYS IN AUGUST

directed by Samuel Perriard

8 TAGE IM AUGUST

Two happy families, a quiet beach and a house in the hills above the Adriatic Sea. It could be so perfect. But when teenager Finn has a breakdown it brings turmoil not only to the friendship between the families but also to the relationship between his parents Helena and Adam. Eight days in August that change everything.

WORLD RIGHTS:

Catpics, Zurich www.catpics.ch

SWITZERLAND / ITALY

Fiction, 90 min.

ORIGINAL LANGUAGES:

German, Italian

SCREENPLAY:

Markus Ziegler, Samuel Perriard

CAST: Julia Jentsch, Florian Lukas, Sami Loris, Sarah Hostettler, Fortunato Cerlino

PRODUCTION:

Catpics, Zurich / Helios

Sustainable Films SRL, Bolzano / SRF / SRG SSR

SWISS PRODUCERS:

Sarah Born, Dario Schoch, Rajko Jazbec

SAMUEL PERRIARD

* 1983. Samuel Perriard studied Design at the Zurich University of the Arts (ZHdK) from 2003 to 2006. BLACK PANTHER (2013) was his graduation film from the German Film and Television Academy Berlin (dffb) and premiered at the Munich Film Festival. The film went on to have its international premiere at the Chicago International Film Festival in 2014. BLACK PANTHER was nominated for the FIRST STEPS Awards 2013 and the STUDIO HAMBURG Young Talent Award 2014.

ALMA

written & directed by Rafael Palacio Illingworth

A poetic love story between a man and the ghost of his deceased wife. While dealing with his grief, the man travels back and forth between memory, reality and fantasy, trying to put a proper end to the relationship. The film is being shot between Zurich, the mountains of the lower Engadin valley and the Historic Waldhaus Hotel in Sils María.

EXPECTED

FALL 2023

DETCEPXE

RAFAEL PALACIO ILLINGWORTH

* 1978 in Mexico. Rafael Palacio Illingworth has a Master of Fine Arts from the American Film Institute in Los Angeles. His first feature film, MACHO, won Best MicroBudget Feature at Raindance Film Festival in the UK.

BETWEEN US (2016) premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival and LIFE BEGINS, LIFE ENDS (2021) in FID Marseille’s international competition.

ALMA, a story set in the mountains of southern Switzerland, is currently in production.

SWITZERLAND

Fiction, 90 min

ORIGINAL LANGUAGES:

German, English, Spanish

CAST:

Rafael Palacio Illingworth, Eleonore Meier

PRODUCER:

Rafael Palacio Illingworth

PRODUCTION AND WORLD RIGHTS:

Nora Films GmbH, Zurich

www.norafilms.com

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EXPECTED

SPRING 2023

ANTIER NOCHE (NIGHTS GONE BY)

written & directed by Alberto

Martín Menacho

A portrait of four young people from a small village in southern Spain, where modernity coexists with traditions whose origins are lost in the mists of time. A research on the relationship between the animal and the human.

WORLD RIGHTS:

Lomotion AG

Filmproduktion, Bern www.lomotion.ch

SWITZERLAND / SPAIN Documentary, 106 min.

ORIGINAL LANGUAGE: Spanish

PRODUCTION:

Lomotion AG Filmproduktion, Bern / Pedro Collantes, Madrid / SRF

SWISS PRODUCERS: Louis Mataré, David Fonjallaz

ALBERTO MARTÍN MENACHO

* 1986 in Spain. Alberto Martín Menacho is an editor and filmmaker. He studied Visual Arts at Geneva University of Art and Design. MY BELOVED, THE MOUNTAINS (2017) received the Best Short Film Award at Las Palmas International Film Festival and Penínsulas Award at Curtocircuíto International Film Festival. ANTIER NOCHE (NIGHTS GONE BY), currently in post-production, is his first feature film and was part of the Ikusmira Berriak residency of the San Sebastian International Film Festival in 2019.

RETOUR

EN ALEXANDRIE BACK TO ALEXANDRIA

directed by Tamer Ruggli

After twenty years of absence, Sue must return to her native Egypt to see her mother Fairouz, an eccentric aristocrat from whom she has been estranged. This surprising journey, leading her from Cairo back to Alexandria, tinted with distant memories, nostalgia, and mixed feelings about her past, will allow Sue to become the empowered woman she ought to be.

