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BERLINALE 2023

supported by SRG SSR in collaboration with SWISS FILMS

BAPTISTE PLANCHE

Head of Fiction SRF baptiste.planche@srf.ch

FRANÇOISE MAYOR

Head of Fiction & Doc RTS francoise.mayor@rts.ch

ALESSANDRO MARCIONNI

Head of Doc & Fiction RSI alessandro.marcionni@rsi.ch

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

SVEN WÄLTI Head of Film SRG SSR sven.waelti@srgssr.ch

LES INDOCILES

THE FIREBRANDS

created by Delphine Lehericey, Camille Rebetez directed by Delphine Lehericey

Jura, 1973. Lulu, Chiara and Joe form an unbreakable friendship. In the span of four decades, they will manage to free themselves from the shackles of society and create a community and a visionary safe haven. The trio will spend their lives side by side while trying to build a world worth living for.

SPEAKER: ELENA TATTI

Elena Tatti studied Philosophy and Economics in Fribourg and Lausanne and founded the production company Box Productions together with Thierry Spicher in 2004. With coproductions such as AFTER THE NIGHT (2013), THOSE WHO WORK (2018) and LAST DANCE (2022), recipient of the Audience Award at the Locarno Film Festival, Box Productions achieved its international breakthrough.

WINTER 2023/24

SWITZERLAND / BELGIUM

Fiction, 5 × 52 min.

ORIGINAL LANGUAGE:

French

SCREENPLAY:

Delphine Lehericey, Joanne Giger, Aurélie Champagne, Olivier Volpi, Camille Rebetez

PRODUCTION:

Box Productions, Lausanne / Entre Chien et Loup, Brussels / RTS

SWISS PRODUCER: Elena Tatti

WORLD SALES: Oble, Paris www.oble.tv

LOOKING FOR:

Prebuy, Acquisition, Broadcasters, Streamers

CONTACT: Elena Tatti

Box Productions

elena.tatti@boxproductions.ch

T +41 79 253 26 27

WORLD RIGHTS:

Shining Film, Zurich www.shining.ch

TSCHUGGER

created by David Constantin, Mats Frey directed by David Constantin, Leandro Russo

Normally there is not much going on at the Valais police station. When the intern is almost killed by mobsters, the federal police officer Annette is sniffing around the police station and stoner Juni has to find money for his rapper girlfriend Valmira, the wannabe supercops Bax and Pirmin tackle the case. After two seasons, the series has already achieved cult status in Switzerland and the alpine adventure is set to continue.

SWITZERLAND

Fiction, 5 × 30 min., 2022

ORIGINAL LANGUAGE:

Swiss-German

PRODUCTION:

Shining Film, Zurich / SRF / Sky Switzerland

SCREENPLAY:

David Constantin, Johannes Bachmann, Rafael Kistler, Leandro Russo, Arnold Bucher

PRODUCER:

LOOKING FOR:

World Sales

CONTACT: Sophie Toth

Shining Film

sophie@shining.ch

Sophie Toth

SPEAKER: SOPHIE TOTH Sophie Toth studied Media and Film in Zurich and worked as a postproduction supervisor. She then was an inhouse producer in the Netherlands before she worked freelance as producer in advertising back in Zurich. In 2013 she joined Shining Film and has been building the fiction division since 2020.

ALTER EGO

EXPECTED

WINTER 2023/24

DETCEPXE

created by Carlotta Balestrieri, Claudia Bellana, Erik Bernasconi, Andrea Valeri directed by Erik Bernasconi, Robert Ralston Jr.

During the traditional Carnival celebrations, the dead body of a young girl is found near the small town of Bellinzona in Southern Switzerland. The officers engaged in the case find themselves investigating crimes rooted in a past full of shadows. Under scrutiny will be not only the crimes that bloodstain the town, but also and above all the human soul, that of a community that believes it has nothing to hide.

SPEAKER: AMEL SOUDANI

Amel Soudani graduated in Public Relations and Advertising at IULM University in Milan, Italy, and completed her studies with a Master Degree in Business and Management at the FHGR in Chur, Switzerland. After working as casting director and press officer for several Swiss productions, she was appointed Head of Digital Communication at Presence Switzerland FDFA, and later Head of Communication and Board Member at the Locarno Film Festival. Since 2020, she is leading Amka Films Productions.

SWITZERLAND

Fiction, 6 × 45 min.

ORIGINAL LANGUAGE: Italian

DUBBED VERSIONS:

German, French

PRODUCTION:

Amka Films Productions, Savosa / RSI

SCREENPLAY:

Carlotta Balestrieri, Claudia Bellana, Erik Bernasconi, Andrea Valeri

PRODUCERS:

Olga Lamontanara, Michela Pini, Amel Soudani

WORLD RIGHTS:

Amka Films Productions, Savosa

www.amka.ch

LOOKING FOR:

World Sales, Broadcasters

Streamers

CONTACT:

Amel Soudani

Amka Films Productions

amel@amka.ch

T +41 79 314 34 21

EXPECTED

DETCEPXE

DAVOS

created by Adrian Illien directed by Jan-Eric Mack, Anca Miruna Lazarescu, Christian Theede

1917. The First World War is ravaging Europe. By contrast, Davos, the noble spa town in the Swiss Alps, seems like an oasis of peace. But behind the scenes, neutral Switzerland takes centre stage in a relentless battle between the secret agents of the world powers. The young nurse Johanna Gabathuler unexpectedly gets caught between the fronts: to win back her daughter, she gets involved in a deadly game with the German Secret Service.

WORLD SALES:

Global Screen, Munich www.globalscreen.de

SWITZERLAND / GERMANY

Fiction, 6 × 45 min.

ORIGINAL LANGUAGE:

Swiss-German

PRODUCTION:

Contrast Film, Zurich / Letterbox Filmproduktion GmbH, Hamburg / Amalia Film, Munich / SRF / ARD

Degeto

SCREENPLAY:

LOOKING FOR:

Broadcasters, Streamers

CONTACT:

Alice Buquoy

Gobal Screen

alice.buquoy@globalscreen.de

T +49 89 244 1295 597

Adrian Illien, Thomas Hess, Julia Penner, Michael Sauter

SWISS PRODUCERS:

Ivan Madeo, Stefan Eichenberger

SPEAKER: IVAN MADEO

Ivan Madeo studied Psychology and Film Journalism. He worked for leading advertising agencies in Switzerland, Germany and Italy before working as a film producer and screenwriter. He founded the companies Contrast Film in Zurich and Bern and produces series, feature films and creative documentaries together with his two partners.

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