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A N I M A T I O N
ANIMATION 2016
Selina WillemseHead of Festivals amp Markets
swillemseswissfilmschT +41 79 286 51 88
Sylvain VaucherShort Films
svaucherswissfilmschT +41 79 542 83 80
FeATureS
New Feature 3
Upcoming 4
Festival Favourite 5
ShOrTS
New Shorts 6
Festival Favourites 17
Upcoming 20
In Production 27
Cover CHRIS THE SWISS by Anja KofmelBack cover MY LIFE AS A COURGETTE by Claude Barras
TABLe OF CONTeNTST e A M
Watch online ShOrT FILM LIBrArYwwwswissfilmschshortfilmlibrary
3
Switzerland France2016 65 minStop motion
Original language FrenchWorld premiere
Cannes 2016(Quinzaine des Reacutealisateurs)
ProductionRita Productions Geneva
Blue Spirit Productions ParisGeacutebeacuteka Films LyonKNM Monte Carlo
RTS Radio Teacuteleacutevision SuisseRhocircne Alpes Cineacutema Villeurbanne
Canal + France 3
Heacutelium Films LausanneWorld Sales
Indie Sales ParisT +33 1 44 83 02 27wwwindiesaleseu
1973 in Sierre Claude Barras studiedillustration and infography at Eacutecole
Emile Cohl in Lyon as well as computer graphics at ECAL in Lausanne He has
already made several award-winning short animation films most recently ROOM 69 (2012) which was selected for numerous
festivals ICE FLOE (2005) was presented in the International Short Film Competition in Cannes while festival hit LE GEacuteNIE DE
LA BOIcircTE DE RAVIOLIS (2006) screened at more than 50 festivals
MY LIFE AS A COURGETTE celebrated its world premiere in Cannes
Courgette is a rather unusual nickname for a 9-year-old boy but his unique story is surprising-ly universal After his motherrsquos sudden death Courgette is befriended by a kind police officer Raymond who accompanies Courgette to his new foster home filled with other orphans his age At first Courgette struggles to find his place in this strange at times hostile environment Yet with Raymondrsquos help and his new found friends he eventually learns to trust finds true love and at last a new family of his own
N e W F e AT u r e
Claude Barras
My Life As A Courgette
Ma vie de Courgette
4
Switzerland Croatia GermanyAniDoc 90 min2D Computer animation Original languages German Swiss-German English SpanishProductionDschoint Ventschr Filmproduktion AG ZurichNukleus Film ZagrebMAJADE Filmproduktion LeipzigWorld RightsDschoint Ventschr Filmproduktion AG ZurichT +41 44 456 30 20wwwdvfilmch
1982 in Lugano Anja Kofmel studied animation at the Lucerne School of Art and Design (HSLU) She was assistant director on LETTER TO ANNA (2007) by Eric Bergkraut Her Bachelorrsquos degree film CHRIGI (2009) has been awarded at numerous international film festivals CHRIGI already told the story of the tragic death of Kofmelrsquos cousin Chris and has now been turned into her first highly anti-cipated anidoc feature film
Croatia 7th of January 1992 In the middle of the war a young journalists body is discov-ered dressed in the uniform of an interna-tional mercenary group Twenty years later his cousin Anja Kofmel investigates his story
Anja Kofmel
u p C O M I N g F e A T u r e
Chris The Swiss
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2017
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Switzerland Germany Sweden2016 72 min
2D3D Computer animation Drawing on paperOriginal language English
Festivals (selection)Berlinale 2016 (world premiere)
New York Int Childrens Film Festival 2016Guadalajara Int Film Festival 2016
Buenos Aires Int Independent Film Festival 2016Trickfilm-Festival Stuttgart 2016
Taipei Film Festival 2016Cinekid Amsterdam 2016
ProductionLittle Monster GmbH Zurich
Alexandra Schatz Filmproduktion HannoverTrickstudio Lutterbeck GmbH Cologne
Sluggerfilm AB MalmoumlSenator Film Muumlnchen GmbH Munich
Peacock Film AG ZurichWorld Sales
Global Screen GmbH MunichT +49 89 24 41 29 55 00
wwwglobalscreende
Molly Monster is no longer the centre of atten-tion in her family The focus has now become the egg which Mama has laid and Papa is hat-ching In Monsterland parents bring the eggs to the island to hatch them Molly however must stay at home in her unclersquos care But since her parents have forgotten the hat Molly has knit-ted for the baby she thus sets out on the long and difficult journey to the egg island
wwwmollymonsterch
F e S T I VA L FAV O u r I T e F e AT u r e
Molly Monster
Ted Sieger 1958 in Chile Ted Sieger is a Swiss independent
director animator and designer of animation films andseries comics and picture books Since 2004 Sieger alsolectures at film schools His short THE SMORTLYBACKS
(2013) was screened and awarded at many festivalsworldwide including Stuttgart Villa do Conde Baden
Clermont-Ferrand and Leipzig
Michael ekbladh 1960 in Sweden Attended Sheridan College in Oakville
Since 1985 works as animator designer and director foranimations Co-owner of Sluggerfilm in Malmouml
Matthias Bruhn 1962 in Germany Studied Graphic Design at FHD
(Fachhochschule Duumlsseldorf) Since 1998 co-ownerco-manager and art director of Trickstudio Lutterbeck
Bruhn lectured at the Lucerne School of Art and Design (HSLU) and now works as lecturer at
the school of animation La Poudriegravere in Valence
Ted Sieger Michael ekblad Matthias Bruhn
6
Switzerland2016 9 minDrawing on paper Digital cutout animationWithout dialogueProductionVirage Film Saskia von Viraacuteg ZurichSRF Schweizer Radio und FernsehenWorld SalesInterfilm Berlin Management GmbH BerlinT +49 30 25 94 29 04wwwinterfilmde
1983 in Latvia Latvian citizenshipIn 2007 Anete Melece graduated in Visual Communication from the Art Academy of Latvia and in 2012 she received her MA in Animation from the Lucerne School of Art and Design (HSLU) She works as an illustra-tor animator and graphic designerHer previous film THE KIOSK (2013) was awarded with the Swiss Film Award for Best Animation Film in 2014 and became a huge festival hit
Antonrsquos head is bursting with thoughts The gardener is seething with anger who has tram-pled her flower beds In the park Anton is look-ing for someone to play chess with For some-one who plays a better game than his dog The gardner is looking for a mysterious vandal who has lost a yellow boot But perhaps they are both looking for the same thing
Anete Melece
N e W S h O r T S
Analysis paralysis
N e W S h O r T S
AngelMon ange
7
Switzerland2016 8 min
2D Computer animation Without dialogue
ProductionNadasdy Film Sarl Geneva
RTS Radio Teacuteleacutevision SuisseWorld Rights
Nadasdy Film Sarl GenevaT +41 22 300 20 54
wwwnadasdyfilmch
1991 in Lausanne Gregory Casares studied film at ECAL (Eacutecole Cantonale dArt de Lausanne) He works as film-
maker 2D animator and illustrator His short film BELLE COMME UN COEUR
(2015) was shown and awarded at numerous festivals such as Clermont-
Ferrand International Short Film Festival
Eva and Mr Corbeau have long felt a reciprocal affection and attraction But the world of hu-mans and the world of animals dont mix That is until this autumn evening at the masked ball organised by Evas father in honour of his daughter
gregory Casares
8
Switzerland2016 13 min Mixed techniques Drawing on paperWithout dialogueProductionStudio GDS CarougeRTS Radio Teacuteleacutevision SuisseWorld RightsStudio GDS CarougeT +41 22 342 72 36wwwstudio-gdschFestival Distribution Studio Wasia Champigny-sur-MarneMikhal Bakmikhalbakgmailcom
1948 in Geneva After graduating in graphic design Claude Luyet focuses on animation cinema His films of different styles sometimes collaborations have won awards at various international film festivals In 1970 he co-founded Studio GDS with Georges Schwizgebel and Daniel Suter He also collaborated on the first feature-length film by J-F Laguionie GWEN AND THE BOOK OF SAND (1985)
Ariadne is playing with a ball She is interrupt-ed as her mother calls her inside She loses her ball along with her childhood The 20th centu-ry and Ariadnes life plays out on her balcony As Ariadne nears the end of her life she regains her lost childhood
dani LevyClaude Luyet
N e W S h O r T S
Ariadnes ThreadLe fil dAriane
9
Switzerland2016 9 minStop motion
Without dialogueProduction and World Rights
freihaumlndler Filmproduktion GmbH BaselT +41 61 631 45 05
wwwfreihaendlerch
1974 in Zurich In 2000 he received a degree in directing from the ECAL (Eacutecole
Cantonale dArt de Lausanne) and in 2009 an MA in Animation from the Royal College
of Art in London Rafael Sommerhalder is co-owner of the production company
Crictor and works as an independent director and animator His films such
as WOLVES (2009) and HERR WUumlRFEL (2004) were screened and awarded at
numerous festivals worldwide
The scarecrow Balthazar hears something en-ticing in the seashell A sound so wonderful that he is ready to leave everything behind
rafael Sommerhalder
N e W S h O r T S
Au revoir Balthazar
10
Switzerland2016 6 min Drawing on paper PixilationWithout dialogueProductionHochschule Luzern Design amp KunstAline Houmlchli Tricksfilms WabernWorld RightsHochschule Luzern Design amp KunstT +41 41 248 64 64animationhsluch
1990 in Switzerland Aline Houmlchli studied 2D animation at the renowned Lucerne School of Art and Design (HSLU) In 2015 she graduated with her Bacherlorrsquos degree film HE SOuml KHEROuml
The woman saves fishes The crocodile eats fishes The woman loves the crocodile and the crocodile loves her The film follows their every-day life and in short episodes tells of their dif-ficulties
Aline houmlchli
he souml kherouml
N e W S h O r T S
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Switzerland2016 6 min
2D 3D Computer animationWithout dialogue
ProductionNadasdy Film Sarl Geneva
RTS Radio Teacuteleacutevision SuisseWorld Rights
Nadasdy Film Sarl GenevaT +41 22 300 20 54
wwwnadasdyfilmch
1982 in Iran Mojgan Ghanaatgar first studied graphic design in Teheran
then graduated from the Lucerne School of Art and Design (HSLU) in 2D animation
in 2009 She also has a Master of Art in Design in the same field Since then she
realises her own films as well as anima-tions and illustrations Her previous film
RECYCLED PLANETS (2007) was screened at several international film festivals
In a small town organised around a roundabout life flows peacefully Everyone goes about their task and everything works as it should until the arrival of an insatiable magpie
Mojgan ghanaatgar
N e W S h O r T S
pica pica histoire dune pie insatiable
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Switzerland2016 8 min 2D Computer animation Mixed techniquesWithout dialogueProductionNadasdy Film Sarl GenevaRTS Radio Teacuteleacutevision SuisseWorld RightsNadasdy Film Sarl GenevaT +41 22 300 20 54wwwnadasdyfilmch
1973 in Nyon In 1997 Seacuteverine Leibundgut received a degree from ESBA (Eacutecole Supeacuteri-eure des Beaux Art de Genegraveve) Besides making films she also works as an illustrator for comic books
In a world of perpetual decomposition and re-composition small individual neuroses feed large collective neuroses
Seacuteverine Leibundgut
N e W S h O r T S
Shed Skinspeaux mortes
13
Switzerland2016 7 min
Drawing on paper Drawn animationWithout dialogue
Production and World RightsHochschule Luzern Design amp Kunst
T +41 41 248 64 64animationhsluch
An educational short film about the harvesting of sun milk
Silvan Zweifel
1992 in Switzerland Silvan Zweifel studied 2D animation at the renowned
Lucerne School of Art and Design (HSLU) SUNNAumlMILCH is his Bachelorrsquos degree
film His previous animated short TOHUWABOHU (2015) was screened at pres-
tigious festivals such as Dok Leipzig and Fantoche Baden
Sunnaumlmilch
N e W S h O r T S
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1982 in Bern From 2003-07 she studied animation at the renowned Lucerne School of Art and Design (HSLU) and at the Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow Currently Jadwiga Kowalska is finishing her Masters degree in Illustration again at the HSLU In 2009 she won the Swiss Film Award for Best Animation with TOcircT OU TARD (2008) Her previous films THE EARTH IS ROUND (2006) and THE GIRL amp THE HUNTER (2010) have been huge festival hitsPhoto Ralph Kuumlhne
A man on a bridge separated from his love Longing to be with her one last time he decides to look for her on the other side
N e W S h O r T S
Switzerland2016 6 minPaint on cells Cutout animationMixed techniques 2D Computer animationWithout dialogueProductionJadwiga Kowalska LucerneSRF Schweizer Radio und FernsehenWorld RightsJadwiga Kowalska LucerneT +41 79 780 05 67wwwjadwigach
Jadwiga Kowalska
The Bridge Over The riverdie Bruumlcke uumlber den Fluss
15
Switzerland France 2016 10 minStop motion
Without dialogueProduction
Nadasdy Film Sarl GenevaFolimage Bourg-Les-Valences
RTS Radio Teacuteleacutevision SuisseWorld Rights
Nadasdy Film Sarl GenevaT +41 22 300 20 54
wwwnadasdyfilmch
Anne Baillod 1960 in Geneva In 1987 she received her
degree from the Eacutecole Supeacuterieure dArt Visuel (ESAV) Geneva in animation and engraving She works as an animation director photo-grapher does engravings and installations
Co-founded Ivanko Films in 1996
Jean Faravel 1958 in Morges He attended the Haute eacutecole drsquoart et de design (HEAD) in Geneva He works
as a sound engineer and film director as well as in theatre productions Co-founder of Ivanko
Films with Anne Baillod in 1996
Adapted from a story by Anderson the film tells the tale of a little girl who peddles matches Failing to sell them she ends up burning them all These moments of warmth are accompanied by happy visions culminating in the apparition of her deceased grandmother
Anne Baillod Jean Faravel
N e W S h O r T S
The Little Match girlLa petite marchande dallumettes
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1986 in Switzerland Remo Scherrerstudied at Switzerlandrsquos renowned schoolfor animated film the Lucerne School of Art and Design ndash Master of Arts in FilmWHATEVER THE WEATHER is RemoScherrers Masters degree film which premiered in Cannes at the Cineacutefondation Selection
Wallyrsquos childhood is increasingly turned upside down by her mothers alcohol addiction She experiences the excesses and consequences of addiction first hand Desperately the eight-year-old tries to keep up normality in her own life and the life of her family by any means A roller coaster ride between helplessness exces-sive demands and desperation begins A daily struggle for survivalwwwbeiwindundwetterch
N e W S h O r T S
SwitzerlandAniDoc 2016 11 min 2D Computer animationOriginal language GermanWorld premiereCannes 2016(Cineacutefondation Selection)ProductionZeitraum Film GmbH AdliswilHochschule Luzern Design amp KunstSRF Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen SRG SSRWorld SalesInterfilm Berlin Management GmbH BerlinT +49 30 25 94 29 04wwwinterfilmde
remo Scherrer
Whatever The Weather Bei Wind und Wetter
F e S T I V A L F A V O u r I T e S
erlking erlkoumlnig
georges Schwizgebel
Switzerland 2015 6 min | Without dialogue
Festivals (selection)Festival del film Locarno 2015Fantoche Baden 2015 Sitges 2015 Media Arts Festival Tokyo 2016Annecy 2016 Production Studio GDS CarougeRTS Radio Teacuteleacutevision SuisseWorld Sales Studio GDS CarougeT +41 22 342 72 36wwwstudio-gdsch
A father rides through the dark forest with his son The sick child thinks he sees the Erl-king who both charms and frightens him Based on Goethes poem Erlkoumlnig and the mu-sic of Schubert and Liszt comes a new film by Georges Schwizgebel one of Switzerlands leading animation film directors
Birdz
emilien davaud
Switzerland 2016 11 min | Without dialogue
Festivals (selection)Int Short Film Festival Tampere 2016European Short Film Festival-FEC Cambrils-Reus 2016Hong Kong Int Film Festival 2016Animfest Athens 2016ProductionHeacutelium Films LausanneRTS Radio Teacuteleacutevision SuisseWorld RightsHeacutelium Films LausanneT +41 21 544 86 02wwwheliumfilmsch
People that look and behave like birds are try-ing to survive the cruelness of nature
Cats amp dogs
Jesuacutes peacuterez gerd gockell
Switzerland Germany 2015 6 min Without dialogue
Festivals (selection)Fantoche Baden 2015Animatou Geneva 2015Chicago Int Childrens Film Festival 2015Berlinale 2016Filmfest Muumlnchen 2016ProductionGerd Gockell Filmproduktion LucerneAnigraf Filmproduktion HannoverSRF Schweizer Radio und FernsehenWorld SalesMagnetfilm BerlinT +49 163 801 07 53wwwmagnetfilmde
An animated short film for children about friendship One cant force a friendship but an emergency can build a friendship
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F e S T I V A L F A V O u r I T e S
Ivans NeedVeronica L Montantildeo Manuela Leuenberger Lukas Suter
Switzerland 2015 6 min | Without dialogue
Festivals (selection)Fantoche Baden 2015 Int Kurzfilmtage Winterthur 2015Animation Festival Golden KukerndashSofia 2016Int Trickfilm-Festival Stuttgart 2016IndieLisboa 2016Annecy 2016Production Hochschule Luzern Design amp KunstSRF Schweizer Radio und FernsehenWorld RightsHochschule Luzern Design amp KunstT +41 41 248 64 64animationhsluch
Ivan is obsessed with the incredible softness of the dough When kneading he gets lost in intensive daydreams not accepting that soon-er or later the master baker will turn every wonderfully elastic dough into horribly crispy bread Until he sees Alvas looooong breastswwwfacebookcomivansneed
Islanders rest
Claudius gentinetta Frank Braun
Switzerland 2016 18 min | Without dialogue
Festivals (selection)Fantoche Baden 2015 Festival de cinema de animaccedilatildeo Espinho 2015Animateka Ljubljana 2015Mumbai Shorts 2015ShortFest Palm Springs 2016ProductionGentinettafilm ZurichSRF Schweizer Radio und FernsehenWorld RightsGentinettafilm ZurichT +41 44 271 44 55wwwgentinettafilmch A bitter-sweet affectionate tale of lost inno-cence bottled-up desires and the comfort of recyclingwwwgentinettafilmchislanders_resthtml
I Felt Like destroying Something BeautifulKatrin Jucker
Switzerland 2016 3 min | Without dialogue
Festivals (selection)Holland Animation Film Festival Utrecht 2016European Media Art Festival Osnabruumlck 2016Annecy 2016Production and World RightsHochschule Luzern Design amp KunstT +41 41 248 61 14edithflueckigerhsluch
Image codes and their variations An experi-ment in databending Images morph through sound and text files and back into images
18
The Musical dragonLe dragon et la musique
Camille Muumlller
Switzerland 2015 8 min | Without dialogue
Festivals (selection)Animatou Geneva 2015Warsaw Film Festival 2015Leipzig 2015Festival de cinema de animaccedilatildeo Espinho 2015World Festival of Animated Films Zagreb 2016Production and World RightsStudio GDS CarougeT +41 22 342 72 36wwwstudio-gdsch
A little girl befriends a dragon in the woods They begin to play music together but this is not without danger for the obstinate king al-lows only military marches
ruben Leaves
Frederic Siegel
Switzerland 2015 5 min | Without dialogue
Festivals (selection)Fantoche Baden 2015Int Kurzfilmtage Winterthur 2015Premiers Plans Angers 2016Annecy 2016ProductionHochschule Luzern Design amp KunstSRF Schweizer Radio und FernsehenWorld RightsHochschule Luzern Design amp KunstT +41 41 248 64 64animationhsluch
On his way to work Ruben is haunted by obsessive-compulsive thoughts Is the front door locked Is the stove really turned off As Rubenrsquos creative mind is invaded by increas-ingly absurd scenarios reality and imagina-tion begin to merge fredericsiegelchrubenleaves
The Little girl And The NightLa petite fille et la nuit Madina Iskhakova
Switzerland Belgium France 2015 8 min Original languages French German
Festivals (selection)Animateka Ljubljana 2015 Clermont-Ferrand 2016 Oberhausen 2016World Festival of Animated Films Zagreb 2016ProductionNadasdy Film Sarl GenevaLa Boicirctehellip Productions BrusselsLes Films du Nord RoubaixWorld RightsNadasdy Film Sarl GenevaT +41 22 300 20 54wwwnadasdyfilmch
A little girl lives alone in her house in the mid-dle of nowhere She owns just a few buffalo which she takes to graze in the fields during the day In the evening she hurries home and carefully locks the windows and doors because it is then that an enormous woman appears ndash so large that she blocks the sun and turns day into night
19
F e S T I V A L F A V O u r I T e S
20
59 Seconds 59 secondes
Mauro Carraro
Switzerland France | 15 min 3D Computer animation | Original language French
ProductionNadasdy Film Sarl GenevaAutour de Minuit ParisRTS Radio Teacuteleacutevision SuisseWorld RightsNadasdy Film Sarl GenevaT +41 22 300 20 54 wwwnadasdyfilmch
59 seconds is short when it comes to changing the destinies of two people of an entire region or of a country but it can seem like a long time when the earth is trembling
A Festive Wind Vent de fecircte
Marjolaine perreten
Switzerland France | 9 min 2D Computer animation | Without dialogue
ProductionNadasdy Film Sarl GenevaFolimage Bourg-Les-ValencesRTS Radio Teacuteleacutevision SuisseWorld RightsNadasdy Film Sarl GenevaT +41 22 300 20 54wwwnadasdyfilmch
It is early morning in the square of a small Swiss village and a grand festival is being prepared Volunteers are busying themselves and the first musicians have arrived
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Airport Michaela Muumlller
Switzerland Croatia | 10 min Painting on glass | Without dialogue
ProductionSchick Productions ZollikonKinorama ZagrebWorld RightsSchick Productions ZollikonT +41 79 400 62 60ruedischickgmailcom
Individual identities disappear and arise in transit space Everything is in constant motion and everyone potentially suspicious
Circuit
delia hess
Switzerland | 8 min Drawn animation | Without dialogue
ProductionCineacutema Copain Ltd ZurichSRF Schweizer Radio und FernsehenWorld RightsCineacutema Copain Ltd ZurichT +41 43 322 05 11wwwcinemacopaincom
On a small planet caught up in their own little private universe the inhabitants perform their poetically surreal actions which repeat themselves in an endless loop That they are all part of a complex little ecosystem which can only function if each of them plays his or her role is something they are unaware of
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dragon Nest drachennest
Lynn gerlach
Switzerland | 6 min 2D Computer animation | Without dialogue
ProductionNadasdy Film Sarl GenevaRTS Radio Teacuteleacutevision SuisseWorld RightsNadasdy Film Sarl GenevaT +41 22 300 20 54wwwnadasdyfilmch
The expedition of a valiant knight hoping to wrench a beautiful princess from the claws of a terrible dragon finishes in a brutal and unexpected way The knight winds up a slave to the princess who is actually a shrew that has already put a poor dragon under her yoke However the two captives merely appear to be resigned to their fate
FuN-dO
Jonas raeber
Switzerland | 4 min | Original language EnglishDrawn animation 2D Computer animation
Production and World RightsSWAMP Animation LucerneT +41 41 210 45 29wwwswampfilmcom
In 2035 Ueli and Heinz take a stab at representing Switzerland with their ldquoFUN-DOrdquo song in the Eurovision Song Contest only to discover at the audition that a great deal has changed during the past years
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Laffaire des tableaux suissesJacob Berger Samuel guillaume Freacutedeacuteric guillaume
Switzerland | 20 min Mixed techniques | Original language French
Production and World Rights Nouvelle Tribu GenevaT +41 78 697 41 17yasminenouvelletribuch
What does painting tell us What does Swiss painting tell us about Switzerland What does it reveal about who we are Comparing three iconic works with dozens of images drawn from six centuries of Swiss pictorial photographic filmic and sculptural art this film is an unusual voyage extravagant and poetic through the tortured meanderings of identity politics and aesthetics
La femme canon
david Toutevoix Albertine Zullo
Switzerland | 12 min Stop motion | Original language French
Production and World RightsHeacutelium Films LausanneT +41 21 544 86 02wwwheliumfilmsch
Day after day female cannonball Madeleine is shot kilometres from her home and has to return on foot When she arrives home ex-hausted she finds her satisfied husband waiting for her reading the newspaper in front of a big plate of spaghetti with tomato sauce But one evening Madeleine doesnt come home
u p C O M I N g
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2016
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Les grattes-ciel
Fabienne giezendanner
Switzerland France | 10 min 2D Computer animation | Without dialogue
ProductionNadasdy Film Sarl GenevaRTS Radio Teacuteleacutevision SuisseZeacutero de Conduite Productions LilleWorld RightsNadasdy Film Sarl GenevaT +41 22 300 20 54wwwnadasdyfilmch
Strange objects lifted by cranes are rising in the sky Gradually two buildings are erected Two billionaires Agenor-Agobar Poirier des Chapelles and Willigis Kittycly Junior assisted by the most highly paid architects in the world are each building a skyscraper ever higher and more luxurious ndash but how high will they go
un fait-divers eacutetrange
Antoine guex
Switzerland | 5 min | Original language French Drawing on paper 2D Computer animation
ProductionAntoine Guex ndash Les Productions Remue Meacutenage LausanneRTS Radio Teacuteleacutevision SuisseWorld RightsAntoine Guex ndash Les Productions Remue Meacutenage LausanneT +41 21 646 03 92antoineguexbluewinch
A cat and a dog are having difficulty living under the same roof One day the cat tired of the incessant quarrelling with the dog decides to get rid of him and invites him out of the house to an unnamed destination Intrigued and hungry the dog follows the cat in the hopes of finding something to eat He has no idea he is about to become the victim of a strange news item
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Vaniteacutes Zoltaacuten horvaacuteth
Switzerland | 12 min | Mixed techniquesOriginal languages German French Russian
ProductionNadasdy Film Sarl GenevaRTS Radio Teacuteleacutevision SuisseWorld RightsNadasdy Film Sarl GenevaT +41 22 300 20 54wwwnadasdyfilmch
Somewhere on the shores of a Russian lake a recreational fisher-man and his guide are preparing to haul to the surface something much more than an extraordinary fish the demonstration that in the face of death seeking wealth or appearance is a vain pursuit
Vertico
elie Chapuis Lynn devillaz
Switzerland | 5 min | Mixed techniques Sand animation Pixilation | Without dialogue
Production and World RightsHeacutelium Films LausanneT +41 21 544 86 02wwwheliumfilmsch
An experimental film bringing together 11 Geneva illustrators ex-pressing themselves through direct animation techniques rostrum camera pixilation and animation of objects
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Les fables de lhomme (working title)
ralph And The dinosaursralph et les dinosaures
Jonas raeber director of Credo (2000)
gruumlezi (1995)and hoping For Better Times (1993)
2D Computer animationSWAMP Animation Lucerne
Planned for Summer 2017
Freacutedeacuteric guillaume Samuel guillaumedirectors of Max amp Co (2007)
Le conte des sables dor (2015)and The Night Of The Bear (2012)
Feature length in developmentHybrid techniques
Caravel Production Sagraverl LausannePlanned for Winter 2019
Isabelle Favezdirector of Air-Mail (2015)
and Au coeur de lhiver (2012)
2D Computer animationNadasdy Film Sarl Geneva
La Boicirctehellip Productions BrusselsPlanned for Spring 2017
der kleine Vogel und die raupe
The Cageder Kaumlfig
Lena von doumlhren director of The Little Bird
And The Squirrel (2014) and The Little Bird
And The Leaf (2012)
Digital cutoutSchattenkabinett GmbH Bern
Planned for Spring 2017
Freacutedeacuteric guillaume Samuel guillaumedirectors of Max amp Co (2007)
Le conte des sables dor (2015)and The Night Of The Bear (2012)
Hybrid techniques Caravel Production Sagraverl Lausanne
Planned for Fall 2017
Marcel Barellidirector of Lucens (2015)
and Vigia (2013)
2D Computer animationNadasdy Film Sarl Geneva
Vivement Lundi RennesPlanned for Fall 2017
Le renard et loiseau (working title)
Zibila ou la vie zebreacutee
I N p r O d u C T I O N
Visit us at our stands at
Festival del film Locarno Toronto International Film Festival Short Film Market in Clermont-Ferrand Berlinale european Film Market eFM Cannes Village International
Neugasse 6 | Postfach | CH-8031 Zuumlrich | T +41 43 211 40 50
infoswissfilmsch | wwwswissfilmsch
ANIMATION 2016
Selina WillemseHead of Festivals amp Markets
swillemseswissfilmschT +41 79 286 51 88
Sylvain VaucherShort Films
svaucherswissfilmschT +41 79 542 83 80
FeATureS
New Feature 3
Upcoming 4
Festival Favourite 5