TAMER RUGGLI

* 1986. Tamer Ruggli is a Swiss-Egyptian filmmaker who graduated from the École cantonale d’art de Lausanne (ECAL). After intensifying his writing skills at the New York Film Academy in 2015, he was awarded the SSA Scholarship (Swiss Society of Authors) in 2016 for BACK TO ALEXANDRIA, his first feature-length fiction script. His short films have been selected for and awarded by numerous prestigious international film festivals such as Palm Springs International ShortFest and Outfest Los Angeles.

SWITZERLAND / FRANCE

Fiction, 95 min.

ORIGINAL LANGUAGES:

French, Arabic

SCREENPLAY:

Tamer Ruggli, Marianne Brun, Yousry Nasrallah

CAST:

Fanny Ardant, Nadine Labaki, Eva Monti

PRODUCTION:

Tipi’mages Productions, Geneva / Les Films de la Capitaine, Paris / RTS / ART

SWISS PRODUCERS:

Francine Lusser, Gérard Monier

SPRING 2023

WORLD SALES:

Orange Studio, Paris

www.orange-studio.fr

EXPECTED

SPRING 2023

DETCEPXE

BLACKBIRD BLACKBIRD BLACKBERRY

directed

by Elene Naveriani

In a small traditional Georgian village, Etero, the owner of a housekeeping shop, is a forty-eight-year-old spinster. She cherishes her freedom, as much as her cakes, and is preparing for a peaceful and comfortable retirement away from gossip. But a fiery affair with her delivery man could derail all her plans.

WORLD RIGHTS:

Alva Film Production, Geneva www.alvafilm.ch

SWITZERLAND / GEORGIA / GERMANY

Fiction, 100 min.

ORIGINAL LANGUAGE:

Georgian

SCREENPLAY:

Elene Naveriani, Nikoloz

Mdivani, Tamta Melashvili

CAST:

Eka Chavleishvili, Temiko Chinchinadze

PRODUCTION:

Alva Film Production, Geneva / Takes Film, Tbilisi / Heimatfilm GmbH + CO KG, Cologne / SRF

SWISS PRODUCERS: Thomas Reichlin, Britta Rindelaub

ELENE NAVERIANI

* 1985 in Georgia. Elene Naveriani studied Painting at State Academy of Art in Tbilisi. In 2011 they received their Master in Critical Curatorial Cybermedia, in 2014 their Bachelor in Film from Geneva University of Art and Design (HEAD – Genève). Their 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. Their second feature WET SAND (2021) premiered in Locarno where it won the Pardo for Best Actor.

RIVIÈRE BREAKAWAY

directed by Hugues Hariche

Manon, seventeen, leaves the Swiss mountains to head out in search of her father, who is nowhere to be found.

As she forms new bonds and encounters her first love, she is determined to follow the path she has set herself on the ice: to become a professional hockey player.

SPRING 2023

HUGUES HARICHE

Hugues Hariche is a writer and director with joint Swiss and French nationality. His short films BLOODLINES (2003), FLOW (2012) and METROPOLIS (2015) were selected for and awarded at several international festivals. He was a resident at the Premiers Plans workshop in Angers and at the Berlinale Talent Campus. BREAKAWAY is his first feature-length film.

SWITZERLAND / FRANCE

Fiction, 105 min

ORIGINAL LANGUAGE:

French

SCREENPLAY:

Joanne Giger, Hugues Hariche

CAST:

Flavie Delangle, Sarah Bramms, Camille Rutherford

PRODUCTION:

Beauvoir Films, Geneva / Les Films d’Argile, Cluny / RTS

SWISS PRODUCERS:

Aline Schmid, Adrian Blaser

WORLD RIGHTS:

Beauvoir Films, Geneva

www.beauvoirfilms.ch

1STFEATURE

EXPECTED 1ERUTAEFTS

ELECTRIC FIELDS

written & directed by Lisa Gertsch

People go through life with forgotten dreams. They bravely contend another day when something goes off the rails. A man disappears into the woods. A season is lost. Lovers overcome time. Hardly noticeably, the rules of the world shift. And suddenly new paths open up in people’s minds.

WORLD RIGHTS:

Sabotage Filmkollektiv GmbH, Zurich

www.sabotagekollektiv.ch

Zurich University of the Arts

ZHdK, MA Film

www.zhdk.ch

SWITZERLAND

Fiction, 80 min.

