Freedom – Le destin de Shewit
Freedom – Shewit's Destiny
Switzerland, January 2026
FILM,
Documentary,
89 min.
- directed by
- Anne-Frédérique Widmann
- Status
- In distribution
- Website
- https://www.shewit.ch
- IMDb Link
- imdb.com
To escape oppression and a haunted past, Shewit flees Eritrea, risking her life, setting out alone on the road towards Europe. At fifteen, after a two-year journey, she arrives in Switzerland, the country in which she places her hopes and dreams. Seven years later, without a residence permit and under constant threat of deportation, Shewit persists and fights to become a free woman. A struggle for her emancipation, filmed over ten years.
credits
- World Premiere
- January 2026
- Original Version
- French (italian/french/english/german subtitles), colour, DCP, 89 min.
- ISAN
- 0000-0007-188C-0000-4-0000-0000-P
- Production
- Intermezzo Films, Good Story
- Producer
- Luc Peter, Katia Monla
- directed by
- Anne-Frédérique Widmann
- Cinematography
- Eliane Ruckstuhl, Leandro Monti
- Editing
- Stephan Rytz
- Location Sound Mix
- Olivier Larue, Julien Matthey, Benedikt Fruttiger, Nicolas Binggeli, Stephan Rytz
- Sound Editing
- Nicolas Binggeli
- Re-Recording Mix
- Nicolas Van Deth
- Music
- Coco Francavilla
World Sales / World Rights
- World Rights
- Intermezzo Films
Worldwide Distribution
- Switzerland
-
First Hand Films GmbH
Distribution
Sortie cinéma: 23.09.2026
Festivals
(a selection)
-
Genève, 24e Festival International du film et forum international sur les droits humains
06.03.2026 - 15.03.2026 -
Solothurn, 61. Solothurner Filmtage
21.01.2026 - 28.01.2026