Successfull Swiss films in Göteborg

Five fiction and four documentary film productions from Switzerland will be screened at the Göteborg International Film Festival, the leading film festival in Scandinavia.

23.01.2013

Five fiction and four documentary film productions from Switzerland will be screened at the Göteborg International Film Festival, the leading film festival in Scandinavia. Selected for the festival programme are the extremely successful films “Hiver nomade” by Manuel von Stürler and “More Than Honey” by Markus Imhoof as well as the coproduction “À perdre la raison” by Joachim Lafosse. In addition, Mohcine Besri’s “Les mécréants” and Leonardo Di Costanzo’s “L'intervallo” will be screened in the International Debut section.

Nine Swiss film productions and coproductions will be screened at the 36th Göteborg International Film Festival (January 25 - February 4, 2013), whose broad programme features film highlights of the previous year. No less than three Swiss entries will be presented in the documentary film programme at the largest film festival in Scandinavia: “Hiver nomade” by the Swiss musician and poet Manuel von Stürler, who has had an impressive festival career and was honoured with the European Film Award 2012; Bernese director Sophie Huber’s actor portrait “Harry Dean Stanton: Partly Fiction,” which celebrated its premiere in Venice; as well as “Playback” by Antoine Cattin and Pavel Kostomarov, a portrait of Russian film director Alexei Guerman, which launched its festival career at the Visions du Réel in Nyon.

Two fiction film debuts
Two award-winning Swiss coproductions will be screened in the International Debut section: the hostage drama “Les mécréants,” Mohcine Besri’s first feature-length film; and the Italian director Leonardo Di Costanzo’s fiction film debut “L'intervallo,” which premiered in Venice. Markus Imhoof’s “More Than Honey” which, is the most frequently seen Swiss documentary film with ticket sales over 180,000, is the Swiss entry selected for works screened in the programme devoted to the environment. The family drama “Draussen ist Sommer” by Friederike Jehn and “Töte mich” by Emily Atef, as well as the festival favourite “À perdre la raison” by Joachim Lafosse, round off the strong Swiss presence in Göteborg.

Zurich, January 23, 2013

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