SWISS FILMS Docs Spring Booklet 2018

SWISS

FILMS

2018 DOCS SPRING

SWISS FILMS Neugasse 6, 8005 Zurich Switzerland www.swissfilms.ch

Published in March 2018 Image campaign by Douglas Mandry

SWISS FILMS DOCS SPRING 2018

2 NEW DOCS FEATURES 2 1999 – WISH YOU WERE HERE 3 A BRIGHT LIGHT – KAREN AND THE PROCESS 4 AT THE PHILOSOPHERS’ SCHOOL 5 BECOMING ANIMAL 6 BLUE NOTE RECORDS: BEYOND THE NOTES 7 CHRIS THE SWISS 8 ELDORADO 9 FREE MEN 10 GENESIS 2.0 11 HOTEL JUGOSLAVIJA 12 LADIES 13 LOS FANTASMAS DEL CARIBE 14 SEPARATION OF TRAILS 15 SISTERS 16 WHERE ARE YOU, JOÃO GILBERTO?

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NEW DOCS SHORTS HAMAMA & CALUNA JOSETTE AND ME KROPOTKIN SHOOTING CROWS

19 FESTIVAL FAVOURITES FEATURES 19 FAVELA OLIMPICA 19 HAIRY 20 OF SHEEP AND MEN 20 THE CONGO TRIBUNAL 21 21 21 22 22

FESTIVAL FAVOURITES SHORTS BLACK LINE INTIMITY RESISTANCE REWIND FORWARD

23 COMING SOON 40 IN PRODUCTION

SWISS FILMS TEAM

CATHERINE ANN BERGER Managing Director caberger@swissfilms.ch T +41 76 368 02 65

SELINA WILLEMSE Head of Festivals & Markets swillemse@swissfilms.ch T +41 79 286 51 88

AIDA SULJICIC Head of Programmes & Consultant Documentaries asuljicic@swissfilms.ch T +41 77 431 87 79

SYLVAIN VAUCHER Consultant Short Films svaucher@swissfilms.ch T +41 79 542 83 80

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1999 – WISH YOU WERE HERE

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by Samara Grace Chadwick 2

A filmmaker returns to her hometown to uncover the memories of a wave of suicides that shook her high school in 1999. None of her former classmates have talked about it, until now – although each of them has kept their personal archives from that time. Their memories reveal a far more complex and compelling story than she ever expected. The film is an invitation to move through the silence of grief.

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WORLD SALES: CAT & Docs, Paris www.catndocs.com National Film Board of Canada, Montreal WORLD PREMIERE: Visions du Réel Nyon 2018

CANADA / SWITZERLAND Documentary, 90 min., 2018 ORIGINAL LANGUAGES: English, French, Chiac PRODUCTION: Parabola Films, Montreal / Beauvoir Films, Geneva / National Film Board of Canada, Montreal / SRF

SAMARA GRACE CHADWICK * 1982 in Canada. Samara Grace Chadwick has a Ph.D. in Cultural Studies and has spent more than 15 years working in the field of documentary as a filmmaker, editor, and festival programmer at Hot Docs in Toronto and RIDM in Montreal.

She is currently Senior Programmer for the Points North Institute and the Camden International Film Festival. 1999 – WISH YOU WERE HERE is her first feature-length documentary film.

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A BRIGHT LIGHT – KAREN AND THE PROCESS

by Emmanuelle Antille

SWITZERLAND Documentary, 93 min., 2018 ORIGINAL LANGUAGES: English, French

PRODUCTION AND WORLD RIGHTS: Rubis Films, Territet emmanuelle.antille@gmail.com Intermezzo Films, Geneva www.intermezzofilms.ch WORLD PREMIERE: Visions du Réel Nyon 2018

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EMMANUELLE ANTILLE * 1972 in Lausanne. Emmanuelle Antille attended the ESAV (École Supérieure d’Art Visuel Genève) and studied at the Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten in Amsterdam. She works as a video artist and filmmaker, directing both fiction and documentary films.

Her fiction film AVANTI (2012) premiered at the Zurich Film Festival and was awarded with the Prix Découverte at the FIFF Namur.

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A music documentary, a cinematographic essay that travels across the United States in Karen Dalton’s footsteps. In search of one of the 1960s’ most astonishing voices, worshipped by her peers, but unknown to the general public, the film also questions the process of creation, its frantic and mesmerizing paths.

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À L’ÉCOLE DES AT THE PHILOSOPHES PHILOSOPHERS’ SCHOOL

by Fernand Melgar 4

The first experiences for five mentally handicapped children entering school, who will have to learn how to get along with the others: an almost impossible task, as they seem to be closed to the outside world. But gradually, the class takes shape before our eyes as the students move towards and against everything, much to the amazement and delight of their parents. The adventure of a small group of children different from the others, who open themselves to life and to the world.

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WORLD SALES: CAT & Docs, Paris www.catndocs.com NATIONAL PREMIERE: Solothurner Filmtage 2018

SWITZERLAND Documentary, 97 min., 2018 ORIGINAL LANGUAGE: French PRODUCTION: Fernand Melgar, Lausanne / RTS

FERNAND MELGAR * 1961 in Tangiers. SwissSpanish dual citizen Fernand Melgar is one of the most renowned Swiss representatives of politically engaged cinema and is especially known for his award-winning documentary trilogy THE FORTRESS (2008), SPECIAL FLIGHT (2011) and THE SHELTER (2014), all on the topic of foreigners and the Swiss migration system.

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BECOMING ANIMAL

by Emma Davie, Peter Mettler

PETER METTLER * 1958 in Toronto. Peter Mettler is an award-winning filmmaker, especially known for PICTURE OF LIGHT (1994), GAMBLING, GODS AND LSD (2002) and THE END OF TIME (2012).

GAMBLING, GODS AND LSD won the Grand Prix at Visions du Réel.