ORIGINAL LANGUAGES:

German, Swiss-German, Italian, French

CAST:

Julia Jentsch, Michael Neuenschwander, Sophie Hutter, Ole Eisfeld, Nicolas Rosat, Sabine Timoteo, Jasmin Mattei, Antonia Scharl, Caspar Kaeser, Dagna Litzenberger Vinet

PRODUCTION:

Sabotage Filmkollektiv GmbH, Zurich / Zurich University of the Arts ZHdK, MA Film

PRODUCER: Lisa Gertsch

LISA GERTSCH

* 1992. Lisa Gertsch is known for her short film ALMOST EVERYTHING (2017), for which she won the prestigious Student Academy Award ® 2018 in the category Narrative. She graduated with a Master in Directing Feature Film from Zurich University of the Arts (ZHdK) in 2023. She works as a director and screenwriter, currently in Switzerland, Germany and Italy.

JACOB’S HORSE

directed by Katalin Gödrös

A modern relationship and emancipation story set in nineteenth century Alpine Switzerland: Jakob, a young farmhand who dreams of owning his own horse, is forced into marriage with the musically highly gifted maid Elsie, who longs for a career as a musician. Both have to learn that they can only escape their lack of opportunities if they team up.

EXPECTED FALL 2023

DETCEPXE

KATALIN GÖDRÖS

* 1969. The screenwriter and director studied at the Budapest Film Academy. Her film MUTANTEN (2002) premiered at the Berlinale. SONGS OF LOVE AND HATE (2010) screened in the international competition in Locarno. Recent works include TV series such as THE UNDERTAKER (2015–2017) for Swiss national TV / Netflix, and JAKOB’S ROSS (post-production, 2023).

Since 2008 she is lecturer at various film schools, and since 2021 professor for directing at Internationale Filmschule (Ifs) in Cologne.

SWITZERLAND / LUXEMBOURG Fiction, 120 min.

ORIGINAL LANGUAGE:

Swiss-German

SCREENPLAY:

Urs Bühler

CAST:

Luna Wedler, Max Hubacher, Valentiin Postlmayr

PRODUCTION:

Turnus Film AG, Zurich / AMOUR FOU Luxembourg, Ettelbruck / SRF

SWISS PRODUCERS:

Anita Wasser, Michael Steiger

WORLD RIGHTS:

Turnus Film AG, Zurich

www.turnusfilm.com

JAKOBS ROSS

EXPECTED

2023

LAISSEZ-MOI

written & directed by Maxime Rappaz

Every Tuesday, Claudine entrusts her disabled son to a neighbour and goes to a mountain hotel to meet men passing through. When she meets Michael and he decides to extend his stay for her, Claudine is confused and finds herself dreaming of another life.

WORLD RIGHTS:

GoldenEggProduction, Geneva www.goldeneggproduction.ch

SWITZERLAND / FRANCE / BELGIUM

Fiction, 90 min.

ORIGINAL LANGUAGE:

French

CAST:

Jeanne Balibar, Thomas Sarbacher, Pierre Antoine Dubey, Véronique Mermoud

PRODUCTION:

GoldenEggProduction, Geneva / Paraiso Production, Paris / Fox the Fox, Brussels / RTS / SRG SSR

SWISS PRODUCERS:

Gabriela Bussmann, Yan Decoppet

MAXIME RAPPAZ

* 1986. Maxime Rappaz worked in the fashion world before turning to cinema. In 2016 he obtained a Master’s degree in cinema and screenwriting at École cantonale d’art de Lausanne (ECAL) and Geneva University of Art and Design (HEAD – Genève). He directed the short films SUMMERTIME (2016) and TENDRESSE (2018). LAISSEZMOI is his first feature film, starring Jeanne Balibar. Maxime Rappaz is currently writing his second feature film.

FALL 2023

LES PARADIS DE DIANE

directed by Carmen Jaquier, Jan Gassmann

A woman tries to lose herself in an unknown city, but her body reawakens her memories and what she is fleeing from.

CARMEN JAQUIER

* 1985. She studied film and screenwriting at ECAL in Lausanne and at HEAD –Genève. Her diploma film

THE GIRLS’ GRAVE (2012) won the Silver Pardino in Locarno.

