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MARKET SCREENINGS JUST KIDS LOVECUT MARE MY LITTLE SISTER MY WONDERFUL WANDA NEEDLE PARK BABY THE FORGOTTEN WAKE UP ON MARS

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RECENTLY RELEASED NEMESIS ONE-WAY TO MOSCOW OPEN SEASON PARADISE WAR – THE STORY OF BRUNO MANSER

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SWISS FILMS TEAM

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

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LAURA DANIEL Consultant Film, Talent & Awards ldaniel@swissfilms.ch T +41 76 343 61 16

MARCEL MÜLLER Consultant Film, Programmes & VOD mmueller@swissfilms.ch T +41 79 787 93 88

DANIELA STRIKA Support Scheme Manager support@swissfilms.ch T +41 43 211 40 63

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Under the harsh Sicilian sunlight, everything seems to separate a young Oscar, collecting scrap metal for his father, and devout Nigerian migrant Stanley, except the feeling of being thrown into the world and a desire to emancipate.

Documentary

WORLD SALES: Sweet Spot Docs, Blonay www.sweetspotdocs.com NATIONAL PREMIERE: Visions du Réel Nyon 2020 INTERNATIONAL PREMIERE: Cannes 2020, ACID

SWITZERLAND / ITALY Documentary, 85 min., 2020 ORIGINAL LANGUAGE: Italian SCREENPLAY: Michele Pennetta, Christian Tarabini, Arthur Brügger PRODUCTION: Close Up Films, Geneva / Kino produzioni, Rome / RAI / RSI SWISS PRODUCERS: Joëlle Bertossa, Flavia Zanon

MICHELE PENNETTA * 1984 in Italy. Michele Pennetta received his Bachelor in Visual Communication from SUPSI in Lugano in 2008 and his Master in Cinema from École Cantonale d’Art de Lausanne (ECAL) in 2010. His short documentaries THE BET (2013) and THE DOGS BARK (2010) were selected for numerous international festivals. His first feature-length documentary FISHING BODIES (2016) premiered at the Locarno Film Festival, Cineasti del presente.

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JUST KIDS directed by Christophe Blanc

FRANCE / SWITZERLAND Fiction, 103 min., 2020 ORIGINAL LANGUAGE: French SCREENPLAY: Olivier Blanc CAST: Kacey Mottet Klein, Andrea Maggiulli, Anamaria Vartolomei PRODUCTION: Blue Monday Productions, Paris / P.S. Productions Sàrl, Châtel-St-Denis / RTS SWISS PRODUCER: Xavier Grin

WORLD SALES: Be For Films, Brussels www.beforfilms.com

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CHRISTOPHE BLANC * 1966 in France. Christophe Blanc turned to directing after studying photography at Universty of Marseille. His first short film VIOLENTE (1992) received numerous awards.

His first medium-length film FAUTE DE SOLEIL (1996) was presented at the Directors’ Fortnight in Cannes. UNE FEMME D’EXTÉRIEUR (2000) with Agnès Jaoui in the lead role, received great critical and public reception. Blanc is further known for the film BLANC COMME NEIGE (2010).

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Jack, 19, Lisa, 17, and Mathis, 10, abruptly become orphans.

Each one reacts to the family disaster in their own way.

Lisa distances herself, Jack, barely of age, is given custody of Mathis. A new life begins. But how can you be responsible for a child when you are barely out of your teens?

And how can you build a future when the past becomes a dangerous obsession? The strength and energy of youth can work miracles.

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written & directed by Iliana Estañol, Johanna Lietha 4

Six teenagers in Vienna, three stories that are subtly interweaved. A film about identity, love and sexuality in a digital society, that offers many possibilities, as well as extreme challenges. What we observe is a snapshot, an excerpt from their lives. An attempt to better understand the bold youth of our time as well as the society we live in.

Fiction

WORLD SALES: WIDE, Paris www.widemanagement.com WORLD PREMIERE: Filmfestival Max Ophüls Preis Saarbrücken 2020 Fiction Competition MORE INFORMATION: lovecut-film.com

SWITZERLAND / AUSTRIA Fiction, 94 min., 2020 ORIGINAL LANGUAGE: German CAST: Kerem Abdelhamed, Valentin Gruber, Melissa Irowa, Max Kuess, Sara Toth, Luca von Schrader PRODUCTION: Silverio Films, Zurich / Everything is Film, Vienna SWISS PRODUCERS: Iliana Estañol, Johanna Lietha

ILIANA ESTAÑOL Iliana Estañol studied film in Cuba and Berlin. She holds a Master in Film from the Zurich University of the Arts (ZHdK).

NORDLAND (2014) was her debut film as a producer.

JOHANNA LIETHA Johanna Lietha studied filmmaking at the London University of the Arts. Since 2009 she assists renowned directors in feature film productions and has directed short films.

The duo works together since 2014. LOVECUT won Best Screenplay in Saarbrücken.

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MARE Mare has never flown, although she lives right next to the airport with her husband and their three teenage kids.

She loves her family, cares for them, but sometimes almost feels like a stranger in her own home. Who are these people she lives with? Mare finds herself gazing at the planes overhead, longing for change and the unknown. When one day a younger man moves into the house next door, she puts her life to the test.