SWITZERLAND / UNITED KINGDOM Documentary, 78 min., 2018 ORIGINAL LANGUAGE: English PRODUCTION: maximage GmbH, Zurich / Scottish Documentary Institute, Edinburgh / SRF

WORLD RIGHTS: maximage GmbH, Zurich www.maximage.ch Scottish Documentary Institute, Edinburgh www.scottishdocinstitute.com WORLD PREMIERE: CPH:DOX 2018

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EMMA DAVIE * 1965 in Glasgow. Emma Davie is a filmmaker and head of film and television at Edinburgh College of Art. I AM BREATHING (2013) won a Scottish BAFTA and played in over 50 countries.

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Shot in Grand Teton National Park, this immersive essay film draws together the distinct sensibilities of filmmakers Emma Davie and Peter Mettler and philosopher David Abram to encounter the spaces where humans and animals meet. We pique our senses to witness the so-called natural world – which in turn witnesses us.

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BLUE NOTE RECORDS: BEYOND THE NOTES

by Sophie Huber 6

The film explores the vision behind the iconic American jazz record label. Since 1939, Blue Note artists have been encouraged to push creative boundaries in search of uncompromising expressions. Through current recording sessions, rare archive and conversations with iconic Blue Note artists, the film reveals an intimate perspective of a legacy that continues to be vital in today’s political climate.

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WORLD SALES: Eagle Rock Entertainment, London www.eagle-rock.com WORLD PREMIERE: Tribeca Film Festival 2018

SWITZERLAND / UNITED STATES / UNITED KINGDOM Documentary, 85 min., 2018 ORIGINAL LANGUAGE: English PRODUCTION: Mira Film GmbH, Zurich / SRF / RTS / Isotope Films, New York / Eagle Rock Entertainment, London / Teleclub

SOPHIE HUBER * 1971 in Bern. Sophie Huber studied acting at the Lee Strasberg Institute in Los Angeles. She worked as a performer for several theatre and film productions and cofounded the Berlin film collective hangover ltd.* Her award-winning first documentary feature HARRY DEAN STANTON: PARTLY FICTION (2012) became a huge festival hit. It premiered in Venice at the Mostra Internazionale d’Arte Cinematografica and was selcted for the IDFA, SXSW, KVIFF and many more.

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CHRIS THE SWISS

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by Anja Kofmel

SWITZERLAND / CROATIA / GERMANY Documentary, 92 min., 2018 ORIGINAL LANGUAGES: German, Swiss-German, English, Spanish PRODUCTION: Dschoint Ventschr Filmproduktion AG, Zurich / Nukleus Film, Zagreb / MA.JA.DE. Filmproduktion, Leipzig

WORLD SALES: Urban Distribution International, Montreuil www.urbandistrib.com

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ANJA KOFMEL * 1982 in Lugano. Anja Kofmel studied animation at the Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts. Her bachelor’s degree film CHRIGI (2009) has been awarded at the Internationale Kurzfilmtage Winterthur and became a huge festival hit. Since 2010 she has been working as animation and documentary filmmaker and illustrator.

CHRIS THE SWISS is her highly expected first feature-length anidoc film.

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Why are young men so fascinated by war? Today just as back in the nineties when war was raging in Ex-Yugoslavia? On January 7�� 1992, the young Swiss journalist “Chris” Christian Würtenberg was found dead in Croatia.

Strangled with his scarf, still wearing the uniform of a platoon of international fighters. Twenty-five years later his cousin, director Anja Kofmel, researches Chris’ murder and tries to get to the bottom of these questions.

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ELDORADO

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Drawing inspiration from his personal encounter with the Italian refugee child Giovanna during World War II, Markus Imhoof tells how refugees and migrants are treated today: on the Mediterranean Sea, in Italy and in Switzerland.

“A deeply felt documentary essay on Europe’s refugee question.” Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian

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WORLD SALES: Films Boutique, Berlin www.filmsboutique.com WORLD PREMIERE: Berlinale 2018

SWITZERLAND / GERMANY Documentary, 92 min., 2018 ORIGINAL LANGUAGES: German, French, Italian, Kurdish, Swiss-German, Arabic, Amharic PRODUCTION: Thelma Film AG, Undervelier / SRF / zero one film GmbH, Berlin / BR

MARKUS IMHOOF * 1941 in Winterthur. Markus Imhoof is the director of the award-winning documentary MORE THAN HONEY (2012), which was screened and awarded at numerous film festivals worldwide. It was honoured as Best Documentary at the Swiss Film Award as well as at the German Film Award LOLA. Imhoof is also known for his fiction film THE BOAT IS FULL (1981), which was nominated for an Academy Award, Foreign Language Film.

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FREE MEN

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by Anne-Frédérique Widmann

SWITZERLAND Documentary, 90 min., 2018 ORIGINAL LANGUAGES: English, French PRODUCTION: Intermezzo Films, Geneva / RTS / Globe Cartoon, Geneva

WORLD RIGHTS: Intermezzo Films, Geneva www.intermezzofilms.ch WORLD PREMIERE: FIFDH Geneva 2018

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ANNE-FRÉDÉRIQUE WIDMANN * 1965 in Geneva. AnneFrédérique Widmann studied International Relations at the Graduate Institute of International Studies in Geneva and works as a journalist. For Swiss television RTS she has directed several political documentaries. FREE MEN is her first feature-length documentary film.

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Told through the charismatic voice of inmate Kenneth Reams, the film is about human resilience. In solitary confinement for the last 25 years, Kenneth has pushed back the walls of his cell to become a painter, a poet, the founder of a non-profit, and an art event organizer – while fighting at the same time for justice. At age 18, Kenneth was convicted for capital murder without firing a bullet.

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GENESIS 2.0

by Christian Frei, Maxim Arbugaev 10

On the remote New Siberian Islands in the Arctic Ocean, hunters search for tusks of extinct mammoths. One day, they discover a surprisingly well-preserved mammoth carcass. Resurrecting the woolly mammoth is a first manifestation of the next great technological revolution – genetics. It may well turn our world upside down.