ShOrTS
New Shorts 6
Festival Favourites 17
Upcoming 20
In Production 27
Cover CHRIS THE SWISS by Anja KofmelBack cover MY LIFE AS A COURGETTE by Claude Barras
TABLe OF CONTeNTST e A M
Watch online ShOrT FILM LIBrArYwwwswissfilmschshortfilmlibrary
3
Switzerland France2016 65 minStop motion
Original language FrenchWorld premiere
Cannes 2016(Quinzaine des Reacutealisateurs)
ProductionRita Productions Geneva
Blue Spirit Productions ParisGeacutebeacuteka Films LyonKNM Monte Carlo
RTS Radio Teacuteleacutevision SuisseRhocircne Alpes Cineacutema Villeurbanne
Canal + France 3
Heacutelium Films LausanneWorld Sales
Indie Sales ParisT +33 1 44 83 02 27wwwindiesaleseu
1973 in Sierre Claude Barras studiedillustration and infography at Eacutecole
Emile Cohl in Lyon as well as computer graphics at ECAL in Lausanne He has
already made several award-winning short animation films most recently ROOM 69 (2012) which was selected for numerous
festivals ICE FLOE (2005) was presented in the International Short Film Competition in Cannes while festival hit LE GEacuteNIE DE
LA BOIcircTE DE RAVIOLIS (2006) screened at more than 50 festivals
MY LIFE AS A COURGETTE celebrated its world premiere in Cannes
Courgette is a rather unusual nickname for a 9-year-old boy but his unique story is surprising-ly universal After his motherrsquos sudden death Courgette is befriended by a kind police officer Raymond who accompanies Courgette to his new foster home filled with other orphans his age At first Courgette struggles to find his place in this strange at times hostile environment Yet with Raymondrsquos help and his new found friends he eventually learns to trust finds true love and at last a new family of his own
N e W F e AT u r e
Claude Barras
My Life As A Courgette
Ma vie de Courgette
4
Switzerland Croatia GermanyAniDoc 90 min2D Computer animation Original languages German Swiss-German English SpanishProductionDschoint Ventschr Filmproduktion AG ZurichNukleus Film ZagrebMAJADE Filmproduktion LeipzigWorld RightsDschoint Ventschr Filmproduktion AG ZurichT +41 44 456 30 20wwwdvfilmch
1982 in Lugano Anja Kofmel studied animation at the Lucerne School of Art and Design (HSLU) She was assistant director on LETTER TO ANNA (2007) by Eric Bergkraut Her Bachelorrsquos degree film CHRIGI (2009) has been awarded at numerous international film festivals CHRIGI already told the story of the tragic death of Kofmelrsquos cousin Chris and has now been turned into her first highly anti-cipated anidoc feature film
Croatia 7th of January 1992 In the middle of the war a young journalists body is discov-ered dressed in the uniform of an interna-tional mercenary group Twenty years later his cousin Anja Kofmel investigates his story
Anja Kofmel
u p C O M I N g F e A T u r e
Chris The Swiss
expeCTedSPRING
2017
5
Switzerland Germany Sweden2016 72 min
2D3D Computer animation Drawing on paperOriginal language English
Festivals (selection)Berlinale 2016 (world premiere)
New York Int Childrens Film Festival 2016Guadalajara Int Film Festival 2016
Buenos Aires Int Independent Film Festival 2016Trickfilm-Festival Stuttgart 2016
Taipei Film Festival 2016Cinekid Amsterdam 2016
ProductionLittle Monster GmbH Zurich
Alexandra Schatz Filmproduktion HannoverTrickstudio Lutterbeck GmbH Cologne
Sluggerfilm AB MalmoumlSenator Film Muumlnchen GmbH Munich
Peacock Film AG ZurichWorld Sales
Global Screen GmbH MunichT +49 89 24 41 29 55 00
wwwglobalscreende
Molly Monster is no longer the centre of atten-tion in her family The focus has now become the egg which Mama has laid and Papa is hat-ching In Monsterland parents bring the eggs to the island to hatch them Molly however must stay at home in her unclersquos care But since her parents have forgotten the hat Molly has knit-ted for the baby she thus sets out on the long and difficult journey to the egg island
wwwmollymonsterch
F e S T I VA L FAV O u r I T e F e AT u r e
Molly Monster
Ted Sieger 1958 in Chile Ted Sieger is a Swiss independent
director animator and designer of animation films andseries comics and picture books Since 2004 Sieger alsolectures at film schools His short THE SMORTLYBACKS
(2013) was screened and awarded at many festivalsworldwide including Stuttgart Villa do Conde Baden
Clermont-Ferrand and Leipzig
Michael ekbladh 1960 in Sweden Attended Sheridan College in Oakville
Since 1985 works as animator designer and director foranimations Co-owner of Sluggerfilm in Malmouml
Matthias Bruhn 1962 in Germany Studied Graphic Design at FHD
(Fachhochschule Duumlsseldorf) Since 1998 co-ownerco-manager and art director of Trickstudio Lutterbeck
Bruhn lectured at the Lucerne School of Art and Design (HSLU) and now works as lecturer at
the school of animation La Poudriegravere in Valence
Ted Sieger Michael ekblad Matthias Bruhn
6
Switzerland2016 9 minDrawing on paper Digital cutout animationWithout dialogueProductionVirage Film Saskia von Viraacuteg ZurichSRF Schweizer Radio und FernsehenWorld SalesInterfilm Berlin Management GmbH BerlinT +49 30 25 94 29 04wwwinterfilmde
1983 in Latvia Latvian citizenshipIn 2007 Anete Melece graduated in Visual Communication from the Art Academy of Latvia and in 2012 she received her MA in Animation from the Lucerne School of Art and Design (HSLU) She works as an illustra-tor animator and graphic designerHer previous film THE KIOSK (2013) was awarded with the Swiss Film Award for Best Animation Film in 2014 and became a huge festival hit
Antonrsquos head is bursting with thoughts The gardener is seething with anger who has tram-pled her flower beds In the park Anton is look-ing for someone to play chess with For some-one who plays a better game than his dog The gardner is looking for a mysterious vandal who has lost a yellow boot But perhaps they are both looking for the same thing
Anete Melece
N e W S h O r T S
Analysis paralysis
N e W S h O r T S
AngelMon ange
7
Switzerland2016 8 min
2D Computer animation Without dialogue
ProductionNadasdy Film Sarl Geneva
RTS Radio Teacuteleacutevision SuisseWorld Rights
Nadasdy Film Sarl GenevaT +41 22 300 20 54
wwwnadasdyfilmch
1991 in Lausanne Gregory Casares studied film at ECAL (Eacutecole Cantonale dArt de Lausanne) He works as film-
maker 2D animator and illustrator His short film BELLE COMME UN COEUR
(2015) was shown and awarded at numerous festivals such as Clermont-
Ferrand International Short Film Festival
Eva and Mr Corbeau have long felt a reciprocal affection and attraction But the world of hu-mans and the world of animals dont mix That is until this autumn evening at the masked ball organised by Evas father in honour of his daughter
gregory Casares
8
Switzerland2016 13 min Mixed techniques Drawing on paperWithout dialogueProductionStudio GDS CarougeRTS Radio Teacuteleacutevision SuisseWorld RightsStudio GDS CarougeT +41 22 342 72 36wwwstudio-gdschFestival Distribution Studio Wasia Champigny-sur-MarneMikhal Bakmikhalbakgmailcom
1948 in Geneva After graduating in graphic design Claude Luyet focuses on animation cinema His films of different styles sometimes collaborations have won awards at various international film festivals In 1970 he co-founded Studio GDS with Georges Schwizgebel and Daniel Suter He also collaborated on the first feature-length film by J-F Laguionie GWEN AND THE BOOK OF SAND (1985)
Ariadne is playing with a ball She is interrupt-ed as her mother calls her inside She loses her ball along with her childhood The 20th centu-ry and Ariadnes life plays out on her balcony As Ariadne nears the end of her life she regains her lost childhood
dani LevyClaude Luyet
N e W S h O r T S
Ariadnes ThreadLe fil dAriane
9
Switzerland2016 9 minStop motion
Without dialogueProduction and World Rights
freihaumlndler Filmproduktion GmbH BaselT +41 61 631 45 05
wwwfreihaendlerch
1974 in Zurich In 2000 he received a degree in directing from the ECAL (Eacutecole
Cantonale dArt de Lausanne) and in 2009 an MA in Animation from the Royal College
of Art in London Rafael Sommerhalder is co-owner of the production company
Crictor and works as an independent director and animator His films such
as WOLVES (2009) and HERR WUumlRFEL (2004) were screened and awarded at
numerous festivals worldwide
The scarecrow Balthazar hears something en-ticing in the seashell A sound so wonderful that he is ready to leave everything behind
rafael Sommerhalder
N e W S h O r T S
Au revoir Balthazar
10
Switzerland2016 6 min Drawing on paper PixilationWithout dialogueProductionHochschule Luzern Design amp KunstAline Houmlchli Tricksfilms WabernWorld RightsHochschule Luzern Design amp KunstT +41 41 248 64 64animationhsluch
1990 in Switzerland Aline Houmlchli studied 2D animation at the renowned Lucerne School of Art and Design (HSLU) In 2015 she graduated with her Bacherlorrsquos degree film HE SOuml KHEROuml
The woman saves fishes The crocodile eats fishes The woman loves the crocodile and the crocodile loves her The film follows their every-day life and in short episodes tells of their dif-ficulties
Aline houmlchli
he souml kherouml
N e W S h O r T S
11
Switzerland2016 6 min
2D 3D Computer animationWithout dialogue
ProductionNadasdy Film Sarl Geneva
RTS Radio Teacuteleacutevision SuisseWorld Rights
Nadasdy Film Sarl GenevaT +41 22 300 20 54
wwwnadasdyfilmch
1982 in Iran Mojgan Ghanaatgar first studied graphic design in Teheran
then graduated from the Lucerne School of Art and Design (HSLU) in 2D animation
in 2009 She also has a Master of Art in Design in the same field Since then she
realises her own films as well as anima-tions and illustrations Her previous film
RECYCLED PLANETS (2007) was screened at several international film festivals
In a small town organised around a roundabout life flows peacefully Everyone goes about their task and everything works as it should until the arrival of an insatiable magpie
Mojgan ghanaatgar
N e W S h O r T S
pica pica histoire dune pie insatiable
12
Switzerland2016 8 min 2D Computer animation Mixed techniquesWithout dialogueProductionNadasdy Film Sarl GenevaRTS Radio Teacuteleacutevision SuisseWorld RightsNadasdy Film Sarl GenevaT +41 22 300 20 54wwwnadasdyfilmch
1973 in Nyon In 1997 Seacuteverine Leibundgut received a degree from ESBA (Eacutecole Supeacuteri-eure des Beaux Art de Genegraveve) Besides making films she also works as an illustrator for comic books
In a world of perpetual decomposition and re-composition small individual neuroses feed large collective neuroses
Seacuteverine Leibundgut
N e W S h O r T S
Shed Skinspeaux mortes
13
Switzerland2016 7 min
Drawing on paper Drawn animationWithout dialogue
Production and World RightsHochschule Luzern Design amp Kunst
T +41 41 248 64 64animationhsluch
An educational short film about the harvesting of sun milk
Silvan Zweifel
1992 in Switzerland Silvan Zweifel studied 2D animation at the renowned
Lucerne School of Art and Design (HSLU) SUNNAumlMILCH is his Bachelorrsquos degree
film His previous animated short TOHUWABOHU (2015) was screened at pres-
tigious festivals such as Dok Leipzig and Fantoche Baden
Sunnaumlmilch
N e W S h O r T S
14
1982 in Bern From 2003-07 she studied animation at the renowned Lucerne School of Art and Design (HSLU) and at the Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow Currently Jadwiga Kowalska is finishing her Masters degree in Illustration again at the HSLU In 2009 she won the Swiss Film Award for Best Animation with TOcircT OU TARD (2008) Her previous films THE EARTH IS ROUND (2006) and THE GIRL amp THE HUNTER (2010) have been huge festival hitsPhoto Ralph Kuumlhne
A man on a bridge separated from his love Longing to be with her one last time he decides to look for her on the other side
N e W S h O r T S
Switzerland2016 6 minPaint on cells Cutout animationMixed techniques 2D Computer animationWithout dialogueProductionJadwiga Kowalska LucerneSRF Schweizer Radio und FernsehenWorld RightsJadwiga Kowalska LucerneT +41 79 780 05 67wwwjadwigach
Jadwiga Kowalska
The Bridge Over The riverdie Bruumlcke uumlber den Fluss
15
Switzerland France 2016 10 minStop motion
Without dialogueProduction
Nadasdy Film Sarl GenevaFolimage Bourg-Les-Valences
RTS Radio Teacuteleacutevision SuisseWorld Rights
Nadasdy Film Sarl GenevaT +41 22 300 20 54
wwwnadasdyfilmch
Anne Baillod 1960 in Geneva In 1987 she received her
degree from the Eacutecole Supeacuterieure dArt Visuel (ESAV) Geneva in animation and engraving She works as an animation director photo-grapher does engravings and installations
Co-founded Ivanko Films in 1996
Jean Faravel 1958 in Morges He attended the Haute eacutecole drsquoart et de design (HEAD) in Geneva He works
as a sound engineer and film director as well as in theatre productions Co-founder of Ivanko
Films with Anne Baillod in 1996
Adapted from a story by Anderson the film tells the tale of a little girl who peddles matches Failing to sell them she ends up burning them all These moments of warmth are accompanied by happy visions culminating in the apparition of her deceased grandmother
Anne Baillod Jean Faravel
N e W S h O r T S
The Little Match girlLa petite marchande dallumettes
16
1986 in Switzerland Remo Scherrerstudied at Switzerlandrsquos renowned schoolfor animated film the Lucerne School of Art and Design ndash Master of Arts in FilmWHATEVER THE WEATHER is RemoScherrers Masters degree film which premiered in Cannes at the Cineacutefondation Selection
Wallyrsquos childhood is increasingly turned upside down by her mothers alcohol addiction She experiences the excesses and consequences of addiction first hand Desperately the eight-year-old tries to keep up normality in her own life and the life of her family by any means A roller coaster ride between helplessness exces-sive demands and desperation begins A daily struggle for survivalwwwbeiwindundwetterch
N e W S h O r T S
SwitzerlandAniDoc 2016 11 min 2D Computer animationOriginal language GermanWorld premiereCannes 2016(Cineacutefondation Selection)ProductionZeitraum Film GmbH AdliswilHochschule Luzern Design amp KunstSRF Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen SRG SSRWorld SalesInterfilm Berlin Management GmbH BerlinT +49 30 25 94 29 04wwwinterfilmde
remo Scherrer
Whatever The Weather Bei Wind und Wetter
F e S T I V A L F A V O u r I T e S
erlking erlkoumlnig
georges Schwizgebel
Switzerland 2015 6 min | Without dialogue
Festivals (selection)Festival del film Locarno 2015Fantoche Baden 2015 Sitges 2015 Media Arts Festival Tokyo 2016Annecy 2016 Production Studio GDS CarougeRTS Radio Teacuteleacutevision SuisseWorld Sales Studio GDS CarougeT +41 22 342 72 36wwwstudio-gdsch
A father rides through the dark forest with his son The sick child thinks he sees the Erl-king who both charms and frightens him Based on Goethes poem Erlkoumlnig and the mu-sic of Schubert and Liszt comes a new film by Georges Schwizgebel one of Switzerlands leading animation film directors
Birdz
emilien davaud
Switzerland 2016 11 min | Without dialogue
Festivals (selection)Int Short Film Festival Tampere 2016European Short Film Festival-FEC Cambrils-Reus 2016Hong Kong Int Film Festival 2016Animfest Athens 2016ProductionHeacutelium Films LausanneRTS Radio Teacuteleacutevision SuisseWorld RightsHeacutelium Films LausanneT +41 21 544 86 02wwwheliumfilmsch
People that look and behave like birds are try-ing to survive the cruelness of nature
Cats amp dogs
Jesuacutes peacuterez gerd gockell
Switzerland Germany 2015 6 min Without dialogue
Festivals (selection)Fantoche Baden 2015Animatou Geneva 2015Chicago Int Childrens Film Festival 2015Berlinale 2016Filmfest Muumlnchen 2016ProductionGerd Gockell Filmproduktion LucerneAnigraf Filmproduktion HannoverSRF Schweizer Radio und FernsehenWorld SalesMagnetfilm BerlinT +49 163 801 07 53wwwmagnetfilmde
An animated short film for children about friendship One cant force a friendship but an emergency can build a friendship
17
F e S T I V A L F A V O u r I T e S
Ivans NeedVeronica L Montantildeo Manuela Leuenberger Lukas Suter
Switzerland 2015 6 min | Without dialogue
Festivals (selection)Fantoche Baden 2015 Int Kurzfilmtage Winterthur 2015Animation Festival Golden KukerndashSofia 2016Int Trickfilm-Festival Stuttgart 2016IndieLisboa 2016Annecy 2016Production Hochschule Luzern Design amp KunstSRF Schweizer Radio und FernsehenWorld RightsHochschule Luzern Design amp KunstT +41 41 248 64 64animationhsluch
Ivan is obsessed with the incredible softness of the dough When kneading he gets lost in intensive daydreams not accepting that soon-er or later the master baker will turn every wonderfully elastic dough into horribly crispy bread Until he sees Alvas looooong breastswwwfacebookcomivansneed
Islanders rest
Claudius gentinetta Frank Braun
Switzerland 2016 18 min | Without dialogue
Festivals (selection)Fantoche Baden 2015 Festival de cinema de animaccedilatildeo Espinho 2015Animateka Ljubljana 2015Mumbai Shorts 2015ShortFest Palm Springs 2016ProductionGentinettafilm ZurichSRF Schweizer Radio und FernsehenWorld RightsGentinettafilm ZurichT +41 44 271 44 55wwwgentinettafilmch A bitter-sweet affectionate tale of lost inno-cence bottled-up desires and the comfort of recyclingwwwgentinettafilmchislanders_resthtml
I Felt Like destroying Something BeautifulKatrin Jucker
Switzerland 2016 3 min | Without dialogue
Festivals (selection)Holland Animation Film Festival Utrecht 2016European Media Art Festival Osnabruumlck 2016Annecy 2016Production and World RightsHochschule Luzern Design amp KunstT +41 41 248 61 14edithflueckigerhsluch
Image codes and their variations An experi-ment in databending Images morph through sound and text files and back into images
18
The Musical dragonLe dragon et la musique
Camille Muumlller
Switzerland 2015 8 min | Without dialogue
Festivals (selection)Animatou Geneva 2015Warsaw Film Festival 2015Leipzig 2015Festival de cinema de animaccedilatildeo Espinho 2015World Festival of Animated Films Zagreb 2016Production and World RightsStudio GDS CarougeT +41 22 342 72 36wwwstudio-gdsch
A little girl befriends a dragon in the woods They begin to play music together but this is not without danger for the obstinate king al-lows only military marches
ruben Leaves
Frederic Siegel
Switzerland 2015 5 min | Without dialogue
Festivals (selection)Fantoche Baden 2015Int Kurzfilmtage Winterthur 2015Premiers Plans Angers 2016Annecy 2016ProductionHochschule Luzern Design amp KunstSRF Schweizer Radio und FernsehenWorld RightsHochschule Luzern Design amp KunstT +41 41 248 64 64animationhsluch
On his way to work Ruben is haunted by obsessive-compulsive thoughts Is the front door locked Is the stove really turned off As Rubenrsquos creative mind is invaded by increas-ingly absurd scenarios reality and imagina-tion begin to merge fredericsiegelchrubenleaves
The Little girl And The NightLa petite fille et la nuit Madina Iskhakova
Switzerland Belgium France 2015 8 min Original languages French German
Festivals (selection)Animateka Ljubljana 2015 Clermont-Ferrand 2016 Oberhausen 2016World Festival of Animated Films Zagreb 2016ProductionNadasdy Film Sarl GenevaLa Boicirctehellip Productions BrusselsLes Films du Nord RoubaixWorld RightsNadasdy Film Sarl GenevaT +41 22 300 20 54wwwnadasdyfilmch
A little girl lives alone in her house in the mid-dle of nowhere She owns just a few buffalo which she takes to graze in the fields during the day In the evening she hurries home and carefully locks the windows and doors because it is then that an enormous woman appears ndash so large that she blocks the sun and turns day into night
19
F e S T I V A L F A V O u r I T e S
20
59 Seconds 59 secondes
Mauro Carraro
Switzerland France | 15 min 3D Computer animation | Original language French
ProductionNadasdy Film Sarl GenevaAutour de Minuit ParisRTS Radio Teacuteleacutevision SuisseWorld RightsNadasdy Film Sarl GenevaT +41 22 300 20 54 wwwnadasdyfilmch
59 seconds is short when it comes to changing the destinies of two people of an entire region or of a country but it can seem like a long time when the earth is trembling
A Festive Wind Vent de fecircte
Marjolaine perreten
Switzerland France | 9 min 2D Computer animation | Without dialogue
ProductionNadasdy Film Sarl GenevaFolimage Bourg-Les-ValencesRTS Radio Teacuteleacutevision SuisseWorld RightsNadasdy Film Sarl GenevaT +41 22 300 20 54wwwnadasdyfilmch
It is early morning in the square of a small Swiss village and a grand festival is being prepared Volunteers are busying themselves and the first musicians have arrived
expeCTedFAll2017
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21
Airport Michaela Muumlller
Switzerland Croatia | 10 min Painting on glass | Without dialogue
ProductionSchick Productions ZollikonKinorama ZagrebWorld RightsSchick Productions ZollikonT +41 79 400 62 60ruedischickgmailcom
Individual identities disappear and arise in transit space Everything is in constant motion and everyone potentially suspicious
Circuit
delia hess
Switzerland | 8 min Drawn animation | Without dialogue
ProductionCineacutema Copain Ltd ZurichSRF Schweizer Radio und FernsehenWorld RightsCineacutema Copain Ltd ZurichT +41 43 322 05 11wwwcinemacopaincom
On a small planet caught up in their own little private universe the inhabitants perform their poetically surreal actions which repeat themselves in an endless loop That they are all part of a complex little ecosystem which can only function if each of them plays his or her role is something they are unaware of
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22
dragon Nest drachennest
Lynn gerlach
Switzerland | 6 min 2D Computer animation | Without dialogue
ProductionNadasdy Film Sarl GenevaRTS Radio Teacuteleacutevision SuisseWorld RightsNadasdy Film Sarl GenevaT +41 22 300 20 54wwwnadasdyfilmch
The expedition of a valiant knight hoping to wrench a beautiful princess from the claws of a terrible dragon finishes in a brutal and unexpected way The knight winds up a slave to the princess who is actually a shrew that has already put a poor dragon under her yoke However the two captives merely appear to be resigned to their fate
FuN-dO
Jonas raeber
Switzerland | 4 min | Original language EnglishDrawn animation 2D Computer animation
Production and World RightsSWAMP Animation LucerneT +41 41 210 45 29wwwswampfilmcom
In 2035 Ueli and Heinz take a stab at representing Switzerland with their ldquoFUN-DOrdquo song in the Eurovision Song Contest only to discover at the audition that a great deal has changed during the past years
u p C O M I N g
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2017
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Laffaire des tableaux suissesJacob Berger Samuel guillaume Freacutedeacuteric guillaume
Switzerland | 20 min Mixed techniques | Original language French
Production and World Rights Nouvelle Tribu GenevaT +41 78 697 41 17yasminenouvelletribuch
What does painting tell us What does Swiss painting tell us about Switzerland What does it reveal about who we are Comparing three iconic works with dozens of images drawn from six centuries of Swiss pictorial photographic filmic and sculptural art this film is an unusual voyage extravagant and poetic through the tortured meanderings of identity politics and aesthetics
La femme canon
david Toutevoix Albertine Zullo
Switzerland | 12 min Stop motion | Original language French
Production and World RightsHeacutelium Films LausanneT +41 21 544 86 02wwwheliumfilmsch
Day after day female cannonball Madeleine is shot kilometres from her home and has to return on foot When she arrives home ex-hausted she finds her satisfied husband waiting for her reading the newspaper in front of a big plate of spaghetti with tomato sauce But one evening Madeleine doesnt come home
u p C O M I N g
expeCTedSuMMeR
2016
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24
Les grattes-ciel
Fabienne giezendanner
Switzerland France | 10 min 2D Computer animation | Without dialogue
ProductionNadasdy Film Sarl GenevaRTS Radio Teacuteleacutevision SuisseZeacutero de Conduite Productions LilleWorld RightsNadasdy Film Sarl GenevaT +41 22 300 20 54wwwnadasdyfilmch
Strange objects lifted by cranes are rising in the sky Gradually two buildings are erected Two billionaires Agenor-Agobar Poirier des Chapelles and Willigis Kittycly Junior assisted by the most highly paid architects in the world are each building a skyscraper ever higher and more luxurious ndash but how high will they go
un fait-divers eacutetrange
Antoine guex
Switzerland | 5 min | Original language French Drawing on paper 2D Computer animation
ProductionAntoine Guex ndash Les Productions Remue Meacutenage LausanneRTS Radio Teacuteleacutevision SuisseWorld RightsAntoine Guex ndash Les Productions Remue Meacutenage LausanneT +41 21 646 03 92antoineguexbluewinch
A cat and a dog are having difficulty living under the same roof One day the cat tired of the incessant quarrelling with the dog decides to get rid of him and invites him out of the house to an unnamed destination Intrigued and hungry the dog follows the cat in the hopes of finding something to eat He has no idea he is about to become the victim of a strange news item
u p C O M I N g
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Vaniteacutes Zoltaacuten horvaacuteth
Switzerland | 12 min | Mixed techniquesOriginal languages German French Russian
ProductionNadasdy Film Sarl GenevaRTS Radio Teacuteleacutevision SuisseWorld RightsNadasdy Film Sarl GenevaT +41 22 300 20 54wwwnadasdyfilmch
Somewhere on the shores of a Russian lake a recreational fisher-man and his guide are preparing to haul to the surface something much more than an extraordinary fish the demonstration that in the face of death seeking wealth or appearance is a vain pursuit
Vertico
elie Chapuis Lynn devillaz
Switzerland | 5 min | Mixed techniques Sand animation Pixilation | Without dialogue
Production and World RightsHeacutelium Films LausanneT +41 21 544 86 02wwwheliumfilmsch
An experimental film bringing together 11 Geneva illustrators ex-pressing themselves through direct animation techniques rostrum camera pixilation and animation of objects
u p C O M I N g
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Les fables de lhomme (working title)
ralph And The dinosaursralph et les dinosaures
Jonas raeber director of Credo (2000)
gruumlezi (1995)and hoping For Better Times (1993)
2D Computer animationSWAMP Animation Lucerne
Planned for Summer 2017
Freacutedeacuteric guillaume Samuel guillaumedirectors of Max amp Co (2007)
Le conte des sables dor (2015)and The Night Of The Bear (2012)
Feature length in developmentHybrid techniques
Caravel Production Sagraverl LausannePlanned for Winter 2019
Isabelle Favezdirector of Air-Mail (2015)
and Au coeur de lhiver (2012)
2D Computer animationNadasdy Film Sarl Geneva
La Boicirctehellip Productions BrusselsPlanned for Spring 2017
der kleine Vogel und die raupe
The Cageder Kaumlfig
Lena von doumlhren director of The Little Bird
And The Squirrel (2014) and The Little Bird
And The Leaf (2012)
Digital cutoutSchattenkabinett GmbH Bern
Planned for Spring 2017
Freacutedeacuteric guillaume Samuel guillaumedirectors of Max amp Co (2007)
Le conte des sables dor (2015)and The Night Of The Bear (2012)
Hybrid techniques Caravel Production Sagraverl Lausanne
Planned for Fall 2017
Marcel Barellidirector of Lucens (2015)
and Vigia (2013)
2D Computer animationNadasdy Film Sarl Geneva
Vivement Lundi RennesPlanned for Fall 2017
Le renard et loiseau (working title)
Zibila ou la vie zebreacutee
I N p r O d u C T I O N
Visit us at our stands at
Festival del film Locarno Toronto International Film Festival Short Film Market in Clermont-Ferrand Berlinale european Film Market eFM Cannes Village International
Neugasse 6 | Postfach | CH-8031 Zuumlrich | T +41 43 211 40 50
infoswissfilmsch | wwwswissfilmsch
3
Switzerland France2016 65 minStop motion
Original language FrenchWorld premiere
Cannes 2016(Quinzaine des Reacutealisateurs)
ProductionRita Productions Geneva
Blue Spirit Productions ParisGeacutebeacuteka Films LyonKNM Monte Carlo
RTS Radio Teacuteleacutevision SuisseRhocircne Alpes Cineacutema Villeurbanne
Canal + France 3
Heacutelium Films LausanneWorld Sales
Indie Sales ParisT +33 1 44 83 02 27wwwindiesaleseu
1973 in Sierre Claude Barras studiedillustration and infography at Eacutecole
Emile Cohl in Lyon as well as computer graphics at ECAL in Lausanne He has
already made several award-winning short animation films most recently ROOM 69 (2012) which was selected for numerous
