Jenna Hasse

Director, Actor, Screenwriter, Producer

Copyright: Dmitry Bukreev

Born in 1989 in Lisbon, Portugal. Swiss and Portuguese nationality. Grew up in Switzerland. Studied cinema at Lausanne University, then acting at INSAS (Brussels). Actress and director. Her award-winning short En Août (2014) had its world premiere at the Directors' Fortnight in Cannes and was also screened at IFFR Rotterdam and BFI London. His second short, SOLTAR (2016), and his medium-length documentary, THE PROTAGONIST (2020), were shown at FIFF Namur, Curtas Vila do Conde and DocLisboa, among others. His award-winning debut feature L'AMOUR DU MONDE had its world premiere at the Berlinale Generation in 2023, where it received the jury's special mention. It was nominated for the Young Audience Award at the European Academy in 2023 and nominated for the Swiss Film Prize for Best Fiction Film in 2024.

Filmography
(a selection)

Director

2024
Vous avez dix minutes by Jenna Hasse
2023
L'amour du monde by Jenna Hasse
2020
Il protagonista by Jenna Hasse
2016
Soltar by Jenna Hasse
2016
Visions Via Roma by Jenna Hasse
2014
En août by Jenna Hasse

Screenwriter

2023
L'amour du monde by Jenna Hasse
2020
Il protagonista by Jenna Hasse
2016
Soltar by Jenna Hasse
2016
Visions Via Roma by Jenna Hasse
2014
En août by Jenna Hasse

Actor

2023
La gravidité by Jela Hasler
2017
Sott'acqua by Audrey Bersier
2016
Soltar by Jenna Hasse
2015
On avait dit qu'on irait jusqu'en haut by Tizian Büchi
2014
En août by Jenna Hasse
2013
Dérobée by Myriam Rachmuth

Producer

2024
Vous avez dix minutes by Jenna Hasse
2016
Visions Via Roma by Jenna Hasse
2014
En août by Jenna Hasse

Awards

(a selection)

2016
Sahar Film Festival, Best actress (Winner) in On avait dit qu'on irait jusqu'en haut
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