“A double stranded helix of a real life thriller, chilling and unforgettable.” Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter

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WORLD SALES: Rise And Shine World Sales UG, Berlin www.riseandshine-berlin.com WORLD PREMIERE: Sundance 2018 MORE INFORMATION: genesis-two-point-zero.com GENESIS 2.0. received the World Cinema Documentary Special Jury Award for Cinematography at the Sundance Film Festival 2018.

SWITZERLAND Documentary, 113 min., 2018 ORIGINAL LANGUAGES: Russian, English, Korean PRODUCTION: Christian Frei Filmproduktion GmbH, Zurich / SRF / ZDF / ARTE

CHRISTIAN FREI * 1959. Christian Frei is one of Switzerland’s most acclaimed directors known for his films SPACE TOURISTS (2009), THE GIANT BUDDHAS (2005) and WAR PHOTOGRAPHER (2001), nominated for Documentary Feature at the 74�� Academy Awards.

MAXIM ARBUGAEV * 1991 in Tiksi, Russia. Maxim Arbugaev worked as a professional ice hockey player from 1997–2009. He studies documentary filmmaking at Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography in Moscow.

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HOTEL JUGOSLAVIJA

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by Nicolas Wagnières

SWITZERLAND Documentary, 78 min., 2017 ORIGINAL LANGUAGES: French, Serbian PRODUCTION: C-Side Productions, Geneva

WORLD SALES: Taskovski Films, Prague sales@taskovskifilms.com EUROPEAN PREMIERE: Berlinale Panorama 2018

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NICOLAS WAGNIÈRES * 1971 in Lausanne. Nicolas Wagnières trained as a building draughtsman and attended the ESBA (École Supérieure des Beaux Arts) from 2001–2005. HOTEL JUGOSLAVIJA is his first feature film, celebrated its world premiere at the São Paulo International Film Festival and was then selected for the Berlinale Panorama and the Thessaloniki Documentary Festival.

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Yugoslavia no longer exists, but Hotel Jugoslavija is still haunting the Belgrade scenery, like a mirror held out to a Serbia in search of new landmarks. Nicolas Wagnières explored the building at different eras and questioned its former residents. The result is a singular space-time continuum projecting a form of collective unconscious and a share of the director’s identity.

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LES DAMES

LADIES

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They are single, widowed or divorced; they have had children, husbands, work; they have a life behind them, but also one to come … The film reveals the intimate lives of five women in their sixties who are waging a discreet daily battle against solitude. It’s true that men often prefer younger women, it’s true that one feels invisible in a youth-oriented society, but these women are not finished, far from it!

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WORLD RIGHTS: Association Climage, Lausanne stephane@climage.ch www.climage.ch WORLD PREMIERE: Visions du Réel 2018

SWITZERLAND Documentary, 80 min., 2018 ORIGINAL LANGUAGE: French PRODUCTION: Association Climage, Lausanne / RTS

STÉPHANIE CHUAT * 1970 in Lausanne.

VÉRONIQUE REYMOND * 1971 in Lausanne.

Stéphanie Chuat and Veronique Reymond both trained as actresses and collaborate in film and theatre since 1993.

Their award-winning debut film THE LITTLE ROOM (2010) premiered in competition at the Locarno Festival, was selected for numerous international festivals and was honoured for Best Fiction Film and Best Screenplay at the Swiss Film Award 2011.

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LOS FANTASMAS DEL CARIBE

by Felipe Monroy

SWITZERLAND / FRANCE / COLOMBIA Documentary, 89 min., 2018 ORIGINAL LANGUAGE: Spanish PRODUCTION: Adok Films, Carouge GE / Les Films d’Ici, Paris / Consuelo Castillo, Bogota

WORLD RIGHTS: Adok Films, Carouge GE www.adokfilms.ch WORLD PREMIERE: Visions du Réel Nyon 2018

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FELIPE MONROY * 1983 in Bogotá, Columbia.

Columbian citizenship.

Felipe Monroy studied Film at the renowned Geneva School of Art and Design (HEAD – Genève) and received his BA in 2013. He is especially known for his documentary film TACACHO (2013), which premiered in Nyon and screened at DOK.fest München and the Jihlava Int’l Documentary Film Festival among others. The film was awarded at the Festival International du Film des Droits de l’Homme de Paris.

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The director returns to Colombia after ten years of absence. He is going to confront his family and their painful memories in a home that, like his country, is marked by violence. At the same time, the country is also confronting its past through a peace process that wants to leave behind more than 50 years of war. Can one make peace with one’s own story? Can one come to terms with oneself and forgive, despite indelible scars?

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SEPARATION OF TRAILS

LA SÉPARATION DES TRACES

by Francis Reusser 14

An essay on the tale of a filmmaking everyman. A personal story and a brief history of image, spanning from 1947 to 2017, told through his favourite movies, some of which are little known. Life and art, intertwined. From the freedom to create to the consumer society that devastates dreams just as Coca-Cola dissolves bones.

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WORLD RIGHTS: P.S. Productions Sàrl, Châtel-St-Denis www.ps-productions.ch WORLD PREMIERE: Visions du Réel Nyon 2018

SWITZERLAND Documentary, 75 min., 2018 ORIGINAL LANGUAGE: French PRODUCTION: P.S. Productions Sàrl, Châtel-St-Denis / RTS

FRANCIS REUSSER * 1942 in Vevey. Francis Reusser attended the School of Photography in Vevey and created the audiovisual department of the Art school ESAV in Geneva (now HEAD) together with François Albera.

He is especially known for DERBORENCE (1985) which was selected in Cannes (official competition) and won a César for Best FrenchLanguage Film and LE GRAND SOIR (1976), Golden Leopard in Locarno. VIVE LA MORT (1967) and SEULS (1981) were selected for Quinzaine des Réalisateurs in Cannes.