festivals ICE FLOE (2005) was presented in the International Short Film Competition in Cannes while festival hit LE GEacuteNIE DE
LA BOIcircTE DE RAVIOLIS (2006) screened at more than 50 festivals
MY LIFE AS A COURGETTE celebrated its world premiere in Cannes
Courgette is a rather unusual nickname for a 9-year-old boy but his unique story is surprising-ly universal After his motherrsquos sudden death Courgette is befriended by a kind police officer Raymond who accompanies Courgette to his new foster home filled with other orphans his age At first Courgette struggles to find his place in this strange at times hostile environment Yet with Raymondrsquos help and his new found friends he eventually learns to trust finds true love and at last a new family of his own
N e W F e AT u r e
Claude Barras
My Life As A Courgette
Ma vie de Courgette
4
Switzerland Croatia GermanyAniDoc 90 min2D Computer animation Original languages German Swiss-German English SpanishProductionDschoint Ventschr Filmproduktion AG ZurichNukleus Film ZagrebMAJADE Filmproduktion LeipzigWorld RightsDschoint Ventschr Filmproduktion AG ZurichT +41 44 456 30 20wwwdvfilmch
1982 in Lugano Anja Kofmel studied animation at the Lucerne School of Art and Design (HSLU) She was assistant director on LETTER TO ANNA (2007) by Eric Bergkraut Her Bachelorrsquos degree film CHRIGI (2009) has been awarded at numerous international film festivals CHRIGI already told the story of the tragic death of Kofmelrsquos cousin Chris and has now been turned into her first highly anti-cipated anidoc feature film
Croatia 7th of January 1992 In the middle of the war a young journalists body is discov-ered dressed in the uniform of an interna-tional mercenary group Twenty years later his cousin Anja Kofmel investigates his story
Anja Kofmel
u p C O M I N g F e A T u r e
Chris The Swiss
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5
Switzerland Germany Sweden2016 72 min
2D3D Computer animation Drawing on paperOriginal language English
Festivals (selection)Berlinale 2016 (world premiere)
New York Int Childrens Film Festival 2016Guadalajara Int Film Festival 2016
Buenos Aires Int Independent Film Festival 2016Trickfilm-Festival Stuttgart 2016
Taipei Film Festival 2016Cinekid Amsterdam 2016
ProductionLittle Monster GmbH Zurich
Alexandra Schatz Filmproduktion HannoverTrickstudio Lutterbeck GmbH Cologne
Sluggerfilm AB MalmoumlSenator Film Muumlnchen GmbH Munich
Peacock Film AG ZurichWorld Sales
Global Screen GmbH MunichT +49 89 24 41 29 55 00
wwwglobalscreende
Molly Monster is no longer the centre of atten-tion in her family The focus has now become the egg which Mama has laid and Papa is hat-ching In Monsterland parents bring the eggs to the island to hatch them Molly however must stay at home in her unclersquos care But since her parents have forgotten the hat Molly has knit-ted for the baby she thus sets out on the long and difficult journey to the egg island
wwwmollymonsterch
F e S T I VA L FAV O u r I T e F e AT u r e
Molly Monster
Ted Sieger 1958 in Chile Ted Sieger is a Swiss independent
director animator and designer of animation films andseries comics and picture books Since 2004 Sieger alsolectures at film schools His short THE SMORTLYBACKS
(2013) was screened and awarded at many festivalsworldwide including Stuttgart Villa do Conde Baden
Clermont-Ferrand and Leipzig
Michael ekbladh 1960 in Sweden Attended Sheridan College in Oakville
Since 1985 works as animator designer and director foranimations Co-owner of Sluggerfilm in Malmouml
Matthias Bruhn 1962 in Germany Studied Graphic Design at FHD
(Fachhochschule Duumlsseldorf) Since 1998 co-ownerco-manager and art director of Trickstudio Lutterbeck
Bruhn lectured at the Lucerne School of Art and Design (HSLU) and now works as lecturer at
the school of animation La Poudriegravere in Valence
Ted Sieger Michael ekblad Matthias Bruhn
6
Switzerland2016 9 minDrawing on paper Digital cutout animationWithout dialogueProductionVirage Film Saskia von Viraacuteg ZurichSRF Schweizer Radio und FernsehenWorld SalesInterfilm Berlin Management GmbH BerlinT +49 30 25 94 29 04wwwinterfilmde
1983 in Latvia Latvian citizenshipIn 2007 Anete Melece graduated in Visual Communication from the Art Academy of Latvia and in 2012 she received her MA in Animation from the Lucerne School of Art and Design (HSLU) She works as an illustra-tor animator and graphic designerHer previous film THE KIOSK (2013) was awarded with the Swiss Film Award for Best Animation Film in 2014 and became a huge festival hit
Antonrsquos head is bursting with thoughts The gardener is seething with anger who has tram-pled her flower beds In the park Anton is look-ing for someone to play chess with For some-one who plays a better game than his dog The gardner is looking for a mysterious vandal who has lost a yellow boot But perhaps they are both looking for the same thing
Anete Melece
N e W S h O r T S
Analysis paralysis
N e W S h O r T S
AngelMon ange
7
Switzerland2016 8 min
2D Computer animation Without dialogue
ProductionNadasdy Film Sarl Geneva
RTS Radio Teacuteleacutevision SuisseWorld Rights
Nadasdy Film Sarl GenevaT +41 22 300 20 54
wwwnadasdyfilmch
1991 in Lausanne Gregory Casares studied film at ECAL (Eacutecole Cantonale dArt de Lausanne) He works as film-
maker 2D animator and illustrator His short film BELLE COMME UN COEUR
(2015) was shown and awarded at numerous festivals such as Clermont-
Ferrand International Short Film Festival
Eva and Mr Corbeau have long felt a reciprocal affection and attraction But the world of hu-mans and the world of animals dont mix That is until this autumn evening at the masked ball organised by Evas father in honour of his daughter
gregory Casares
8
Switzerland2016 13 min Mixed techniques Drawing on paperWithout dialogueProductionStudio GDS CarougeRTS Radio Teacuteleacutevision SuisseWorld RightsStudio GDS CarougeT +41 22 342 72 36wwwstudio-gdschFestival Distribution Studio Wasia Champigny-sur-MarneMikhal Bakmikhalbakgmailcom
1948 in Geneva After graduating in graphic design Claude Luyet focuses on animation cinema His films of different styles sometimes collaborations have won awards at various international film festivals In 1970 he co-founded Studio GDS with Georges Schwizgebel and Daniel Suter He also collaborated on the first feature-length film by J-F Laguionie GWEN AND THE BOOK OF SAND (1985)
Ariadne is playing with a ball She is interrupt-ed as her mother calls her inside She loses her ball along with her childhood The 20th centu-ry and Ariadnes life plays out on her balcony As Ariadne nears the end of her life she regains her lost childhood
dani LevyClaude Luyet
N e W S h O r T S
Ariadnes ThreadLe fil dAriane
9
Switzerland2016 9 minStop motion
Without dialogueProduction and World Rights
freihaumlndler Filmproduktion GmbH BaselT +41 61 631 45 05
wwwfreihaendlerch
1974 in Zurich In 2000 he received a degree in directing from the ECAL (Eacutecole
Cantonale dArt de Lausanne) and in 2009 an MA in Animation from the Royal College
of Art in London Rafael Sommerhalder is co-owner of the production company
Crictor and works as an independent director and animator His films such
as WOLVES (2009) and HERR WUumlRFEL (2004) were screened and awarded at
numerous festivals worldwide
The scarecrow Balthazar hears something en-ticing in the seashell A sound so wonderful that he is ready to leave everything behind
rafael Sommerhalder
N e W S h O r T S
Au revoir Balthazar
10
Switzerland2016 6 min Drawing on paper PixilationWithout dialogueProductionHochschule Luzern Design amp KunstAline Houmlchli Tricksfilms WabernWorld RightsHochschule Luzern Design amp KunstT +41 41 248 64 64animationhsluch
1990 in Switzerland Aline Houmlchli studied 2D animation at the renowned Lucerne School of Art and Design (HSLU) In 2015 she graduated with her Bacherlorrsquos degree film HE SOuml KHEROuml
The woman saves fishes The crocodile eats fishes The woman loves the crocodile and the crocodile loves her The film follows their every-day life and in short episodes tells of their dif-ficulties
Aline houmlchli
he souml kherouml
N e W S h O r T S
11
Switzerland2016 6 min
2D 3D Computer animationWithout dialogue
ProductionNadasdy Film Sarl Geneva
RTS Radio Teacuteleacutevision SuisseWorld Rights
Nadasdy Film Sarl GenevaT +41 22 300 20 54
wwwnadasdyfilmch
1982 in Iran Mojgan Ghanaatgar first studied graphic design in Teheran
then graduated from the Lucerne School of Art and Design (HSLU) in 2D animation
in 2009 She also has a Master of Art in Design in the same field Since then she
realises her own films as well as anima-tions and illustrations Her previous film
RECYCLED PLANETS (2007) was screened at several international film festivals
In a small town organised around a roundabout life flows peacefully Everyone goes about their task and everything works as it should until the arrival of an insatiable magpie
Mojgan ghanaatgar
N e W S h O r T S
pica pica histoire dune pie insatiable
12
Switzerland2016 8 min 2D Computer animation Mixed techniquesWithout dialogueProductionNadasdy Film Sarl GenevaRTS Radio Teacuteleacutevision SuisseWorld RightsNadasdy Film Sarl GenevaT +41 22 300 20 54wwwnadasdyfilmch
1973 in Nyon In 1997 Seacuteverine Leibundgut received a degree from ESBA (Eacutecole Supeacuteri-eure des Beaux Art de Genegraveve) Besides making films she also works as an illustrator for comic books
In a world of perpetual decomposition and re-composition small individual neuroses feed large collective neuroses
Seacuteverine Leibundgut
N e W S h O r T S
Shed Skinspeaux mortes
13
Switzerland2016 7 min
Drawing on paper Drawn animationWithout dialogue
Production and World RightsHochschule Luzern Design amp Kunst
T +41 41 248 64 64animationhsluch
An educational short film about the harvesting of sun milk
Silvan Zweifel
1992 in Switzerland Silvan Zweifel studied 2D animation at the renowned
Lucerne School of Art and Design (HSLU) SUNNAumlMILCH is his Bachelorrsquos degree
film His previous animated short TOHUWABOHU (2015) was screened at pres-
tigious festivals such as Dok Leipzig and Fantoche Baden
Sunnaumlmilch
N e W S h O r T S
14
1982 in Bern From 2003-07 she studied animation at the renowned Lucerne School of Art and Design (HSLU) and at the Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow Currently Jadwiga Kowalska is finishing her Masters degree in Illustration again at the HSLU In 2009 she won the Swiss Film Award for Best Animation with TOcircT OU TARD (2008) Her previous films THE EARTH IS ROUND (2006) and THE GIRL amp THE HUNTER (2010) have been huge festival hitsPhoto Ralph Kuumlhne
A man on a bridge separated from his love Longing to be with her one last time he decides to look for her on the other side
N e W S h O r T S
Switzerland2016 6 minPaint on cells Cutout animationMixed techniques 2D Computer animationWithout dialogueProductionJadwiga Kowalska LucerneSRF Schweizer Radio und FernsehenWorld RightsJadwiga Kowalska LucerneT +41 79 780 05 67wwwjadwigach
Jadwiga Kowalska
The Bridge Over The riverdie Bruumlcke uumlber den Fluss
15
Switzerland France 2016 10 minStop motion
Without dialogueProduction
Nadasdy Film Sarl GenevaFolimage Bourg-Les-Valences
RTS Radio Teacuteleacutevision SuisseWorld Rights
Nadasdy Film Sarl GenevaT +41 22 300 20 54
wwwnadasdyfilmch
Anne Baillod 1960 in Geneva In 1987 she received her
degree from the Eacutecole Supeacuterieure dArt Visuel (ESAV) Geneva in animation and engraving She works as an animation director photo-grapher does engravings and installations
Co-founded Ivanko Films in 1996
Jean Faravel 1958 in Morges He attended the Haute eacutecole drsquoart et de design (HEAD) in Geneva He works
as a sound engineer and film director as well as in theatre productions Co-founder of Ivanko
Films with Anne Baillod in 1996
Adapted from a story by Anderson the film tells the tale of a little girl who peddles matches Failing to sell them she ends up burning them all These moments of warmth are accompanied by happy visions culminating in the apparition of her deceased grandmother
Anne Baillod Jean Faravel
N e W S h O r T S
The Little Match girlLa petite marchande dallumettes
16
1986 in Switzerland Remo Scherrerstudied at Switzerlandrsquos renowned schoolfor animated film the Lucerne School of Art and Design ndash Master of Arts in FilmWHATEVER THE WEATHER is RemoScherrers Masters degree film which premiered in Cannes at the Cineacutefondation Selection
Wallyrsquos childhood is increasingly turned upside down by her mothers alcohol addiction She experiences the excesses and consequences of addiction first hand Desperately the eight-year-old tries to keep up normality in her own life and the life of her family by any means A roller coaster ride between helplessness exces-sive demands and desperation begins A daily struggle for survivalwwwbeiwindundwetterch
N e W S h O r T S
SwitzerlandAniDoc 2016 11 min 2D Computer animationOriginal language GermanWorld premiereCannes 2016(Cineacutefondation Selection)ProductionZeitraum Film GmbH AdliswilHochschule Luzern Design amp KunstSRF Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen SRG SSRWorld SalesInterfilm Berlin Management GmbH BerlinT +49 30 25 94 29 04wwwinterfilmde
remo Scherrer
Whatever The Weather Bei Wind und Wetter
F e S T I V A L F A V O u r I T e S
erlking erlkoumlnig
georges Schwizgebel
Switzerland 2015 6 min | Without dialogue
Festivals (selection)Festival del film Locarno 2015Fantoche Baden 2015 Sitges 2015 Media Arts Festival Tokyo 2016Annecy 2016 Production Studio GDS CarougeRTS Radio Teacuteleacutevision SuisseWorld Sales Studio GDS CarougeT +41 22 342 72 36wwwstudio-gdsch
A father rides through the dark forest with his son The sick child thinks he sees the Erl-king who both charms and frightens him Based on Goethes poem Erlkoumlnig and the mu-sic of Schubert and Liszt comes a new film by Georges Schwizgebel one of Switzerlands leading animation film directors
Birdz
emilien davaud
Switzerland 2016 11 min | Without dialogue
Festivals (selection)Int Short Film Festival Tampere 2016European Short Film Festival-FEC Cambrils-Reus 2016Hong Kong Int Film Festival 2016Animfest Athens 2016ProductionHeacutelium Films LausanneRTS Radio Teacuteleacutevision SuisseWorld RightsHeacutelium Films LausanneT +41 21 544 86 02wwwheliumfilmsch
People that look and behave like birds are try-ing to survive the cruelness of nature
Cats amp dogs
Jesuacutes peacuterez gerd gockell
Switzerland Germany 2015 6 min Without dialogue
Festivals (selection)Fantoche Baden 2015Animatou Geneva 2015Chicago Int Childrens Film Festival 2015Berlinale 2016Filmfest Muumlnchen 2016ProductionGerd Gockell Filmproduktion LucerneAnigraf Filmproduktion HannoverSRF Schweizer Radio und FernsehenWorld SalesMagnetfilm BerlinT +49 163 801 07 53wwwmagnetfilmde
An animated short film for children about friendship One cant force a friendship but an emergency can build a friendship
17
F e S T I V A L F A V O u r I T e S
Ivans NeedVeronica L Montantildeo Manuela Leuenberger Lukas Suter
Switzerland 2015 6 min | Without dialogue
Festivals (selection)Fantoche Baden 2015 Int Kurzfilmtage Winterthur 2015Animation Festival Golden KukerndashSofia 2016Int Trickfilm-Festival Stuttgart 2016IndieLisboa 2016Annecy 2016Production Hochschule Luzern Design amp KunstSRF Schweizer Radio und FernsehenWorld RightsHochschule Luzern Design amp KunstT +41 41 248 64 64animationhsluch
Ivan is obsessed with the incredible softness of the dough When kneading he gets lost in intensive daydreams not accepting that soon-er or later the master baker will turn every wonderfully elastic dough into horribly crispy bread Until he sees Alvas looooong breastswwwfacebookcomivansneed
Islanders rest
Claudius gentinetta Frank Braun
Switzerland 2016 18 min | Without dialogue
Festivals (selection)Fantoche Baden 2015 Festival de cinema de animaccedilatildeo Espinho 2015Animateka Ljubljana 2015Mumbai Shorts 2015ShortFest Palm Springs 2016ProductionGentinettafilm ZurichSRF Schweizer Radio und FernsehenWorld RightsGentinettafilm ZurichT +41 44 271 44 55wwwgentinettafilmch A bitter-sweet affectionate tale of lost inno-cence bottled-up desires and the comfort of recyclingwwwgentinettafilmchislanders_resthtml
I Felt Like destroying Something BeautifulKatrin Jucker
Switzerland 2016 3 min | Without dialogue
Festivals (selection)Holland Animation Film Festival Utrecht 2016European Media Art Festival Osnabruumlck 2016Annecy 2016Production and World RightsHochschule Luzern Design amp KunstT +41 41 248 61 14edithflueckigerhsluch
Image codes and their variations An experi-ment in databending Images morph through sound and text files and back into images
18
The Musical dragonLe dragon et la musique
Camille Muumlller
Switzerland 2015 8 min | Without dialogue
Festivals (selection)Animatou Geneva 2015Warsaw Film Festival 2015Leipzig 2015Festival de cinema de animaccedilatildeo Espinho 2015World Festival of Animated Films Zagreb 2016Production and World RightsStudio GDS CarougeT +41 22 342 72 36wwwstudio-gdsch
A little girl befriends a dragon in the woods They begin to play music together but this is not without danger for the obstinate king al-lows only military marches
ruben Leaves
Frederic Siegel
Switzerland 2015 5 min | Without dialogue
Festivals (selection)Fantoche Baden 2015Int Kurzfilmtage Winterthur 2015Premiers Plans Angers 2016Annecy 2016ProductionHochschule Luzern Design amp KunstSRF Schweizer Radio und FernsehenWorld RightsHochschule Luzern Design amp KunstT +41 41 248 64 64animationhsluch
On his way to work Ruben is haunted by obsessive-compulsive thoughts Is the front door locked Is the stove really turned off As Rubenrsquos creative mind is invaded by increas-ingly absurd scenarios reality and imagina-tion begin to merge fredericsiegelchrubenleaves
The Little girl And The NightLa petite fille et la nuit Madina Iskhakova
Switzerland Belgium France 2015 8 min Original languages French German
Festivals (selection)Animateka Ljubljana 2015 Clermont-Ferrand 2016 Oberhausen 2016World Festival of Animated Films Zagreb 2016ProductionNadasdy Film Sarl GenevaLa Boicirctehellip Productions BrusselsLes Films du Nord RoubaixWorld RightsNadasdy Film Sarl GenevaT +41 22 300 20 54wwwnadasdyfilmch
A little girl lives alone in her house in the mid-dle of nowhere She owns just a few buffalo which she takes to graze in the fields during the day In the evening she hurries home and carefully locks the windows and doors because it is then that an enormous woman appears ndash so large that she blocks the sun and turns day into night
19
F e S T I V A L F A V O u r I T e S
20
59 Seconds 59 secondes
Mauro Carraro
Switzerland France | 15 min 3D Computer animation | Original language French
ProductionNadasdy Film Sarl GenevaAutour de Minuit ParisRTS Radio Teacuteleacutevision SuisseWorld RightsNadasdy Film Sarl GenevaT +41 22 300 20 54 wwwnadasdyfilmch
59 seconds is short when it comes to changing the destinies of two people of an entire region or of a country but it can seem like a long time when the earth is trembling
A Festive Wind Vent de fecircte
Marjolaine perreten
Switzerland France | 9 min 2D Computer animation | Without dialogue
ProductionNadasdy Film Sarl GenevaFolimage Bourg-Les-ValencesRTS Radio Teacuteleacutevision SuisseWorld RightsNadasdy Film Sarl GenevaT +41 22 300 20 54wwwnadasdyfilmch
It is early morning in the square of a small Swiss village and a grand festival is being prepared Volunteers are busying themselves and the first musicians have arrived
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21
Airport Michaela Muumlller
Switzerland Croatia | 10 min Painting on glass | Without dialogue
ProductionSchick Productions ZollikonKinorama ZagrebWorld RightsSchick Productions ZollikonT +41 79 400 62 60ruedischickgmailcom
Individual identities disappear and arise in transit space Everything is in constant motion and everyone potentially suspicious
Circuit
delia hess
Switzerland | 8 min Drawn animation | Without dialogue
ProductionCineacutema Copain Ltd ZurichSRF Schweizer Radio und FernsehenWorld RightsCineacutema Copain Ltd ZurichT +41 43 322 05 11wwwcinemacopaincom
On a small planet caught up in their own little private universe the inhabitants perform their poetically surreal actions which repeat themselves in an endless loop That they are all part of a complex little ecosystem which can only function if each of them plays his or her role is something they are unaware of
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dragon Nest drachennest
Lynn gerlach
Switzerland | 6 min 2D Computer animation | Without dialogue
ProductionNadasdy Film Sarl GenevaRTS Radio Teacuteleacutevision SuisseWorld RightsNadasdy Film Sarl GenevaT +41 22 300 20 54wwwnadasdyfilmch
The expedition of a valiant knight hoping to wrench a beautiful princess from the claws of a terrible dragon finishes in a brutal and unexpected way The knight winds up a slave to the princess who is actually a shrew that has already put a poor dragon under her yoke However the two captives merely appear to be resigned to their fate
FuN-dO
Jonas raeber
Switzerland | 4 min | Original language EnglishDrawn animation 2D Computer animation
Production and World RightsSWAMP Animation LucerneT +41 41 210 45 29wwwswampfilmcom
In 2035 Ueli and Heinz take a stab at representing Switzerland with their ldquoFUN-DOrdquo song in the Eurovision Song Contest only to discover at the audition that a great deal has changed during the past years
u p C O M I N g
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Laffaire des tableaux suissesJacob Berger Samuel guillaume Freacutedeacuteric guillaume
Switzerland | 20 min Mixed techniques | Original language French
Production and World Rights Nouvelle Tribu GenevaT +41 78 697 41 17yasminenouvelletribuch
What does painting tell us What does Swiss painting tell us about Switzerland What does it reveal about who we are Comparing three iconic works with dozens of images drawn from six centuries of Swiss pictorial photographic filmic and sculptural art this film is an unusual voyage extravagant and poetic through the tortured meanderings of identity politics and aesthetics
La femme canon
david Toutevoix Albertine Zullo
Switzerland | 12 min Stop motion | Original language French
Production and World RightsHeacutelium Films LausanneT +41 21 544 86 02wwwheliumfilmsch
Day after day female cannonball Madeleine is shot kilometres from her home and has to return on foot When she arrives home ex-hausted she finds her satisfied husband waiting for her reading the newspaper in front of a big plate of spaghetti with tomato sauce But one evening Madeleine doesnt come home
u p C O M I N g
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2016
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24
Les grattes-ciel
Fabienne giezendanner
Switzerland France | 10 min 2D Computer animation | Without dialogue
ProductionNadasdy Film Sarl GenevaRTS Radio Teacuteleacutevision SuisseZeacutero de Conduite Productions LilleWorld RightsNadasdy Film Sarl GenevaT +41 22 300 20 54wwwnadasdyfilmch
Strange objects lifted by cranes are rising in the sky Gradually two buildings are erected Two billionaires Agenor-Agobar Poirier des Chapelles and Willigis Kittycly Junior assisted by the most highly paid architects in the world are each building a skyscraper ever higher and more luxurious ndash but how high will they go
un fait-divers eacutetrange
Antoine guex
Switzerland | 5 min | Original language French Drawing on paper 2D Computer animation
ProductionAntoine Guex ndash Les Productions Remue Meacutenage LausanneRTS Radio Teacuteleacutevision SuisseWorld RightsAntoine Guex ndash Les Productions Remue Meacutenage LausanneT +41 21 646 03 92antoineguexbluewinch
A cat and a dog are having difficulty living under the same roof One day the cat tired of the incessant quarrelling with the dog decides to get rid of him and invites him out of the house to an unnamed destination Intrigued and hungry the dog follows the cat in the hopes of finding something to eat He has no idea he is about to become the victim of a strange news item
u p C O M I N g
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Vaniteacutes Zoltaacuten horvaacuteth
Switzerland | 12 min | Mixed techniquesOriginal languages German French Russian
ProductionNadasdy Film Sarl GenevaRTS Radio Teacuteleacutevision SuisseWorld RightsNadasdy Film Sarl GenevaT +41 22 300 20 54wwwnadasdyfilmch
Somewhere on the shores of a Russian lake a recreational fisher-man and his guide are preparing to haul to the surface something much more than an extraordinary fish the demonstration that in the face of death seeking wealth or appearance is a vain pursuit
Vertico
elie Chapuis Lynn devillaz
Switzerland | 5 min | Mixed techniques Sand animation Pixilation | Without dialogue
Production and World RightsHeacutelium Films LausanneT +41 21 544 86 02wwwheliumfilmsch
An experimental film bringing together 11 Geneva illustrators ex-pressing themselves through direct animation techniques rostrum camera pixilation and animation of objects
u p C O M I N g
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Les fables de lhomme (working title)
ralph And The dinosaursralph et les dinosaures
Jonas raeber director of Credo (2000)
gruumlezi (1995)and hoping For Better Times (1993)
2D Computer animationSWAMP Animation Lucerne
Planned for Summer 2017
Freacutedeacuteric guillaume Samuel guillaumedirectors of Max amp Co (2007)
Le conte des sables dor (2015)and The Night Of The Bear (2012)
Feature length in developmentHybrid techniques
Caravel Production Sagraverl LausannePlanned for Winter 2019
Isabelle Favezdirector of Air-Mail (2015)
and Au coeur de lhiver (2012)
2D Computer animationNadasdy Film Sarl Geneva
La Boicirctehellip Productions BrusselsPlanned for Spring 2017
der kleine Vogel und die raupe
The Cageder Kaumlfig
Lena von doumlhren director of The Little Bird
And The Squirrel (2014) and The Little Bird
And The Leaf (2012)
Digital cutoutSchattenkabinett GmbH Bern
Planned for Spring 2017
Freacutedeacuteric guillaume Samuel guillaumedirectors of Max amp Co (2007)
Le conte des sables dor (2015)and The Night Of The Bear (2012)
Hybrid techniques Caravel Production Sagraverl Lausanne
Planned for Fall 2017
Marcel Barellidirector of Lucens (2015)
and Vigia (2013)
2D Computer animationNadasdy Film Sarl Geneva
Vivement Lundi RennesPlanned for Fall 2017
Le renard et loiseau (working title)
Zibila ou la vie zebreacutee
I N p r O d u C T I O N
Visit us at our stands at
Festival del film Locarno Toronto International Film Festival Short Film Market in Clermont-Ferrand Berlinale european Film Market eFM Cannes Village International
Neugasse 6 | Postfach | CH-8031 Zuumlrich | T +41 43 211 40 50
infoswissfilmsch | wwwswissfilmsch
4
Switzerland Croatia GermanyAniDoc 90 min2D Computer animation Original languages German Swiss-German English SpanishProductionDschoint Ventschr Filmproduktion AG ZurichNukleus Film ZagrebMAJADE Filmproduktion LeipzigWorld RightsDschoint Ventschr Filmproduktion AG ZurichT +41 44 456 30 20wwwdvfilmch
1982 in Lugano Anja Kofmel studied animation at the Lucerne School of Art and Design (HSLU) She was assistant director on LETTER TO ANNA (2007) by Eric Bergkraut Her Bachelorrsquos degree film CHRIGI (2009) has been awarded at numerous international film festivals CHRIGI already told the story of the tragic death of Kofmelrsquos cousin Chris and has now been turned into her first highly anti-cipated anidoc feature film
Croatia 7th of January 1992 In the middle of the war a young journalists body is discov-ered dressed in the uniform of an interna-tional mercenary group Twenty years later his cousin Anja Kofmel investigates his story
Anja Kofmel
u p C O M I N g F e A T u r e
Chris The Swiss
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5
Switzerland Germany Sweden2016 72 min
2D3D Computer animation Drawing on paperOriginal language English
Festivals (selection)Berlinale 2016 (world premiere)
New York Int Childrens Film Festival 2016Guadalajara Int Film Festival 2016
Buenos Aires Int Independent Film Festival 2016Trickfilm-Festival Stuttgart 2016
Taipei Film Festival 2016Cinekid Amsterdam 2016
ProductionLittle Monster GmbH Zurich
Alexandra Schatz Filmproduktion HannoverTrickstudio Lutterbeck GmbH Cologne
Sluggerfilm AB MalmoumlSenator Film Muumlnchen GmbH Munich
Peacock Film AG ZurichWorld Sales
Global Screen GmbH MunichT +49 89 24 41 29 55 00
wwwglobalscreende
