SWISS FILMS Previews Visions du Réel 2024

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SWISS FILMS PREVIEWS VISIONS DU RÉEL 2024

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ICEMAN

THE BOY FROM THE RIVER DRINA

SPHERES

DOM (HOME IN RUSSIAN)

QUIR

KALARI

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DETCEPXE EXPECTED FALL

ICEMAN

written & directed by Corina Gamma

DER EISMANN

In August 2020, the well-known Swiss polar researcher Konrad Steffen died on the Greenland ice. It is suspected that he fell into a crevasse covered in fresh snow while on a routine trip to a measuring station. To this day, there is no trace of him. Embedded in the breathtaking landscape of the Arctic, the film takes a very personal look at Koni Steffen’s life, his thoughts and his motivation.

WORLD RIGHTS:

tellfilm GmbH, Zurich

www.tellfilm.ch

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CONTACT:

Danielle Giuliani

tellfilm GmbH

giuliani@tellfilm.ch

SWITZERLAND

Documentary, 90 min.

ORIGINAL LANGUAGES:

German, English

PRODUCTION:

tellfilm GmbH, Zurich / SRF/ SRG SSR

PRODUCERS:

Danielle Giuliani, Patrick Merkle

CORINA GAMMA

Born in Switzerland. Corina Gamma studied art in Lausanne and Zurich. In 1998 she completed a Master of Fine Arts at Claremont Graduate University in California. She went on to graduate in documentary filmmaking from the University of California. She works as documentary filmmaker, multimedia artist and as lecturer in photography and photo journalism. Her photographs and experimental installations have been shown in exhibitions worldwide.

IL RAGAZZO DELLA DRINA

THE BOY FROM THE RIVER DRINA

directed by Zijad Ibrahimovic

Forced to flee Bosnia when he was a child, Irvin returns to his homeland. In the same woods where thirty years earlier people took refuge, he decides to build a small village with his own hands. To restore dignity to this place and to the people who died in the war, to heal his wounds, and to fulfill his desire for redemption. But when he is on the River Drina, Irvin does not stop trying to discover what happened, and what could still happen.

ZIJAD IBRAHIMOVIC

* 1978 in Bosnia Herzegovina.

Zijad Ibrahimovic moved to Switzerland in 1992. Originally trained as a carpenter, he graduated from the CISA (International Academy of Audiovisual Sciences) Lugano in 2007. In parallel with his work as a filmmaker, he is also a photographer, painter and sculptor.

SWITZERLAND / ITALY

Documentary, 70 min.

ORIGINAL LANGUAGES:

Italian, Bosnian

SCREENPLAY:

Zijad Ibrahimovic, Marzio G.

Mian, Nicola Scevola

PRODUCTION:

Rough Cat sagl, Lugano / Start, Milan / RSI

SWISS PRODUCER:

Nicola Bernasconi

WORLD RIGHTS:

Rough Cat sagl, Lugano

www.roughcat.ch

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CONTACT:

Nicola Bernasconi

ROUGH CAT sagl

nic@roughcat.ch

DN2 ERUTAEF 2ND FEATURE

DETCEPXE EXPECTED SUMMER 2024

SPHERES

written & directed by Daniel Zimmermann

SPHÈRES

A man throws a wooden slat up into the sky. It vanishes on the horizon as the camera slowly rotates once on its own axis. The slat circles the earth and strikes him in the back of the head. What appears to be an act of deliberate self-destruction is in fact the metaphorical dissolution of the ego and the beginning of a metaphysical journey.

WORLD RIGHTS:

Beauvoir Films, Geneva www.beauvoirfilms.ch

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CONTACT:

Aline Schmid

Beauvoir Films aline@beauvoirfilms.ch

SWITZERLAND / AUSTRIA

Documentary / Experimental, 90 min.

ORIGINAL LANGUAGES:

German, English

PRODUCTION:

Beauvoir Films, Geneva / Mischief Films, Vienna

SWISS PRODUCERS:

Aline Schmid, Adrian Blaser

DANIEL ZIMMERMANN

* 1966. The works of Swiss artist Daniel Zimmermann are based on fictional actionism in the field of visual and performative art. His short films DOWNHILL SKIING (2007) and STICK CLIMBING (2010) received several awards. His feature-length WALDEN (2018) won the Jury Prize in Karlovy Vary and the Emerging Swiss Talent Award at the Zurich Film Festival and was screened among others at Sundance, Rotterdam, and Lincoln Center in New York.

DOM (HOME IN RUSSIAN)

written & directed by Svetlana Rodina, Laurent Stoop

A lost generation of young Russians arrives in a shelter in Tbilisi: a women’s rights activist, a young journalist couple, a Navalny supporter, a political blogger. Forced to leave their homeland by Putin’s war and repression, they live as digital dissidents. From Georgia, they set out in search of a new home.