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SISTERS

by Peter Entell

SWITZERLAND Documentary, 71 min., 2018 ORIGINAL LANGUAGE: English

PRODUCTION AND WORLD RIGHTS: Show and Tell Films, Founex pentell@bluewin.ch WORLD PREMIERE: Visions du Réel Nyon 2018

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PETER ENTELL * 1952 in New York. American citizenship. Peter Entell has worked in Europe, Africa and Asia on social, political and environmental projects. He is especially known for his films A HOME FAR AWAY (2012), SHAKE THE DEVIL OFF (2007) and ROLLING (1997), which were selected for numerous international festivals such as IDFA and the Locarno Festival. His documentary LIKE DEW IN THE SUN (2016) screened in competition at Visions du Réel and IDFA.

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A story of abandonment and discovery, of silence and of sharing, of how fate shaped the lives of three women. One day, six-year-old Shelly followed her classmate Sian home from school. They grew up like sisters. Thirty years later Shelly discovers that she has a biological sister named Linda. An intimate and compelling story of adoption and friendship; three women whose lives were profoundly changed by the events of June 25, 1954.

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WHERE ARE YOU, JOÃO GILBERTO?

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The film sets out in the footsteps of German writer Marc Fischer who obsessively searched for the last musical legend of our time, the founding father of Bossa Nova, Brazilian musician João Gilberto. Fischer described his journey in a book, Hobalala, but committed suicide one week before it was published. By taking up Marc Fischer’s quest, following his steps one by one, thanks to all the clues he left us, we pursue João Gilberto to understand the history, the very soul and essence of Bossa Nova.

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WORLD SALES: Doc & Film International, Paris www.docandfilm.com WORLD PREMIERE: Visions du Réel Nyon 2018

SWITZERLAND / FRANCE / GERMANY Documentary, 107 min., 2018 ORIGINAL LANGUAGES: German, Portuguese, French, English PRODUCTION: Gachot Films, Zurich / Idéale Audience, Paris / NEOS Film, Munich / BR / ARTE / RTS / SRF

GEORGES GACHOT * 1962 in France. Joint Swiss and French citizenship.

Georges Gachot studied piano and musicology and has been working as a film director since 1990. He is known for his documentaries on musicians, composers and performers, like MARTHA ARGERICH, EVENING TALKS (2002) and his trilogy on Brazilian music: MARIA BETHÂNIA, MUSICA É PERFUME (2005), RIO SONATA (2010) and O SAMBA (2014).

With WHERE ARE YOU, JOÃO GILBERTO? he successfully continues to depict the Brazilian music industry.

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HAMAMA & CALUNA

by Andreas Muggli

SWITZERLAND Documentary, 23 min., 2018 ORIGINAL LANGUAGES: Oromo, German PRODUCTION AND WORLD RIGHTS: Lucerne School of Art and Design (HSLU) edith.flueckiger@hslu.ch www.video.hslu.ch WORLD PREMIERE: Visions du Réel Nyon 2018

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Two young refugees, Hamama and Caluna, have left everything behind. Stranded in a camp in northern Italy, they decide to go over the Alps and cross the closed border into Switzerland at night.

JOSETTE AND ME

The young filmmaker Jann wants to get to know Josette. She is 58 years older than him and quite interested in an encounter, but unfortunately without a camera.

A film as a game between proximity and distance, the search for trust and the strength when people help each other.

SWITZERLAND Documentary, 19 min., 2018 ORIGINAL LANGUAGE: French PRODUCTION: ECAL École Cantonale d’Art de Lausanne / Revolta Productions, Felben-Wellhausen WORLD RIGHTS: ECAL École Cantonale d’Art de Lausanne jean_guillaume.sonnier@ecal.ch www.ecal.ch WORLD PREMIERE: Visions du Réel Nyon 2018

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JOSETTE ET MOI

by Jann Kessler

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KROPOTKIN

by Cyril Schäublin

An abandoned watch factory in a remote valley in northwestern Switzerland. In late 19�� century, the young Russian revolutionary Piotr Kropotkin came here to become part of the local anarchist watchmaker movement. The film travels to the places which Kropotkin once visited and encounters former watch factory workers.

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SWITZERLAND Documentary, 13 min., 2018 ORIGINAL LANGUAGES: Swiss-German, Russian, French PRODUCTION: Seeland Filmproduktion GmbH, Zurich / Amon Films, Zurich WORLD RIGHTS: Seeland Filmproduktion GmbH, Zurich T +41 76 503 55 61 www.seelandfilm.ch WORLD PREMIERE: Visions du Réel Nyon 2018

SHOOTING CROWS

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KRÄHEN SCHIESSEN

by Christine Hürzeler

SWITZERLAND Documentary, 20 min., 2018 ORIGINAL LANGUAGE: German PRODUCTION AND WORLD RIGHTS: Christine Hürzeler / chfilm, Zurich T +41 79 751 40 61 www.chfilm.ch WORLD PREMIERE: Visions du Réel Nyon 2018

A foggy park. A homeless man is asleep between the trees.

A woman disappears. Inexplicable things happen. The sky is dark with a large and threatening flock of crows. Every now and then a crow is shot. As a deterrent and to regulate numbers. But after every shot, more crows rally. They caw as they circle in the sky, coming closer and closer …

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SWITZERLAND Documentary, 93 min., 2017 ORIGINAL LANGUAGE: Portuguese PRODUCTION AND WORLD RIGHTS: Frédéric Gonseth Productions, Grandvaux www.fgprod.ch FESTIVALS (SELECTION): Locarno Festival 2017 Festival dei Popoli 2017 Mostra São Paulo 2017

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The film unfolds in Rio de Janeiro on both sides of the wall separating the new Olympic Stadium and the favéla Vila Autódromo.

Nothing prevents the co-existence of these two worlds but some judge them “incompatible” including Rio’s Mayor. His wish to reclaim this area, reserved for Rio’s poor since the 1990s, sets off a lopsided power struggle. Meanwhile, the Opening Ceremony approaches.

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by Samuel Chalard

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FAVELA OLÍMPICA

HAIRY

In a playfully biographical manner, the director recounts her generation’s hairy stories. Whether as a body ornament, political statement or even in the soup, hair is omnipresent – even when shaven.

