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at Toronto 2014 Please visit us at booth # 5 in the Industry Office Location at The Hyatt Regency Hotel, King Ballroom, 370 King Street West T +1 416 934 7385

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 Annick Mahnert Foreign correspondent: Festivals & Markets amahnert@swissfilms.ch T +33 6 37 12 81 36

SWISS FILMS screened in Toronto 2014

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SWISS FILMS Line-Up Fiction 2014

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SWISS FILMS Line-Up Documentaries 2014

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SWISS FILMS Coming Soon

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TIFF DOCS

Iraqi Odyssey A Global Family Saga Samir

Switzerland / Germany / United Arab Emirates Documentary, DCP, colour, 162 min, 3D World premiere: 39th Toronto International Film Festival September 2014 Production: Dschoint Ventschr Filmproduktion AG, Zurich Coin Film, Cologne WDR Westdeutscher Rundfunk SRF Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen Sanad Fund World Sales: Autlook Filmsales GmbH, Vienna T +43 720 34 69 34, www.autlookfilms.com Peter Jager: peter@autlookfilms.com T +43 664 510 5552 Press Agent: David C. Magdael dmagdael@tcdm-associates.com T +1 213 399 14 34

Bombs, bearded men, sobbing women, shattered cities: Iraq, as seen through the eyes of the western media these days. These images are juxtaposed with those from the fifties and seventies: films with frivolous music, unveiled women who study; elegantly dressed men in Bagdad, a modern city. Film director Samir tells the story of his globalised middle-class Iraqi family, scattered around the world. www.iraqiodyssey.com

Press and Industry Screenings Friday, September 5, 9:00am Scotiabank 6 Thursday, September 11, 8:45am Scotiabank 6 Public Screenings Saturday, September 6, 9:30pm Scotiabank 13 Sunday, September 7, 5:30pm Scotiabank 9 Saturday, September 13, 9:00am TIFF Bell Lightbox 4

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CO-PRODUCTION

© Carole Bethuel CG Cinéma

Clouds Of Sils Maria Olivier Assayas

Press and Industry Screening Thursday, September 4, 5:15pm Scotiabank 12 Public Screenings Thursday, September 4, 9:45pm Princess of Wales Friday, September 5, 9:30am TIFF Bell Lightbox 1

Maria Enders is at the peak of her international career. She was discovered twenty years earlier when playing the role of Sigrid, a girl who fascinates Helena and drives her to suicide.

Now she is asked to perform the play again but this time in the role of Helena. Will she act the victim and thereby confront her mid-life doubts and insecurities which she has managed to doge until now?

World premiere: Cannes 2014, International Competition

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France / Germany / Switzerland Fiction, 2014, DCP, colour, 123 min.

Cast: Juliette Binoche / Kristen Stewart Chloë Grace Moretz / Lars Eidinger / Johnny Flynn Brady Corbet / Gilles Tschudi Production: CG Cinéma, Paris Pallas Film GmbH, Halle CAB Productions SA, Chavannes-près-Renens Vortex Sutra, Bagnolet ARTE ZDF Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen Orange Studio, Paris RTS Radio Télévision Suisse World Rights: MK2 International, Paris, T +33 1 44 67 30 00 www.mk2pro.com

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PRODUCERS LAB IN TORONTO 2014

Xavier Ruiz Xavier Ruiz was selected to be one of the 10 European participants.

Discipline Christophe M. Saber

A father looses his patience and disciplines his disobedient child in a store. A shocked customer immediately intervenes. Other customers join in.

Switzerland Fiction, 2014, DCP, colour, 12 min.

Production: Box Productions sàrl, Renens École Cantonale d‘Art de Lausanne RTS Radio Télévision Suisse World Sales: Salaud Morisset, Berlin T +49 1 52 25 19 23 36 www.salaudmorissetproduction.com festival@salaudmorissetproduction.com

Press and Industry Screening Saturday September 6, 11:45am Scotiabank 5 Public Screenings Friday September 5, 7:30pm TIFF Bell Lightbox 3 Friday September 12, 5:30pm Scotiabank 10

Born in 1970 in Geneva, Switzerland. 1992-99 Producer and line producer of numerous short films. Intern in international sales at Alliance International, Paris and international sales manager at Fox Lorber, New York. 1995 Attends AVID Workshop Film, Video & Arts in New York.

1995-2003 Independent film editor. From 2001 teaches audiovisual production and film post production classes in Geneva, Lausanne and Barcelona. 2003 Atelier EAVE (Entrepreneurs de l'Audiovisuel Européen) and Producer On the Move in Cannes. Producer of fiction and documentary films.