Molly Monster is no longer the centre of atten-tion in her family The focus has now become the egg which Mama has laid and Papa is hat-ching In Monsterland parents bring the eggs to the island to hatch them Molly however must stay at home in her unclersquos care But since her parents have forgotten the hat Molly has knit-ted for the baby she thus sets out on the long and difficult journey to the egg island
wwwmollymonsterch
F e S T I VA L FAV O u r I T e F e AT u r e
Molly Monster
Ted Sieger 1958 in Chile Ted Sieger is a Swiss independent
director animator and designer of animation films andseries comics and picture books Since 2004 Sieger alsolectures at film schools His short THE SMORTLYBACKS
(2013) was screened and awarded at many festivalsworldwide including Stuttgart Villa do Conde Baden
Clermont-Ferrand and Leipzig
Michael ekbladh 1960 in Sweden Attended Sheridan College in Oakville
Since 1985 works as animator designer and director foranimations Co-owner of Sluggerfilm in Malmouml
Matthias Bruhn 1962 in Germany Studied Graphic Design at FHD
(Fachhochschule Duumlsseldorf) Since 1998 co-ownerco-manager and art director of Trickstudio Lutterbeck
Bruhn lectured at the Lucerne School of Art and Design (HSLU) and now works as lecturer at
the school of animation La Poudriegravere in Valence
Ted Sieger Michael ekblad Matthias Bruhn
6
Switzerland2016 9 minDrawing on paper Digital cutout animationWithout dialogueProductionVirage Film Saskia von Viraacuteg ZurichSRF Schweizer Radio und FernsehenWorld SalesInterfilm Berlin Management GmbH BerlinT +49 30 25 94 29 04wwwinterfilmde
1983 in Latvia Latvian citizenshipIn 2007 Anete Melece graduated in Visual Communication from the Art Academy of Latvia and in 2012 she received her MA in Animation from the Lucerne School of Art and Design (HSLU) She works as an illustra-tor animator and graphic designerHer previous film THE KIOSK (2013) was awarded with the Swiss Film Award for Best Animation Film in 2014 and became a huge festival hit
Antonrsquos head is bursting with thoughts The gardener is seething with anger who has tram-pled her flower beds In the park Anton is look-ing for someone to play chess with For some-one who plays a better game than his dog The gardner is looking for a mysterious vandal who has lost a yellow boot But perhaps they are both looking for the same thing
Anete Melece
N e W S h O r T S
Analysis paralysis
N e W S h O r T S
AngelMon ange
7
Switzerland2016 8 min
2D Computer animation Without dialogue
ProductionNadasdy Film Sarl Geneva
RTS Radio Teacuteleacutevision SuisseWorld Rights
Nadasdy Film Sarl GenevaT +41 22 300 20 54
wwwnadasdyfilmch
1991 in Lausanne Gregory Casares studied film at ECAL (Eacutecole Cantonale dArt de Lausanne) He works as film-
maker 2D animator and illustrator His short film BELLE COMME UN COEUR
(2015) was shown and awarded at numerous festivals such as Clermont-
Ferrand International Short Film Festival
Eva and Mr Corbeau have long felt a reciprocal affection and attraction But the world of hu-mans and the world of animals dont mix That is until this autumn evening at the masked ball organised by Evas father in honour of his daughter
gregory Casares
8
Switzerland2016 13 min Mixed techniques Drawing on paperWithout dialogueProductionStudio GDS CarougeRTS Radio Teacuteleacutevision SuisseWorld RightsStudio GDS CarougeT +41 22 342 72 36wwwstudio-gdschFestival Distribution Studio Wasia Champigny-sur-MarneMikhal Bakmikhalbakgmailcom
1948 in Geneva After graduating in graphic design Claude Luyet focuses on animation cinema His films of different styles sometimes collaborations have won awards at various international film festivals In 1970 he co-founded Studio GDS with Georges Schwizgebel and Daniel Suter He also collaborated on the first feature-length film by J-F Laguionie GWEN AND THE BOOK OF SAND (1985)
Ariadne is playing with a ball She is interrupt-ed as her mother calls her inside She loses her ball along with her childhood The 20th centu-ry and Ariadnes life plays out on her balcony As Ariadne nears the end of her life she regains her lost childhood
dani LevyClaude Luyet
N e W S h O r T S
Ariadnes ThreadLe fil dAriane
9
Switzerland2016 9 minStop motion
Without dialogueProduction and World Rights
freihaumlndler Filmproduktion GmbH BaselT +41 61 631 45 05
wwwfreihaendlerch
1974 in Zurich In 2000 he received a degree in directing from the ECAL (Eacutecole
Cantonale dArt de Lausanne) and in 2009 an MA in Animation from the Royal College
of Art in London Rafael Sommerhalder is co-owner of the production company
Crictor and works as an independent director and animator His films such
as WOLVES (2009) and HERR WUumlRFEL (2004) were screened and awarded at
numerous festivals worldwide
The scarecrow Balthazar hears something en-ticing in the seashell A sound so wonderful that he is ready to leave everything behind
rafael Sommerhalder
N e W S h O r T S
Au revoir Balthazar
10
Switzerland2016 6 min Drawing on paper PixilationWithout dialogueProductionHochschule Luzern Design amp KunstAline Houmlchli Tricksfilms WabernWorld RightsHochschule Luzern Design amp KunstT +41 41 248 64 64animationhsluch
1990 in Switzerland Aline Houmlchli studied 2D animation at the renowned Lucerne School of Art and Design (HSLU) In 2015 she graduated with her Bacherlorrsquos degree film HE SOuml KHEROuml
The woman saves fishes The crocodile eats fishes The woman loves the crocodile and the crocodile loves her The film follows their every-day life and in short episodes tells of their dif-ficulties
Aline houmlchli
he souml kherouml
N e W S h O r T S
11
Switzerland2016 6 min
2D 3D Computer animationWithout dialogue
ProductionNadasdy Film Sarl Geneva
RTS Radio Teacuteleacutevision SuisseWorld Rights
Nadasdy Film Sarl GenevaT +41 22 300 20 54
wwwnadasdyfilmch
1982 in Iran Mojgan Ghanaatgar first studied graphic design in Teheran
then graduated from the Lucerne School of Art and Design (HSLU) in 2D animation
in 2009 She also has a Master of Art in Design in the same field Since then she
realises her own films as well as anima-tions and illustrations Her previous film
RECYCLED PLANETS (2007) was screened at several international film festivals
In a small town organised around a roundabout life flows peacefully Everyone goes about their task and everything works as it should until the arrival of an insatiable magpie
Mojgan ghanaatgar
N e W S h O r T S
pica pica histoire dune pie insatiable
12
Switzerland2016 8 min 2D Computer animation Mixed techniquesWithout dialogueProductionNadasdy Film Sarl GenevaRTS Radio Teacuteleacutevision SuisseWorld RightsNadasdy Film Sarl GenevaT +41 22 300 20 54wwwnadasdyfilmch
1973 in Nyon In 1997 Seacuteverine Leibundgut received a degree from ESBA (Eacutecole Supeacuteri-eure des Beaux Art de Genegraveve) Besides making films she also works as an illustrator for comic books
In a world of perpetual decomposition and re-composition small individual neuroses feed large collective neuroses
Seacuteverine Leibundgut
N e W S h O r T S
Shed Skinspeaux mortes
13
Switzerland2016 7 min
Drawing on paper Drawn animationWithout dialogue
Production and World RightsHochschule Luzern Design amp Kunst
T +41 41 248 64 64animationhsluch
An educational short film about the harvesting of sun milk
Silvan Zweifel
1992 in Switzerland Silvan Zweifel studied 2D animation at the renowned
Lucerne School of Art and Design (HSLU) SUNNAumlMILCH is his Bachelorrsquos degree
film His previous animated short TOHUWABOHU (2015) was screened at pres-
tigious festivals such as Dok Leipzig and Fantoche Baden
Sunnaumlmilch
N e W S h O r T S
14
1982 in Bern From 2003-07 she studied animation at the renowned Lucerne School of Art and Design (HSLU) and at the Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow Currently Jadwiga Kowalska is finishing her Masters degree in Illustration again at the HSLU In 2009 she won the Swiss Film Award for Best Animation with TOcircT OU TARD (2008) Her previous films THE EARTH IS ROUND (2006) and THE GIRL amp THE HUNTER (2010) have been huge festival hitsPhoto Ralph Kuumlhne
A man on a bridge separated from his love Longing to be with her one last time he decides to look for her on the other side
N e W S h O r T S
Switzerland2016 6 minPaint on cells Cutout animationMixed techniques 2D Computer animationWithout dialogueProductionJadwiga Kowalska LucerneSRF Schweizer Radio und FernsehenWorld RightsJadwiga Kowalska LucerneT +41 79 780 05 67wwwjadwigach
Jadwiga Kowalska
The Bridge Over The riverdie Bruumlcke uumlber den Fluss
15
Switzerland France 2016 10 minStop motion
Without dialogueProduction
Nadasdy Film Sarl GenevaFolimage Bourg-Les-Valences
RTS Radio Teacuteleacutevision SuisseWorld Rights
Nadasdy Film Sarl GenevaT +41 22 300 20 54
wwwnadasdyfilmch
Anne Baillod 1960 in Geneva In 1987 she received her
degree from the Eacutecole Supeacuterieure dArt Visuel (ESAV) Geneva in animation and engraving She works as an animation director photo-grapher does engravings and installations
Co-founded Ivanko Films in 1996
Jean Faravel 1958 in Morges He attended the Haute eacutecole drsquoart et de design (HEAD) in Geneva He works
as a sound engineer and film director as well as in theatre productions Co-founder of Ivanko
Films with Anne Baillod in 1996
Adapted from a story by Anderson the film tells the tale of a little girl who peddles matches Failing to sell them she ends up burning them all These moments of warmth are accompanied by happy visions culminating in the apparition of her deceased grandmother
Anne Baillod Jean Faravel
N e W S h O r T S
The Little Match girlLa petite marchande dallumettes
16
1986 in Switzerland Remo Scherrerstudied at Switzerlandrsquos renowned schoolfor animated film the Lucerne School of Art and Design ndash Master of Arts in FilmWHATEVER THE WEATHER is RemoScherrers Masters degree film which premiered in Cannes at the Cineacutefondation Selection
Wallyrsquos childhood is increasingly turned upside down by her mothers alcohol addiction She experiences the excesses and consequences of addiction first hand Desperately the eight-year-old tries to keep up normality in her own life and the life of her family by any means A roller coaster ride between helplessness exces-sive demands and desperation begins A daily struggle for survivalwwwbeiwindundwetterch
N e W S h O r T S
SwitzerlandAniDoc 2016 11 min 2D Computer animationOriginal language GermanWorld premiereCannes 2016(Cineacutefondation Selection)ProductionZeitraum Film GmbH AdliswilHochschule Luzern Design amp KunstSRF Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen SRG SSRWorld SalesInterfilm Berlin Management GmbH BerlinT +49 30 25 94 29 04wwwinterfilmde
remo Scherrer
Whatever The Weather Bei Wind und Wetter
F e S T I V A L F A V O u r I T e S
erlking erlkoumlnig
georges Schwizgebel
Switzerland 2015 6 min | Without dialogue
Festivals (selection)Festival del film Locarno 2015Fantoche Baden 2015 Sitges 2015 Media Arts Festival Tokyo 2016Annecy 2016 Production Studio GDS CarougeRTS Radio Teacuteleacutevision SuisseWorld Sales Studio GDS CarougeT +41 22 342 72 36wwwstudio-gdsch
A father rides through the dark forest with his son The sick child thinks he sees the Erl-king who both charms and frightens him Based on Goethes poem Erlkoumlnig and the mu-sic of Schubert and Liszt comes a new film by Georges Schwizgebel one of Switzerlands leading animation film directors
Birdz
emilien davaud
Switzerland 2016 11 min | Without dialogue
Festivals (selection)Int Short Film Festival Tampere 2016European Short Film Festival-FEC Cambrils-Reus 2016Hong Kong Int Film Festival 2016Animfest Athens 2016ProductionHeacutelium Films LausanneRTS Radio Teacuteleacutevision SuisseWorld RightsHeacutelium Films LausanneT +41 21 544 86 02wwwheliumfilmsch
People that look and behave like birds are try-ing to survive the cruelness of nature
Cats amp dogs
Jesuacutes peacuterez gerd gockell
Switzerland Germany 2015 6 min Without dialogue
Festivals (selection)Fantoche Baden 2015Animatou Geneva 2015Chicago Int Childrens Film Festival 2015Berlinale 2016Filmfest Muumlnchen 2016ProductionGerd Gockell Filmproduktion LucerneAnigraf Filmproduktion HannoverSRF Schweizer Radio und FernsehenWorld SalesMagnetfilm BerlinT +49 163 801 07 53wwwmagnetfilmde
An animated short film for children about friendship One cant force a friendship but an emergency can build a friendship
17
F e S T I V A L F A V O u r I T e S
Ivans NeedVeronica L Montantildeo Manuela Leuenberger Lukas Suter
Switzerland 2015 6 min | Without dialogue
Festivals (selection)Fantoche Baden 2015 Int Kurzfilmtage Winterthur 2015Animation Festival Golden KukerndashSofia 2016Int Trickfilm-Festival Stuttgart 2016IndieLisboa 2016Annecy 2016Production Hochschule Luzern Design amp KunstSRF Schweizer Radio und FernsehenWorld RightsHochschule Luzern Design amp KunstT +41 41 248 64 64animationhsluch
Ivan is obsessed with the incredible softness of the dough When kneading he gets lost in intensive daydreams not accepting that soon-er or later the master baker will turn every wonderfully elastic dough into horribly crispy bread Until he sees Alvas looooong breastswwwfacebookcomivansneed
Islanders rest
Claudius gentinetta Frank Braun
Switzerland 2016 18 min | Without dialogue
Festivals (selection)Fantoche Baden 2015 Festival de cinema de animaccedilatildeo Espinho 2015Animateka Ljubljana 2015Mumbai Shorts 2015ShortFest Palm Springs 2016ProductionGentinettafilm ZurichSRF Schweizer Radio und FernsehenWorld RightsGentinettafilm ZurichT +41 44 271 44 55wwwgentinettafilmch A bitter-sweet affectionate tale of lost inno-cence bottled-up desires and the comfort of recyclingwwwgentinettafilmchislanders_resthtml
I Felt Like destroying Something BeautifulKatrin Jucker
Switzerland 2016 3 min | Without dialogue
Festivals (selection)Holland Animation Film Festival Utrecht 2016European Media Art Festival Osnabruumlck 2016Annecy 2016Production and World RightsHochschule Luzern Design amp KunstT +41 41 248 61 14edithflueckigerhsluch
Image codes and their variations An experi-ment in databending Images morph through sound and text files and back into images
18
The Musical dragonLe dragon et la musique
Camille Muumlller
Switzerland 2015 8 min | Without dialogue
Festivals (selection)Animatou Geneva 2015Warsaw Film Festival 2015Leipzig 2015Festival de cinema de animaccedilatildeo Espinho 2015World Festival of Animated Films Zagreb 2016Production and World RightsStudio GDS CarougeT +41 22 342 72 36wwwstudio-gdsch
A little girl befriends a dragon in the woods They begin to play music together but this is not without danger for the obstinate king al-lows only military marches
ruben Leaves
Frederic Siegel
Switzerland 2015 5 min | Without dialogue
Festivals (selection)Fantoche Baden 2015Int Kurzfilmtage Winterthur 2015Premiers Plans Angers 2016Annecy 2016ProductionHochschule Luzern Design amp KunstSRF Schweizer Radio und FernsehenWorld RightsHochschule Luzern Design amp KunstT +41 41 248 64 64animationhsluch
On his way to work Ruben is haunted by obsessive-compulsive thoughts Is the front door locked Is the stove really turned off As Rubenrsquos creative mind is invaded by increas-ingly absurd scenarios reality and imagina-tion begin to merge fredericsiegelchrubenleaves
The Little girl And The NightLa petite fille et la nuit Madina Iskhakova
Switzerland Belgium France 2015 8 min Original languages French German
Festivals (selection)Animateka Ljubljana 2015 Clermont-Ferrand 2016 Oberhausen 2016World Festival of Animated Films Zagreb 2016ProductionNadasdy Film Sarl GenevaLa Boicirctehellip Productions BrusselsLes Films du Nord RoubaixWorld RightsNadasdy Film Sarl GenevaT +41 22 300 20 54wwwnadasdyfilmch
A little girl lives alone in her house in the mid-dle of nowhere She owns just a few buffalo which she takes to graze in the fields during the day In the evening she hurries home and carefully locks the windows and doors because it is then that an enormous woman appears ndash so large that she blocks the sun and turns day into night
19
F e S T I V A L F A V O u r I T e S
20
59 Seconds 59 secondes
Mauro Carraro
Switzerland France | 15 min 3D Computer animation | Original language French
ProductionNadasdy Film Sarl GenevaAutour de Minuit ParisRTS Radio Teacuteleacutevision SuisseWorld RightsNadasdy Film Sarl GenevaT +41 22 300 20 54 wwwnadasdyfilmch
59 seconds is short when it comes to changing the destinies of two people of an entire region or of a country but it can seem like a long time when the earth is trembling
A Festive Wind Vent de fecircte
Marjolaine perreten
Switzerland France | 9 min 2D Computer animation | Without dialogue
ProductionNadasdy Film Sarl GenevaFolimage Bourg-Les-ValencesRTS Radio Teacuteleacutevision SuisseWorld RightsNadasdy Film Sarl GenevaT +41 22 300 20 54wwwnadasdyfilmch
It is early morning in the square of a small Swiss village and a grand festival is being prepared Volunteers are busying themselves and the first musicians have arrived
expeCTedFAll2017
expeCTedSPRING
2017
u p C O M I N g
21
Airport Michaela Muumlller
Switzerland Croatia | 10 min Painting on glass | Without dialogue
ProductionSchick Productions ZollikonKinorama ZagrebWorld RightsSchick Productions ZollikonT +41 79 400 62 60ruedischickgmailcom
Individual identities disappear and arise in transit space Everything is in constant motion and everyone potentially suspicious
Circuit
delia hess
Switzerland | 8 min Drawn animation | Without dialogue
ProductionCineacutema Copain Ltd ZurichSRF Schweizer Radio und FernsehenWorld RightsCineacutema Copain Ltd ZurichT +41 43 322 05 11wwwcinemacopaincom
On a small planet caught up in their own little private universe the inhabitants perform their poetically surreal actions which repeat themselves in an endless loop That they are all part of a complex little ecosystem which can only function if each of them plays his or her role is something they are unaware of
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2017
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2017
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22
dragon Nest drachennest
Lynn gerlach
Switzerland | 6 min 2D Computer animation | Without dialogue
ProductionNadasdy Film Sarl GenevaRTS Radio Teacuteleacutevision SuisseWorld RightsNadasdy Film Sarl GenevaT +41 22 300 20 54wwwnadasdyfilmch
The expedition of a valiant knight hoping to wrench a beautiful princess from the claws of a terrible dragon finishes in a brutal and unexpected way The knight winds up a slave to the princess who is actually a shrew that has already put a poor dragon under her yoke However the two captives merely appear to be resigned to their fate
FuN-dO
Jonas raeber
Switzerland | 4 min | Original language EnglishDrawn animation 2D Computer animation
Production and World RightsSWAMP Animation LucerneT +41 41 210 45 29wwwswampfilmcom
In 2035 Ueli and Heinz take a stab at representing Switzerland with their ldquoFUN-DOrdquo song in the Eurovision Song Contest only to discover at the audition that a great deal has changed during the past years
u p C O M I N g
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2017
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Laffaire des tableaux suissesJacob Berger Samuel guillaume Freacutedeacuteric guillaume
Switzerland | 20 min Mixed techniques | Original language French
Production and World Rights Nouvelle Tribu GenevaT +41 78 697 41 17yasminenouvelletribuch
What does painting tell us What does Swiss painting tell us about Switzerland What does it reveal about who we are Comparing three iconic works with dozens of images drawn from six centuries of Swiss pictorial photographic filmic and sculptural art this film is an unusual voyage extravagant and poetic through the tortured meanderings of identity politics and aesthetics
La femme canon
david Toutevoix Albertine Zullo
Switzerland | 12 min Stop motion | Original language French
Production and World RightsHeacutelium Films LausanneT +41 21 544 86 02wwwheliumfilmsch
Day after day female cannonball Madeleine is shot kilometres from her home and has to return on foot When she arrives home ex-hausted she finds her satisfied husband waiting for her reading the newspaper in front of a big plate of spaghetti with tomato sauce But one evening Madeleine doesnt come home
u p C O M I N g
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2016
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24
Les grattes-ciel
Fabienne giezendanner
Switzerland France | 10 min 2D Computer animation | Without dialogue
ProductionNadasdy Film Sarl GenevaRTS Radio Teacuteleacutevision SuisseZeacutero de Conduite Productions LilleWorld RightsNadasdy Film Sarl GenevaT +41 22 300 20 54wwwnadasdyfilmch
Strange objects lifted by cranes are rising in the sky Gradually two buildings are erected Two billionaires Agenor-Agobar Poirier des Chapelles and Willigis Kittycly Junior assisted by the most highly paid architects in the world are each building a skyscraper ever higher and more luxurious ndash but how high will they go
un fait-divers eacutetrange
Antoine guex
Switzerland | 5 min | Original language French Drawing on paper 2D Computer animation
ProductionAntoine Guex ndash Les Productions Remue Meacutenage LausanneRTS Radio Teacuteleacutevision SuisseWorld RightsAntoine Guex ndash Les Productions Remue Meacutenage LausanneT +41 21 646 03 92antoineguexbluewinch
A cat and a dog are having difficulty living under the same roof One day the cat tired of the incessant quarrelling with the dog decides to get rid of him and invites him out of the house to an unnamed destination Intrigued and hungry the dog follows the cat in the hopes of finding something to eat He has no idea he is about to become the victim of a strange news item
u p C O M I N g
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Vaniteacutes Zoltaacuten horvaacuteth
Switzerland | 12 min | Mixed techniquesOriginal languages German French Russian
ProductionNadasdy Film Sarl GenevaRTS Radio Teacuteleacutevision SuisseWorld RightsNadasdy Film Sarl GenevaT +41 22 300 20 54wwwnadasdyfilmch
Somewhere on the shores of a Russian lake a recreational fisher-man and his guide are preparing to haul to the surface something much more than an extraordinary fish the demonstration that in the face of death seeking wealth or appearance is a vain pursuit
Vertico
elie Chapuis Lynn devillaz
Switzerland | 5 min | Mixed techniques Sand animation Pixilation | Without dialogue
Production and World RightsHeacutelium Films LausanneT +41 21 544 86 02wwwheliumfilmsch
An experimental film bringing together 11 Geneva illustrators ex-pressing themselves through direct animation techniques rostrum camera pixilation and animation of objects
u p C O M I N g
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27
Les fables de lhomme (working title)
ralph And The dinosaursralph et les dinosaures
Jonas raeber director of Credo (2000)
gruumlezi (1995)and hoping For Better Times (1993)
2D Computer animationSWAMP Animation Lucerne
Planned for Summer 2017
Freacutedeacuteric guillaume Samuel guillaumedirectors of Max amp Co (2007)
Le conte des sables dor (2015)and The Night Of The Bear (2012)
Feature length in developmentHybrid techniques
Caravel Production Sagraverl LausannePlanned for Winter 2019
Isabelle Favezdirector of Air-Mail (2015)
and Au coeur de lhiver (2012)
2D Computer animationNadasdy Film Sarl Geneva
La Boicirctehellip Productions BrusselsPlanned for Spring 2017
der kleine Vogel und die raupe
The Cageder Kaumlfig
Lena von doumlhren director of The Little Bird
And The Squirrel (2014) and The Little Bird
And The Leaf (2012)
Digital cutoutSchattenkabinett GmbH Bern
Planned for Spring 2017
Freacutedeacuteric guillaume Samuel guillaumedirectors of Max amp Co (2007)
Le conte des sables dor (2015)and The Night Of The Bear (2012)
Hybrid techniques Caravel Production Sagraverl Lausanne
Planned for Fall 2017
Marcel Barellidirector of Lucens (2015)
and Vigia (2013)
2D Computer animationNadasdy Film Sarl Geneva
Vivement Lundi RennesPlanned for Fall 2017
Le renard et loiseau (working title)
Zibila ou la vie zebreacutee
I N p r O d u C T I O N
Visit us at our stands at
Festival del film Locarno Toronto International Film Festival Short Film Market in Clermont-Ferrand Berlinale european Film Market eFM Cannes Village International
Neugasse 6 | Postfach | CH-8031 Zuumlrich | T +41 43 211 40 50
infoswissfilmsch | wwwswissfilmsch
5
Switzerland Germany Sweden2016 72 min
2D3D Computer animation Drawing on paperOriginal language English
Festivals (selection)Berlinale 2016 (world premiere)
New York Int Childrens Film Festival 2016Guadalajara Int Film Festival 2016
Buenos Aires Int Independent Film Festival 2016Trickfilm-Festival Stuttgart 2016
Taipei Film Festival 2016Cinekid Amsterdam 2016
ProductionLittle Monster GmbH Zurich
Alexandra Schatz Filmproduktion HannoverTrickstudio Lutterbeck GmbH Cologne
Sluggerfilm AB MalmoumlSenator Film Muumlnchen GmbH Munich
Peacock Film AG ZurichWorld Sales
Global Screen GmbH MunichT +49 89 24 41 29 55 00
wwwglobalscreende
Molly Monster is no longer the centre of atten-tion in her family The focus has now become the egg which Mama has laid and Papa is hat-ching In Monsterland parents bring the eggs to the island to hatch them Molly however must stay at home in her unclersquos care But since her parents have forgotten the hat Molly has knit-ted for the baby she thus sets out on the long and difficult journey to the egg island
wwwmollymonsterch
F e S T I VA L FAV O u r I T e F e AT u r e
Molly Monster
Ted Sieger 1958 in Chile Ted Sieger is a Swiss independent
director animator and designer of animation films andseries comics and picture books Since 2004 Sieger alsolectures at film schools His short THE SMORTLYBACKS
(2013) was screened and awarded at many festivalsworldwide including Stuttgart Villa do Conde Baden
Clermont-Ferrand and Leipzig
Michael ekbladh 1960 in Sweden Attended Sheridan College in Oakville
Since 1985 works as animator designer and director foranimations Co-owner of Sluggerfilm in Malmouml
Matthias Bruhn 1962 in Germany Studied Graphic Design at FHD
(Fachhochschule Duumlsseldorf) Since 1998 co-ownerco-manager and art director of Trickstudio Lutterbeck
Bruhn lectured at the Lucerne School of Art and Design (HSLU) and now works as lecturer at
the school of animation La Poudriegravere in Valence
Ted Sieger Michael ekblad Matthias Bruhn
6
Switzerland2016 9 minDrawing on paper Digital cutout animationWithout dialogueProductionVirage Film Saskia von Viraacuteg ZurichSRF Schweizer Radio und FernsehenWorld SalesInterfilm Berlin Management GmbH BerlinT +49 30 25 94 29 04wwwinterfilmde
1983 in Latvia Latvian citizenshipIn 2007 Anete Melece graduated in Visual Communication from the Art Academy of Latvia and in 2012 she received her MA in Animation from the Lucerne School of Art and Design (HSLU) She works as an illustra-tor animator and graphic designerHer previous film THE KIOSK (2013) was awarded with the Swiss Film Award for Best Animation Film in 2014 and became a huge festival hit
Antonrsquos head is bursting with thoughts The gardener is seething with anger who has tram-pled her flower beds In the park Anton is look-ing for someone to play chess with For some-one who plays a better game than his dog The gardner is looking for a mysterious vandal who has lost a yellow boot But perhaps they are both looking for the same thing
Anete Melece
N e W S h O r T S
Analysis paralysis
N e W S h O r T S
AngelMon ange
7
Switzerland2016 8 min
2D Computer animation Without dialogue
ProductionNadasdy Film Sarl Geneva
RTS Radio Teacuteleacutevision SuisseWorld Rights
Nadasdy Film Sarl GenevaT +41 22 300 20 54
wwwnadasdyfilmch
1991 in Lausanne Gregory Casares studied film at ECAL (Eacutecole Cantonale dArt de Lausanne) He works as film-
maker 2D animator and illustrator His short film BELLE COMME UN COEUR
(2015) was shown and awarded at numerous festivals such as Clermont-
Ferrand International Short Film Festival
Eva and Mr Corbeau have long felt a reciprocal affection and attraction But the world of hu-mans and the world of animals dont mix That is until this autumn evening at the masked ball organised by Evas father in honour of his daughter
gregory Casares
8
Switzerland2016 13 min Mixed techniques Drawing on paperWithout dialogueProductionStudio GDS CarougeRTS Radio Teacuteleacutevision SuisseWorld RightsStudio GDS CarougeT +41 22 342 72 36wwwstudio-gdschFestival Distribution Studio Wasia Champigny-sur-MarneMikhal Bakmikhalbakgmailcom