With an ingenious fusion of reallife and archive footage as well as stop-motion technique, the anidoc discovers the tremendous potential of the body’s wispiest part in daily life and in art. A tingling feeling on the head is included.

SWITZERLAND Anidoc, 52 min., 2017 ORIGINAL LANGUAGE: German PRODUCTION: RECK Filmproduktion, Zurich / SRF WORLD SALES: Magnetfilm GmbH, Berlin www.magnetfilm.de FESTIVALS (SELECTION): Fantoche Baden 2017 DOK Leipzig 2017 Artfifa Montreal 2018 CPH:DOX 2018

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HAARIG

by Anka Schmid

DES MOUTONS ET DES HOMMES

by Karim Sayad

Algiers, 2016. Habib, 16, dreams of becoming a vet. Unable to study for his hoped-for profession, he has bought a sheep named El Bouq. His goal? Training the animal to become a fighting champion.

Meanwhile, 42-year-old Samir no longer has any dreams and just wants to sell enough sheep before Eid to make ends meet.

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SWITZERLAND / FRANCE / QATAR Documentary, 78 min., 2017 ORIGINAL LANGUAGE: Arabic PRODUCTION: Close Up Films, Geneva / Norte Productions, Paris / Doha Film Institute, Doha WORLD SALES: Autlook Filmsales GmbH, Vienna www.autlookfilms.com FESTIVALS (SELECTION): TIFF 2017 Festival dei Popoli 2017 RIDM 2017

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THE CONGO TRIBUNAL

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DAS KONGO TRIBUNAL

by Milo Rau

GERMANY / SWITZERLAND Documentary, 100 min., 2017 ORIGINAL LANGUAGES: German, French, English, Swahili, Congolese PRODUCTION: Fruitmarket, Cologne / Langfilm, Freienstein / IIPM Berlin – Zurich / SRF / SRG SSR / ZDF in collaboration with ARTE WORLD SALES: Magnetfilm GmbH, Berlin www.magnetfilm.de FESTIVALS (SELECTION): Locarno Festival 2017 DOK Leipzig 2017 IFF Rotterdam 2018 CPH:DOX 2018

In the form of a tribunal with an international cast and filmed on-location in Eastern Congo and in Berlin, the film examines the causes and backgrounds for the war now ongoing for almost 20 years in the Great Lakes region.

The result is a humanly harrowing, profound analytic tableau of the neo-colonial world order.

SWITZERLAND Documentary, 10 min., 2017 ORIGINAL LANGUAGE: Bengali PRODUCTION AND WORLD RIGHTS: DOK MOBILE, Fribourg www.dokmobile.ch FESTIVALS (SELECTION): Kurzfilmtage Winterthur 2017 IFF Rotterdam 2018 Tampere Film Festival 2018

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A woman fishing in turbid waters, a suffering nature, the broken chant of the muezzin, all linked by a thin, black line.

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LIGNE NOIRE

by Mark Olexa, Francesca Scalisi

Documentary

BLACK LINE

INTIMITY

As she is showering, dressing, putting on her make-up, a woman bares her soul. She speaks of her fears, her complexes, and the process of accepting – even loving – herself. Insecure, she loves neither her body nor her face. Then, one day, she starts posing as a photography model for a friend. With the passing of time, the photographs reveal to her the beauty of herself.

SWITZERLAND Anidoc, 5 min., 2017 ORIGINAL LANGUAGE: English PRODUCTION: Nadasdy Film Sarl, Geneva / RTS WORLD RIGHTS: Nadasdy Film Sarl, Geneva www.nadasdyfilm.ch FESTIVALS (SELECTION): DOK Leipzig 2017 Kurzfilmtage Winterthur 2017 Sundance Film Festival 2018 Tampere Film Festival 2018

Anidoc

by Elodie Dermange

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RÉSISTANCE

by Laurence Favre

SWITZERLAND Documentary / Experimental 11 min., 2017 ORIGINAL LANGUAGE: Without dialogue PRODUCTION: Laurence Favre, Geneva / Matza, Geneva WORLD RIGHTS: Laurence Favre, Geneva laurencefb@gmail.com FESTIVALS (SELECTION): Locarno Festival 2017 IFF Rotterdam 2018 HKIFF Hong Kong 2018

Beyond its majestic appearance, sporadic elements reveal the glacier’s fragility. Objects regurgitated through the melt witness the presence of mankind.

Sounds of collapsing ice blocks continuously reveal the symptoms of an evident decrease. And yet in tension this magnificent and frightening body of ice and stones stands, impressive, resisting.

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RESISTANCE

REWIND FORWARD

Documentary

by Justin Stoneham

SWITZERLAND Documentary, 24 min., 2017 ORIGINAL LANGUAGES: Swiss-German, English PRODUCTION: La Belle Film GmbH, Zurich / SRF WORLD RIGHTS: La Belle Film GmbH, Zurich www.labellefilm.com FESTIVALS (SELECTION): Locarno Festival 2017 DOK Leipzig 2017 Max Ophüls Preis 2018

All his life, Justin managed to escape his own story. But his past catches up with him when he finds a box full of old family VHS tapes.

A film that begins as an homage to his deceased father develops into an attempt to no longer be a stranger to his own mother.

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# FEMALE PLEASURE

by Barbara Miller

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#FEMALE PLEASURE embarks on a journey to discover female sexuality in the 21�� century. In the context of the world religions, courageous women break their silence regarding one of the greatest mysteries and taboos of our time: female pleasure. The film spans the globe to accompany five extraordinary women, revealing their successful battle for a relaxed and balanced relationship between women and men, as well as for self-determined and fulfilling sexuality.

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WORLD SALES: CAT & Docs, Paris www.catndocs.com

SWITZERLAND / GERMANY Documentary, 97 min.