THUNDER her first feature premiered in Toronto in 2022.

JAN GASSMANN

* 1983. He studied film at HFF Munich. His first doc CHRIGU premiered at the Berlinale in 2007. It was followed by awardwinning features, among them

EUROPE, SHE LOVES (2016), and 99 MOONS (2022) which premiered in ACID Cannes.

SWITZERLAND

Fiction, 97 min.

ORIGINAL LANGUAGES:

German, English, French, Spanish

SCREENPLAY:

Carmen Jaquier

CAST:

Dorothée de Koon, Aurore

Clément, Omar Ayuso, Roland Bonjour

PRODUCTION:

2 : 1 Film GmbH, Zurich / RTS

PRODUCERS:

Jan Gassmann, Lisa Blatter

WORLD RIGHTS:

2:1 Film GmbH, Zurich

www.2zu1film.com

EXPECTED

SPRING 2023

DETCEPXE

LIFE-SIZE PAULINE

written & directed by Nadège de Benoit Luthy

PAULINE GRANDEUR NATURE

Pauline juggles life between her kids and her work as a landscape designer where she has to fight for her place amongst her male colleagues. Her life is turned upsidedown when her mother tells her that she is going to live abroad and will no longer be able to take care of her children, then becomes chaotic when she is appointed manager of an important project. On all fronts, her life takes a turn for the worse. Will Pauline be able to bounce back, assert herself and find her place?

WORLD RIGHTS:

Box Productions, Lausanne www.boxproductions.ch

SWITZERLAND / BELGIUM

Fiction, 90 min.

ORIGINAL LANGUAGE:

French

CAST:

Déborah François, Thibaut

Evrard, Jo Deseure, Baptiste Giliiéron

PRODUCTION:

Box Productions, Lausanne / Tarantula Belgique, Liège / RTS / RTBF / Proximus, Brussels

SWISS PRODUCER: Elena Tatti

NADÈGE DE BENOIT LUTHY * 1977. Nadège de Benoit Luthy has a degree in Film from École cantonale d’art de Lausanne (ECAL). Her diploma film PETIT(S) CADAVRE(S) PERSONNEL was selected for the Locarno Film Festival in 2003. MÉNAGERIE INTÉRIEURE (2007) received the prize for Best Swiss Short Film at Locarno and SUMMER STORMS (2014) won the Best Screenplay Award at Evora’s Short Film Festival.

PREPARATIONS FOR A MIRACLE

written & directed by Tobias Nölle

An Android from the future seeks the Last King to record his voice – the most beautiful sound the universe has ever heard. It’s the year 2021. The King is about to sing. A Sci-Fi documentary.

TOBIAS NÖLLE

* 1976. Tobias Nölle studied Film at the School of Visual Arts in New York from 2000 to 2004. He lives in Berlin and Zurich, where he works as a director, screenwriter and editor. His first feature-length film ALOYS (2016) premiered at the Berlinale, where it won the Fipresci prize. He is a cofounder of 8horses, a filmmaker collective in Zurich.

SWITZERLAND / GERMANY

Experimental / Fiction, 90 min.

ORIGINAL LANGUAGE:

German

PRODUCTION:

hugofilm features, Zurich / Flare Film, Berlin / SRF / SRG SSR / rbb / ARTE

SWISS PRODUCER:

Christof Neracher

WORLD RIGHTS:

hugofilm features, Zurich www.hugofilm.ch

EXPECTED

SPRING 2023

DETCEPXE

THE HEARING

written & directed by Lisa Gerig

Four rejected asylum seekers relive the hearing on their reasons for fleeing and thus shed light on the core of the asylum procedure. Will the interviewees be able to describe their traumatic experiences this time in a way that satisfies the official criteria? The film provides the first insight into the delicate hearing situation, in which complex and emotional life stories meet a bureaucratic administrative apparatus.

WORLD RIGHTS:

Ensemble Film GmbH, Zurich

www.ensemblefilm.ch

SWITZERLAND

Documentary, 83 min.

ORIGINAL LANGUAGES:

German, English, French, Tamil, Dari

PRODUCTION:

Ensemble Film GmbH, Zurich / SRF

PRODUCERS:

Maurizius Staerkle Drux, Eva Vitija

LISA GERIG

* 1990. Lisa Gerig graduated with a Bachelor in Film, specialising in editing, from Zurich University of the Arts (ZHdK) in 2015. Since then she has worked as a freelance filmmaker in Zurich and Cologne and collaborates with other directors. THE HEARING is her first feature-length documentary.