1948 in Geneva After graduating in graphic design Claude Luyet focuses on animation cinema His films of different styles sometimes collaborations have won awards at various international film festivals In 1970 he co-founded Studio GDS with Georges Schwizgebel and Daniel Suter He also collaborated on the first feature-length film by J-F Laguionie GWEN AND THE BOOK OF SAND (1985)
Ariadne is playing with a ball She is interrupt-ed as her mother calls her inside She loses her ball along with her childhood The 20th centu-ry and Ariadnes life plays out on her balcony As Ariadne nears the end of her life she regains her lost childhood
dani LevyClaude Luyet
N e W S h O r T S
Ariadnes ThreadLe fil dAriane
9
Switzerland2016 9 minStop motion
Without dialogueProduction and World Rights
freihaumlndler Filmproduktion GmbH BaselT +41 61 631 45 05
wwwfreihaendlerch
1974 in Zurich In 2000 he received a degree in directing from the ECAL (Eacutecole
Cantonale dArt de Lausanne) and in 2009 an MA in Animation from the Royal College
of Art in London Rafael Sommerhalder is co-owner of the production company
Crictor and works as an independent director and animator His films such
as WOLVES (2009) and HERR WUumlRFEL (2004) were screened and awarded at
numerous festivals worldwide
The scarecrow Balthazar hears something en-ticing in the seashell A sound so wonderful that he is ready to leave everything behind
rafael Sommerhalder
N e W S h O r T S
Au revoir Balthazar
10
Switzerland2016 6 min Drawing on paper PixilationWithout dialogueProductionHochschule Luzern Design amp KunstAline Houmlchli Tricksfilms WabernWorld RightsHochschule Luzern Design amp KunstT +41 41 248 64 64animationhsluch
1990 in Switzerland Aline Houmlchli studied 2D animation at the renowned Lucerne School of Art and Design (HSLU) In 2015 she graduated with her Bacherlorrsquos degree film HE SOuml KHEROuml
The woman saves fishes The crocodile eats fishes The woman loves the crocodile and the crocodile loves her The film follows their every-day life and in short episodes tells of their dif-ficulties
Aline houmlchli
he souml kherouml
N e W S h O r T S
11
Switzerland2016 6 min
2D 3D Computer animationWithout dialogue
ProductionNadasdy Film Sarl Geneva
RTS Radio Teacuteleacutevision SuisseWorld Rights
Nadasdy Film Sarl GenevaT +41 22 300 20 54
wwwnadasdyfilmch
1982 in Iran Mojgan Ghanaatgar first studied graphic design in Teheran
then graduated from the Lucerne School of Art and Design (HSLU) in 2D animation
in 2009 She also has a Master of Art in Design in the same field Since then she
realises her own films as well as anima-tions and illustrations Her previous film
RECYCLED PLANETS (2007) was screened at several international film festivals
In a small town organised around a roundabout life flows peacefully Everyone goes about their task and everything works as it should until the arrival of an insatiable magpie
Mojgan ghanaatgar
N e W S h O r T S
pica pica histoire dune pie insatiable
12
Switzerland2016 8 min 2D Computer animation Mixed techniquesWithout dialogueProductionNadasdy Film Sarl GenevaRTS Radio Teacuteleacutevision SuisseWorld RightsNadasdy Film Sarl GenevaT +41 22 300 20 54wwwnadasdyfilmch
1973 in Nyon In 1997 Seacuteverine Leibundgut received a degree from ESBA (Eacutecole Supeacuteri-eure des Beaux Art de Genegraveve) Besides making films she also works as an illustrator for comic books
In a world of perpetual decomposition and re-composition small individual neuroses feed large collective neuroses
Seacuteverine Leibundgut
N e W S h O r T S
Shed Skinspeaux mortes
13
Switzerland2016 7 min
Drawing on paper Drawn animationWithout dialogue
Production and World RightsHochschule Luzern Design amp Kunst
T +41 41 248 64 64animationhsluch
An educational short film about the harvesting of sun milk
Silvan Zweifel
1992 in Switzerland Silvan Zweifel studied 2D animation at the renowned
Lucerne School of Art and Design (HSLU) SUNNAumlMILCH is his Bachelorrsquos degree
film His previous animated short TOHUWABOHU (2015) was screened at pres-
tigious festivals such as Dok Leipzig and Fantoche Baden
Sunnaumlmilch
N e W S h O r T S
14
1982 in Bern From 2003-07 she studied animation at the renowned Lucerne School of Art and Design (HSLU) and at the Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow Currently Jadwiga Kowalska is finishing her Masters degree in Illustration again at the HSLU In 2009 she won the Swiss Film Award for Best Animation with TOcircT OU TARD (2008) Her previous films THE EARTH IS ROUND (2006) and THE GIRL amp THE HUNTER (2010) have been huge festival hitsPhoto Ralph Kuumlhne
A man on a bridge separated from his love Longing to be with her one last time he decides to look for her on the other side
N e W S h O r T S
Switzerland2016 6 minPaint on cells Cutout animationMixed techniques 2D Computer animationWithout dialogueProductionJadwiga Kowalska LucerneSRF Schweizer Radio und FernsehenWorld RightsJadwiga Kowalska LucerneT +41 79 780 05 67wwwjadwigach
Jadwiga Kowalska
The Bridge Over The riverdie Bruumlcke uumlber den Fluss
15
Switzerland France 2016 10 minStop motion
Without dialogueProduction
Nadasdy Film Sarl GenevaFolimage Bourg-Les-Valences
RTS Radio Teacuteleacutevision SuisseWorld Rights
Nadasdy Film Sarl GenevaT +41 22 300 20 54
wwwnadasdyfilmch
Anne Baillod 1960 in Geneva In 1987 she received her
degree from the Eacutecole Supeacuterieure dArt Visuel (ESAV) Geneva in animation and engraving She works as an animation director photo-grapher does engravings and installations
Co-founded Ivanko Films in 1996
Jean Faravel 1958 in Morges He attended the Haute eacutecole drsquoart et de design (HEAD) in Geneva He works
as a sound engineer and film director as well as in theatre productions Co-founder of Ivanko
Films with Anne Baillod in 1996
Adapted from a story by Anderson the film tells the tale of a little girl who peddles matches Failing to sell them she ends up burning them all These moments of warmth are accompanied by happy visions culminating in the apparition of her deceased grandmother
Anne Baillod Jean Faravel
N e W S h O r T S
The Little Match girlLa petite marchande dallumettes
16
1986 in Switzerland Remo Scherrerstudied at Switzerlandrsquos renowned schoolfor animated film the Lucerne School of Art and Design ndash Master of Arts in FilmWHATEVER THE WEATHER is RemoScherrers Masters degree film which premiered in Cannes at the Cineacutefondation Selection
Wallyrsquos childhood is increasingly turned upside down by her mothers alcohol addiction She experiences the excesses and consequences of addiction first hand Desperately the eight-year-old tries to keep up normality in her own life and the life of her family by any means A roller coaster ride between helplessness exces-sive demands and desperation begins A daily struggle for survivalwwwbeiwindundwetterch
N e W S h O r T S
SwitzerlandAniDoc 2016 11 min 2D Computer animationOriginal language GermanWorld premiereCannes 2016(Cineacutefondation Selection)ProductionZeitraum Film GmbH AdliswilHochschule Luzern Design amp KunstSRF Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen SRG SSRWorld SalesInterfilm Berlin Management GmbH BerlinT +49 30 25 94 29 04wwwinterfilmde
remo Scherrer
Whatever The Weather Bei Wind und Wetter
F e S T I V A L F A V O u r I T e S
erlking erlkoumlnig
georges Schwizgebel
Switzerland 2015 6 min | Without dialogue
Festivals (selection)Festival del film Locarno 2015Fantoche Baden 2015 Sitges 2015 Media Arts Festival Tokyo 2016Annecy 2016 Production Studio GDS CarougeRTS Radio Teacuteleacutevision SuisseWorld Sales Studio GDS CarougeT +41 22 342 72 36wwwstudio-gdsch
A father rides through the dark forest with his son The sick child thinks he sees the Erl-king who both charms and frightens him Based on Goethes poem Erlkoumlnig and the mu-sic of Schubert and Liszt comes a new film by Georges Schwizgebel one of Switzerlands leading animation film directors
Birdz
emilien davaud
Switzerland 2016 11 min | Without dialogue
Festivals (selection)Int Short Film Festival Tampere 2016European Short Film Festival-FEC Cambrils-Reus 2016Hong Kong Int Film Festival 2016Animfest Athens 2016ProductionHeacutelium Films LausanneRTS Radio Teacuteleacutevision SuisseWorld RightsHeacutelium Films LausanneT +41 21 544 86 02wwwheliumfilmsch
People that look and behave like birds are try-ing to survive the cruelness of nature
Cats amp dogs
Jesuacutes peacuterez gerd gockell
Switzerland Germany 2015 6 min Without dialogue
Festivals (selection)Fantoche Baden 2015Animatou Geneva 2015Chicago Int Childrens Film Festival 2015Berlinale 2016Filmfest Muumlnchen 2016ProductionGerd Gockell Filmproduktion LucerneAnigraf Filmproduktion HannoverSRF Schweizer Radio und FernsehenWorld SalesMagnetfilm BerlinT +49 163 801 07 53wwwmagnetfilmde
An animated short film for children about friendship One cant force a friendship but an emergency can build a friendship
17
F e S T I V A L F A V O u r I T e S
Ivans NeedVeronica L Montantildeo Manuela Leuenberger Lukas Suter
Switzerland 2015 6 min | Without dialogue
Festivals (selection)Fantoche Baden 2015 Int Kurzfilmtage Winterthur 2015Animation Festival Golden KukerndashSofia 2016Int Trickfilm-Festival Stuttgart 2016IndieLisboa 2016Annecy 2016Production Hochschule Luzern Design amp KunstSRF Schweizer Radio und FernsehenWorld RightsHochschule Luzern Design amp KunstT +41 41 248 64 64animationhsluch
Ivan is obsessed with the incredible softness of the dough When kneading he gets lost in intensive daydreams not accepting that soon-er or later the master baker will turn every wonderfully elastic dough into horribly crispy bread Until he sees Alvas looooong breastswwwfacebookcomivansneed
Islanders rest
Claudius gentinetta Frank Braun
Switzerland 2016 18 min | Without dialogue
Festivals (selection)Fantoche Baden 2015 Festival de cinema de animaccedilatildeo Espinho 2015Animateka Ljubljana 2015Mumbai Shorts 2015ShortFest Palm Springs 2016ProductionGentinettafilm ZurichSRF Schweizer Radio und FernsehenWorld RightsGentinettafilm ZurichT +41 44 271 44 55wwwgentinettafilmch A bitter-sweet affectionate tale of lost inno-cence bottled-up desires and the comfort of recyclingwwwgentinettafilmchislanders_resthtml
I Felt Like destroying Something BeautifulKatrin Jucker
Switzerland 2016 3 min | Without dialogue
Festivals (selection)Holland Animation Film Festival Utrecht 2016European Media Art Festival Osnabruumlck 2016Annecy 2016Production and World RightsHochschule Luzern Design amp KunstT +41 41 248 61 14edithflueckigerhsluch
Image codes and their variations An experi-ment in databending Images morph through sound and text files and back into images
18
The Musical dragonLe dragon et la musique
Camille Muumlller
Switzerland 2015 8 min | Without dialogue
Festivals (selection)Animatou Geneva 2015Warsaw Film Festival 2015Leipzig 2015Festival de cinema de animaccedilatildeo Espinho 2015World Festival of Animated Films Zagreb 2016Production and World RightsStudio GDS CarougeT +41 22 342 72 36wwwstudio-gdsch
A little girl befriends a dragon in the woods They begin to play music together but this is not without danger for the obstinate king al-lows only military marches
ruben Leaves
Frederic Siegel
Switzerland 2015 5 min | Without dialogue
Festivals (selection)Fantoche Baden 2015Int Kurzfilmtage Winterthur 2015Premiers Plans Angers 2016Annecy 2016ProductionHochschule Luzern Design amp KunstSRF Schweizer Radio und FernsehenWorld RightsHochschule Luzern Design amp KunstT +41 41 248 64 64animationhsluch
On his way to work Ruben is haunted by obsessive-compulsive thoughts Is the front door locked Is the stove really turned off As Rubenrsquos creative mind is invaded by increas-ingly absurd scenarios reality and imagina-tion begin to merge fredericsiegelchrubenleaves
The Little girl And The NightLa petite fille et la nuit Madina Iskhakova
Switzerland Belgium France 2015 8 min Original languages French German
Festivals (selection)Animateka Ljubljana 2015 Clermont-Ferrand 2016 Oberhausen 2016World Festival of Animated Films Zagreb 2016ProductionNadasdy Film Sarl GenevaLa Boicirctehellip Productions BrusselsLes Films du Nord RoubaixWorld RightsNadasdy Film Sarl GenevaT +41 22 300 20 54wwwnadasdyfilmch
A little girl lives alone in her house in the mid-dle of nowhere She owns just a few buffalo which she takes to graze in the fields during the day In the evening she hurries home and carefully locks the windows and doors because it is then that an enormous woman appears ndash so large that she blocks the sun and turns day into night
19
F e S T I V A L F A V O u r I T e S
20
59 Seconds 59 secondes
Mauro Carraro
Switzerland France | 15 min 3D Computer animation | Original language French
ProductionNadasdy Film Sarl GenevaAutour de Minuit ParisRTS Radio Teacuteleacutevision SuisseWorld RightsNadasdy Film Sarl GenevaT +41 22 300 20 54 wwwnadasdyfilmch
59 seconds is short when it comes to changing the destinies of two people of an entire region or of a country but it can seem like a long time when the earth is trembling
A Festive Wind Vent de fecircte
Marjolaine perreten
Switzerland France | 9 min 2D Computer animation | Without dialogue
ProductionNadasdy Film Sarl GenevaFolimage Bourg-Les-ValencesRTS Radio Teacuteleacutevision SuisseWorld RightsNadasdy Film Sarl GenevaT +41 22 300 20 54wwwnadasdyfilmch
It is early morning in the square of a small Swiss village and a grand festival is being prepared Volunteers are busying themselves and the first musicians have arrived
expeCTedFAll2017
expeCTedSPRING
2017
u p C O M I N g
21
Airport Michaela Muumlller
Switzerland Croatia | 10 min Painting on glass | Without dialogue
ProductionSchick Productions ZollikonKinorama ZagrebWorld RightsSchick Productions ZollikonT +41 79 400 62 60ruedischickgmailcom
Individual identities disappear and arise in transit space Everything is in constant motion and everyone potentially suspicious
Circuit
delia hess
Switzerland | 8 min Drawn animation | Without dialogue
ProductionCineacutema Copain Ltd ZurichSRF Schweizer Radio und FernsehenWorld RightsCineacutema Copain Ltd ZurichT +41 43 322 05 11wwwcinemacopaincom
On a small planet caught up in their own little private universe the inhabitants perform their poetically surreal actions which repeat themselves in an endless loop That they are all part of a complex little ecosystem which can only function if each of them plays his or her role is something they are unaware of
expeCTedSPRING
2017
expeCTedSPRING
2017
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22
dragon Nest drachennest
Lynn gerlach
Switzerland | 6 min 2D Computer animation | Without dialogue
ProductionNadasdy Film Sarl GenevaRTS Radio Teacuteleacutevision SuisseWorld RightsNadasdy Film Sarl GenevaT +41 22 300 20 54wwwnadasdyfilmch
The expedition of a valiant knight hoping to wrench a beautiful princess from the claws of a terrible dragon finishes in a brutal and unexpected way The knight winds up a slave to the princess who is actually a shrew that has already put a poor dragon under her yoke However the two captives merely appear to be resigned to their fate
FuN-dO
Jonas raeber
Switzerland | 4 min | Original language EnglishDrawn animation 2D Computer animation
Production and World RightsSWAMP Animation LucerneT +41 41 210 45 29wwwswampfilmcom
In 2035 Ueli and Heinz take a stab at representing Switzerland with their ldquoFUN-DOrdquo song in the Eurovision Song Contest only to discover at the audition that a great deal has changed during the past years
u p C O M I N g
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2017
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Laffaire des tableaux suissesJacob Berger Samuel guillaume Freacutedeacuteric guillaume
Switzerland | 20 min Mixed techniques | Original language French
Production and World Rights Nouvelle Tribu GenevaT +41 78 697 41 17yasminenouvelletribuch
What does painting tell us What does Swiss painting tell us about Switzerland What does it reveal about who we are Comparing three iconic works with dozens of images drawn from six centuries of Swiss pictorial photographic filmic and sculptural art this film is an unusual voyage extravagant and poetic through the tortured meanderings of identity politics and aesthetics
La femme canon
david Toutevoix Albertine Zullo
Switzerland | 12 min Stop motion | Original language French
Production and World RightsHeacutelium Films LausanneT +41 21 544 86 02wwwheliumfilmsch
Day after day female cannonball Madeleine is shot kilometres from her home and has to return on foot When she arrives home ex-hausted she finds her satisfied husband waiting for her reading the newspaper in front of a big plate of spaghetti with tomato sauce But one evening Madeleine doesnt come home
u p C O M I N g
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2016
expeCTedFAll2017
24
Les grattes-ciel
Fabienne giezendanner
Switzerland France | 10 min 2D Computer animation | Without dialogue
ProductionNadasdy Film Sarl GenevaRTS Radio Teacuteleacutevision SuisseZeacutero de Conduite Productions LilleWorld RightsNadasdy Film Sarl GenevaT +41 22 300 20 54wwwnadasdyfilmch
Strange objects lifted by cranes are rising in the sky Gradually two buildings are erected Two billionaires Agenor-Agobar Poirier des Chapelles and Willigis Kittycly Junior assisted by the most highly paid architects in the world are each building a skyscraper ever higher and more luxurious ndash but how high will they go
un fait-divers eacutetrange
Antoine guex
Switzerland | 5 min | Original language French Drawing on paper 2D Computer animation
ProductionAntoine Guex ndash Les Productions Remue Meacutenage LausanneRTS Radio Teacuteleacutevision SuisseWorld RightsAntoine Guex ndash Les Productions Remue Meacutenage LausanneT +41 21 646 03 92antoineguexbluewinch
A cat and a dog are having difficulty living under the same roof One day the cat tired of the incessant quarrelling with the dog decides to get rid of him and invites him out of the house to an unnamed destination Intrigued and hungry the dog follows the cat in the hopes of finding something to eat He has no idea he is about to become the victim of a strange news item
u p C O M I N g
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2017
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2017
25
Vaniteacutes Zoltaacuten horvaacuteth
Switzerland | 12 min | Mixed techniquesOriginal languages German French Russian
ProductionNadasdy Film Sarl GenevaRTS Radio Teacuteleacutevision SuisseWorld RightsNadasdy Film Sarl GenevaT +41 22 300 20 54wwwnadasdyfilmch
Somewhere on the shores of a Russian lake a recreational fisher-man and his guide are preparing to haul to the surface something much more than an extraordinary fish the demonstration that in the face of death seeking wealth or appearance is a vain pursuit
Vertico
elie Chapuis Lynn devillaz
Switzerland | 5 min | Mixed techniques Sand animation Pixilation | Without dialogue
Production and World RightsHeacutelium Films LausanneT +41 21 544 86 02wwwheliumfilmsch
An experimental film bringing together 11 Geneva illustrators ex-pressing themselves through direct animation techniques rostrum camera pixilation and animation of objects
u p C O M I N g
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2017
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27
Les fables de lhomme (working title)
ralph And The dinosaursralph et les dinosaures
Jonas raeber director of Credo (2000)
gruumlezi (1995)and hoping For Better Times (1993)
2D Computer animationSWAMP Animation Lucerne
Planned for Summer 2017
Freacutedeacuteric guillaume Samuel guillaumedirectors of Max amp Co (2007)
Le conte des sables dor (2015)and The Night Of The Bear (2012)
Feature length in developmentHybrid techniques
Caravel Production Sagraverl LausannePlanned for Winter 2019
Isabelle Favezdirector of Air-Mail (2015)
and Au coeur de lhiver (2012)
2D Computer animationNadasdy Film Sarl Geneva
La Boicirctehellip Productions BrusselsPlanned for Spring 2017
der kleine Vogel und die raupe
The Cageder Kaumlfig
Lena von doumlhren director of The Little Bird
And The Squirrel (2014) and The Little Bird
And The Leaf (2012)
Digital cutoutSchattenkabinett GmbH Bern
Planned for Spring 2017
Freacutedeacuteric guillaume Samuel guillaumedirectors of Max amp Co (2007)
Le conte des sables dor (2015)and The Night Of The Bear (2012)
Hybrid techniques Caravel Production Sagraverl Lausanne
Planned for Fall 2017
Marcel Barellidirector of Lucens (2015)
and Vigia (2013)
2D Computer animationNadasdy Film Sarl Geneva
Vivement Lundi RennesPlanned for Fall 2017
Le renard et loiseau (working title)
Zibila ou la vie zebreacutee
I N p r O d u C T I O N
Visit us at our stands at
Festival del film Locarno Toronto International Film Festival Short Film Market in Clermont-Ferrand Berlinale european Film Market eFM Cannes Village International
Neugasse 6 | Postfach | CH-8031 Zuumlrich | T +41 43 211 40 50
infoswissfilmsch | wwwswissfilmsch
6
Switzerland2016 9 minDrawing on paper Digital cutout animationWithout dialogueProductionVirage Film Saskia von Viraacuteg ZurichSRF Schweizer Radio und FernsehenWorld SalesInterfilm Berlin Management GmbH BerlinT +49 30 25 94 29 04wwwinterfilmde
1983 in Latvia Latvian citizenshipIn 2007 Anete Melece graduated in Visual Communication from the Art Academy of Latvia and in 2012 she received her MA in Animation from the Lucerne School of Art and Design (HSLU) She works as an illustra-tor animator and graphic designerHer previous film THE KIOSK (2013) was awarded with the Swiss Film Award for Best Animation Film in 2014 and became a huge festival hit
Antonrsquos head is bursting with thoughts The gardener is seething with anger who has tram-pled her flower beds In the park Anton is look-ing for someone to play chess with For some-one who plays a better game than his dog The gardner is looking for a mysterious vandal who has lost a yellow boot But perhaps they are both looking for the same thing
Anete Melece
N e W S h O r T S
Analysis paralysis
N e W S h O r T S
AngelMon ange
7
Switzerland2016 8 min
2D Computer animation Without dialogue
ProductionNadasdy Film Sarl Geneva
RTS Radio Teacuteleacutevision SuisseWorld Rights
Nadasdy Film Sarl GenevaT +41 22 300 20 54
wwwnadasdyfilmch
1991 in Lausanne Gregory Casares studied film at ECAL (Eacutecole Cantonale dArt de Lausanne) He works as film-
maker 2D animator and illustrator His short film BELLE COMME UN COEUR
(2015) was shown and awarded at numerous festivals such as Clermont-
Ferrand International Short Film Festival
Eva and Mr Corbeau have long felt a reciprocal affection and attraction But the world of hu-mans and the world of animals dont mix That is until this autumn evening at the masked ball organised by Evas father in honour of his daughter
gregory Casares
8
Switzerland2016 13 min Mixed techniques Drawing on paperWithout dialogueProductionStudio GDS CarougeRTS Radio Teacuteleacutevision SuisseWorld RightsStudio GDS CarougeT +41 22 342 72 36wwwstudio-gdschFestival Distribution Studio Wasia Champigny-sur-MarneMikhal Bakmikhalbakgmailcom
1948 in Geneva After graduating in graphic design Claude Luyet focuses on animation cinema His films of different styles sometimes collaborations have won awards at various international film festivals In 1970 he co-founded Studio GDS with Georges Schwizgebel and Daniel Suter He also collaborated on the first feature-length film by J-F Laguionie GWEN AND THE BOOK OF SAND (1985)
Ariadne is playing with a ball She is interrupt-ed as her mother calls her inside She loses her ball along with her childhood The 20th centu-ry and Ariadnes life plays out on her balcony As Ariadne nears the end of her life she regains her lost childhood
dani LevyClaude Luyet
N e W S h O r T S
Ariadnes ThreadLe fil dAriane
9
Switzerland2016 9 minStop motion
Without dialogueProduction and World Rights
freihaumlndler Filmproduktion GmbH BaselT +41 61 631 45 05
wwwfreihaendlerch
1974 in Zurich In 2000 he received a degree in directing from the ECAL (Eacutecole
Cantonale dArt de Lausanne) and in 2009 an MA in Animation from the Royal College
of Art in London Rafael Sommerhalder is co-owner of the production company
Crictor and works as an independent director and animator His films such
as WOLVES (2009) and HERR WUumlRFEL (2004) were screened and awarded at
numerous festivals worldwide
The scarecrow Balthazar hears something en-ticing in the seashell A sound so wonderful that he is ready to leave everything behind
rafael Sommerhalder
N e W S h O r T S
Au revoir Balthazar
10
Switzerland2016 6 min Drawing on paper PixilationWithout dialogueProductionHochschule Luzern Design amp KunstAline Houmlchli Tricksfilms WabernWorld RightsHochschule Luzern Design amp KunstT +41 41 248 64 64animationhsluch
1990 in Switzerland Aline Houmlchli studied 2D animation at the renowned Lucerne School of Art and Design (HSLU) In 2015 she graduated with her Bacherlorrsquos degree film HE SOuml KHEROuml
The woman saves fishes The crocodile eats fishes The woman loves the crocodile and the crocodile loves her The film follows their every-day life and in short episodes tells of their dif-ficulties
Aline houmlchli
he souml kherouml
N e W S h O r T S
11
Switzerland2016 6 min
2D 3D Computer animationWithout dialogue
ProductionNadasdy Film Sarl Geneva
RTS Radio Teacuteleacutevision SuisseWorld Rights
Nadasdy Film Sarl GenevaT +41 22 300 20 54
wwwnadasdyfilmch
1982 in Iran Mojgan Ghanaatgar first studied graphic design in Teheran
then graduated from the Lucerne School of Art and Design (HSLU) in 2D animation
in 2009 She also has a Master of Art in Design in the same field Since then she
realises her own films as well as anima-tions and illustrations Her previous film
RECYCLED PLANETS (2007) was screened at several international film festivals
In a small town organised around a roundabout life flows peacefully Everyone goes about their task and everything works as it should until the arrival of an insatiable magpie
Mojgan ghanaatgar
N e W S h O r T S
pica pica histoire dune pie insatiable
12
Switzerland2016 8 min 2D Computer animation Mixed techniquesWithout dialogueProductionNadasdy Film Sarl GenevaRTS Radio Teacuteleacutevision SuisseWorld RightsNadasdy Film Sarl GenevaT +41 22 300 20 54wwwnadasdyfilmch
1973 in Nyon In 1997 Seacuteverine Leibundgut received a degree from ESBA (Eacutecole Supeacuteri-eure des Beaux Art de Genegraveve) Besides making films she also works as an illustrator for comic books
In a world of perpetual decomposition and re-composition small individual neuroses feed large collective neuroses
Seacuteverine Leibundgut
N e W S h O r T S
Shed Skinspeaux mortes
13
Switzerland2016 7 min
Drawing on paper Drawn animationWithout dialogue
Production and World RightsHochschule Luzern Design amp Kunst
T +41 41 248 64 64animationhsluch
An educational short film about the harvesting of sun milk
Silvan Zweifel
1992 in Switzerland Silvan Zweifel studied 2D animation at the renowned
Lucerne School of Art and Design (HSLU) SUNNAumlMILCH is his Bachelorrsquos degree
film His previous animated short TOHUWABOHU (2015) was screened at pres-
tigious festivals such as Dok Leipzig and Fantoche Baden
Sunnaumlmilch
N e W S h O r T S
14
1982 in Bern From 2003-07 she studied animation at the renowned Lucerne School of Art and Design (HSLU) and at the Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow Currently Jadwiga Kowalska is finishing her Masters degree in Illustration again at the HSLU In 2009 she won the Swiss Film Award for Best Animation with TOcircT OU TARD (2008) Her previous films THE EARTH IS ROUND (2006) and THE GIRL amp THE HUNTER (2010) have been huge festival hitsPhoto Ralph Kuumlhne
A man on a bridge separated from his love Longing to be with her one last time he decides to look for her on the other side
N e W S h O r T S
Switzerland2016 6 minPaint on cells Cutout animationMixed techniques 2D Computer animationWithout dialogueProductionJadwiga Kowalska LucerneSRF Schweizer Radio und FernsehenWorld RightsJadwiga Kowalska LucerneT +41 79 780 05 67wwwjadwigach
Jadwiga Kowalska
The Bridge Over The riverdie Bruumlcke uumlber den Fluss
15
Switzerland France 2016 10 minStop motion
Without dialogueProduction
Nadasdy Film Sarl GenevaFolimage Bourg-Les-Valences
RTS Radio Teacuteleacutevision SuisseWorld Rights
Nadasdy Film Sarl GenevaT +41 22 300 20 54
wwwnadasdyfilmch
Anne Baillod 1960 in Geneva In 1987 she received her