ORIGINAL LANGUAGES: German, English, French, Japanese PRODUCTION: Mons Veneris Films GmbH, Zurich / Das Kollektiv für audiovisuelle Werke GmbH, Zurich / Indi Film GmbH, Stuttgart / SRF / ARTE / RTS / RSI

BARBARA MILLER * 1970 in Winterthur. Barbara Miller worked as assistant director and editing assistant for Christian Frei on the Academy Award nominated WAR PHOTOGRAPHER (2001). She is especially known for her award-winning documentary FORBIDDEN VOICES (2012), which was selected for numerous renowned international festivals such as Visions du Réel and IDFA.

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by Christoph Schaub

SWITZERLAND Documentary, 90 min.

ORIGINAL LANGUAGES: German, English, Portuguese, Swiss-German, Spanish PRODUCTION: maximage GmbH, Zurich / SRF / 3sat

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

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CHRISTOPH SCHAUB * 1958 in Zurich. With almost thirty fiction and documentary films Christoph Schaub belongs to the most influental and active Swiss filmmakers.

He directed several documentaries devoted to architectural themes such as SANTIAGO CALATRAVA’S TRAVELS (2000) or BIRD’S NEST – HERZOG & DE MEURON IN CHINA (2008) both selected for the Locarno Festival.

For his fiction film JULIA’S DISAPPEARANCE (2009) Schaub received the Audience Award at the Locarno Festival.

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With this new project Schaub expands his field beyond the seeing and explaining of buildings to deal with a very specific aspect of the effects of space – which is transcendence. He guides the viewer through created spaces, art, music and nature, where transcendence can be felt and experienced.

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BECOME A GERMAN

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After fifteen years in Germany, Dario Aguirre unexpectedly receives the invitation to apply for citizenship. He has accepted his ten different types of visas, his role as a foreigner and his broken German as part of his history.

But is he ready?

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WORLD RIGHTS: Büchner Filmproduktion GbR, Cologne www.buechnerfilm.de RECK Filmproduktion, Zurich www.reckfilm.ch

GERMANY / SWITZERLAND Documentary, 85 min.

ORIGINAL LANGUAGES: German, Spanish PRODUCTION: Büchner Filmproduktion GbR, Cologne / RECK Filmproduktion, Zurich / NDR / ARTE

DARIO AGUIRRE * 1979 in Guayaquil, Ecuador.

Dario Aguirre studied Visual Communication / Media at the HfbK Hochschule für bildende Künste Hamburg and is the co-founder of ambulart, Festival of visual arts in Ecuador, Mexico and Germany. His award-winning feature-length documentary CESAR’S GRILL (2013) screened at Visions du Réel and Film Festival Max Ophüls Preis among others.

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by Nicole Vögele

SWITZERLAND / GERMANY Documentary, 110 min.

ORIGINAL LANGUAGE: Taiwanese PRODUCTION: Beauvoir Films, Geneva / Filmakademie BadenWürttemberg, Ludwigsburg

WORLD RIGHTS: Beauvoir Films, Geneva aline@beauvoirfilms.ch www.beauvoirfilms.ch

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NICOLE VÖGELE * 1983 in Olten. Nicole Vögele studied journalism at the MAZ in Lucerne and documentary filmmaking at Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg. CLOSING TIME is her diploma film.

Her previous films are MRS LOOSLI (2013), awarded at Visions du Réel and FOG (2014), which premiered at Berlinale and screened in competition at many renowned international documentary film festivals.

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Kuo and his wife cook for the city’s sleepless. They work all night and sleep during the day, like many others in buzzing Taipei. The film is an attempt at capturing time, a cinematographic meditation on in-between moments and a search for the inexplicable when a human being is simply human.

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by Mark Olexa, Francesca Scalisi

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A film about the four-year journey of a girl named Rupa.

It is the story of her dream and her endeavor to escape from a predetermined destiny. The tea gardens lost in the misty hills of northeastern Bangladesh are the background to Rupa’s struggle. She fights against a life of hardships and against the perspective of an arranged marriage. Will she search independence or give in to the pressure of this ancient land?

PRODUCTION AND WORLD RIGHTS: DOK MOBILE, Fribourg www.dokmobile.ch

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DIGITAL KARMA

SWITZERLAND Documentary, 80 min.

ORIGINAL LANGUAGE: Bengali

MARK OLEXA * 1984 in Biel. Joint Swiss and Czech citizenship.

He attended Prague Film School and ZeLIG in Bolzano.

FRANCESCA SCALISI * 1982 in Bergamo.

She received her degree from ZeLIG in Bolzano.

In 2012 Scalisi and Olexa founded DOK MOBILE. Together they have directed several award-winning documentaries such as MORIOM (2015), premiere at IDFA, and BLACK LINE (2017), screened at IFF Rotterdam.

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by Hercli Bundi

SWITZERLAND Documentary, 93 min.

ORIGINAL LANGUAGE: German PRODUCTION: Mira Film GmbH, Zurich / SRF

WORLD RIGHTS: Mira Film GmbH, Zurich www.mirafilm.ch MORE INFORMATION: www.thepaintisbroken.com

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HERCLI BUNDI * 1964 in Chur. Hercli Bundi studied film at the ECAL École Cantonale d’Art de Lausanne and founded Mira Film GmbH together with Vadim Jendreyko in 2002. He produced many award-winning documentaries such as THE WOMEN WITH THE 5 ELEPHANTS (2009), MASTER AND VASSAL (2014) and CALABRIA (2016). Bundi’s last film THE HOUSE IN THE PARK (2010) premiered at Visions du Réel in Nyon.

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At the age of 40, the Austrian artist Christian Eisenberger has produced more than 45 000 works. Galleries, art fairs and museums exhibit and sell his works. In order to defend his autonomy against the follies of the market, he is constantly changing his working method. By including fortuity and destruction in his daily routine he does not only surprise his collectors, but first and foremost himself.

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FAIRTRADERS

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by Nino Jacusso 30

Three players in the free-market economy assume responsibility for society and subsequent generations: they practise sustainability. The film examines various stages in the careers of successful entrepreneurs who operate on a local, national and international level and deliver on their promise of a sustainable future.

