Ten Swiss films at Max Ophuels Prize Film Festival in Saarbrücken
Six feature-length films and four short fiction and documentary films from Switzerland will be screened at the Max Ophuels Prize Film Festival, one of the most important festivals for emerging filmmakers from German-speaking countries.
09.01.2013
The relationship drama “Halb so wild” by the young Bernese director Jeshua Dreyfus will celebrate its world premiere at the 34th Max Ophuels Prize Film Festival (January 21-27, 2013). Also screened in the Fiction Film Competition will be the thriller “Trapped,” Philippe Weibel’s feature-length film debut. Both directors will attend the festival in Saarbrücken to present their films personally. Presented in other festival sections are three fiction films – “Dead Fucking Last» by Walter Feistle; “Puppe” by Sebastian Kutzli; “Boys Are Us” by Peter Luisi – as well as the documentary film “Thorberg” by Dieter Fahrer.
Short films screened in competition
Three Swiss entries will be competing for the Short Film Prize: the short fiction films “Kapitän” by Mathias Truninger and Inti Zehnder and “Teneriffa” by Hannes Baumgartner – both produced at the Zurich University of the Arts (ZHdK) – as well as “Terminal” by Samuel Flückiger. Screened out of competition in the short film programme is Janos Menberg’s graduation film “Nach Hause,” also produced at the ZHdK.
Zurich, January 9, 2013