SWITZERLAND / CROATIA WORLD SALES: Fiction, 84 min., 2020 Be For Films, Brussels ORIGINAL LANGUAGES: www.beforfilms.com Croatian, English WORLD PREMIERE: CAST: Berlinale 2020 Marija Škaričić, Goran Navojec, Panorama Mateusz Kościukiewicz, Mirjana Karanović PRODUCTION: Okofilm Productions, Zurich / Dinaridi Film, Zagreb / SRF / SRG SSR / ZDF / ARTE SWISS PRODUCERS: Thomas Imbach, Andrea Štaka

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ANDREA ŠTAKA Andrea Štaka studied Film at the Zurich University of the Arts (ZHdK). Her first feature film FRAULEIN (2006) won the Golden Leopard at the Locarno Festival and the Heart of Sarajevo at the Sarajevo Film Festival. CURE – THE LIFE OF ANOTHER (2014) was awarded at the Filmfestival Max Ophüls Preis among others. MARE is Štaka’s third feature film.

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written & directed by Andrea Štaka

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MY LITTLE SISTER

SCHWESTERLEIN

written & directed by Stéphanie Chuat, Véronique Reymond 6

Brilliant playwright, Lisa no longer writes. She lives in Switzerland with her family but her heart has stayed in Berlin, beating to the rhythm of her brother’s heart.

The ties between the twins have grown stronger since Sven was diagnosed with an aggressive type of leukaemia.

He’s a famous theatre actor and Lisa refuses to accept his fate, moving heaven and earth to get him back on stage. She gives her all for her soulmate, neglecting everything else, even risking her marriage.

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WORLD SALES: Beta Cinema, Oberhaching www.betacinema.com WORLD PREMIERE: Berlinale 2020 Competition

SWITZERLAND Fiction, 99 min., 2020 ORIGINAL LANGUAGE: German CAST: Nina Hoss, Lars Eidinger, Marthe Keller, Jens Albinus PRODUCTION: Vega Film, Zurich / RTS / SRG SSR / ARTE G.E.I.E. PRODUCER: Ruth Waldburger

STÉPHANIE CHUAT * 1970 VÉRONIQUE REYMOND * 1971 Chuat and Reymond’s awardwinning debut film THE LITTLE BEDROOM (2010) premiered in competition at the Locarno Film Festival. It was the Swiss submission for the Academy Awards and won Best Fiction Film and Best Screenplay at the Swiss Film Awards 2011.

Their documentary feature LADIES (2018) premiered at Visions du Réel and was a Swiss box-office hit.

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MY WONDERFUL WANDA directed by Bettina Oberli

SWITZERLAND Fiction, 110 min., 2020 ORIGINAL LANGUAGE: German SCREENPLAY: Cooky Ziesche, Bettina Oberli CAST: Marthe Keller, André Jung, Birgit Minichmayr, Jacob Matschenz, Anatole Taubman, Agnieszka Grochowska PRODUCTION: Zodiac Pictures Ltd, Zurich / SRF / SRG SSR / Teleclub PRODUCERS: Lukas Hobi, Reto Schaerli

WORLD SALES: The Match Factory, Cologne www.the-match-factory.com WORLD PREMIERE: Tribeca Film Festival New York 2020 International Competition

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BETTINA OBERLI * 1972. Bettina Oberli studied Film at Zurich University of the Arts (ZHdK) and is known for her award-winning first feature NORTH WIND (2004), which premiered in San Sebastian. Her second feature LATE BLOOMERS (2006), became a huge box office hit in Switzerland and was selected for several international film festivals. WITH THE WIND (2018) premiered at the Locarno Film Festival and was honoured with the Variety Piazza Grande Award.

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Wanda nurses the patriarch of the wealthy WegmeisterGloor family. When an unexpected complication arises, family secrets come to light and arrangements are made to try and appease everyone in this biting family drama.

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Spring 1995 – after the closure of the Needle Park and the public drug scene in Zurich, eleven-year-old Mia and her heroin addicted mother Sandrine are relocated to the countryside. While caring for her mother, Mia spends time with her imaginary friend and a gang of local teenage misfits. These friendships finally give her the strength to rebel and break free from her abusive mother.

WORLD SALES: Global Screen GmbH, Munich www.globalscreen.de

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NEEDLE PARK BABY

SWITZERLAND Fiction, 100 min., 2020 ORIGINAL LANGUAGE: Swiss-German SCREENPLAY: André Küttel CAST: Sarah Spale, Luna Mwezi, Delio Malär, Jerry Hoffmann, Anouk Petri PRODUCTION: C-FILMS AG, Zurich / SRF / SRG SSR / Teleclub PRODUCER: Peter Reichenbach

PIERRE MONNARD * 1976. Pierre Monnard studied film in England. His short film, SWAPPED (2002), toured the globe earning more than twenty international prizes, including a Swiss Film Award for Best Short Film. After his feature debut, RECYCLING LILY (2013), he directed the TV series ANOMALIA (2015), and the first two seasons of WILDER (BURIED TRUTH) (2017). His recent projects include the arte documentary BLOOD BUSINESS (2016) as well as the documentary series ONE YEAR IN THE VINEYARD (2019).

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THE FORGOTTEN directed by Daria Onyshchenko

UKRAINE / SWITZERLAND Fiction, 105 min., 2019 ORIGINAL LANGUAGES: Russian, Ukrainian SCREENPLAY: Daria Onyshchenko, Claudia Lehmann CAST: Marina Koshkina, Vasyl Kuharskyj, Daniil Kamenskyj PRODUCTION: Directory Films, Kyiv / Lehmann Sisters, Zurich / Jovera Pictures, Freienbach SWISS PRODUCER: Claudia Lehmann

WORLD SALES: WIDE, Paris www.widemanagement.com WORLD PREMIERE: Warsaw International Film Festival 2019

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DARIA ONYSHCHENKO * 1983 in Ukraine. Daria Onyshchenko is a Ukrainian film director and writer. She studied communication, PR and international Journalism at the Taras Shevchenko University in Kiev, before pursuing her studies in film. She graduated from the University of Television and Film in Munich in 2012. Her first feature film, EASTALGIA (2014), received many awards at international festivals.