Filmography as director: Sweet Girls, fiction, planned for 2015 Verso, fiction, 2009 Swiss Made in Hollywood, documentary, 2005 Neutre, fiction, 2001 The Toilet Zone, tv series, 1996 Dieu que pour toi, short film, 1992 Filmography as producer: Carré blanc, directed by Jean-Baptiste Léonetti, fiction, 2011 Verso, directed by Xavier Ruiz, fiction, 2009 Max, directed by Jean-Paul Cardinaux, short film, 2008 Togo, directed by Pierre Morath, Nicholas Peart, documentary, 2008 Tango Lola, directed by I. Rieben, S. B. Youssef, animation, 2008 Ryna, directed by Ruxandra Zenide, fiction, 2005 Love Express, directed by Elena Hazanov, fiction, 2004 Weekend Break, directed by Jean-Paul Cardinaux, short film, 2001

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LINE-UP FICTION

The Circle Der Kreis

Stefan Haupt

A docudrama set in Zurich’s gay underground movement during the post-war years, based on a true love story.

Honoured with the Teddy and Panorama Audience Award Berlinale 2014. www.thecircle-movie.com

Switzerland Fiction, DCP, colour, 2014, 101 min.

World premiere: Berlinale Panorama 2014 Cast: Matthias Hungerbühler / Sven Schelker Marianne Sägebrecht / Anatole Taubman Antoine Monot Jr. / Stefan Witschi Production: Contrast Film Zurich GmbH, Zurich SRF Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen

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World Sales: Wide House, Paris T +33 1 53 95 04 64 Anais Clanet, T +33 83 22 18 06 ac@ www.widehouse.org www.widehouse.org

LINE-UP FICTION

Cure - The Life Of Another Cure – Das Leben einer Anderen Andrea Štaka

Switzerland / Croatia / Bosnia and Herzegovina Fiction, 2014, DCP, colour, 83 min.

World premiere: Festival del Film Locarno 2014, Concorso internazionale Cast: Sylvie Marinkovic / Lucia Radulovic Mirjana Karanovic / Marija Skaricic Leon Lucev / Franjo Dijak Production: Okofilm Productions GmbH, Zurich Ziva Produkcija, Zagreb Deblokada, Sarajevo SRF Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen ZDF/ARTE World Rights: Okofilm Productions GmbH, Zurich Thomas Imbach, T +41 79 230 79 65, info@okofilm.ch www.okofilm.com

Dubrovnik in 1993, after the war. 14-year-old Linda has gone to a secluded beach with her new girlfriend Eta. She comes back alone but wearing Eta’s clothes. It doesn’t occur to anyone that Linda has anything to do with Eta's disappearance. Only her boyfriend Ivo has his suspicions. www.cure-film.com

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Pause Mathieu Urfer

Sami, a laid-back songwriter, is shocked when Julia, a brilliant lawyer with whom he’s been living for the last four years, decides to put their relationship on hold. Coached by his old friend Fernand, an alcoholic country musician living in a nursing home for the elderly, he tries to achieve the impossible to prove to her she’s the only woman for him.

Switzerland Fiction, DCP, colour, 2014, 82 min.

World premiere: Festival del Film Locarno, Piazza Grande, 2014 Cast: Baptiste Gilliéron / Julia Faure André Wilms / Nils Althaus Roland Vouilloz / Nicole Letuppe Production: Box Productions sàrl, Renens RSI Radiotelevisione svizzera World Sales: Picture Tree International GmbH, Berlin T +49 30 420 82 48 14 www.picturetree-international.com

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Unlikely Heroes

Schweizer Helden Peter Luisi

Switzerland Fiction, 2014, DCP, colour, 94 min.

World premiere: Festival del Film Locarno, Piazza Grande, 2014 Cast: Esther Gemsch / Karim Rahoma Komi Mizrajim Togbonou / Newroz Baz Elvis Clausen / Klaus Wildbolz

Sabine is a recently separated housewife who wants to stage the story of William Tell with asylum seekers. When news of the performance suddenly hits the media, Sabine goes beyond her limits to ensure the success of the play.

UBS Audience Award Festival del Film Locarno 2014 www.schweizerhelden.ch

Production: Spotlight Media Productions, Zurich Leaves & Leaches Pictures, Zurich SRF Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen Teleclub World Sales: m-appeal, Berlin sales@m-appeal.com www.m-appeal.com Aleksandra Abykova, T +49 30 61 10 71 49

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Broken Land Stéphanie Barbey / Luc Peter Artistic collaboration:

Peter Mettler

Seven Americans – neighbours of an immense fence, erected to control Mexican immigration – unfold how the nearby US-Mexican border transforms their lives. Out in the desert they observe the haunting traces left by the crossing migrants, people they never come face to face with. They confide their fear, defiance and at times even their compassion.

