Selin Dettwiler

Editor

Born in Switzerland in 1990, to a Kurdish-Turkish mother and a Swiss father.
2017 Bachelor's degree in Video with a focus on editing at HSLU (Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts, Design Film & Art). 2022 Master of Arts in Film from HES-SO, specialising in editing at ECAL (École cantonale d'art de Lausanne) and HEAD-Genève (Haute école d'art et de design). In 2023, she received the Edit Space Förderpreis Schnitt at the Edimotion Festival für Filmschnitt und Montagekunst for the short film Ours by Morgane Frund,
which also won the Swiss Film Award in 2023. Today, she works as an independent film editor for documentaries and fiction films, as a musician and at Opferhilfe Bern.

Filmography
(a selection)

Director

2021
Rouge Jaune Vert by Selin Dettwiler

Editor

2026
Berg des Wolfes (working title) by Juliette Menthonnex, Benjamin Bucher
2024
Brunaupark by Felix Hergert, Dominik Zietlow
2024
Im Stau by Alan Sahin
2024
Unser Name ist Ausländer by Selin Besili
2024
Avant il n'y avait rien by Yvann Yagchi
2024
Hanami by Denise Fernandes
2022
Ramboy by Matthias Joulaud, Lucien Roux
2022
Ours by Morgane Frund
2021
Retour en Ville by Michail Galanopoulos
2021
Schalentiere by Nina Kovacs
2020
Arada by Jonas Schaffter
2020
Leavers by Kezia Zurbrügg
2019
Eine Laerche ist ein Baum und ein Vogel by Michèle Flury
2019
Bloc B by Nora Longatti
2018
Wir Zwei by Cosima Frei

Awards

(a selection)

2023
Köln, Schnitt Preise 2023, The Edit Space Förderpreis Schnitt (Winner) in Ours
2021
Köln, Schnitt Preise 2021, Beste Montage an einem deutschen, österreichischen oder schweizerischen Kurzfilm (Nomination) in Leavers
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