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Nina is a Ukrainian language teacher who can’t leave her city occupied by separatists in Eastern Ukraine. Andrii is a student who was orphaned in the aftermath of the war.

They cross paths when Nina witnesses Andrii being arrested by the police for a trifle. Nina immediately knows that she has to help Andrii, because they live in a world of injustice and lies, so Andrii might end up staying in jail for a long time.

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A 10-year-old Roma boy living in Sweden attempts to come to terms with the mysterious Resignation syndrome that has put his two sisters in a coma. The tight-knit family is trying to rebuild a normal life far from their native Kosovo where they were victims of persecution. While their entire future hangs in the balance of a pending asylum request, the little boy dreams of building a spaceship to leave it all behind.

Documentary

WORLD SALES: CAT& Docs, Paris www.catndocs.com WORLD PREMIERE: Tribeca Film Festival New York 2020 World Documentary Competition

SWITZERLAND / FRANCE Documentary, 74 min., 2020 ORIGINAL LANGUAGES: Albanian, Swedish PRODUCTION: Alva Film Production, Geneva / Mélisande Films, Paris / Dea Gjinovci, Geneva / RTS SWISS PRODUCERS: Britta Rindelaub, Jasmin Basic, Dea Gjinovci

DEA GJINOVCI * 1993. Dea Gjinovci has a Master in Ethnographic and Documentary film from University College London.

Her first short documentary SANS LE KOSOVO (2017) was awarded Best National Film Award at Dokufest Prizren and screened at several international film festivals. WAKE UP ON MARS is her first featurelength documentary and won the RTS-Perspective d’un doc award at Visions du Réel 2018 for a docu­mentary project in development and received a Sundance Institute development grant.

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NEMESIS The film explores the destruction of a unique train station in Zurich and the construction of the new prison and police centre in its place. From the perspective of the filmmaker’s window, and with testimony from prisoners awaiting deportation, the film probes how we deal with the extinction of history and its replacement with total security.

WORLD RIGHTS: SWITZERLAND Okofilm Productions, Zurich Documentary, 132 min., 2020 www.okofilm.ch ORIGINAL LANGUAGES: NATIONAL PREMIERE: German, English Visions du Réel Nyon 2020 PRODUCTION: International Competition Okofilm Productions, Zurich / Bachim Film, Zurich PRODUCERS: Thomas Imbach, Andrea Štaka

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THOMAS IMBACH As one of Switzerland’s most innovative and internationally renowned filmmakers, Thomas Imbach moves with virtuous mastery between documentary and fiction. HAPPINESS IS A WARM GUN (2001), LENZ (2006) and I WAS A SWISS BANKER (2007) as well as the documentary DAY IS DONE (2011) premiered at the Berlinale. His English-language period drama MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS (2013) was selected for TIFF. His last fiction film MY BROTHER MY LOVE (2018) premiered in Locarno’s competition.

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written & directed by Thomas Imbach

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ONE-WAY TO MOSCOW

MOSKAU EINFACH!

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directed by Micha Lewinsky In 1989, Switzerland was shocked by a scandal: over 900’000 people were monitored for their political convictions. The zealous policeman Viktor Schuler is sent to the Zurich Schauspielhaus to observe the left-wing theatre scene. But soon he falls in love with the actress Odile, whom he is supposed to monitor. There is no going back: He must choose between his mission and his heart.

SWITZERLAND WORLD SALES: Fiction, 99 min., 2020 Patra Spanou Film, Dusseldorf ORIGINAL LANGUAGES: patraspanou.com German, Swiss-German WORLD PREMIERE: SCREENPLAY: Solothurner Filmtage 2020 Plinio Bachmann, Barbara Sommer, Micha Lewinsky CAST: Philippe Graber, Miriam Stein, Mike Müller, Michael Maertens PRODUCTION: Langfilm / Bernard Lang AG, Freienstein / SRF / Teleclub PRODUCERS: Olivier Zobrist, Anne-Catherine Lang

MICHA LEWINSKY * 1972. Micha Lewinsky is a screenwriter and film director. His first feature THE FRIEND (2008) was Switzerland’s 2009 Academy Awards submission for Best Foreign Language Film. His second feature WILL YOU MARRY US? (2009) was a box-office success in Switzerland and Germany. For A DECENT MAN (2015) he received the Swiss Film Award for Best Screenplay. The film premiered at the Zurich Film Festival 2015 and was selected for numerous international festivals.

RECENTLY RELEASED JAGDZEIT

OPEN SEASON directed by Sabine Boss

SWITZERLAND Fiction, 90 min., 2020 ORIGINAL LANGUAGE: German SCREENPLAY: Simone Schmid CAST: Stefan Kurt, Ulrich Tukur, Sarah Viktoria Frick, Pierre Siegenthaler, Therese Affolter, Anna Tenta PRODUCTION: Turnus Film AG, Zurich / SRF / Teleclub PRODUCERS: Anita Wasser, Michael Steiger

WORLD SALES: Atlas International Film, Oberhaching www.atlasfilm.com WORLD PREMIERE: Solothurner Filmtage 2020

Fiction

SABINE BOSS * 1966. Sabine Boss is the head of the film departement of the Zurich University of the Arts (ZHdK) and works as director and screenwriter for film, TV and theatre. She has directed numerous fictions films such as the Swiss box-office success I’M THE KEEPER (2014) for which she received four Swiss Film Awards, among them the Award for Best Fiction Film and Best Screenplay.

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

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1984: Searching for an experience beyond modern civilisation, Bruno Manser travels into the jungles of Borneo and finds the nomadic Penan tribe. When the existence of the Penan is threatened by relentless deforestation, Manser takes up the fight against logging with a courage and determination that makes him one of the most renowned and credible environmentalists of his time.