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WORLD RIGHTS: RECK Filmproduktion, Zurich www.reckfilm.ch

SWITZERLAND Documentary, 90 min.

ORIGINAL LANGUAGES: German, English, Swiss-German, Swahili, Hindi PRODUCTION: RECK Filmproduktion, Zurich / SRF

NINO JACUSSO * 1955 in Italy. Joint Swiss and Italian citizenship. Nino Jacusso attended the HFF (Hochschule für Film und Fernsehen) in Munich and worked in media education at schools and universities such as the ETH Zurich (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology).

He is known for his awardwinning fiction films ESCAPE TO PARADISE (2001) and SHANA – THE WOLF’S MUSIC (2014), which became an international festival and boxoffice hit.

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by François Kohler

SWITZERLAND Documentary, 80 min.

ORIGINAL LANGUAGES: French, German PRODUCTION: P.S. Productions Sàrl, Châtel-St-Denis / RTS / ARTE

WORLD RIGHTS: P.S. Productions Sàrl, Châtel-St-Denis www.ps-productions.ch

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FRANÇOIS KOHLER Born in Couvet. François Kohler studied Law at the University of Neuchâtel and attended the INSAS (Institut National Supérieur des Arts du Spectacle et Techniques de Diffusion) in Brussels. Kohler has directed films for both cinema and television. Among them LE SOUFFLE DU DESERT (2005) and CHER MONSIEUR, CHER PAPA (2008), which celebrated their world premiere in the international competition at Visions du Réel in Nyon.

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More focused on the act committed than on the needs of those involved, penal justice has certain limitations.

The film explores the difficult connection between victims trying to rebuild their lives and perpetrators disposed to taking responsibility. Restorative justice encourages the parties to manage their conflicts themselves, helping them to free themselves from their status. An intimate, emotional film in which the barriers between reality and fiction fade away.

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PARALLEL LIVES

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by Frank Matter 32

The stories of a handful of people who were born on the same day as the filmmaker – on June 8, 1964 – but in entirely different locations and under entirely different circumstances. The biographies enter into mutual relationships, generating points of contact, contradictions, reflections, and interactions. The film focuses on questions of cultural and social identity, will and fate, individual life and collective values.

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PRODUCTION AND WORLD RIGHTS: Recycled TV AG, Bern www.rectv.ch soap factory GmbH, Basel www.soapfactory.ch

SWITZERLAND Documentary, 120 min.

ORIGINAL LANGUAGES: English, Swiss-German, Chinese, Xhosa

FRANK MATTER * 1964 in Basel. Frank Matter trained as journalist in Switzerland and studied documentary production at New York University. He is the owner of the production company soap factory GmbH, with which he produced a number of award-winning documentaries such as GROZNY BLUES (2015) and LA BUENA VIDA (2015). THE DEFINITION OF INSANITY (2004), which he co-directed, was screened and awarded at numerous international festivals.

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by Andreas Hoessli

SWITZERLAND / GERMANY / POLAND Documentary, 90 min.

ORIGINAL LANGUAGES: German, Persian, Polish, English PRODUCTION: Mira Film GmbH, Zurich / TM Film GmbH, Freiburg / Centrala, Lodz / ARTE / TVP

WORLD RIGHTS: Mira Film GmbH, Zurich www.mirafilm.ch

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ANDREAS HOESSLI Worked as Eastern European correspondent for Swiss newspapers as well as a reporter for Swiss television.

Andreas Hoessli is especially known for his documentary film DEVILS DON’T DREAM (1995) which premiered at the Locarno Festival and was presented within the Berlinale Forum, where it was awarded with the Peace Award. His film EPOCA (2002) celebrated its world premiere at the Berlinale and was selected for the IDFA among other international festivals.

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A young war journalist witnesses the 1980 Polish uprising.

Almost 40 years later, now an award-winning film director, he returns to Poland to investigate how people experience decisive moments in history. Following the footsteps of Ryszard Kapuscinski, Polish daredevil war correspondent, he continues his journey to Iran, the country of a great revolution. This meditative search between Poland and Iran leads to the emotional legacy of revolutions.

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SUBITO – DAS SUBITO – SOFORTBILD INSTANT PHOTOGRAPHY

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Polaroid – a fantastic invention bordering on magic!

The history of a cultural phenomenon – betwixt and between the poles of art, pop culture and technology – that emerged in the middle of the last century and whose impact can still be felt today.

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WORLD RIGHTS: RECK Filmproduktion, Zurich www.reckfilm.ch

SWITZERLAND Documentary, 77 min.

ORIGINAL LANGUAGES: German, English, Swiss-German PRODUCTION: RECK Filmproduktion, Zurich / SRF

PETER VOLKART * 1957 in Zurich. Peter Volkart is one of Switzerland’s most acclaimed short film directors.

He studied film at the School of Visual Arts, New York and works as independent graphic designer and filmmaker.

Volkarts award-winning short films TERRA INCOGNITA (2005), ROOM 606 (2012) and SUBOTIKA – LAND OF WONDERS (2015) all became huge international festival hits. SUBITO – INSTANT PHOTOGRAPHY is his first feature-length documentary film.

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THE GAZA APOLLO

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SWITZERLAND / CANADA Documentary, 80 min.

ORIGINAL LANGUAGE: Arabic PRODUCTION: Akka Films, Geneva / National Film Board of Canada, Saint-Laurent / RTS

WORLD SALES: National Film Board of Canada, Saint-Laurent studiodocumentaire@onf.ca www.nfb.ca

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NICOLAS WADIMOFF * 1964 in Geneva. Nicolas Wadimoff has directed both fiction and documentary films, among them the multiawarded CLANDESTINS (1997), which premiered in Locarno. His last films AISHEEN (STILL ALIVE IN GAZA) (2010), OPERATION LIBERTAD (2012), SPARTIATES (2014) and JEAN ZIEGLER, THE OPTIMISM OF WILLPOWER (2016) have been shown at prestigious international film festivals such as Berlinale, Locarno Festival and at the Quinzaine des Réalisateurs in Cannes.