degree from the Eacutecole Supeacuterieure dArt Visuel (ESAV) Geneva in animation and engraving She works as an animation director photo-grapher does engravings and installations
Co-founded Ivanko Films in 1996
Jean Faravel 1958 in Morges He attended the Haute eacutecole drsquoart et de design (HEAD) in Geneva He works
as a sound engineer and film director as well as in theatre productions Co-founder of Ivanko
Films with Anne Baillod in 1996
Adapted from a story by Anderson the film tells the tale of a little girl who peddles matches Failing to sell them she ends up burning them all These moments of warmth are accompanied by happy visions culminating in the apparition of her deceased grandmother
Anne Baillod Jean Faravel
N e W S h O r T S
The Little Match girlLa petite marchande dallumettes
16
1986 in Switzerland Remo Scherrerstudied at Switzerlandrsquos renowned schoolfor animated film the Lucerne School of Art and Design ndash Master of Arts in FilmWHATEVER THE WEATHER is RemoScherrers Masters degree film which premiered in Cannes at the Cineacutefondation Selection
Wallyrsquos childhood is increasingly turned upside down by her mothers alcohol addiction She experiences the excesses and consequences of addiction first hand Desperately the eight-year-old tries to keep up normality in her own life and the life of her family by any means A roller coaster ride between helplessness exces-sive demands and desperation begins A daily struggle for survivalwwwbeiwindundwetterch
N e W S h O r T S
SwitzerlandAniDoc 2016 11 min 2D Computer animationOriginal language GermanWorld premiereCannes 2016(Cineacutefondation Selection)ProductionZeitraum Film GmbH AdliswilHochschule Luzern Design amp KunstSRF Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen SRG SSRWorld SalesInterfilm Berlin Management GmbH BerlinT +49 30 25 94 29 04wwwinterfilmde
remo Scherrer
Whatever The Weather Bei Wind und Wetter
F e S T I V A L F A V O u r I T e S
erlking erlkoumlnig
georges Schwizgebel
Switzerland 2015 6 min | Without dialogue
Festivals (selection)Festival del film Locarno 2015Fantoche Baden 2015 Sitges 2015 Media Arts Festival Tokyo 2016Annecy 2016 Production Studio GDS CarougeRTS Radio Teacuteleacutevision SuisseWorld Sales Studio GDS CarougeT +41 22 342 72 36wwwstudio-gdsch
A father rides through the dark forest with his son The sick child thinks he sees the Erl-king who both charms and frightens him Based on Goethes poem Erlkoumlnig and the mu-sic of Schubert and Liszt comes a new film by Georges Schwizgebel one of Switzerlands leading animation film directors
Birdz
emilien davaud
Switzerland 2016 11 min | Without dialogue
Festivals (selection)Int Short Film Festival Tampere 2016European Short Film Festival-FEC Cambrils-Reus 2016Hong Kong Int Film Festival 2016Animfest Athens 2016ProductionHeacutelium Films LausanneRTS Radio Teacuteleacutevision SuisseWorld RightsHeacutelium Films LausanneT +41 21 544 86 02wwwheliumfilmsch
People that look and behave like birds are try-ing to survive the cruelness of nature
Cats amp dogs
Jesuacutes peacuterez gerd gockell
Switzerland Germany 2015 6 min Without dialogue
Festivals (selection)Fantoche Baden 2015Animatou Geneva 2015Chicago Int Childrens Film Festival 2015Berlinale 2016Filmfest Muumlnchen 2016ProductionGerd Gockell Filmproduktion LucerneAnigraf Filmproduktion HannoverSRF Schweizer Radio und FernsehenWorld SalesMagnetfilm BerlinT +49 163 801 07 53wwwmagnetfilmde
An animated short film for children about friendship One cant force a friendship but an emergency can build a friendship
17
F e S T I V A L F A V O u r I T e S
Ivans NeedVeronica L Montantildeo Manuela Leuenberger Lukas Suter
Switzerland 2015 6 min | Without dialogue
Festivals (selection)Fantoche Baden 2015 Int Kurzfilmtage Winterthur 2015Animation Festival Golden KukerndashSofia 2016Int Trickfilm-Festival Stuttgart 2016IndieLisboa 2016Annecy 2016Production Hochschule Luzern Design amp KunstSRF Schweizer Radio und FernsehenWorld RightsHochschule Luzern Design amp KunstT +41 41 248 64 64animationhsluch
Ivan is obsessed with the incredible softness of the dough When kneading he gets lost in intensive daydreams not accepting that soon-er or later the master baker will turn every wonderfully elastic dough into horribly crispy bread Until he sees Alvas looooong breastswwwfacebookcomivansneed
Islanders rest
Claudius gentinetta Frank Braun
Switzerland 2016 18 min | Without dialogue
Festivals (selection)Fantoche Baden 2015 Festival de cinema de animaccedilatildeo Espinho 2015Animateka Ljubljana 2015Mumbai Shorts 2015ShortFest Palm Springs 2016ProductionGentinettafilm ZurichSRF Schweizer Radio und FernsehenWorld RightsGentinettafilm ZurichT +41 44 271 44 55wwwgentinettafilmch A bitter-sweet affectionate tale of lost inno-cence bottled-up desires and the comfort of recyclingwwwgentinettafilmchislanders_resthtml
I Felt Like destroying Something BeautifulKatrin Jucker
Switzerland 2016 3 min | Without dialogue
Festivals (selection)Holland Animation Film Festival Utrecht 2016European Media Art Festival Osnabruumlck 2016Annecy 2016Production and World RightsHochschule Luzern Design amp KunstT +41 41 248 61 14edithflueckigerhsluch
Image codes and their variations An experi-ment in databending Images morph through sound and text files and back into images
18
The Musical dragonLe dragon et la musique
Camille Muumlller
Switzerland 2015 8 min | Without dialogue
Festivals (selection)Animatou Geneva 2015Warsaw Film Festival 2015Leipzig 2015Festival de cinema de animaccedilatildeo Espinho 2015World Festival of Animated Films Zagreb 2016Production and World RightsStudio GDS CarougeT +41 22 342 72 36wwwstudio-gdsch
A little girl befriends a dragon in the woods They begin to play music together but this is not without danger for the obstinate king al-lows only military marches
ruben Leaves
Frederic Siegel
Switzerland 2015 5 min | Without dialogue
Festivals (selection)Fantoche Baden 2015Int Kurzfilmtage Winterthur 2015Premiers Plans Angers 2016Annecy 2016ProductionHochschule Luzern Design amp KunstSRF Schweizer Radio und FernsehenWorld RightsHochschule Luzern Design amp KunstT +41 41 248 64 64animationhsluch
On his way to work Ruben is haunted by obsessive-compulsive thoughts Is the front door locked Is the stove really turned off As Rubenrsquos creative mind is invaded by increas-ingly absurd scenarios reality and imagina-tion begin to merge fredericsiegelchrubenleaves
The Little girl And The NightLa petite fille et la nuit Madina Iskhakova
Switzerland Belgium France 2015 8 min Original languages French German
Festivals (selection)Animateka Ljubljana 2015 Clermont-Ferrand 2016 Oberhausen 2016World Festival of Animated Films Zagreb 2016ProductionNadasdy Film Sarl GenevaLa Boicirctehellip Productions BrusselsLes Films du Nord RoubaixWorld RightsNadasdy Film Sarl GenevaT +41 22 300 20 54wwwnadasdyfilmch
A little girl lives alone in her house in the mid-dle of nowhere She owns just a few buffalo which she takes to graze in the fields during the day In the evening she hurries home and carefully locks the windows and doors because it is then that an enormous woman appears ndash so large that she blocks the sun and turns day into night
19
F e S T I V A L F A V O u r I T e S
20
59 Seconds 59 secondes
Mauro Carraro
Switzerland France | 15 min 3D Computer animation | Original language French
ProductionNadasdy Film Sarl GenevaAutour de Minuit ParisRTS Radio Teacuteleacutevision SuisseWorld RightsNadasdy Film Sarl GenevaT +41 22 300 20 54 wwwnadasdyfilmch
59 seconds is short when it comes to changing the destinies of two people of an entire region or of a country but it can seem like a long time when the earth is trembling
A Festive Wind Vent de fecircte
Marjolaine perreten
Switzerland France | 9 min 2D Computer animation | Without dialogue
ProductionNadasdy Film Sarl GenevaFolimage Bourg-Les-ValencesRTS Radio Teacuteleacutevision SuisseWorld RightsNadasdy Film Sarl GenevaT +41 22 300 20 54wwwnadasdyfilmch
It is early morning in the square of a small Swiss village and a grand festival is being prepared Volunteers are busying themselves and the first musicians have arrived
expeCTedFAll2017
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2017
u p C O M I N g
21
Airport Michaela Muumlller
Switzerland Croatia | 10 min Painting on glass | Without dialogue
ProductionSchick Productions ZollikonKinorama ZagrebWorld RightsSchick Productions ZollikonT +41 79 400 62 60ruedischickgmailcom
Individual identities disappear and arise in transit space Everything is in constant motion and everyone potentially suspicious
Circuit
delia hess
Switzerland | 8 min Drawn animation | Without dialogue
ProductionCineacutema Copain Ltd ZurichSRF Schweizer Radio und FernsehenWorld RightsCineacutema Copain Ltd ZurichT +41 43 322 05 11wwwcinemacopaincom
On a small planet caught up in their own little private universe the inhabitants perform their poetically surreal actions which repeat themselves in an endless loop That they are all part of a complex little ecosystem which can only function if each of them plays his or her role is something they are unaware of
expeCTedSPRING
2017
expeCTedSPRING
2017
u p C O M I N g
22
dragon Nest drachennest
Lynn gerlach
Switzerland | 6 min 2D Computer animation | Without dialogue
ProductionNadasdy Film Sarl GenevaRTS Radio Teacuteleacutevision SuisseWorld RightsNadasdy Film Sarl GenevaT +41 22 300 20 54wwwnadasdyfilmch
The expedition of a valiant knight hoping to wrench a beautiful princess from the claws of a terrible dragon finishes in a brutal and unexpected way The knight winds up a slave to the princess who is actually a shrew that has already put a poor dragon under her yoke However the two captives merely appear to be resigned to their fate
FuN-dO
Jonas raeber
Switzerland | 4 min | Original language EnglishDrawn animation 2D Computer animation
Production and World RightsSWAMP Animation LucerneT +41 41 210 45 29wwwswampfilmcom
In 2035 Ueli and Heinz take a stab at representing Switzerland with their ldquoFUN-DOrdquo song in the Eurovision Song Contest only to discover at the audition that a great deal has changed during the past years
u p C O M I N g
expeCTedSPRING
2017
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23
Laffaire des tableaux suissesJacob Berger Samuel guillaume Freacutedeacuteric guillaume
Switzerland | 20 min Mixed techniques | Original language French
Production and World Rights Nouvelle Tribu GenevaT +41 78 697 41 17yasminenouvelletribuch
What does painting tell us What does Swiss painting tell us about Switzerland What does it reveal about who we are Comparing three iconic works with dozens of images drawn from six centuries of Swiss pictorial photographic filmic and sculptural art this film is an unusual voyage extravagant and poetic through the tortured meanderings of identity politics and aesthetics
La femme canon
david Toutevoix Albertine Zullo
Switzerland | 12 min Stop motion | Original language French
Production and World RightsHeacutelium Films LausanneT +41 21 544 86 02wwwheliumfilmsch
Day after day female cannonball Madeleine is shot kilometres from her home and has to return on foot When she arrives home ex-hausted she finds her satisfied husband waiting for her reading the newspaper in front of a big plate of spaghetti with tomato sauce But one evening Madeleine doesnt come home
u p C O M I N g
expeCTedSuMMeR
2016
expeCTedFAll2017
24
Les grattes-ciel
Fabienne giezendanner
Switzerland France | 10 min 2D Computer animation | Without dialogue
ProductionNadasdy Film Sarl GenevaRTS Radio Teacuteleacutevision SuisseZeacutero de Conduite Productions LilleWorld RightsNadasdy Film Sarl GenevaT +41 22 300 20 54wwwnadasdyfilmch
Strange objects lifted by cranes are rising in the sky Gradually two buildings are erected Two billionaires Agenor-Agobar Poirier des Chapelles and Willigis Kittycly Junior assisted by the most highly paid architects in the world are each building a skyscraper ever higher and more luxurious ndash but how high will they go
un fait-divers eacutetrange
Antoine guex
Switzerland | 5 min | Original language French Drawing on paper 2D Computer animation
ProductionAntoine Guex ndash Les Productions Remue Meacutenage LausanneRTS Radio Teacuteleacutevision SuisseWorld RightsAntoine Guex ndash Les Productions Remue Meacutenage LausanneT +41 21 646 03 92antoineguexbluewinch
A cat and a dog are having difficulty living under the same roof One day the cat tired of the incessant quarrelling with the dog decides to get rid of him and invites him out of the house to an unnamed destination Intrigued and hungry the dog follows the cat in the hopes of finding something to eat He has no idea he is about to become the victim of a strange news item
u p C O M I N g
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2017
25
Vaniteacutes Zoltaacuten horvaacuteth
Switzerland | 12 min | Mixed techniquesOriginal languages German French Russian
ProductionNadasdy Film Sarl GenevaRTS Radio Teacuteleacutevision SuisseWorld RightsNadasdy Film Sarl GenevaT +41 22 300 20 54wwwnadasdyfilmch
Somewhere on the shores of a Russian lake a recreational fisher-man and his guide are preparing to haul to the surface something much more than an extraordinary fish the demonstration that in the face of death seeking wealth or appearance is a vain pursuit
Vertico
elie Chapuis Lynn devillaz
Switzerland | 5 min | Mixed techniques Sand animation Pixilation | Without dialogue
Production and World RightsHeacutelium Films LausanneT +41 21 544 86 02wwwheliumfilmsch
An experimental film bringing together 11 Geneva illustrators ex-pressing themselves through direct animation techniques rostrum camera pixilation and animation of objects
u p C O M I N g
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Les fables de lhomme (working title)
ralph And The dinosaursralph et les dinosaures
Jonas raeber director of Credo (2000)
gruumlezi (1995)and hoping For Better Times (1993)
2D Computer animationSWAMP Animation Lucerne
Planned for Summer 2017
Freacutedeacuteric guillaume Samuel guillaumedirectors of Max amp Co (2007)
Le conte des sables dor (2015)and The Night Of The Bear (2012)
Feature length in developmentHybrid techniques
Caravel Production Sagraverl LausannePlanned for Winter 2019
Isabelle Favezdirector of Air-Mail (2015)
and Au coeur de lhiver (2012)
2D Computer animationNadasdy Film Sarl Geneva
La Boicirctehellip Productions BrusselsPlanned for Spring 2017
der kleine Vogel und die raupe
The Cageder Kaumlfig
Lena von doumlhren director of The Little Bird
And The Squirrel (2014) and The Little Bird
And The Leaf (2012)
Digital cutoutSchattenkabinett GmbH Bern
Planned for Spring 2017
Freacutedeacuteric guillaume Samuel guillaumedirectors of Max amp Co (2007)
Le conte des sables dor (2015)and The Night Of The Bear (2012)
Hybrid techniques Caravel Production Sagraverl Lausanne
Planned for Fall 2017
Marcel Barellidirector of Lucens (2015)
and Vigia (2013)
2D Computer animationNadasdy Film Sarl Geneva
Vivement Lundi RennesPlanned for Fall 2017
Le renard et loiseau (working title)
Zibila ou la vie zebreacutee
I N p r O d u C T I O N
Visit us at our stands at
Festival del film Locarno Toronto International Film Festival Short Film Market in Clermont-Ferrand Berlinale european Film Market eFM Cannes Village International
Neugasse 6 | Postfach | CH-8031 Zuumlrich | T +41 43 211 40 50
infoswissfilmsch | wwwswissfilmsch
N e W S h O r T S
AngelMon ange
7
Switzerland2016 8 min
2D Computer animation Without dialogue
ProductionNadasdy Film Sarl Geneva
RTS Radio Teacuteleacutevision SuisseWorld Rights
Nadasdy Film Sarl GenevaT +41 22 300 20 54
wwwnadasdyfilmch
1991 in Lausanne Gregory Casares studied film at ECAL (Eacutecole Cantonale dArt de Lausanne) He works as film-
maker 2D animator and illustrator His short film BELLE COMME UN COEUR
(2015) was shown and awarded at numerous festivals such as Clermont-
Ferrand International Short Film Festival
Eva and Mr Corbeau have long felt a reciprocal affection and attraction But the world of hu-mans and the world of animals dont mix That is until this autumn evening at the masked ball organised by Evas father in honour of his daughter
gregory Casares
8
Switzerland2016 13 min Mixed techniques Drawing on paperWithout dialogueProductionStudio GDS CarougeRTS Radio Teacuteleacutevision SuisseWorld RightsStudio GDS CarougeT +41 22 342 72 36wwwstudio-gdschFestival Distribution Studio Wasia Champigny-sur-MarneMikhal Bakmikhalbakgmailcom
1948 in Geneva After graduating in graphic design Claude Luyet focuses on animation cinema His films of different styles sometimes collaborations have won awards at various international film festivals In 1970 he co-founded Studio GDS with Georges Schwizgebel and Daniel Suter He also collaborated on the first feature-length film by J-F Laguionie GWEN AND THE BOOK OF SAND (1985)
Ariadne is playing with a ball She is interrupt-ed as her mother calls her inside She loses her ball along with her childhood The 20th centu-ry and Ariadnes life plays out on her balcony As Ariadne nears the end of her life she regains her lost childhood
dani LevyClaude Luyet
N e W S h O r T S
Ariadnes ThreadLe fil dAriane
9
Switzerland2016 9 minStop motion
Without dialogueProduction and World Rights
freihaumlndler Filmproduktion GmbH BaselT +41 61 631 45 05
wwwfreihaendlerch
1974 in Zurich In 2000 he received a degree in directing from the ECAL (Eacutecole
Cantonale dArt de Lausanne) and in 2009 an MA in Animation from the Royal College
of Art in London Rafael Sommerhalder is co-owner of the production company
Crictor and works as an independent director and animator His films such
as WOLVES (2009) and HERR WUumlRFEL (2004) were screened and awarded at
numerous festivals worldwide
The scarecrow Balthazar hears something en-ticing in the seashell A sound so wonderful that he is ready to leave everything behind
rafael Sommerhalder
N e W S h O r T S
Au revoir Balthazar
10
Switzerland2016 6 min Drawing on paper PixilationWithout dialogueProductionHochschule Luzern Design amp KunstAline Houmlchli Tricksfilms WabernWorld RightsHochschule Luzern Design amp KunstT +41 41 248 64 64animationhsluch
1990 in Switzerland Aline Houmlchli studied 2D animation at the renowned Lucerne School of Art and Design (HSLU) In 2015 she graduated with her Bacherlorrsquos degree film HE SOuml KHEROuml
The woman saves fishes The crocodile eats fishes The woman loves the crocodile and the crocodile loves her The film follows their every-day life and in short episodes tells of their dif-ficulties
Aline houmlchli
he souml kherouml
N e W S h O r T S
11
Switzerland2016 6 min
2D 3D Computer animationWithout dialogue
ProductionNadasdy Film Sarl Geneva
RTS Radio Teacuteleacutevision SuisseWorld Rights
Nadasdy Film Sarl GenevaT +41 22 300 20 54
wwwnadasdyfilmch
1982 in Iran Mojgan Ghanaatgar first studied graphic design in Teheran
then graduated from the Lucerne School of Art and Design (HSLU) in 2D animation
in 2009 She also has a Master of Art in Design in the same field Since then she
realises her own films as well as anima-tions and illustrations Her previous film
RECYCLED PLANETS (2007) was screened at several international film festivals
In a small town organised around a roundabout life flows peacefully Everyone goes about their task and everything works as it should until the arrival of an insatiable magpie
Mojgan ghanaatgar
N e W S h O r T S
pica pica histoire dune pie insatiable
12
Switzerland2016 8 min 2D Computer animation Mixed techniquesWithout dialogueProductionNadasdy Film Sarl GenevaRTS Radio Teacuteleacutevision SuisseWorld RightsNadasdy Film Sarl GenevaT +41 22 300 20 54wwwnadasdyfilmch
1973 in Nyon In 1997 Seacuteverine Leibundgut received a degree from ESBA (Eacutecole Supeacuteri-eure des Beaux Art de Genegraveve) Besides making films she also works as an illustrator for comic books
In a world of perpetual decomposition and re-composition small individual neuroses feed large collective neuroses
Seacuteverine Leibundgut
N e W S h O r T S
Shed Skinspeaux mortes
13
Switzerland2016 7 min
Drawing on paper Drawn animationWithout dialogue
Production and World RightsHochschule Luzern Design amp Kunst
T +41 41 248 64 64animationhsluch
An educational short film about the harvesting of sun milk
Silvan Zweifel
1992 in Switzerland Silvan Zweifel studied 2D animation at the renowned
Lucerne School of Art and Design (HSLU) SUNNAumlMILCH is his Bachelorrsquos degree
film His previous animated short TOHUWABOHU (2015) was screened at pres-
tigious festivals such as Dok Leipzig and Fantoche Baden
Sunnaumlmilch
N e W S h O r T S
14
1982 in Bern From 2003-07 she studied animation at the renowned Lucerne School of Art and Design (HSLU) and at the Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow Currently Jadwiga Kowalska is finishing her Masters degree in Illustration again at the HSLU In 2009 she won the Swiss Film Award for Best Animation with TOcircT OU TARD (2008) Her previous films THE EARTH IS ROUND (2006) and THE GIRL amp THE HUNTER (2010) have been huge festival hitsPhoto Ralph Kuumlhne
A man on a bridge separated from his love Longing to be with her one last time he decides to look for her on the other side
N e W S h O r T S
Switzerland2016 6 minPaint on cells Cutout animationMixed techniques 2D Computer animationWithout dialogueProductionJadwiga Kowalska LucerneSRF Schweizer Radio und FernsehenWorld RightsJadwiga Kowalska LucerneT +41 79 780 05 67wwwjadwigach
Jadwiga Kowalska
The Bridge Over The riverdie Bruumlcke uumlber den Fluss
15
Switzerland France 2016 10 minStop motion
Without dialogueProduction
Nadasdy Film Sarl GenevaFolimage Bourg-Les-Valences
RTS Radio Teacuteleacutevision SuisseWorld Rights
Nadasdy Film Sarl GenevaT +41 22 300 20 54
wwwnadasdyfilmch
Anne Baillod 1960 in Geneva In 1987 she received her
degree from the Eacutecole Supeacuterieure dArt Visuel (ESAV) Geneva in animation and engraving She works as an animation director photo-grapher does engravings and installations
Co-founded Ivanko Films in 1996
Jean Faravel 1958 in Morges He attended the Haute eacutecole drsquoart et de design (HEAD) in Geneva He works
as a sound engineer and film director as well as in theatre productions Co-founder of Ivanko
Films with Anne Baillod in 1996
Adapted from a story by Anderson the film tells the tale of a little girl who peddles matches Failing to sell them she ends up burning them all These moments of warmth are accompanied by happy visions culminating in the apparition of her deceased grandmother
Anne Baillod Jean Faravel
N e W S h O r T S
The Little Match girlLa petite marchande dallumettes
16
1986 in Switzerland Remo Scherrerstudied at Switzerlandrsquos renowned schoolfor animated film the Lucerne School of Art and Design ndash Master of Arts in FilmWHATEVER THE WEATHER is RemoScherrers Masters degree film which premiered in Cannes at the Cineacutefondation Selection
Wallyrsquos childhood is increasingly turned upside down by her mothers alcohol addiction She experiences the excesses and consequences of addiction first hand Desperately the eight-year-old tries to keep up normality in her own life and the life of her family by any means A roller coaster ride between helplessness exces-sive demands and desperation begins A daily struggle for survivalwwwbeiwindundwetterch
N e W S h O r T S
SwitzerlandAniDoc 2016 11 min 2D Computer animationOriginal language GermanWorld premiereCannes 2016(Cineacutefondation Selection)ProductionZeitraum Film GmbH AdliswilHochschule Luzern Design amp KunstSRF Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen SRG SSRWorld SalesInterfilm Berlin Management GmbH BerlinT +49 30 25 94 29 04wwwinterfilmde
remo Scherrer
Whatever The Weather Bei Wind und Wetter
F e S T I V A L F A V O u r I T e S
erlking erlkoumlnig
georges Schwizgebel
Switzerland 2015 6 min | Without dialogue
Festivals (selection)Festival del film Locarno 2015Fantoche Baden 2015 Sitges 2015 Media Arts Festival Tokyo 2016Annecy 2016 Production Studio GDS CarougeRTS Radio Teacuteleacutevision SuisseWorld Sales Studio GDS CarougeT +41 22 342 72 36wwwstudio-gdsch
A father rides through the dark forest with his son The sick child thinks he sees the Erl-king who both charms and frightens him Based on Goethes poem Erlkoumlnig and the mu-sic of Schubert and Liszt comes a new film by Georges Schwizgebel one of Switzerlands leading animation film directors
Birdz
emilien davaud
Switzerland 2016 11 min | Without dialogue
Festivals (selection)Int Short Film Festival Tampere 2016European Short Film Festival-FEC Cambrils-Reus 2016Hong Kong Int Film Festival 2016Animfest Athens 2016ProductionHeacutelium Films LausanneRTS Radio Teacuteleacutevision SuisseWorld RightsHeacutelium Films LausanneT +41 21 544 86 02wwwheliumfilmsch
People that look and behave like birds are try-ing to survive the cruelness of nature
Cats amp dogs
Jesuacutes peacuterez gerd gockell
Switzerland Germany 2015 6 min Without dialogue
Festivals (selection)Fantoche Baden 2015Animatou Geneva 2015Chicago Int Childrens Film Festival 2015Berlinale 2016Filmfest Muumlnchen 2016ProductionGerd Gockell Filmproduktion LucerneAnigraf Filmproduktion HannoverSRF Schweizer Radio und FernsehenWorld SalesMagnetfilm BerlinT +49 163 801 07 53wwwmagnetfilmde
An animated short film for children about friendship One cant force a friendship but an emergency can build a friendship
17
F e S T I V A L F A V O u r I T e S
Ivans NeedVeronica L Montantildeo Manuela Leuenberger Lukas Suter
Switzerland 2015 6 min | Without dialogue
Festivals (selection)Fantoche Baden 2015 Int Kurzfilmtage Winterthur 2015Animation Festival Golden KukerndashSofia 2016Int Trickfilm-Festival Stuttgart 2016IndieLisboa 2016Annecy 2016Production Hochschule Luzern Design amp KunstSRF Schweizer Radio und FernsehenWorld RightsHochschule Luzern Design amp KunstT +41 41 248 64 64animationhsluch
Ivan is obsessed with the incredible softness of the dough When kneading he gets lost in intensive daydreams not accepting that soon-er or later the master baker will turn every wonderfully elastic dough into horribly crispy bread Until he sees Alvas looooong breastswwwfacebookcomivansneed
Islanders rest
Claudius gentinetta Frank Braun
Switzerland 2016 18 min | Without dialogue
Festivals (selection)Fantoche Baden 2015 Festival de cinema de animaccedilatildeo Espinho 2015Animateka Ljubljana 2015Mumbai Shorts 2015ShortFest Palm Springs 2016ProductionGentinettafilm ZurichSRF Schweizer Radio und FernsehenWorld RightsGentinettafilm ZurichT +41 44 271 44 55wwwgentinettafilmch A bitter-sweet affectionate tale of lost inno-cence bottled-up desires and the comfort of recyclingwwwgentinettafilmchislanders_resthtml
I Felt Like destroying Something BeautifulKatrin Jucker
Switzerland 2016 3 min | Without dialogue
Festivals (selection)Holland Animation Film Festival Utrecht 2016European Media Art Festival Osnabruumlck 2016Annecy 2016Production and World RightsHochschule Luzern Design amp KunstT +41 41 248 61 14edithflueckigerhsluch
Image codes and their variations An experi-ment in databending Images morph through sound and text files and back into images
18
The Musical dragonLe dragon et la musique
Camille Muumlller
Switzerland 2015 8 min | Without dialogue
Festivals (selection)Animatou Geneva 2015Warsaw Film Festival 2015Leipzig 2015Festival de cinema de animaccedilatildeo Espinho 2015World Festival of Animated Films Zagreb 2016Production and World RightsStudio GDS CarougeT +41 22 342 72 36wwwstudio-gdsch
A little girl befriends a dragon in the woods They begin to play music together but this is not without danger for the obstinate king al-lows only military marches
ruben Leaves
Frederic Siegel
Switzerland 2015 5 min | Without dialogue
Festivals (selection)Fantoche Baden 2015Int Kurzfilmtage Winterthur 2015Premiers Plans Angers 2016Annecy 2016ProductionHochschule Luzern Design amp KunstSRF Schweizer Radio und FernsehenWorld RightsHochschule Luzern Design amp KunstT +41 41 248 64 64animationhsluch
On his way to work Ruben is haunted by obsessive-compulsive thoughts Is the front door locked Is the stove really turned off As Rubenrsquos creative mind is invaded by increas-ingly absurd scenarios reality and imagina-tion begin to merge fredericsiegelchrubenleaves
The Little girl And The NightLa petite fille et la nuit Madina Iskhakova
Switzerland Belgium France 2015 8 min Original languages French German