Based on a true story.

Fiction

WORLD SALES: TrustNordisk ApS, Hvidovre www.trustnordisk.com WORLD PREMIERE: Zurich Film Festival 2019

SWITZERLAND Fiction, 141 min., 2019 ORIGINAL LANGUAGES: English, Swiss-German, Penan SCREENPLAY: Niklaus Hilber, Patrick Tönz, David Clemens CAST: Sven Schelker, Nick Kelesau, Elizabeth Ballang PRODUCTION: A Film Company / Das Kollektiv / SRF / Teleclub / Superfilm Filmproduktionen PRODUCERS: Valentin Greutert, Philip Delaquis

NIKLAUS HILBER * 1970. Niklaus Hilber studied directing at NYU Tisch School of the Arts and screenwriting at the AFI in Los Angeles. His previous film AMATEUR TEENS (2015) received the Audience Award at the Zurich Film Festival and was awarded with the Zurich Film Prize 2015. It also screened in competition at the 19th Tallin Black Nights Film Festival as well as at Cinema Jove in Valencia.

Together with producer Joëlle Bertossa, Flavia Zanon is the co-owner of Geneva based Close Up Films. The production company gained international recognition with the coproduction of the documentary ADVOCATE which premiered at Sundance in 2019. The film has won numerous festival awards and made the Oscar shortlist in the Documentary Feature category.

FLAVIA ZANON

PRODUCER ON THE MOVE

Producer Flavia Zanon was the Swiss participant for the Producers on the Move programme of the European Film Promotion EFP, on recommendation of SWISS FILMS.

This January, Flavia Zanon celebrated the premiere of her latest coproduction YALDA, A NIGHT FOR FORGIVENESS (2020) by Iranian director Massoud Bakhshi at the Sundance Film Festival where it won the World Cinema Grand Jury Prize in the Dramatic category. In February, the fiction film screened in the Generation 14plus Competition at the Berlinale.

FILMOGRAPHY (SELECTION) SHOOTING 2020/21 THUNDER (FOUDRE)

by Carmen Jaquier (Switzerland) IN DEVELOPMENT 2020 TANZANITE

by Kantarama Gahigiri (Switzerland / South Africa) RELEASED YALDA, A NIGHT FOR FORGIVENESS (2020)

by Massoud Bakhshi (France / Germany / Switzer­land / Luxembourg / Iran)

IL MIO CORPO (2020)

by Michele Pennetta (Switzerland / Italy ) THE SALT OF TEARS (2020)

by Philippe Garrel (France / Switzerland) ADVOCATE (2019)

by Philippe Bellaïche, Rachel Leah Jones (Israel / Canada / Switzerland) BIRD ISLAND (2019)

by Maya Kosa, Sergio da Costa (Switzerland)

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Close Up Films produced the documentary BIRD ISLAND (2019) by Maya Kosa and Sergio da Costa. The film celebrated its world premiere in Locarno in 2019 and subsequently screened at the festivals in San Sebastian, Leipzig and Montreal, among others.

PRODUCERS NETWORK

MARIE-LOU PAHUD * 1989. Executive producer and production manager at Bande à part Films in Lausanne since 2017.

Studied Cinema in Buenos Aires.

2013–17 worked as assistant producer, line producer and post production manager at Rita Productions on projects such as MY LIFE AS A ZUCCHINI (2016) and DIRTY GOLD WAR (2015).

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IN FINANCING ACTING PAIN by Elena Avdija (doc) IN POST PRODUCTION THE BRAIN by Jean-Stéphane Bron (doc) RELEASED 2018 SHOCK WAVES – DIARY OF MY MIND

by Ursula Meier (fiction) 2018 SHOCK WAVES – FIRST NAME: MATHIEU

by Lionel Baier (fiction)

FRANZISKA SONDER * 1985. Cofounder and producer at Ensemble Film in Zurich. Worked several years in film production.

Participant of the Atelier Ludwigsburg Paris of Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg and La Fémis.

Selected for Eurodoc 2018 and Rotterdam Lab 2019.

IN FINANCING ARCTIC LINK by Ian Purnell (doc) ANOTHER DAY IN THE GARDEN

by Lasse Linder (doc) BRAVE NEW SWITZERLAND by Benny Jaberg, Maurizius Staerkle Drux (doc) IN PRODUCTION LOVING HIGHSMITH by Eva Vitija (doc) IN POST PRODUCTION DIDA by Corina Schwingruber Ilić, Nikola Ilić (doc) THANK YOU FOR THE VISIT by Julia Furer (doc)

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A PIECE OF SKY written & directed by Michael Koch

In a remote mountain village the still young love of Anna and Marco is put to a severe test. As a result of a brain tumour, Marco increasingly loses his impulse control.

In the tense relationship between the village community and the effects of Marco’s illness, Anna tries to preserve a love that in the end outshines even death.

TFL participant at the ScriptLab 2018.

Fiction

SWITZERLAND / GERMANY WORLD SALES: Fiction, 90 min.

New Europe Film Sales, ORIGINAL LANGUAGE: Warsaw Swiss-German www.neweuropefilmsales.com CAST: Michèle Brand, Simon Wisler PRODUCTION: hugofilm features GmbH, Zurich / Pandora Film Produktion, Cologne / SRF / SRG SSR / ARTE SWISS PRODUCER: Christof Neracher

MICHAEL KOCH * 1982. Michael Koch worked as an actor in various theatre peformances and films prior to studying filmmaking at the Academy of Media Arts in Cologne (KHM). In 2008 he graduated with a degree from KHM. He received the German Short Film Award in 2009 and a special mention at the Berlinale for POLAR (2008).