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In the summer of 2013, an over 2 500-year-old statue of Apollo is found in the nets of a fisherman in Gaza.

The statue vanishes, leaving plenty of room for speculation: hidden in a tunnel, held hostage by armed groups, destroyed by fundamentalists, or sold to international traffickers of art. Proven or imagined, the most absurd hypotheses circulate on the subject.

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THE ISLANDERS

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In 1877 a Swiss aristocrat, Alfred von Rodt, became the king of a remote Chilean island. He ruled for 30 years over a handful of fishermen and thousands of goats. Nowadays his descendants, proud of their Swiss origins, dream of becoming politically independent and think about limiting the emigration. From the utopia of small kingdom to the dream of self-government, this island is a laboratory and a metaphor.

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WORLD RIGHTS: Association Climage, Lausanne stephane@climage.ch www.climage.ch

SWITZERLAND Documentary, 95 min.

ORIGINAL LANGUAGES: Spanish, French, German PRODUCTION: Association Climage, Lausanne / RTS

STÉPHANE GOËL * 1965 in Lausanne. Stéphane Goël studied documentary filmmaking at Global Village experimental Center in New York and collaborated with artists like Nam June Park and Shigeko Kubota. He directed several artistic and experimental videos before moving to documentaries. In 1985 he joined the producer’s association Climage. His last film ABOUT HEAVEN (2015) premiered at the Locarno Festival and was selected for the Masters Section at IDFA.

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by Richard Dindo

SWITZERLAND Documentary, 90 min.

ORIGINAL LANGUAGE: French PRODUCTION: PCT cinéma télévision, Martigny-Croix / Lea Produktion GmbH, Zurich / RTS

WORLD RIGHTS: Lea Produktion GmbH, Zurich richard.dindo@bluewin.ch PCT cinéma télévision, Martigny-Croix infopct@netplus.ch

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RICHARD DINDO * 1944 in Zurich. Richard Dindo is internationally known for his films ERNESTO “CHE” GUEVARA: THE BOLIVIAN DIARY (1994) or GENET IN CHATILA (1999) and in Switzerland especially for his political films DIE ERSCHIESSUNG DES LANDESVERRÄTERS ERNST S. (1976) and GRÜNINGERS FALL (1998). His last film HOMO FABER (DREI FRAUEN) (2014) screened at Locarno Festival and doclisboa among others.

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A fictionalized documentary about the great Japanese poet Bashô (1644–1694), the spiritual father of Haiku poetry. A monk plays the role of Bashô and walks through the Japanese countryside, following the tracks of the poet’s travel diaries. On the way he writes many of his famous haiku poems. A film about poetry, meditation, zen buddhism and a view of untouched, virgin nature, seen and to understand as a lost paradise.

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AMAZONEN EINER GROSSSTADT

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Amazons is a type of denomination for women who are entirely equal to men, commonly found in ancient greek myths and sagas. Modern Amazons are women who create their own image of femininity and won’t be forced into stereotypical gender roles. In Berlin, the city of urban Amazons, they let us peek into their lives and their battles.

WORLD RIGHTS: maximage GmbH, Zurich info@maximage.ch www.maximage.ch Filmuniversität Babelsberg Konrad Wolf, Potsdam-Babelsberg sophie.ahrens@ filmuniversitaet.de www.filmuniversitaet.de

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URBAN AMAZONS

SWITZERLAND / GERMANY Documentary, 90 min.

ORIGINAL LANGUAGES: German, English PRODUCTION: maximage GmbH, Zurich / Filmuniversität Babelsberg Konrad Wolf, Potsdam-Babelsberg / SRF

THAÏS ODERMATT * 1980 in Stans. Thaïs Odermatt studied film at the video department of the Lucerne School of Art and Design (HSLU) and currently attends a Master programme at Film University Babelsberg, Konrad Wolf. She is known for her award-winning short documentaries KURT AND THE CHAIRLIFT (2012), honoured with the Audience Award at the Internationale Kurzfilmtage Winterthur and LEFT BEHIND (2009), both portraying people living in the Swiss Alps.

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DANIEL ZIMMERMANN Originally trained as a wood sculptor, Daniel Zimmermann attended the Fine Arts school in Bern. He worked on numerous art projects both in Switzerland and abroad. In 2005 he co-founded the artist association nadaproductions, the art and performance space nadalokal and the Austrian Ministry of Movement Affairs (BMfB). He works as director, writer and performer.

His award-winning short films DOWNHILL SKIING IN SUMMER (2007) and STICK CLIMBING ( 2010) became huge festival hits.

SWITZERLAND Documentary, 100 min.

ORIGINAL LANGUAGE: Without dialogue PRODUCTION: Beauvoir Films, Geneva / SRF

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In the monastery forest of Admont a fir tree is felled and processed into a thousand wooden slates. The wood is piled into stacks and transported by train, truck and boat into the Brazilian rainforest. With powerful 360°-sequence shots, the film portrays slowly and relentlessly a paradoxical journey along the globalized trade routes to its mysterious final destination.

WORLD RIGHTS: Beauvoir Films, Geneva aline@beauvoirfilms.ch www.beauvoirfilms.ch

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WINTER / SPRING 2019

AMAZONIAN COSMOS

by Daniel Schweizer, director of DIRTY GOLD WAR and WHITE TERROR

SWITZERLAND PRODUCTION: Amka Films Productions, Savosa / Horizon2Films, Sion

FALL / WINTER 2018

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BACK FROM IDOMENI ZURÜCK AUS IDOMENI (working title)

by Anna Thommen, director of UNKNOWN TERRITORY, and Lorenz Nufer SWITZERLAND PRODUCTION: Sulaco Film GmbH, Basel / SRF

FALL / WINTER 2019

WAX AND GOLD WACHS UND GOLD (working title)

by Heidi Specogna, director of CAHIER AFRICAIN

SWITZERLAND / GERMANY PRODUCTION: Fama Film AG, Zurich / Ma.ja.de Filmproduktions GmbH, Berlin

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