Festivals (selection)Animateka Ljubljana 2015 Clermont-Ferrand 2016 Oberhausen 2016World Festival of Animated Films Zagreb 2016ProductionNadasdy Film Sarl GenevaLa Boicirctehellip Productions BrusselsLes Films du Nord RoubaixWorld RightsNadasdy Film Sarl GenevaT +41 22 300 20 54wwwnadasdyfilmch
A little girl lives alone in her house in the mid-dle of nowhere She owns just a few buffalo which she takes to graze in the fields during the day In the evening she hurries home and carefully locks the windows and doors because it is then that an enormous woman appears ndash so large that she blocks the sun and turns day into night
19
F e S T I V A L F A V O u r I T e S
20
59 Seconds 59 secondes
Mauro Carraro
Switzerland France | 15 min 3D Computer animation | Original language French
ProductionNadasdy Film Sarl GenevaAutour de Minuit ParisRTS Radio Teacuteleacutevision SuisseWorld RightsNadasdy Film Sarl GenevaT +41 22 300 20 54 wwwnadasdyfilmch
59 seconds is short when it comes to changing the destinies of two people of an entire region or of a country but it can seem like a long time when the earth is trembling
A Festive Wind Vent de fecircte
Marjolaine perreten
Switzerland France | 9 min 2D Computer animation | Without dialogue
ProductionNadasdy Film Sarl GenevaFolimage Bourg-Les-ValencesRTS Radio Teacuteleacutevision SuisseWorld RightsNadasdy Film Sarl GenevaT +41 22 300 20 54wwwnadasdyfilmch
It is early morning in the square of a small Swiss village and a grand festival is being prepared Volunteers are busying themselves and the first musicians have arrived
expeCTedFAll2017
expeCTedSPRING
2017
u p C O M I N g
21
Airport Michaela Muumlller
Switzerland Croatia | 10 min Painting on glass | Without dialogue
ProductionSchick Productions ZollikonKinorama ZagrebWorld RightsSchick Productions ZollikonT +41 79 400 62 60ruedischickgmailcom
Individual identities disappear and arise in transit space Everything is in constant motion and everyone potentially suspicious
Circuit
delia hess
Switzerland | 8 min Drawn animation | Without dialogue
ProductionCineacutema Copain Ltd ZurichSRF Schweizer Radio und FernsehenWorld RightsCineacutema Copain Ltd ZurichT +41 43 322 05 11wwwcinemacopaincom
On a small planet caught up in their own little private universe the inhabitants perform their poetically surreal actions which repeat themselves in an endless loop That they are all part of a complex little ecosystem which can only function if each of them plays his or her role is something they are unaware of
expeCTedSPRING
2017
expeCTedSPRING
2017
u p C O M I N g
22
dragon Nest drachennest
Lynn gerlach
Switzerland | 6 min 2D Computer animation | Without dialogue
ProductionNadasdy Film Sarl GenevaRTS Radio Teacuteleacutevision SuisseWorld RightsNadasdy Film Sarl GenevaT +41 22 300 20 54wwwnadasdyfilmch
The expedition of a valiant knight hoping to wrench a beautiful princess from the claws of a terrible dragon finishes in a brutal and unexpected way The knight winds up a slave to the princess who is actually a shrew that has already put a poor dragon under her yoke However the two captives merely appear to be resigned to their fate
FuN-dO
Jonas raeber
Switzerland | 4 min | Original language EnglishDrawn animation 2D Computer animation
Production and World RightsSWAMP Animation LucerneT +41 41 210 45 29wwwswampfilmcom
In 2035 Ueli and Heinz take a stab at representing Switzerland with their ldquoFUN-DOrdquo song in the Eurovision Song Contest only to discover at the audition that a great deal has changed during the past years
u p C O M I N g
expeCTedSPRING
2017
expeCTedFAll2016
23
Laffaire des tableaux suissesJacob Berger Samuel guillaume Freacutedeacuteric guillaume
Switzerland | 20 min Mixed techniques | Original language French
Production and World Rights Nouvelle Tribu GenevaT +41 78 697 41 17yasminenouvelletribuch
What does painting tell us What does Swiss painting tell us about Switzerland What does it reveal about who we are Comparing three iconic works with dozens of images drawn from six centuries of Swiss pictorial photographic filmic and sculptural art this film is an unusual voyage extravagant and poetic through the tortured meanderings of identity politics and aesthetics
La femme canon
david Toutevoix Albertine Zullo
Switzerland | 12 min Stop motion | Original language French
Production and World RightsHeacutelium Films LausanneT +41 21 544 86 02wwwheliumfilmsch
Day after day female cannonball Madeleine is shot kilometres from her home and has to return on foot When she arrives home ex-hausted she finds her satisfied husband waiting for her reading the newspaper in front of a big plate of spaghetti with tomato sauce But one evening Madeleine doesnt come home
u p C O M I N g
expeCTedSuMMeR
2016
expeCTedFAll2017
24
Les grattes-ciel
Fabienne giezendanner
Switzerland France | 10 min 2D Computer animation | Without dialogue
ProductionNadasdy Film Sarl GenevaRTS Radio Teacuteleacutevision SuisseZeacutero de Conduite Productions LilleWorld RightsNadasdy Film Sarl GenevaT +41 22 300 20 54wwwnadasdyfilmch
Strange objects lifted by cranes are rising in the sky Gradually two buildings are erected Two billionaires Agenor-Agobar Poirier des Chapelles and Willigis Kittycly Junior assisted by the most highly paid architects in the world are each building a skyscraper ever higher and more luxurious ndash but how high will they go
un fait-divers eacutetrange
Antoine guex
Switzerland | 5 min | Original language French Drawing on paper 2D Computer animation
ProductionAntoine Guex ndash Les Productions Remue Meacutenage LausanneRTS Radio Teacuteleacutevision SuisseWorld RightsAntoine Guex ndash Les Productions Remue Meacutenage LausanneT +41 21 646 03 92antoineguexbluewinch
A cat and a dog are having difficulty living under the same roof One day the cat tired of the incessant quarrelling with the dog decides to get rid of him and invites him out of the house to an unnamed destination Intrigued and hungry the dog follows the cat in the hopes of finding something to eat He has no idea he is about to become the victim of a strange news item
u p C O M I N g
expeCTedSPRING
2017
expeCTedSPRING
2017
25
Vaniteacutes Zoltaacuten horvaacuteth
Switzerland | 12 min | Mixed techniquesOriginal languages German French Russian
ProductionNadasdy Film Sarl GenevaRTS Radio Teacuteleacutevision SuisseWorld RightsNadasdy Film Sarl GenevaT +41 22 300 20 54wwwnadasdyfilmch
Somewhere on the shores of a Russian lake a recreational fisher-man and his guide are preparing to haul to the surface something much more than an extraordinary fish the demonstration that in the face of death seeking wealth or appearance is a vain pursuit
Vertico
elie Chapuis Lynn devillaz
Switzerland | 5 min | Mixed techniques Sand animation Pixilation | Without dialogue
Production and World RightsHeacutelium Films LausanneT +41 21 544 86 02wwwheliumfilmsch
An experimental film bringing together 11 Geneva illustrators ex-pressing themselves through direct animation techniques rostrum camera pixilation and animation of objects
u p C O M I N g
expeCTedSPRING
2017
expeCTedFAll2016
27
Les fables de lhomme (working title)
ralph And The dinosaursralph et les dinosaures
Jonas raeber director of Credo (2000)
gruumlezi (1995)and hoping For Better Times (1993)
2D Computer animationSWAMP Animation Lucerne
Planned for Summer 2017
Freacutedeacuteric guillaume Samuel guillaumedirectors of Max amp Co (2007)
Le conte des sables dor (2015)and The Night Of The Bear (2012)
Feature length in developmentHybrid techniques
Caravel Production Sagraverl LausannePlanned for Winter 2019
Isabelle Favezdirector of Air-Mail (2015)
and Au coeur de lhiver (2012)
2D Computer animationNadasdy Film Sarl Geneva
La Boicirctehellip Productions BrusselsPlanned for Spring 2017
der kleine Vogel und die raupe
The Cageder Kaumlfig
Lena von doumlhren director of The Little Bird
And The Squirrel (2014) and The Little Bird
And The Leaf (2012)
Digital cutoutSchattenkabinett GmbH Bern
Planned for Spring 2017
Freacutedeacuteric guillaume Samuel guillaumedirectors of Max amp Co (2007)
Le conte des sables dor (2015)and The Night Of The Bear (2012)
Hybrid techniques Caravel Production Sagraverl Lausanne
Planned for Fall 2017
Marcel Barellidirector of Lucens (2015)
and Vigia (2013)
2D Computer animationNadasdy Film Sarl Geneva
Vivement Lundi RennesPlanned for Fall 2017
Le renard et loiseau (working title)
Zibila ou la vie zebreacutee
I N p r O d u C T I O N
Visit us at our stands at
Festival del film Locarno Toronto International Film Festival Short Film Market in Clermont-Ferrand Berlinale european Film Market eFM Cannes Village International
Neugasse 6 | Postfach | CH-8031 Zuumlrich | T +41 43 211 40 50
infoswissfilmsch | wwwswissfilmsch
8
Switzerland2016 13 min Mixed techniques Drawing on paperWithout dialogueProductionStudio GDS CarougeRTS Radio Teacuteleacutevision SuisseWorld RightsStudio GDS CarougeT +41 22 342 72 36wwwstudio-gdschFestival Distribution Studio Wasia Champigny-sur-MarneMikhal Bakmikhalbakgmailcom
1948 in Geneva After graduating in graphic design Claude Luyet focuses on animation cinema His films of different styles sometimes collaborations have won awards at various international film festivals In 1970 he co-founded Studio GDS with Georges Schwizgebel and Daniel Suter He also collaborated on the first feature-length film by J-F Laguionie GWEN AND THE BOOK OF SAND (1985)
Ariadne is playing with a ball She is interrupt-ed as her mother calls her inside She loses her ball along with her childhood The 20th centu-ry and Ariadnes life plays out on her balcony As Ariadne nears the end of her life she regains her lost childhood
dani LevyClaude Luyet
N e W S h O r T S
Ariadnes ThreadLe fil dAriane
9
Switzerland2016 9 minStop motion
Without dialogueProduction and World Rights
freihaumlndler Filmproduktion GmbH BaselT +41 61 631 45 05
wwwfreihaendlerch
1974 in Zurich In 2000 he received a degree in directing from the ECAL (Eacutecole
Cantonale dArt de Lausanne) and in 2009 an MA in Animation from the Royal College
of Art in London Rafael Sommerhalder is co-owner of the production company
Crictor and works as an independent director and animator His films such
as WOLVES (2009) and HERR WUumlRFEL (2004) were screened and awarded at
numerous festivals worldwide
The scarecrow Balthazar hears something en-ticing in the seashell A sound so wonderful that he is ready to leave everything behind
rafael Sommerhalder
N e W S h O r T S
Au revoir Balthazar
10
Switzerland2016 6 min Drawing on paper PixilationWithout dialogueProductionHochschule Luzern Design amp KunstAline Houmlchli Tricksfilms WabernWorld RightsHochschule Luzern Design amp KunstT +41 41 248 64 64animationhsluch
1990 in Switzerland Aline Houmlchli studied 2D animation at the renowned Lucerne School of Art and Design (HSLU) In 2015 she graduated with her Bacherlorrsquos degree film HE SOuml KHEROuml
The woman saves fishes The crocodile eats fishes The woman loves the crocodile and the crocodile loves her The film follows their every-day life and in short episodes tells of their dif-ficulties
Aline houmlchli
he souml kherouml
N e W S h O r T S
11
Switzerland2016 6 min
2D 3D Computer animationWithout dialogue
ProductionNadasdy Film Sarl Geneva
RTS Radio Teacuteleacutevision SuisseWorld Rights
Nadasdy Film Sarl GenevaT +41 22 300 20 54
wwwnadasdyfilmch
1982 in Iran Mojgan Ghanaatgar first studied graphic design in Teheran
then graduated from the Lucerne School of Art and Design (HSLU) in 2D animation
in 2009 She also has a Master of Art in Design in the same field Since then she
realises her own films as well as anima-tions and illustrations Her previous film
RECYCLED PLANETS (2007) was screened at several international film festivals
In a small town organised around a roundabout life flows peacefully Everyone goes about their task and everything works as it should until the arrival of an insatiable magpie
Mojgan ghanaatgar
N e W S h O r T S
pica pica histoire dune pie insatiable
12
Switzerland2016 8 min 2D Computer animation Mixed techniquesWithout dialogueProductionNadasdy Film Sarl GenevaRTS Radio Teacuteleacutevision SuisseWorld RightsNadasdy Film Sarl GenevaT +41 22 300 20 54wwwnadasdyfilmch
1973 in Nyon In 1997 Seacuteverine Leibundgut received a degree from ESBA (Eacutecole Supeacuteri-eure des Beaux Art de Genegraveve) Besides making films she also works as an illustrator for comic books
In a world of perpetual decomposition and re-composition small individual neuroses feed large collective neuroses
Seacuteverine Leibundgut
N e W S h O r T S
Shed Skinspeaux mortes
13
Switzerland2016 7 min
Drawing on paper Drawn animationWithout dialogue
Production and World RightsHochschule Luzern Design amp Kunst
T +41 41 248 64 64animationhsluch
An educational short film about the harvesting of sun milk
Silvan Zweifel
1992 in Switzerland Silvan Zweifel studied 2D animation at the renowned
Lucerne School of Art and Design (HSLU) SUNNAumlMILCH is his Bachelorrsquos degree
film His previous animated short TOHUWABOHU (2015) was screened at pres-
tigious festivals such as Dok Leipzig and Fantoche Baden
Sunnaumlmilch
N e W S h O r T S
14
1982 in Bern From 2003-07 she studied animation at the renowned Lucerne School of Art and Design (HSLU) and at the Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow Currently Jadwiga Kowalska is finishing her Masters degree in Illustration again at the HSLU In 2009 she won the Swiss Film Award for Best Animation with TOcircT OU TARD (2008) Her previous films THE EARTH IS ROUND (2006) and THE GIRL amp THE HUNTER (2010) have been huge festival hitsPhoto Ralph Kuumlhne
A man on a bridge separated from his love Longing to be with her one last time he decides to look for her on the other side
N e W S h O r T S
Switzerland2016 6 minPaint on cells Cutout animationMixed techniques 2D Computer animationWithout dialogueProductionJadwiga Kowalska LucerneSRF Schweizer Radio und FernsehenWorld RightsJadwiga Kowalska LucerneT +41 79 780 05 67wwwjadwigach
Jadwiga Kowalska
The Bridge Over The riverdie Bruumlcke uumlber den Fluss
15
Switzerland France 2016 10 minStop motion
Without dialogueProduction
Nadasdy Film Sarl GenevaFolimage Bourg-Les-Valences
RTS Radio Teacuteleacutevision SuisseWorld Rights
Nadasdy Film Sarl GenevaT +41 22 300 20 54
wwwnadasdyfilmch
Anne Baillod 1960 in Geneva In 1987 she received her
degree from the Eacutecole Supeacuterieure dArt Visuel (ESAV) Geneva in animation and engraving She works as an animation director photo-grapher does engravings and installations
Co-founded Ivanko Films in 1996
Jean Faravel 1958 in Morges He attended the Haute eacutecole drsquoart et de design (HEAD) in Geneva He works
as a sound engineer and film director as well as in theatre productions Co-founder of Ivanko
Films with Anne Baillod in 1996
Adapted from a story by Anderson the film tells the tale of a little girl who peddles matches Failing to sell them she ends up burning them all These moments of warmth are accompanied by happy visions culminating in the apparition of her deceased grandmother
Anne Baillod Jean Faravel
N e W S h O r T S
The Little Match girlLa petite marchande dallumettes
16
1986 in Switzerland Remo Scherrerstudied at Switzerlandrsquos renowned schoolfor animated film the Lucerne School of Art and Design ndash Master of Arts in FilmWHATEVER THE WEATHER is RemoScherrers Masters degree film which premiered in Cannes at the Cineacutefondation Selection
Wallyrsquos childhood is increasingly turned upside down by her mothers alcohol addiction She experiences the excesses and consequences of addiction first hand Desperately the eight-year-old tries to keep up normality in her own life and the life of her family by any means A roller coaster ride between helplessness exces-sive demands and desperation begins A daily struggle for survivalwwwbeiwindundwetterch
N e W S h O r T S
SwitzerlandAniDoc 2016 11 min 2D Computer animationOriginal language GermanWorld premiereCannes 2016(Cineacutefondation Selection)ProductionZeitraum Film GmbH AdliswilHochschule Luzern Design amp KunstSRF Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen SRG SSRWorld SalesInterfilm Berlin Management GmbH BerlinT +49 30 25 94 29 04wwwinterfilmde
remo Scherrer
Whatever The Weather Bei Wind und Wetter
F e S T I V A L F A V O u r I T e S
erlking erlkoumlnig
georges Schwizgebel
Switzerland 2015 6 min | Without dialogue
Festivals (selection)Festival del film Locarno 2015Fantoche Baden 2015 Sitges 2015 Media Arts Festival Tokyo 2016Annecy 2016 Production Studio GDS CarougeRTS Radio Teacuteleacutevision SuisseWorld Sales Studio GDS CarougeT +41 22 342 72 36wwwstudio-gdsch
A father rides through the dark forest with his son The sick child thinks he sees the Erl-king who both charms and frightens him Based on Goethes poem Erlkoumlnig and the mu-sic of Schubert and Liszt comes a new film by Georges Schwizgebel one of Switzerlands leading animation film directors
Birdz
emilien davaud
Switzerland 2016 11 min | Without dialogue
Festivals (selection)Int Short Film Festival Tampere 2016European Short Film Festival-FEC Cambrils-Reus 2016Hong Kong Int Film Festival 2016Animfest Athens 2016ProductionHeacutelium Films LausanneRTS Radio Teacuteleacutevision SuisseWorld RightsHeacutelium Films LausanneT +41 21 544 86 02wwwheliumfilmsch
People that look and behave like birds are try-ing to survive the cruelness of nature
Cats amp dogs
Jesuacutes peacuterez gerd gockell
Switzerland Germany 2015 6 min Without dialogue
Festivals (selection)Fantoche Baden 2015Animatou Geneva 2015Chicago Int Childrens Film Festival 2015Berlinale 2016Filmfest Muumlnchen 2016ProductionGerd Gockell Filmproduktion LucerneAnigraf Filmproduktion HannoverSRF Schweizer Radio und FernsehenWorld SalesMagnetfilm BerlinT +49 163 801 07 53wwwmagnetfilmde
An animated short film for children about friendship One cant force a friendship but an emergency can build a friendship
17
F e S T I V A L F A V O u r I T e S
Ivans NeedVeronica L Montantildeo Manuela Leuenberger Lukas Suter
Switzerland 2015 6 min | Without dialogue
Festivals (selection)Fantoche Baden 2015 Int Kurzfilmtage Winterthur 2015Animation Festival Golden KukerndashSofia 2016Int Trickfilm-Festival Stuttgart 2016IndieLisboa 2016Annecy 2016Production Hochschule Luzern Design amp KunstSRF Schweizer Radio und FernsehenWorld RightsHochschule Luzern Design amp KunstT +41 41 248 64 64animationhsluch
Ivan is obsessed with the incredible softness of the dough When kneading he gets lost in intensive daydreams not accepting that soon-er or later the master baker will turn every wonderfully elastic dough into horribly crispy bread Until he sees Alvas looooong breastswwwfacebookcomivansneed
Islanders rest
Claudius gentinetta Frank Braun
Switzerland 2016 18 min | Without dialogue
Festivals (selection)Fantoche Baden 2015 Festival de cinema de animaccedilatildeo Espinho 2015Animateka Ljubljana 2015Mumbai Shorts 2015ShortFest Palm Springs 2016ProductionGentinettafilm ZurichSRF Schweizer Radio und FernsehenWorld RightsGentinettafilm ZurichT +41 44 271 44 55wwwgentinettafilmch A bitter-sweet affectionate tale of lost inno-cence bottled-up desires and the comfort of recyclingwwwgentinettafilmchislanders_resthtml
I Felt Like destroying Something BeautifulKatrin Jucker
Switzerland 2016 3 min | Without dialogue
Festivals (selection)Holland Animation Film Festival Utrecht 2016European Media Art Festival Osnabruumlck 2016Annecy 2016Production and World RightsHochschule Luzern Design amp KunstT +41 41 248 61 14edithflueckigerhsluch
Image codes and their variations An experi-ment in databending Images morph through sound and text files and back into images
18
The Musical dragonLe dragon et la musique
Camille Muumlller
Switzerland 2015 8 min | Without dialogue
Festivals (selection)Animatou Geneva 2015Warsaw Film Festival 2015Leipzig 2015Festival de cinema de animaccedilatildeo Espinho 2015World Festival of Animated Films Zagreb 2016Production and World RightsStudio GDS CarougeT +41 22 342 72 36wwwstudio-gdsch
A little girl befriends a dragon in the woods They begin to play music together but this is not without danger for the obstinate king al-lows only military marches
ruben Leaves
Frederic Siegel
Switzerland 2015 5 min | Without dialogue
Festivals (selection)Fantoche Baden 2015Int Kurzfilmtage Winterthur 2015Premiers Plans Angers 2016Annecy 2016ProductionHochschule Luzern Design amp KunstSRF Schweizer Radio und FernsehenWorld RightsHochschule Luzern Design amp KunstT +41 41 248 64 64animationhsluch
On his way to work Ruben is haunted by obsessive-compulsive thoughts Is the front door locked Is the stove really turned off As Rubenrsquos creative mind is invaded by increas-ingly absurd scenarios reality and imagina-tion begin to merge fredericsiegelchrubenleaves
The Little girl And The NightLa petite fille et la nuit Madina Iskhakova
Switzerland Belgium France 2015 8 min Original languages French German
Festivals (selection)Animateka Ljubljana 2015 Clermont-Ferrand 2016 Oberhausen 2016World Festival of Animated Films Zagreb 2016ProductionNadasdy Film Sarl GenevaLa Boicirctehellip Productions BrusselsLes Films du Nord RoubaixWorld RightsNadasdy Film Sarl GenevaT +41 22 300 20 54wwwnadasdyfilmch
A little girl lives alone in her house in the mid-dle of nowhere She owns just a few buffalo which she takes to graze in the fields during the day In the evening she hurries home and carefully locks the windows and doors because it is then that an enormous woman appears ndash so large that she blocks the sun and turns day into night
19
F e S T I V A L F A V O u r I T e S
20
59 Seconds 59 secondes
Mauro Carraro
Switzerland France | 15 min 3D Computer animation | Original language French
ProductionNadasdy Film Sarl GenevaAutour de Minuit ParisRTS Radio Teacuteleacutevision SuisseWorld RightsNadasdy Film Sarl GenevaT +41 22 300 20 54 wwwnadasdyfilmch
59 seconds is short when it comes to changing the destinies of two people of an entire region or of a country but it can seem like a long time when the earth is trembling
A Festive Wind Vent de fecircte
Marjolaine perreten
Switzerland France | 9 min 2D Computer animation | Without dialogue
ProductionNadasdy Film Sarl GenevaFolimage Bourg-Les-ValencesRTS Radio Teacuteleacutevision SuisseWorld RightsNadasdy Film Sarl GenevaT +41 22 300 20 54wwwnadasdyfilmch
It is early morning in the square of a small Swiss village and a grand festival is being prepared Volunteers are busying themselves and the first musicians have arrived
expeCTedFAll2017
expeCTedSPRING
2017
u p C O M I N g
21
Airport Michaela Muumlller
Switzerland Croatia | 10 min Painting on glass | Without dialogue
ProductionSchick Productions ZollikonKinorama ZagrebWorld RightsSchick Productions ZollikonT +41 79 400 62 60ruedischickgmailcom
Individual identities disappear and arise in transit space Everything is in constant motion and everyone potentially suspicious
Circuit
delia hess
Switzerland | 8 min Drawn animation | Without dialogue
ProductionCineacutema Copain Ltd ZurichSRF Schweizer Radio und FernsehenWorld RightsCineacutema Copain Ltd ZurichT +41 43 322 05 11wwwcinemacopaincom
On a small planet caught up in their own little private universe the inhabitants perform their poetically surreal actions which repeat themselves in an endless loop That they are all part of a complex little ecosystem which can only function if each of them plays his or her role is something they are unaware of
expeCTedSPRING
2017
expeCTedSPRING
2017
u p C O M I N g
22
dragon Nest drachennest
Lynn gerlach
Switzerland | 6 min 2D Computer animation | Without dialogue
ProductionNadasdy Film Sarl GenevaRTS Radio Teacuteleacutevision SuisseWorld RightsNadasdy Film Sarl GenevaT +41 22 300 20 54wwwnadasdyfilmch
The expedition of a valiant knight hoping to wrench a beautiful princess from the claws of a terrible dragon finishes in a brutal and unexpected way The knight winds up a slave to the princess who is actually a shrew that has already put a poor dragon under her yoke However the two captives merely appear to be resigned to their fate
FuN-dO
Jonas raeber
Switzerland | 4 min | Original language EnglishDrawn animation 2D Computer animation
Production and World RightsSWAMP Animation LucerneT +41 41 210 45 29wwwswampfilmcom
In 2035 Ueli and Heinz take a stab at representing Switzerland with their ldquoFUN-DOrdquo song in the Eurovision Song Contest only to discover at the audition that a great deal has changed during the past years
u p C O M I N g
expeCTedSPRING
2017
expeCTedFAll2016
23
Laffaire des tableaux suissesJacob Berger Samuel guillaume Freacutedeacuteric guillaume
Switzerland | 20 min Mixed techniques | Original language French
Production and World Rights Nouvelle Tribu GenevaT +41 78 697 41 17yasminenouvelletribuch
What does painting tell us What does Swiss painting tell us about Switzerland What does it reveal about who we are Comparing three iconic works with dozens of images drawn from six centuries of Swiss pictorial photographic filmic and sculptural art this film is an unusual voyage extravagant and poetic through the tortured meanderings of identity politics and aesthetics
La femme canon
david Toutevoix Albertine Zullo
Switzerland | 12 min Stop motion | Original language French
Production and World RightsHeacutelium Films LausanneT +41 21 544 86 02wwwheliumfilmsch
Day after day female cannonball Madeleine is shot kilometres from her home and has to return on foot When she arrives home ex-hausted she finds her satisfied husband waiting for her reading the newspaper in front of a big plate of spaghetti with tomato sauce But one evening Madeleine doesnt come home
u p C O M I N g
expeCTedSuMMeR
2016
expeCTedFAll2017
24
Les grattes-ciel
Fabienne giezendanner
Switzerland France | 10 min 2D Computer animation | Without dialogue
ProductionNadasdy Film Sarl GenevaRTS Radio Teacuteleacutevision SuisseZeacutero de Conduite Productions LilleWorld RightsNadasdy Film Sarl GenevaT +41 22 300 20 54wwwnadasdyfilmch
Strange objects lifted by cranes are rising in the sky Gradually two buildings are erected Two billionaires Agenor-Agobar Poirier des Chapelles and Willigis Kittycly Junior assisted by the most highly paid architects in the world are each building a skyscraper ever higher and more luxurious ndash but how high will they go
un fait-divers eacutetrange
Antoine guex
Switzerland | 5 min | Original language French Drawing on paper 2D Computer animation
ProductionAntoine Guex ndash Les Productions Remue Meacutenage LausanneRTS Radio Teacuteleacutevision SuisseWorld RightsAntoine Guex ndash Les Productions Remue Meacutenage LausanneT +41 21 646 03 92antoineguexbluewinch
A cat and a dog are having difficulty living under the same roof One day the cat tired of the incessant quarrelling with the dog decides to get rid of him and invites him out of the house to an unnamed destination Intrigued and hungry the dog follows the cat in the hopes of finding something to eat He has no idea he is about to become the victim of a strange news item
u p C O M I N g
expeCTedSPRING
2017
expeCTedSPRING
2017
25
Vaniteacutes Zoltaacuten horvaacuteth
Switzerland | 12 min | Mixed techniquesOriginal languages German French Russian
ProductionNadasdy Film Sarl GenevaRTS Radio Teacuteleacutevision SuisseWorld RightsNadasdy Film Sarl GenevaT +41 22 300 20 54wwwnadasdyfilmch
Somewhere on the shores of a Russian lake a recreational fisher-man and his guide are preparing to haul to the surface something much more than an extraordinary fish the demonstration that in the face of death seeking wealth or appearance is a vain pursuit
Vertico
elie Chapuis Lynn devillaz
Switzerland | 5 min | Mixed techniques Sand animation Pixilation | Without dialogue
Production and World RightsHeacutelium Films LausanneT +41 21 544 86 02wwwheliumfilmsch
An experimental film bringing together 11 Geneva illustrators ex-pressing themselves through direct animation techniques rostrum camera pixilation and animation of objects
u p C O M I N g
expeCTedSPRING
2017
expeCTedFAll2016
27
Les fables de lhomme (working title)
ralph And The dinosaursralph et les dinosaures
Jonas raeber director of Credo (2000)
gruumlezi (1995)and hoping For Better Times (1993)
2D Computer animationSWAMP Animation Lucerne
Planned for Summer 2017
Freacutedeacuteric guillaume Samuel guillaumedirectors of Max amp Co (2007)
Le conte des sables dor (2015)and The Night Of The Bear (2012)
Feature length in developmentHybrid techniques
Caravel Production Sagraverl LausannePlanned for Winter 2019