His first feature-length film, MARIJA (2016), premiered in Competition at Locarno Film Festival.

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SWITZERLAND / BELGIUM / ITALY Fiction, 93 min.

ORIGINAL LANGUAGE: Italian SCREENPLAY: Niccolò Castelli, Stefano Pasetto CAST: Matilda De Angelis, Helmi Dridi, Nicola Perot, Irene Casagrande, Angelo Bison, Anna Manuelli, Kevin Blaser PRODUCTION: Imagofilm Lugano / Climax Films, Brussels / Tempesta, Bologna / RSI / SRG SSR SWISS PRODUCERS: Villi Hermann, Michela Pini

WORLD RIGHTS: Imagofilm Lugano www.imagofilm.ch

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NICCOLÒ CASTELLI * 1982. Niccolò Castelli studied Philosophy and Cinema at the University of Bologna and Film at Zurich University of the Arts (ZHdK). His award-winning debut film TUTTI GIÙ – EVERYBODY SOMETIMES FALLS (2012) premiered at the Locarno Film Festival within Cineasti del presente. His second feature-length fiction film ATLAS was selected for the Work-InProgress section at the Industry Village of the Les Arcs festival.

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

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

WORLD RIGHTS: Alina film, Geneva www.alinafilm.com

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SWITZERLAND / ARGENTINA / FRANCE Fiction, 100 min.

ORIGINAL LANGUAGES: French, Spanish CAST: Fabrizio Rongione PRODUCTION: Alina film, Geneva / Ruda cine, Buenos Aires / Local Films, Paris / RTS SWISS PRODUCERS: Eugenia Mumenthaler, David Epiney

ANDREAS FONTANA * 1982. After completing his Master in Comparative Literature at the University of Geneva, Andreas Fontana moved to Buenos Aires where he trained as production assistant. In 2010 he graduated with a Master in film production from the ECAL in Lausanne and the HEAD in Geneva.

His first short film COTONOV VANISHED (2009) won the First Steps prize at Visions du Réel in Nyon. In 2016, his short film PEDRO M, 1981, was nominated for the Swiss Film Award.

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OLIVER RIHS * 1971. Oliver Rihs is a Swiss director, screenwriter and producer since 1995.

BROMBEERCHEN (2002) was his first feature-length film, followed by SCHWARZE SCHAFE (2006), which attained cult status in Berlin, his adoptive home as of 1999.

He is founder and partner of Port au Prince Film & Kultur Produktion since 2008.

SWITZERLAND / GERMANY WORLD RIGHTS: Fiction, 117 min.

Contrast Film, Zurich ORIGINAL LANGUAGES: www.contrastfilm.ch German, Swiss-German SCREENPLAY: Dave Tucker, Ivan Madeo, Oliver Keidel, Oliver Rihs CAST: Joel Basman, Marie Leuenberger, Anatole Taubman, Jella Haase PRODUCTION: Contrast Film, Zurich / Port au Prince, Berlin / Niama Film, Stuttgart / SRF / Teleclub / ARTE / BR / HR SWISS PRODUCERS: Ivan Madeo, Stefan Eichenberger

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

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A promising Italian cartoonist lands in Buenos Aires in 1950, with the dream of reaching the United States, to discover that, for him, America will be Argentina.

The country immediately overpowers him with its massive economic boom and a cultural scene among the most vibrant in the world. We are at the dawn of Argentina’s most raving decade and the young immigrant feels that all the promises of this country are for him to grasp.

His name will indeed make itself known: Hugo Pratt.

Documentary

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

SWITZERLAND Documentary, 90 min.

ORIGINAL LANGUAGES: French, Spanish PRODUCTION: Fiumi Film, Promontogno / RSI SWISS PRODUCER: Vittoria Fiumi

STEFANO KNUCHEL * 1966. Stefanio Knuchel is a mostly self-taught director.

In 1988 he started working for the Italian Swiss radio and later for the Italian Swiss Broadcasting Service (RSI).

He received a diploma from The Film & Photographic Workshop, Rockport in Maine in 2001. He is the founder of Venus and beyond production company. Among his documentaries are HUGO EN AFRIQUE (2009), selected at the Orizzonti competition at the 66th Venice Film Festival and QUANDO ERO CLOCLO (2017).

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JILL

SWITZERLAND / GERMANY Fiction, 100 min.

ORIGINAL LANGUAGE: English CAST: Tom Pelphrey, Juliet Rylance PRODUCTION: hugofilm features, Zurich / K5 Film, Munich / SRF SWISS PRODUCER: Christof Neracher

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

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STEVEN MICHAEL HAYES * 1973. Steven Michael Hayes studied Film at the Zurich University of the Arts (ZHdK) and received his Bachelor in 2003. For his diploma film MEYERS (2003) he received the Premio Action Light Award for Best Swiss Newcomer.

Hayes directed numerous commercials and teaches film at the ZHdK. JILL is his first feature-length film.

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Jill only learns on a trip into the past who her father really was, and why he defended his dream to his last breath.

The truth of a failed utopian dream lies between long forgotten pictures and far away voices.

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VON FISCHEN UND MENSCHEN

written & directed by Stefanie Klemm

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Happiness is complete when Judith, her 6-year-old daughter Milla and her assistant, former drug addict Gabriel, get together on the remote fish farm in the Bernese Jura. But then Milla tragically dies in an accident and the idyll breaks.

WORLD RIGHTS: Dschoint Ventschr Filmproduktion AG, Zurich www.dvfilm.ch

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OF FISH AND MEN

SWITZERLAND Fiction, 90 min.