THE WONDER WAY

written & directed by Emmanuelle Antille

A quest on the need for creation, an inner exploration and a journey in search of unusual territories, new, real or imaginary paradises. A journey that starts from the bedroom and flies to the wildest worlds.

EXPECTED

EMMANUELLE ANTILLE

* 1972. Emmanuelle Antille graduated from École Supérieure d’Art Visuel Genève (ESAV) in 1996. She spent a year at Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten in Amsterdam. Since 1997 she has been creating videos and installations shown in festivals and exhibitions around the world. She directs fiction and documentary films, among them ANGELS CAMP (2003), ROLLOW (2005), AVANTI (2012) with Hanna Schygulla and Miou-Miou and A BRIGHT LIGHT – KAREN AND THE PROCESS (2018).

SWITZERLAND

Documentary, 90 min

ORIGINAL LANGUAGES:

English, French

PRODUCTION:

Intermezzo Films, Geneva / RTS / Rubis Films, Territet

PRODUCERS:

Luc Peter, Katia Monla

WORLD RIGHTS:

Intermezzo Films, Geneva www.intermezzofilms.ch

EXPECTED 2ND FEATURE

SPRING 2023

WHITE FLAG

written & directed by Batbayar Chogsom

Saran and Naran, two women in their early twenties, are trying to start a new life in the steppe as nomads. When the city detective Zorig questions the two about a missing man, he is also confronted with their homosexual relationship, which is an absolute taboo in Mongolia.

WORLD RIGHTS:

Chogsom Film, Rapperswil bchogsom@gmail.com

SWITZERLAND / MONGOLIA

Fiction, 94 min.

ORIGINAL LANGUAGE:

Mongolian

CAST:

Urtnasan Erdenebayar, Erdenetsetseg Enkhbayar, Samdanpurev Oyunsambuu

PRODUCTION:

Chogsom Film, Rapperswil / Chogsom Film, Ulaanbaatar

SWISS PRODUCERS:

Batbayar Chogsom, Daniel Huser

BATBAYAR CHOGSOM

Batbayar Chogsom is a Swiss director and screenwriter of Mongolian origin. He graduated with a Bachelor in Social Science from the University of Zurich in 2012. His previous film OUT OF PARADISE (2018) was awarded the prize for Best Film at the Shanghai International Film Festival.

#JOINT PLEASURE

by Barbara Miller, director of #FEMALE PLEASURE

SPRING 2024

LILI

by Thomas Imbach

director of MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS and MY BROTHER MY LOVE

SWITZERLAND

Documentary

PRODUCTION AND WORLD RIGHTS: Mons Veneris Films GmbH, Zurich info@monsveneris.ch

SUMMER 2023

REINAS

by Klaudia Reynicke, director of

THE NEST and LOVE ME TENDER

SWITZERLAND / UNITED KINGDOM

Fiction

PRODUCTION:

Okofilm Productions, Zurich / Prestige Films Limited, London / SRF / SRG SSR

WORLD RIGHTS: Okofilm Productions, Zurich www.okofilm.com

SPRING 2024

THE BLIND FERRYMAN

by Ali Al-Fatlawi, director of EATING THE SILENCE

SWITZERLAND / PERU / SPAIN

Fiction

CAST:

Susi Sanchez, Jimena Lindo, Gonzalo Molina

PRODUCTION:

Alva Film Production, Geneva / Maretazo Cine, Lima / Inicia Films, Barcelona

WORLD RIGHTS:

Alva Film Production, Geneva www.alvafilm.ch

SWITZERLAND

Fiction CAST:

Manfred Liechti, Meret Bodamer, Alireza Bayram

PRODUCTION AND WORLD RIGHTS:

Dschoint Ventschr Filmproduktion www.dvfilm.ch

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EFP offers Film Sales Support (FSS) for the promotion of films from Switzerland outside of Europe thanks to international measures by the Federal Office of Culture, MEDIA Desk Suisse and SWISS FILMS.

FSS is available for:

FSS Classic

FSS Digital

FSS Digital Plus

FSS Inclusion

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