Switzerland Documentary, 2014, DCP, colour, 75 min.

World premiere: Festival del Film Locarno, Semaine de la critique, 2014 Production: Intermezzo Films SA, Geneva RTS Radio Télévision Suisse SRG SSR ARTE World Sales: Deckert Distribution GmbH, Leipzig T +49 341 215 66 38 info@deckert-distribution.com www.deckert-distribution.com

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Sleepless In New York Christian Frei

Switzerland Documentary, DCP, colour, 92 min.

World premiere: Visions du Réel, April 2014 Production: Christian Frei Filmproduktion GmbH, Zurich SRF Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen SRG SSR ZDF/ARTE

The film explores the difficult path out of selfdestructive obsessive behaviour, toward a new self. And it wonders about the unwavering desire – despite it all – for love.

The new film from Academy Award® Nominated Swiss Director Christian Frei (WAR PHOTOGRAPHER) www.sleepless-in-new-york.com

World Sales: Films Transit International, Inc Montreal Head Office T +1 514 844 33 58, jan@filmstransit.com USA Office T +1 212 614 28 08, Cell: T +1 917 757 14 44 diana@filmstransit.com www.filmstransit.com 11

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Yalom’s Cure Sabine Gisiger

The 80-year-old psychiatrist and best-selling author Irvin D. Yalom is considered to be the most influential psychotherapist in the USA. The film offers more than a classic biography: Yalom takes the viewer on an existential journey, navigating the depths and shallows of the human psyche. In this role as a guide, he imparts his discernments and provides insight into his own inner life. www.yalomscure.com

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Switzerland Documentary, 2014, DCP, colour, 77 min.

World premiere: Festival del Film Locarno, Fuori concorso, 2014 Production: Das Kollektiv fĂźr audiovisuelle Werke GmbH, Zurich Vega Film AG, Zurich SRF Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen World Sales: Autlook Filmsales GmbH, Vienna T +43 720 34 69 34 www.autlookfilms.com

COMING SOON

Driften Karim Patwa

Switzerland Fiction, DCP, colour, 93 min.

World premiere: Planned for Autumn 2014 Cast: Max Hubacher / Sabine Timoteo Marcus Signer / Scherwin Amini Jessy Moravec / Susanne-Marie Wrage Adrian Furrer / Andrea Zogg

Robert, a former driver in illegal races, returns to his hometown Dietikon after a long period of absence. He is determined to put his past behind him and starts an apprenticeship in a repair shop. When he meets teacher Alice, his life starts to unravel – they are connected by the strong bond of a dark past.

Production and World Rights: Bernard Lang AG, Freienstein T +41 44 865 66 27 www.langfilm.ch

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Chrieg Simon Jaquemet

Fifteen-year-old Matteo is attractive, albeit somewhat girlish and frail. The whole world is against him. The pressure increases as his awkward attempts to win his father’s respect fail. One night two men carry him off: his parents send him to a remote alp, where he is forced to work hard on a family farm.

Switzerland Fiction, DCP, colour, 108 min.

World premiere: 62nd Festival internacional de Cine San Sebastian, September 2014 Cast: Benjamin Lutzke / Ste / Ella Rumpf Sascha Gisler / John Leuppi / Livia S. Reinhard Ernst C. Sigrist Production: Hugofilm Productions GmbH, Zurich SRF Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen World Sales: Picture Tree International GmbH, Berlin T +49 30 420 824 80 www.picturetree-international.com

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Northmen – A Viking Saga Claudio Fäh

Switzerland / Germany / South Africa Fiction, 2014, DCP, colour, 90 min.

World premiere: Planned for Autumn 2014 Cast: Tom Hopper / Ryan Kwanten / Ken Duken Charlie Murphy / Ed Skrein / Anatole Taubman James Norton / Leo Gregory / Darrell D‘Silva

A band of Vikings are stranded behind enemy lines on the coast of Alba as their longboat goes down in a dreadful storm. Their only chance of survival is to find a path to the Viking settlement, Danelag, traversing an unfamiliar and hostile land they have never known. www.northmen-derfilm.ch

Production Elite Filmproduktion AG, Zurich Jumping Horse Film GmbH, Hannover Two Oceans Production (Pty) Ltd, Cape Town World Sales: The Salt Company (International) Ltd., London www.salt-co.com James Norrie, T +44 79 58 520 099 15

+++ Visit us at our stands at the Berlinale European Film Market EFM, Cannes Village International and Festival del Film Locarno +++

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www.swissfilms.ch SWISS FILMS in Toronto Please visit us at booth # 5 in the Industry Office Location at The Hyatt Regency Hotel, King Ballroom, 370 King Street West T + 1 416 934 7385