ORIGINAL LANGUAGE: Swiss-German CAST: Sarah Spale, Matthias Britschgi, Sarah Hostettler, Julian Koechlin, Lia Wagner, Michael Neuenschwander, Lukas Kubik, Lisanne Hirzel, Viviana Aliberti, Manfred Liechti PRODUCTION: Dschoint Ventschr Filmproduktion AG, Zurich / SRF PRODUCER: Sereina Gabathuler

STEFANIE KLEMM * 1966 in Germany. Stefanie Klemm studied German and Psychology at University of Bern. She worked as a teacher and dancer. In 2010 she completed her Master in Film at Zurich University of the Arts (ZHdK). She works as an author and film director, and is the owner of the production company bluebox film.

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

SWITZERLAND / FRANCE Fiction, 90 min.

ORIGINAL LANGUAGE: French SCREENPLAY: Elie Grappe, Raphaëlle Desplechin CAST: Nastya Budiashkina, Caterina Barloggio, Jérôme Martin PRODUCTION: Point Prod, Geneva / RTS / Cinéma Defacto, Paris SWISS PRODUCER: Jean-Marc Fröhle

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2013. Exiled in Switzerland, Olga, a talented 15-year-old Ukrainian gymnast, passionate about her sport, is trying to secure a place in the National Sports Centre. But the Euromaidan revolt erupts in Kiev, and suddenly her loved ones are involved. As the young girl finds herself obliged to adapt to her new country and prepare for the European Championships, the Ukrainian Revolution enters her life and nothing will ever be the same.

WORLD SALES: Pulsar Content, Paris www.pulsarcontent.com

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GRAND ÉCART

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Winter, in a rural area. Marina, a teacher in her mid-forties, leads a quiet family life with her husband and daughter.

But appearances are deceptive. In secret she has an affair with Artem, the father of her student Ulyana. Both have lived in Switzerland for years without a residence permit.

When the girl is caught stealing, the game of hide-and-seek comes to light and puts everyone involved in trouble.

WORLD RIGHTS: CognitoFilms, Zurich www.cognito-films.ch

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SPAGAT / ШПAГAТ

SWITZERLAND Fiction, 110 min.

ORIGINAL LANGUAGES: Swiss-German, Russian SCREENPLAY: Christian Johannes Koch, Josa Sesink CAST: Rachel Braunschweig, Alexey Serebryakov, Masha Demiri, Michael Neuenschwander, Nellie Hächler PRODUCTION: CognitoFilms, Zurich / SRF PRODUCERS: Rajko Jazbec, Dario Schoch

CHRISTIAN JOHANNES KOCH * 1986. Christian Johannes Koch is a director, scriptwriter and lecturer in story development. He lives in Zurich and Berlin. His work oscillates between different media and institutional contexts. After studying photography at the Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst in Leipzig, he studied film directing at the Film University Babelsberg Konrad Wolf and graduated with a Master’s degree. The social drama SPAGAT is his directorial feature-film debut.

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RAMON & SILVAN ZÜRCHER * 1982. Ramon Zürcher studied Visual Arts at the Bern School of Arts (HKB) and Film at the DFFB in Berlin. * 1982. Silvan Zürcher studied Philosophy, Film and German in Zurich and Bern and Production at the DFFB. Their award-winning debut film THE STRANGE LITTLE CAT (2013) premiered at the Forum of the Berlinale and has been shown at over 80 festivals, such as TIFF, Cannes, Viennale and New Directors / New Films in New York.

WORLD RIGHTS: SWITZERLAND Beauvoir Films, Geneva Fiction, 90 min. www.beauvoirfilms.ch ORIGINAL LANGUAGE: German SCREENPLAY: Ramon Zürcher, Silvan Zürcher CAST: Henriette Confurius, Liliane Amuat, Ursina Lardi, Flurin Giger, André M. Hennicke, Ivan Georgiev, Dagna Litzenberger Vinet, Lea Draeger, Sabine Timoteo, Birte Schnöink PRODUCTION: Beauvoir Films, Geneva / SRF PRODUCERS: Aline Schmid, Adrian Blaser

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Lisa moves out. Mara is left behind. All sorts of commotion transpire. As boxes are being moved, tile joints renewed and cupboards built, abysses begin to open up, yearnings fill the room and an emotional rollercoaster is set in motion.

A tragicomic catastrophe film. A poetic ballad about change and transience.

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LA TERRE DE MES ENTRAILLES

written & directed by Fisnik Maxhuni

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In 2008, after years of exile, Remo returns to his native Kosovo. He must help his 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 future. A film about the possibility of truth in a place that only knows survival.

WORLD RIGHTS: Alva Film Production, Geneva www.alvafilm.ch

Fiction

THE LAND WITHIN ME

SWITZERLAND / KOSOVO / FRANCE / BULGARIA Fiction, 90 min.

ORIGINAL LANGUAGES: Albanian, French PRODUCTION: Alva Film Production, Geneva / Ikonë Studio, Pristina / Kazak Productions, Paris / Red Carpet Productions, Sofia SWISS PRODUCER: Britta Rindelaub

FISNIK MAXHUNI * 1989 in Kosovo. Fisnik Maxhuni was a refugee in Switzerland until 2005. He studied film at ECAL / HEAD, completing his studies with a Master. His first film LOST EXILE (2016) premiered in Locarno and won a jury award. He then directed THE VALLEY OF HAPPINESS (2017), ZVICRA (2018) and ENDGAME (2020). He is currently in post-production on a documentary shot in Canada. THE LAND WITHIN ME is his first feature-length film.

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MARC WILKINS * 1976. Marc Wilkins has joint Swiss and British citizenship.

He works as a screenwriter and director in New York and is known for his award-winning short film BON VOYAGE (2016), which screened at numerous international film festivals and won the Swiss Film Award for Best Short Film as well as the award for Best Live Action Short Over 15 Minutes at Palm Springs International ShortFest. THE SAINT OF THE IMPOSSIBLE is his first feature-length film.