SVETLANA RODINA

* 1975 in Russia. Svetlana Rodina graduated in Russian literature, philology and in film directing in Moscow.

OSTROV – LOST ISLAND (2021), codirected with Laurent Stoop, won Best Int. Doc at Hot Docs.

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.

ORIGINAL LANGUAGE:

Russian

PRODUCTION:

DokLab GmbH, Bern / SRF

PRODUCERS:

Corinna Dästner, Dodo Hunziker

WORLD RIGHTS:

DokLab GmbH, Bern

www.doklab.com

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Int. Distribution

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CONTACT:

Corinna Dästner

DokLab

cd@doklab.com

DETCEPXE EXPECTED SUMMER 2024

QUIR

written & directed by Nicola Bellucci

There is a store in Palermo unlike any other called Quir, a place of love defying any convention. The owners are Massimo and Gino, who have been together for forty-two years, perhaps the longest-lasting gay couple in Italy. Their small leather goods store has become an important meeting place of the local LGBTQI+ scene – here people chat about their love stories or seek advice – fighting for acceptance in Sicily, a stronghold of patriarchal culture.

WORLD RIGHTS:

soap factory GmbH, Basel www.soapfactory.ch

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CONTACT:

Frank Matter

soap factory GmbH film@soapfactory.ch

SWITZERLAND

Documentary, 105 min.

ORIGINAL LANGUAGE:

Italian

PRODUCTION:

soap factory GmbH, Basel / SRF / 3sat Schweiz

PRODUCER:

Frank Matter

NICOLA BELLUCCI

* 1963 in Italy. Nicola Bellucci studied Philosophy, Literature and Film at the Università degli Studi in Florence and Film at the Istituto di Scienze cinematografiche. He is known for his award winning documentary film IN THE GARDEN OF SOUNDS (2010), which was screened at numerous festivals worldwide and for GROZNY BLUES (2015), selected for Visions du Réel, DOK Leipzig and IDFA among others. His fiction film THE STONE EATER (2018) premiered at the Zurich Film Festival.

KALARI

written

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directed

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Maria Kaur Bedi, Satindar Singh Bedi

Kalari is enthralling young women in India. As the world’s oldest martial art, it is becoming increasingly significant in a society where violence against women is both historical and a daily reality. The film follows four young Indian women on their journey towards self-empowerment.

DETCEPXE EXPECTED SPRING 2025

MARIA KAUR BEDI

* 1985. Maria Kaur Bedi collaborates with filmmakers across the globe to create films with inspiring female lead characters for a variety of genres.

SATINDAR SINGH BEDI

* 1980 in India. Satindar Singh Bedi is a graduate of the Film and Television Institute of India.

Their previous film, THE CURSE (2022) won the Zurich Film Prize 2023 for best artistic concept.

SWITZERLAND

Documentary, 90 min.

ORIGINAL LANGUAGE:

Malayalam

PRODUCTION:

First Hand Films, Zurich / Spirited Heroine Productions, Bern

PRODUCER:

Esther van Messel

WORLD SALES:

First Hand Films, Zurich

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CONTACT:

Esther van Messel

First Hand Films

esther.van.messel@ firsthandfilms.com

FAR WEST by Pierre-François Sauter

THE LANDSCAPE AND THE FURY by Nicole Vögele

THE SONG OF OTHERS by Vadim Jendreyko

BURNING LIGHTS COMPETITION

PREPARATIONS FOR A MIRACLE by Tobias Nölle

TAMINA – WILL THERE EVER BE WHAT USED TO BE? by Beat Oswald, Lena Hatebur, Samuel Weniger

NATIONAL COMPETITION

AN ORDINARY LIFE by Alexander Kuznetsov

BRUNAUPARK by Felix Hergert, Dominik Zietlow

DIDY by François-Xavier Destors, Gaël Kamilindi

EVERYTHING IS TEMPORARY by Juliette Klinke

FIRE FIRE FIRE by Pauline Jeanbourquin

MES AMIS ESPAGNOLS by Adrien Bordone

MUZUNGU by Ben Donateo, Michel Passos Zylberberg

THE MIRACLE OF ALMERÍA a Collective work

VALENTINA AND THE MUOSTERS by Francesca Scalisi

WHO CARES? by Alexe Poukine

INTERNATIONAL MEDIUM LENGTH & SHORT FILM COMPETITION

EXIT THROUGH THE CUCKOO’S NEST by Nikola Ilić

GOING SOUTH by Alan Sahin

OPENING SCENES

MAWTINI by Tabarak Abbas

ROSE ON THE FARM by Giulia Goy

GRAND ANGLE

THERE WAS NOTHING HERE BEFORE by Yvann Yagchi

HIGHLIGHTS

REAS by Lola Arias

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