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written & directed by Dorentina Imeri
SWITZERLAND Docufiction, 20 min. ORIGINAL LANGUAGES: Albanian, Serbian PRODUCER: Fabiana Seitz
PRODUCTION AND WORLD RIGHTS: rumor filmkollektiv GmbH, Zurich www.rumorfilm.ch
LOOKING FOR: World Sales Int. Distribution Int. Festival Premiere CONTACT: Fabiana Seitz rumor filmkollektiv GmbH fabiana@rumorfilm.ch
Docufiction
DORENTINA IMERI * 1993. Is an Albanian-Swiss filmmaker based in Zurich. Her last short film MOTËR (2022) screened at numerous international festivals, including the Locarno Film Festival and the International Short Film Festival Oberhausen, and received multiple awards. In 2024, she took part in the Locarno Filmmakers Academy. She is cofounder of rumor filmkollektiv and is currently developing her first feature film THE PARTIES.
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In a remote river valley along the Southern Serbian border, home to an Albanian minority, eight-year-old Loris stumbles upon a wallet. Unable to find its owner, he sets off with his best friend Emir on an adventure that seems to know no bounds. As the boys venture further, their journey leads them through a fragile and contradictory world.
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THE WOMAN YOU LOOK FOR
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Fleeing the violence of her adoptive father, Darcy finds comfort in the natural world. Inside the hollow of a redwood tree, she dreams of roots. Years later, her yearning to belong leads her to El Salvador, searching for children forcibly disappeared in the civil war, and to an unexpected reckoning in the Sonoran Desert. The film unfolds as an intimate memory portrait, combining expressively painted scenes with animated archival documents.
Anidoc
WORLD RIGHTS: freihändler Filmproduktion GmbH, Basel www.freihaendler.ch
LOOKING FOR: World Sales Int. Distribution Int. Festival Premiere CONTACT: Stella Freihändler Freihändler Film stella@freihaendler.ch
SWITZERLAND Anidoc, 12 min. ORIGINAL LANGUAGE: English ANIMATION TECHNIQUE: Paint on glass, Cut out PRODUCTION: freihändler Filmproduktion GmbH, Basel / SRF PRODUCER: Stella Händler
DARCY ALEXANDRA Studied filmmaking at Duke University and earned her PhD at the Dublin Institute of Technology. An award-winning poet, she brings lyrical sensibility to her films, beginning with her first short, NOWHERE ANYHOW (2007). MICHAELA MÜLLER Holds an Master in Animation and New Media from the Academy of Fine Arts in Zagreb. Her films MIRAMARE (2010) and AIRPORT (2017) won the Swiss Film Award for Best Animation.
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written & directed by Marion Reymond
SWITZERLAND Fiction, 16 min. ORIGINAL LANGUAGE: French SCREENPLAY: Yan Ciszewski, Marion Reymond CAST: Latifeh Hadji, Alexandre Brulé, Chloé Gueritte PRODUCTION: Imajack Films, Lausanne / RTS PRODUCER Eric Bouduban
WORLD RIGHTS: Imajack Films, Lausanne www.imajack.ch
LOOKING FOR: World Sales Int. Distribution Int. Festival Premiere CONTACT: Eric Bouduban Imajack Films eric@imajack.ch
Fiction
MARION REYMOND * 2000. Graduated with a Bachelor's degree in Cinema from École Cantonale d'Art de Lausanne in 2022 with her diploma film DRIFTING. She has a strong interest in film decoration, which she has done several times on location, as well as acting experience in several short films.
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On a beach where temperatures reach absurd heights, people’s skin begins to melt. Faced with this rapidly intensifying heat, three characters emerge from the crowd – Fred, Alma and Zoé – encroaching on one another as they seek to fulfil their deepest desires.
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directed by Anna Simonetti
Documentary / Experimental
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In the heart of a major European city, wild animals live in captivity within a zoo, while the escalating climate crisis threatens the world beyond. Possessing a sensitivity that seems to have vanished from humanity, they sense the signs of an imminent catastrophe. Trapped behind bars, they sharpen their gaze toward all living things around them. As the threat draws closer, their restlessness grows, and in secret, a silent rebellion takes shape.
WORLD RIGHTS: Akka Films, Geneva www.akkafilms.ch
LOOKING FOR: World Sales Int. Distribution Int. Festival Premiere CONTACT: Myriam Abou Zeid Akka Films m.abouzeid@akkafilms.ch
SWITZERLAND Documentary / Experimental, 30 min. ORIGINAL LANGUAGE: Without dialogue SCREENPLAY: Anna Simonetti, Balthus Kiss PRODUCTION: Akka Films, Geneva / SRG SSR SWISS PRODUCERS: Nicolas Wadimoff, Severine Pisani, Myriam Abou Zeid
ANNA SIMONETTI * 1997. Is a Swiss-Italian artist and filmmaker based in Paris. She studied social sciences at the University of Geneva and film at HEAD–Genève. Working between documentary and fiction, she primarily uses 16mm to explore relationships between humans, living beings, and the environment. Her short films have screened at festivals including New Directors/New Films at MoMA and Lincoln Center in New York, Locarno Film Festival, and Internationale Kurzfilmtage Winterthur.
199 T by Mona Jelic A QUIET DAY by Anouk Chambaz ÃSHEGHETAM by Saleh Kashefi BURNING by Julie Ecoffey IN BETWEEN by Khalissa Akadi GLORYLAND by Pauline Pichard GROPPO'S GARDEN by Cécile Brun IN EVERY PART OF EVERY LIVING THING IS STUFF THAT ONCE
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WAS ROCK by Yannick Mosimann IN THE HEART THERE IS A STONE by Naomi Pacifique NIGHT FALLING by Rabea Egg STRATÉGIES POUR BLOQUER UNE PORTE by Ladina Bösch, Manon Boulens, Mei Hammer THE DISPARAGED by Xheni Alushi THE RIGHT TO FORGET by Lisa Mazenauer THE SMALL FABRIC by Stefan Kraft, Linn Spitz THREADS OF A VEIL by Diana Köpplová, Manuel Seiler TUTTO RIMANE by Max Carlo Kohal
SPARKS I THINK YOU SHOULD BE HERE by Anna-Marija Adomaitytė, Elie Grappe
SPARKS JUNIOR THE TASTE OF PINEAPPLE BREAD by Manfei Li
ZÜRI SHORTS DREI TAGE by Dorentina Imeri GHERKING by Claudius Gentinetta KEEP ON SPINNING by Christina Benz TALION by Micha Straub TSCHÄGGÄTTÄ by Raphael Stäger WIR BLEIBEN by Sedonja Moll
More Swiss films can be found in various sections.
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WHO ARE WE AGAINST GOD? by Aimée Lavignac, Laura Weibel
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SWISS FILMS Neugasse 6, 8005 Zurich www.swissfilms.ch Published in November 2026