WORLD RIGHTS: SWITZERLAND Dschoint Ventschr Fiction, 90 min.

Filmproduktion AG, Zurich ORIGINAL LANGUAGES: www.dvfilm.ch English, Spanish SCREENPLAY: Lani-Rain Feltham, Marc Wilkins CAST: Magaly Solier, Marcelo Durand, Adriano Durand, Tara Thaller, Simon Käser PRODUCTION: Dschoint Ventschr Filmproduktion AG, Zurich / SRF PRODUCER: Joël Louis Jent

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Paul and Tito, two Peruvian teenagers, are looking for meaning, hope and of course sex in the city of New York.

Meanwhile, their mother Raffaella falls head over heels for a Swiss pulp fiction author and dreams of a bright future with him. But in the city of invisibles, the biggest dreamers often fall the farthest.

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SWITZERLAND Fiction SCREENPLAY: Silvia Wolkan, Christine Repond PRODUCERS: Stefan Eichenberger, Ivan Madeo PRODUCTION AND WORLD RIGHTS: Contrast Film Bern www.contrastfilm.ch

CHRISTINE REPOND * 1981. Christine Repond studied Directing at the Macromedia Academy in Munich. In her work she focuses on uncomfortable topics that are socially taboo.

Her first feature SILVER FOREST (2011) received eight awards, including the Max Ophüls Prize for Best Directing. Her last feature VACUUM (2017) premiered in competition at Tallinn Black Nights, winning the Jury Prize for Best Actress.

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35-year-old Antonia wants nothing more than to lead a normal life with a husband and child. But how is that possible if she only feels sexually attracted to under-age boys?

selected at Berlin Co-Production Market 2020 SWITZERLAND Fiction PRODUCERS: Michela Pini, Aurelius Eisenreich PRODUCTION AND WORLD RIGHTS: 8horses www.8horses.ch

SIMON JAQUEMET * 1978. Simon Jaquemet studied Film at Zurich University of the Arts (ZHdK). His award-winning first feature CHRIEG (2014) was selected for numerous international festivals such as San Sebastian, Sao Paulo and Karlovy Vary. His second feature film THE INNOCENT (2018) premiered at TIFF. It became a festival hit and won the Swiss Film Award for Best Actress 2019.

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When his newborn son is threatened by a rare disease, a computer scientist enters into a pact with the complex AI life-form he is developing. This initiates a chain reaction that puts an end to the world as we know it.

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ELENE NAVERIANI * 1985 in Georgia. Elene Naveriani studied Painting at State Academy of Art in Tbilisi.

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

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SWITZERLAND / GEORGIA Fiction SCREENPLAY: Elene Naveriani, Sandro Naveriani PRODUCTION: maximage, Zurich / Takes Film, Tbilisi SWISS PRODUCERS: Cornelia Seitler, Brigitte Hofer WORLD RIGHTS: maximage, Zurich www.maximage.ch

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A village on the Black Sea with nice people who think they know each other. One day the teacher Eliko is found hanged.

The only relative, his granddaughter Moe, is called to the funeral. With her arrival, she reveals step by step the secret of Eliko’s love life with Amnon and its tragic consequences.

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A young Filippino maid poisons her elderly Swiss employer and gets rich.

SWITZERLAND Fiction PRODUCERS: Cornelia Seitler, Brigitte Hofer PRODUCTION AND WORLD RIGHTS: maximage, Zurich www.maximage.ch

DOMINIK LOCHER * 1982. Dominik Locher studied theatre at Zurich University of the Arts (ZHdK) and film at the renowned American Film Institute in Los Angeles.

His award-winning first feature TEMPO GIRL (2013) premiered at the Hofer Filmtage and was screened in competition at numerous international festivals. GOLIATH (2017) premiered in the International Competition at the Locarno Film Festival.

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Selected at Cinemart 2019 SWITZERLAND / IRELAND Fiction PRODUCTION: maximage, Zurich / Forcletta Film, Turtmann / Hail Mary Pictures, Dublin SWISS PRODUCERS: Brigitte Hofer, Cornelia Seitler WORLD RIGHTS: maximage, Zurich www.maximage.ch

NICOLAS STEINER * 1984. Nicolas Steiner worked as drummer and gravedigger before attending the European Film College in Denmark in 2005. In 2014 he was Artist in Residency in Brooklyn, NYC. He proceeded to study directing at the Film Academy BadenWürttemberg, Ludwigsburg, graduating in 2017. With ABOVE AND BELOW (2016) he was awarded with the German Film Prize and Swiss Film Award, Best Documentary.

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Two Irish brothers follow the path of water from the Atlantic and storm-beaten Horse Island to the springs of Eastern Tibet, looking for an untamed peak that represents perhaps the last “white spot” on the map. At the “Flying Mountain”, as the Khampa nomads reverently call it, their search leads them in very different ways to death. Based on the novel “The Flying Mountain” by Christoph Ransmayr.

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MATTHIAS HUSER * 1979. Matthias Huser attended Zurich University of the Arts (ZHdK), graduating in 2005. He trained as a visual artist and film director at the University of New South Wales in Sydney. He is the director of THEY CHASED ME THROUGH ARIZONA (2014) which premiered at the Locarno Film Festival and HUNDE (2016) which celebrated its premiere in Cannes at the Cinéfondation.

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Sheila returns to her former childhood home with her husband Thomas. She accepts the invitation of her father Balthazar, who lives a withdrawn life as the selfproclaimed protector of his remote property in the jungle. For Sheila it is a visit, for Balthazar it is the return of his daughter.

