Stefan Eichenberger

Producer, Director

Born in 1984 in Aarau, Switzerland. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Media & Communications, Philosophy and Sociology and a Master’s degree in Film Directing. As producer at Contrast Film he is responsible for several award-winning films, including the short film PARVANEH (2012) which was nominated for an Oscar and won the Student Academy Award, and the documentary UNKNOWN TERRITORY (2013) winner of the First Steps Award in Berlin and the Golden Eye at Zurich Film Festival. The anthology film WONDERLAND (2015) premiered in the International Competition at the Locarno Film Festival and won a Max Ophüls Prize. The feature MIDNIGHT RUNNER (2018) premiered in competition in San Sebastian and received a Special Mention at the Zurich Film Festival. He has participated in various development and training programmes, including Torino Film Lab, EKRAN+, Trans Atlantic Partners, Full Circle Lab and ACE. He is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), which awards the Oscars, the European Film Academy (EFA), and the Swiss Film Academy.

Filmography
(a selection)

Director

2011
Salty Times by Stefan Eichenberger
2010
Poulet by Stefan Eichenberger
2009
Der Fitnessteller by Stefan Eichenberger
2005
Realaton by Stefan Eichenberger
2004
Kofmehl – der Film by Stefan Eichenberger

Producer

2024
Antonias Garten by Christine Repond
2024
Landesverräter by Michael Krummenacher
2023
Davos 1917 by Jan-Eric Mack, Anca Miruna Lazarescu, Christian Theede
2023
Stella. Ein Leben. by Kilian Riedhof
2020
Stürm: Bis wir tot sind oder frei by Oliver Rihs
2018
Der Läufer by Hannes Baumgartner
2015
Heimatland by Michael Krummenacher, Jan Gassmann, Lisa Blatter, Gregor Frei, Benny Jaberg, Carmen Jaquier, Jonas Meier, Tobias Nölle, Lionel Rupp, Mike Scheiwiller
2013
Neuland by Anna Thommen