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CARMEN JAQUIER * 1985. Carmen Jaquier is a director and screenwriter.

She studied film and screenwriting at ECAL/HEAD (Lausanne/Geneva). Her diploma film The Girls’ Grave (2012) won the Silver Pardino at the Locarno Film Festival.

THUNDER is her first featurelength film.

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On the edge of a small village in the Swiss countryside, a group of four teenagers explore love and violence in their childhood treehouse. It is the first summer of 1900, their experimenting will lead them to break with the world and themselves.

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TFL participant at FeatureLab 2019 Switzerland, 1877. Josephine finds employment in a watch factory, where she produces the axis of the unrest, a minute piece causing the swing in the centre of the mechanical watch. In the local anarchist movement, the Fédération Jurassienne, she meets Piotr Kropotkin, a moony Russian traveller. Walking through the nearby woods, they ask themselves: Aren’t time, money and the government all but fictions?

SWITZERLAND Fiction PRODUCER: Michela Pini PRODUCTION AND WORLD RIGHTS: Seeland Filmproduktion GmbH, Zurich

CYRIL SCHÄUBLIN * 1984. Cyril Schäublin studied cinema in Beijing and in Berlin.

His debut feature THOSE WHO ARE FINE (2017) premiered in Locarno. The film screened at festivals in Rotterdam, New York, Shanghai, among others, and was awarded Best Film at Edinburgh International Film Festival in 2018. The film was nominated for the European Film Awards 2018.

DISTRIBUTION SUPPORT NON-EUROPEAN COUNTRIES

Its aim is to strengthen the visibility and the distribution of Swiss films in Europe. The subsidies are granted according to the “Guidelines Funding for the distribution of Swiss films and coproductions in foreign countries”.

Applications must be submitted by the European distributor via the Swiss producer.

Its aim is to strengthen the visibility and the distribution of Swiss films outside of Europe. Eligible territories: Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, Hong Kong, Colombia, Japan, Mexico, New Zealand, South Korea, Taiwan and USA. Applications must be submitted by the foreign distributor via the Swiss producer.

A support measure by the Swiss Federal Office of Culture (FOC), administrated by SWISS FILMS. www.bak.admin.ch Contact: support@swissfilms.ch

A support measure by SWISS FILMS in collaboration with the Swiss Federal Office of Culture (FOC). www.swissfilms.ch/en/distribution Contact: support@swissfilms.ch

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Supporting the theatrical release of Swiss feature films in Europe.

Supporting the theatrical release of Swiss feature films in thirteen selected non-European territories.

SUPPORT MEASURES

DISTRIBUTION SUPPORT EUROPEAN COUNTRIES

FILM SALES SUPPORT

VOD SUPPORT

A scheme by the European Film Promotion (EFP) for the promotion of European films outside of Europe.

CLASSIC: A scheme also available to European and Swiss sales companies selling Swiss films at selected festivals and markets.

READY-TO-USE DIGITAL PROMOTION CAMPAIGNS: This scheme encourages the creation of innovative universal digital promotion strategies (B2B/B2C)

by European sales com­panies.

Applications must be submitted online by the European sales company.

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

Supporting the distribution of Swiss films on selected international VOD platforms.

Its aim is to increase the visibility and the online distribution of Swiss films.

The subsidies are granted according to the “Guidelines VOD Support”.

Applications must be submitted by the Swiss rights holder.

A support measure by SWISS FILMS in collaboration with the Swiss Federal Office of Culture (FOC). www.swissfilms.ch/en/vod Contact: support@swissfilms.ch

SWISS FILMS SUPPORT DURING CORONA

METHOD OF PAYMENT FOR

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

FESTIVAL SUPPORT for applicants (rights holders)

If the festival is cancelled:

– Flat-rate amounts agreed upon and confirmed by SWISS FILMS will be paid out against receipt of costs incurred for online promotion, flights, hotel, rebookings or cancellations. Only the costs incurred will be paid out.

– Amounts agreed upon and confirmed by SWISS FILMS for festival sections A1 and A2 will be paid out upon receipt of costs incurred.

If the festival is postponed:

– Rights holders are eligible to reapply, regardless of whether the flat rate specified to cover the costs incurred for the original festival date has already been exhausted. The actual costs which are incurred again will be paid out against receipt.

DISTRIBUTION SUPPORT

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for applicants (distributors and rights holders) with European and non-European distribution support

If the theatrical release is postponed:

– International distributors who have received a funding agreement from the Federal Office of Culture and who had confirmed the theatrical release may request the first instalment against proof of the distribution costs planned or already incurred within the scope of their application.

If the theatrical release is cancelled:

– International distributors for whom the theatrical release had to be completed or terminated prematurely can request the second instalment upon receipt of an interim invoice for services already rendered.

For new cinema releases:

– Submission deadlines for distribution support will remain as such until further notice.

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

FILM SALES SUPPORT (FSS) for applicants (sales)

– Applications for VOD Support for the distribution of Swiss films on international VOD platforms can be submitted at any time.

– Under the current circumstances, SWISS FILMS also accepts platforms that are not on the SWISS FILMS VOD list, provided there is a valid reason.

If the market is deferred or lost:

– Costs incurred will be paid out against receipt and within the scope of the funding agreed upon.

For digital markets:

– Applications for support can be submitted within the scope of FSS. The share of costs is based on the regular FSS conditions.

– Additional applications for digital online campaigning may be submitted. SWISS FILMS follows the recommendations and guidelines of the European Film Promotion EFP. SWISS FILMS would like to point out that VOD Support is an alternative distribution tool for promoting Swiss films on VOD platforms.

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

SWISS FILMS is supported by

“ Italians say pronto. It’s ready, my friend.”

Stanley in IL MIO CORPO by Michele Pennetta