Isabelle Favezdirector of Air-Mail (2015)
and Au coeur de lhiver (2012)
2D Computer animationNadasdy Film Sarl Geneva
La Boicirctehellip Productions BrusselsPlanned for Spring 2017
der kleine Vogel und die raupe
The Cageder Kaumlfig
Lena von doumlhren director of The Little Bird
And The Squirrel (2014) and The Little Bird
And The Leaf (2012)
Digital cutoutSchattenkabinett GmbH Bern
Planned for Spring 2017
Freacutedeacuteric guillaume Samuel guillaumedirectors of Max amp Co (2007)
Le conte des sables dor (2015)and The Night Of The Bear (2012)
Hybrid techniques Caravel Production Sagraverl Lausanne
Planned for Fall 2017
Marcel Barellidirector of Lucens (2015)
and Vigia (2013)
2D Computer animationNadasdy Film Sarl Geneva
Vivement Lundi RennesPlanned for Fall 2017
Le renard et loiseau (working title)
Zibila ou la vie zebreacutee
I N p r O d u C T I O N
Visit us at our stands at
Festival del film Locarno Toronto International Film Festival Short Film Market in Clermont-Ferrand Berlinale european Film Market eFM Cannes Village International
Neugasse 6 | Postfach | CH-8031 Zuumlrich | T +41 43 211 40 50
infoswissfilmsch | wwwswissfilmsch
9
Switzerland2016 9 minStop motion
Without dialogueProduction and World Rights
freihaumlndler Filmproduktion GmbH BaselT +41 61 631 45 05
wwwfreihaendlerch
1974 in Zurich In 2000 he received a degree in directing from the ECAL (Eacutecole
Cantonale dArt de Lausanne) and in 2009 an MA in Animation from the Royal College
of Art in London Rafael Sommerhalder is co-owner of the production company
Crictor and works as an independent director and animator His films such
as WOLVES (2009) and HERR WUumlRFEL (2004) were screened and awarded at
numerous festivals worldwide
The scarecrow Balthazar hears something en-ticing in the seashell A sound so wonderful that he is ready to leave everything behind
rafael Sommerhalder
N e W S h O r T S
Au revoir Balthazar
10
Switzerland2016 6 min Drawing on paper PixilationWithout dialogueProductionHochschule Luzern Design amp KunstAline Houmlchli Tricksfilms WabernWorld RightsHochschule Luzern Design amp KunstT +41 41 248 64 64animationhsluch
1990 in Switzerland Aline Houmlchli studied 2D animation at the renowned Lucerne School of Art and Design (HSLU) In 2015 she graduated with her Bacherlorrsquos degree film HE SOuml KHEROuml
The woman saves fishes The crocodile eats fishes The woman loves the crocodile and the crocodile loves her The film follows their every-day life and in short episodes tells of their dif-ficulties
Aline houmlchli
he souml kherouml
N e W S h O r T S
11
Switzerland2016 6 min
2D 3D Computer animationWithout dialogue
ProductionNadasdy Film Sarl Geneva
RTS Radio Teacuteleacutevision SuisseWorld Rights
Nadasdy Film Sarl GenevaT +41 22 300 20 54
wwwnadasdyfilmch
1982 in Iran Mojgan Ghanaatgar first studied graphic design in Teheran
then graduated from the Lucerne School of Art and Design (HSLU) in 2D animation
in 2009 She also has a Master of Art in Design in the same field Since then she
realises her own films as well as anima-tions and illustrations Her previous film
RECYCLED PLANETS (2007) was screened at several international film festivals
In a small town organised around a roundabout life flows peacefully Everyone goes about their task and everything works as it should until the arrival of an insatiable magpie
Mojgan ghanaatgar
N e W S h O r T S
pica pica histoire dune pie insatiable
12
Switzerland2016 8 min 2D Computer animation Mixed techniquesWithout dialogueProductionNadasdy Film Sarl GenevaRTS Radio Teacuteleacutevision SuisseWorld RightsNadasdy Film Sarl GenevaT +41 22 300 20 54wwwnadasdyfilmch
1973 in Nyon In 1997 Seacuteverine Leibundgut received a degree from ESBA (Eacutecole Supeacuteri-eure des Beaux Art de Genegraveve) Besides making films she also works as an illustrator for comic books
In a world of perpetual decomposition and re-composition small individual neuroses feed large collective neuroses
Seacuteverine Leibundgut
N e W S h O r T S
Shed Skinspeaux mortes
13
Switzerland2016 7 min
Drawing on paper Drawn animationWithout dialogue
Production and World RightsHochschule Luzern Design amp Kunst
T +41 41 248 64 64animationhsluch
An educational short film about the harvesting of sun milk
Silvan Zweifel
1992 in Switzerland Silvan Zweifel studied 2D animation at the renowned
Lucerne School of Art and Design (HSLU) SUNNAumlMILCH is his Bachelorrsquos degree
film His previous animated short TOHUWABOHU (2015) was screened at pres-
tigious festivals such as Dok Leipzig and Fantoche Baden
Sunnaumlmilch
N e W S h O r T S
14
1982 in Bern From 2003-07 she studied animation at the renowned Lucerne School of Art and Design (HSLU) and at the Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow Currently Jadwiga Kowalska is finishing her Masters degree in Illustration again at the HSLU In 2009 she won the Swiss Film Award for Best Animation with TOcircT OU TARD (2008) Her previous films THE EARTH IS ROUND (2006) and THE GIRL amp THE HUNTER (2010) have been huge festival hitsPhoto Ralph Kuumlhne
A man on a bridge separated from his love Longing to be with her one last time he decides to look for her on the other side
N e W S h O r T S
Switzerland2016 6 minPaint on cells Cutout animationMixed techniques 2D Computer animationWithout dialogueProductionJadwiga Kowalska LucerneSRF Schweizer Radio und FernsehenWorld RightsJadwiga Kowalska LucerneT +41 79 780 05 67wwwjadwigach
Jadwiga Kowalska
The Bridge Over The riverdie Bruumlcke uumlber den Fluss
15
Switzerland France 2016 10 minStop motion
Without dialogueProduction
Nadasdy Film Sarl GenevaFolimage Bourg-Les-Valences
RTS Radio Teacuteleacutevision SuisseWorld Rights
Nadasdy Film Sarl GenevaT +41 22 300 20 54
wwwnadasdyfilmch
Anne Baillod 1960 in Geneva In 1987 she received her
degree from the Eacutecole Supeacuterieure dArt Visuel (ESAV) Geneva in animation and engraving She works as an animation director photo-grapher does engravings and installations
Co-founded Ivanko Films in 1996
Jean Faravel 1958 in Morges He attended the Haute eacutecole drsquoart et de design (HEAD) in Geneva He works
as a sound engineer and film director as well as in theatre productions Co-founder of Ivanko
Films with Anne Baillod in 1996
Adapted from a story by Anderson the film tells the tale of a little girl who peddles matches Failing to sell them she ends up burning them all These moments of warmth are accompanied by happy visions culminating in the apparition of her deceased grandmother
Anne Baillod Jean Faravel
N e W S h O r T S
The Little Match girlLa petite marchande dallumettes
16
1986 in Switzerland Remo Scherrerstudied at Switzerlandrsquos renowned schoolfor animated film the Lucerne School of Art and Design ndash Master of Arts in FilmWHATEVER THE WEATHER is RemoScherrers Masters degree film which premiered in Cannes at the Cineacutefondation Selection
Wallyrsquos childhood is increasingly turned upside down by her mothers alcohol addiction She experiences the excesses and consequences of addiction first hand Desperately the eight-year-old tries to keep up normality in her own life and the life of her family by any means A roller coaster ride between helplessness exces-sive demands and desperation begins A daily struggle for survivalwwwbeiwindundwetterch
N e W S h O r T S
SwitzerlandAniDoc 2016 11 min 2D Computer animationOriginal language GermanWorld premiereCannes 2016(Cineacutefondation Selection)ProductionZeitraum Film GmbH AdliswilHochschule Luzern Design amp KunstSRF Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen SRG SSRWorld SalesInterfilm Berlin Management GmbH BerlinT +49 30 25 94 29 04wwwinterfilmde
remo Scherrer
Whatever The Weather Bei Wind und Wetter
F e S T I V A L F A V O u r I T e S
erlking erlkoumlnig
georges Schwizgebel
Switzerland 2015 6 min | Without dialogue
Festivals (selection)Festival del film Locarno 2015Fantoche Baden 2015 Sitges 2015 Media Arts Festival Tokyo 2016Annecy 2016 Production Studio GDS CarougeRTS Radio Teacuteleacutevision SuisseWorld Sales Studio GDS CarougeT +41 22 342 72 36wwwstudio-gdsch
A father rides through the dark forest with his son The sick child thinks he sees the Erl-king who both charms and frightens him Based on Goethes poem Erlkoumlnig and the mu-sic of Schubert and Liszt comes a new film by Georges Schwizgebel one of Switzerlands leading animation film directors
Birdz
emilien davaud
Switzerland 2016 11 min | Without dialogue
Festivals (selection)Int Short Film Festival Tampere 2016European Short Film Festival-FEC Cambrils-Reus 2016Hong Kong Int Film Festival 2016Animfest Athens 2016ProductionHeacutelium Films LausanneRTS Radio Teacuteleacutevision SuisseWorld RightsHeacutelium Films LausanneT +41 21 544 86 02wwwheliumfilmsch
People that look and behave like birds are try-ing to survive the cruelness of nature
Cats amp dogs
Jesuacutes peacuterez gerd gockell
Switzerland Germany 2015 6 min Without dialogue
Festivals (selection)Fantoche Baden 2015Animatou Geneva 2015Chicago Int Childrens Film Festival 2015Berlinale 2016Filmfest Muumlnchen 2016ProductionGerd Gockell Filmproduktion LucerneAnigraf Filmproduktion HannoverSRF Schweizer Radio und FernsehenWorld SalesMagnetfilm BerlinT +49 163 801 07 53wwwmagnetfilmde
An animated short film for children about friendship One cant force a friendship but an emergency can build a friendship
17
F e S T I V A L F A V O u r I T e S
Ivans NeedVeronica L Montantildeo Manuela Leuenberger Lukas Suter
Switzerland 2015 6 min | Without dialogue
Festivals (selection)Fantoche Baden 2015 Int Kurzfilmtage Winterthur 2015Animation Festival Golden KukerndashSofia 2016Int Trickfilm-Festival Stuttgart 2016IndieLisboa 2016Annecy 2016Production Hochschule Luzern Design amp KunstSRF Schweizer Radio und FernsehenWorld RightsHochschule Luzern Design amp KunstT +41 41 248 64 64animationhsluch
Ivan is obsessed with the incredible softness of the dough When kneading he gets lost in intensive daydreams not accepting that soon-er or later the master baker will turn every wonderfully elastic dough into horribly crispy bread Until he sees Alvas looooong breastswwwfacebookcomivansneed
Islanders rest
Claudius gentinetta Frank Braun
Switzerland 2016 18 min | Without dialogue
Festivals (selection)Fantoche Baden 2015 Festival de cinema de animaccedilatildeo Espinho 2015Animateka Ljubljana 2015Mumbai Shorts 2015ShortFest Palm Springs 2016ProductionGentinettafilm ZurichSRF Schweizer Radio und FernsehenWorld RightsGentinettafilm ZurichT +41 44 271 44 55wwwgentinettafilmch A bitter-sweet affectionate tale of lost inno-cence bottled-up desires and the comfort of recyclingwwwgentinettafilmchislanders_resthtml
I Felt Like destroying Something BeautifulKatrin Jucker
Switzerland 2016 3 min | Without dialogue
Festivals (selection)Holland Animation Film Festival Utrecht 2016European Media Art Festival Osnabruumlck 2016Annecy 2016Production and World RightsHochschule Luzern Design amp KunstT +41 41 248 61 14edithflueckigerhsluch
Image codes and their variations An experi-ment in databending Images morph through sound and text files and back into images
18
The Musical dragonLe dragon et la musique
Camille Muumlller
Switzerland 2015 8 min | Without dialogue
Festivals (selection)Animatou Geneva 2015Warsaw Film Festival 2015Leipzig 2015Festival de cinema de animaccedilatildeo Espinho 2015World Festival of Animated Films Zagreb 2016Production and World RightsStudio GDS CarougeT +41 22 342 72 36wwwstudio-gdsch
A little girl befriends a dragon in the woods They begin to play music together but this is not without danger for the obstinate king al-lows only military marches
ruben Leaves
Frederic Siegel
Switzerland 2015 5 min | Without dialogue
Festivals (selection)Fantoche Baden 2015Int Kurzfilmtage Winterthur 2015Premiers Plans Angers 2016Annecy 2016ProductionHochschule Luzern Design amp KunstSRF Schweizer Radio und FernsehenWorld RightsHochschule Luzern Design amp KunstT +41 41 248 64 64animationhsluch
On his way to work Ruben is haunted by obsessive-compulsive thoughts Is the front door locked Is the stove really turned off As Rubenrsquos creative mind is invaded by increas-ingly absurd scenarios reality and imagina-tion begin to merge fredericsiegelchrubenleaves
The Little girl And The NightLa petite fille et la nuit Madina Iskhakova
Switzerland Belgium France 2015 8 min Original languages French German
Festivals (selection)Animateka Ljubljana 2015 Clermont-Ferrand 2016 Oberhausen 2016World Festival of Animated Films Zagreb 2016ProductionNadasdy Film Sarl GenevaLa Boicirctehellip Productions BrusselsLes Films du Nord RoubaixWorld RightsNadasdy Film Sarl GenevaT +41 22 300 20 54wwwnadasdyfilmch
A little girl lives alone in her house in the mid-dle of nowhere She owns just a few buffalo which she takes to graze in the fields during the day In the evening she hurries home and carefully locks the windows and doors because it is then that an enormous woman appears ndash so large that she blocks the sun and turns day into night
19
F e S T I V A L F A V O u r I T e S
20
59 Seconds 59 secondes
Mauro Carraro
Switzerland France | 15 min 3D Computer animation | Original language French
ProductionNadasdy Film Sarl GenevaAutour de Minuit ParisRTS Radio Teacuteleacutevision SuisseWorld RightsNadasdy Film Sarl GenevaT +41 22 300 20 54 wwwnadasdyfilmch
59 seconds is short when it comes to changing the destinies of two people of an entire region or of a country but it can seem like a long time when the earth is trembling
A Festive Wind Vent de fecircte
Marjolaine perreten
Switzerland France | 9 min 2D Computer animation | Without dialogue
ProductionNadasdy Film Sarl GenevaFolimage Bourg-Les-ValencesRTS Radio Teacuteleacutevision SuisseWorld RightsNadasdy Film Sarl GenevaT +41 22 300 20 54wwwnadasdyfilmch
It is early morning in the square of a small Swiss village and a grand festival is being prepared Volunteers are busying themselves and the first musicians have arrived
expeCTedFAll2017
expeCTedSPRING
2017
u p C O M I N g
21
Airport Michaela Muumlller
Switzerland Croatia | 10 min Painting on glass | Without dialogue
ProductionSchick Productions ZollikonKinorama ZagrebWorld RightsSchick Productions ZollikonT +41 79 400 62 60ruedischickgmailcom
Individual identities disappear and arise in transit space Everything is in constant motion and everyone potentially suspicious
Circuit
delia hess
Switzerland | 8 min Drawn animation | Without dialogue
ProductionCineacutema Copain Ltd ZurichSRF Schweizer Radio und FernsehenWorld RightsCineacutema Copain Ltd ZurichT +41 43 322 05 11wwwcinemacopaincom
On a small planet caught up in their own little private universe the inhabitants perform their poetically surreal actions which repeat themselves in an endless loop That they are all part of a complex little ecosystem which can only function if each of them plays his or her role is something they are unaware of
expeCTedSPRING
2017
expeCTedSPRING
2017
u p C O M I N g
22
dragon Nest drachennest
Lynn gerlach
Switzerland | 6 min 2D Computer animation | Without dialogue
ProductionNadasdy Film Sarl GenevaRTS Radio Teacuteleacutevision SuisseWorld RightsNadasdy Film Sarl GenevaT +41 22 300 20 54wwwnadasdyfilmch
The expedition of a valiant knight hoping to wrench a beautiful princess from the claws of a terrible dragon finishes in a brutal and unexpected way The knight winds up a slave to the princess who is actually a shrew that has already put a poor dragon under her yoke However the two captives merely appear to be resigned to their fate
FuN-dO
Jonas raeber
Switzerland | 4 min | Original language EnglishDrawn animation 2D Computer animation
Production and World RightsSWAMP Animation LucerneT +41 41 210 45 29wwwswampfilmcom
In 2035 Ueli and Heinz take a stab at representing Switzerland with their ldquoFUN-DOrdquo song in the Eurovision Song Contest only to discover at the audition that a great deal has changed during the past years
u p C O M I N g
expeCTedSPRING
2017
expeCTedFAll2016
23
Laffaire des tableaux suissesJacob Berger Samuel guillaume Freacutedeacuteric guillaume
Switzerland | 20 min Mixed techniques | Original language French
Production and World Rights Nouvelle Tribu GenevaT +41 78 697 41 17yasminenouvelletribuch
What does painting tell us What does Swiss painting tell us about Switzerland What does it reveal about who we are Comparing three iconic works with dozens of images drawn from six centuries of Swiss pictorial photographic filmic and sculptural art this film is an unusual voyage extravagant and poetic through the tortured meanderings of identity politics and aesthetics
La femme canon
david Toutevoix Albertine Zullo
Switzerland | 12 min Stop motion | Original language French
Production and World RightsHeacutelium Films LausanneT +41 21 544 86 02wwwheliumfilmsch
Day after day female cannonball Madeleine is shot kilometres from her home and has to return on foot When she arrives home ex-hausted she finds her satisfied husband waiting for her reading the newspaper in front of a big plate of spaghetti with tomato sauce But one evening Madeleine doesnt come home
u p C O M I N g
expeCTedSuMMeR
2016
expeCTedFAll2017
24
Les grattes-ciel
Fabienne giezendanner
Switzerland France | 10 min 2D Computer animation | Without dialogue
ProductionNadasdy Film Sarl GenevaRTS Radio Teacuteleacutevision SuisseZeacutero de Conduite Productions LilleWorld RightsNadasdy Film Sarl GenevaT +41 22 300 20 54wwwnadasdyfilmch
Strange objects lifted by cranes are rising in the sky Gradually two buildings are erected Two billionaires Agenor-Agobar Poirier des Chapelles and Willigis Kittycly Junior assisted by the most highly paid architects in the world are each building a skyscraper ever higher and more luxurious ndash but how high will they go
un fait-divers eacutetrange
Antoine guex
Switzerland | 5 min | Original language French Drawing on paper 2D Computer animation
ProductionAntoine Guex ndash Les Productions Remue Meacutenage LausanneRTS Radio Teacuteleacutevision SuisseWorld RightsAntoine Guex ndash Les Productions Remue Meacutenage LausanneT +41 21 646 03 92antoineguexbluewinch
A cat and a dog are having difficulty living under the same roof One day the cat tired of the incessant quarrelling with the dog decides to get rid of him and invites him out of the house to an unnamed destination Intrigued and hungry the dog follows the cat in the hopes of finding something to eat He has no idea he is about to become the victim of a strange news item
u p C O M I N g
expeCTedSPRING
2017
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2017
25
Vaniteacutes Zoltaacuten horvaacuteth
Switzerland | 12 min | Mixed techniquesOriginal languages German French Russian
ProductionNadasdy Film Sarl GenevaRTS Radio Teacuteleacutevision SuisseWorld RightsNadasdy Film Sarl GenevaT +41 22 300 20 54wwwnadasdyfilmch
Somewhere on the shores of a Russian lake a recreational fisher-man and his guide are preparing to haul to the surface something much more than an extraordinary fish the demonstration that in the face of death seeking wealth or appearance is a vain pursuit
Vertico
elie Chapuis Lynn devillaz
Switzerland | 5 min | Mixed techniques Sand animation Pixilation | Without dialogue
Production and World RightsHeacutelium Films LausanneT +41 21 544 86 02wwwheliumfilmsch
An experimental film bringing together 11 Geneva illustrators ex-pressing themselves through direct animation techniques rostrum camera pixilation and animation of objects
u p C O M I N g
expeCTedSPRING
2017
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27
Les fables de lhomme (working title)
ralph And The dinosaursralph et les dinosaures
Jonas raeber director of Credo (2000)
gruumlezi (1995)and hoping For Better Times (1993)
2D Computer animationSWAMP Animation Lucerne
Planned for Summer 2017
Freacutedeacuteric guillaume Samuel guillaumedirectors of Max amp Co (2007)
Le conte des sables dor (2015)and The Night Of The Bear (2012)
Feature length in developmentHybrid techniques
Caravel Production Sagraverl LausannePlanned for Winter 2019
Isabelle Favezdirector of Air-Mail (2015)
and Au coeur de lhiver (2012)
2D Computer animationNadasdy Film Sarl Geneva
La Boicirctehellip Productions BrusselsPlanned for Spring 2017
der kleine Vogel und die raupe
The Cageder Kaumlfig
Lena von doumlhren director of The Little Bird
And The Squirrel (2014) and The Little Bird
And The Leaf (2012)
Digital cutoutSchattenkabinett GmbH Bern
Planned for Spring 2017
Freacutedeacuteric guillaume Samuel guillaumedirectors of Max amp Co (2007)
Le conte des sables dor (2015)and The Night Of The Bear (2012)
Hybrid techniques Caravel Production Sagraverl Lausanne
Planned for Fall 2017
Marcel Barellidirector of Lucens (2015)
and Vigia (2013)
2D Computer animationNadasdy Film Sarl Geneva
Vivement Lundi RennesPlanned for Fall 2017
Le renard et loiseau (working title)
Zibila ou la vie zebreacutee
I N p r O d u C T I O N
Visit us at our stands at
Festival del film Locarno Toronto International Film Festival Short Film Market in Clermont-Ferrand Berlinale european Film Market eFM Cannes Village International
Neugasse 6 | Postfach | CH-8031 Zuumlrich | T +41 43 211 40 50
infoswissfilmsch | wwwswissfilmsch
10
Switzerland2016 6 min Drawing on paper PixilationWithout dialogueProductionHochschule Luzern Design amp KunstAline Houmlchli Tricksfilms WabernWorld RightsHochschule Luzern Design amp KunstT +41 41 248 64 64animationhsluch
1990 in Switzerland Aline Houmlchli studied 2D animation at the renowned Lucerne School of Art and Design (HSLU) In 2015 she graduated with her Bacherlorrsquos degree film HE SOuml KHEROuml
The woman saves fishes The crocodile eats fishes The woman loves the crocodile and the crocodile loves her The film follows their every-day life and in short episodes tells of their dif-ficulties
Aline houmlchli
he souml kherouml
N e W S h O r T S
11
Switzerland2016 6 min
2D 3D Computer animationWithout dialogue
ProductionNadasdy Film Sarl Geneva
RTS Radio Teacuteleacutevision SuisseWorld Rights
Nadasdy Film Sarl GenevaT +41 22 300 20 54
wwwnadasdyfilmch
1982 in Iran Mojgan Ghanaatgar first studied graphic design in Teheran
then graduated from the Lucerne School of Art and Design (HSLU) in 2D animation
in 2009 She also has a Master of Art in Design in the same field Since then she
realises her own films as well as anima-tions and illustrations Her previous film
RECYCLED PLANETS (2007) was screened at several international film festivals
In a small town organised around a roundabout life flows peacefully Everyone goes about their task and everything works as it should until the arrival of an insatiable magpie
Mojgan ghanaatgar
N e W S h O r T S
pica pica histoire dune pie insatiable
12
Switzerland2016 8 min 2D Computer animation Mixed techniquesWithout dialogueProductionNadasdy Film Sarl GenevaRTS Radio Teacuteleacutevision SuisseWorld RightsNadasdy Film Sarl GenevaT +41 22 300 20 54wwwnadasdyfilmch
1973 in Nyon In 1997 Seacuteverine Leibundgut received a degree from ESBA (Eacutecole Supeacuteri-eure des Beaux Art de Genegraveve) Besides making films she also works as an illustrator for comic books
In a world of perpetual decomposition and re-composition small individual neuroses feed large collective neuroses
Seacuteverine Leibundgut
N e W S h O r T S
Shed Skinspeaux mortes
13
Switzerland2016 7 min
Drawing on paper Drawn animationWithout dialogue
Production and World RightsHochschule Luzern Design amp Kunst
T +41 41 248 64 64animationhsluch
An educational short film about the harvesting of sun milk
Silvan Zweifel
1992 in Switzerland Silvan Zweifel studied 2D animation at the renowned
Lucerne School of Art and Design (HSLU) SUNNAumlMILCH is his Bachelorrsquos degree
film His previous animated short TOHUWABOHU (2015) was screened at pres-
tigious festivals such as Dok Leipzig and Fantoche Baden
Sunnaumlmilch
N e W S h O r T S
14
1982 in Bern From 2003-07 she studied animation at the renowned Lucerne School of Art and Design (HSLU) and at the Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow Currently Jadwiga Kowalska is finishing her Masters degree in Illustration again at the HSLU In 2009 she won the Swiss Film Award for Best Animation with TOcircT OU TARD (2008) Her previous films THE EARTH IS ROUND (2006) and THE GIRL amp THE HUNTER (2010) have been huge festival hitsPhoto Ralph Kuumlhne
A man on a bridge separated from his love Longing to be with her one last time he decides to look for her on the other side
N e W S h O r T S
Switzerland2016 6 minPaint on cells Cutout animationMixed techniques 2D Computer animationWithout dialogueProductionJadwiga Kowalska LucerneSRF Schweizer Radio und FernsehenWorld RightsJadwiga Kowalska LucerneT +41 79 780 05 67wwwjadwigach
Jadwiga Kowalska
The Bridge Over The riverdie Bruumlcke uumlber den Fluss
15
Switzerland France 2016 10 minStop motion
Without dialogueProduction
Nadasdy Film Sarl GenevaFolimage Bourg-Les-Valences
RTS Radio Teacuteleacutevision SuisseWorld Rights
Nadasdy Film Sarl GenevaT +41 22 300 20 54
wwwnadasdyfilmch
Anne Baillod 1960 in Geneva In 1987 she received her
degree from the Eacutecole Supeacuterieure dArt Visuel (ESAV) Geneva in animation and engraving She works as an animation director photo-grapher does engravings and installations
Co-founded Ivanko Films in 1996
Jean Faravel 1958 in Morges He attended the Haute eacutecole drsquoart et de design (HEAD) in Geneva He works
as a sound engineer and film director as well as in theatre productions Co-founder of Ivanko
Films with Anne Baillod in 1996
Adapted from a story by Anderson the film tells the tale of a little girl who peddles matches Failing to sell them she ends up burning them all These moments of warmth are accompanied by happy visions culminating in the apparition of her deceased grandmother
Anne Baillod Jean Faravel
N e W S h O r T S
The Little Match girlLa petite marchande dallumettes
16
1986 in Switzerland Remo Scherrerstudied at Switzerlandrsquos renowned schoolfor animated film the Lucerne School of Art and Design ndash Master of Arts in FilmWHATEVER THE WEATHER is RemoScherrers Masters degree film which premiered in Cannes at the Cineacutefondation Selection
Wallyrsquos childhood is increasingly turned upside down by her mothers alcohol addiction She experiences the excesses and consequences of addiction first hand Desperately the eight-year-old tries to keep up normality in her own life and the life of her family by any means A roller coaster ride between helplessness exces-sive demands and desperation begins A daily struggle for survivalwwwbeiwindundwetterch
N e W S h O r T S
SwitzerlandAniDoc 2016 11 min 2D Computer animationOriginal language GermanWorld premiereCannes 2016(Cineacutefondation Selection)ProductionZeitraum Film GmbH AdliswilHochschule Luzern Design amp KunstSRF Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen SRG SSRWorld SalesInterfilm Berlin Management GmbH BerlinT +49 30 25 94 29 04wwwinterfilmde
remo Scherrer
Whatever The Weather Bei Wind und Wetter
F e S T I V A L F A V O u r I T e S
erlking erlkoumlnig
georges Schwizgebel
Switzerland 2015 6 min | Without dialogue
Festivals (selection)Festival del film Locarno 2015Fantoche Baden 2015 Sitges 2015 Media Arts Festival Tokyo 2016Annecy 2016 Production Studio GDS CarougeRTS Radio Teacuteleacutevision SuisseWorld Sales Studio GDS CarougeT +41 22 342 72 36wwwstudio-gdsch
A father rides through the dark forest with his son The sick child thinks he sees the Erl-king who both charms and frightens him Based on Goethes poem Erlkoumlnig and the mu-sic of Schubert and Liszt comes a new film by Georges Schwizgebel one of Switzerlands leading animation film directors
Birdz
emilien davaud
Switzerland 2016 11 min | Without dialogue
Festivals (selection)Int Short Film Festival Tampere 2016European Short Film Festival-FEC Cambrils-Reus 2016Hong Kong Int Film Festival 2016Animfest Athens 2016ProductionHeacutelium Films LausanneRTS Radio Teacuteleacutevision SuisseWorld RightsHeacutelium Films LausanneT +41 21 544 86 02wwwheliumfilmsch
People that look and behave like birds are try-ing to survive the cruelness of nature
Cats amp dogs
Jesuacutes peacuterez gerd gockell
Switzerland Germany 2015 6 min Without dialogue
Festivals (selection)Fantoche Baden 2015Animatou Geneva 2015Chicago Int Childrens Film Festival 2015Berlinale 2016Filmfest Muumlnchen 2016ProductionGerd Gockell Filmproduktion LucerneAnigraf Filmproduktion HannoverSRF Schweizer Radio und FernsehenWorld SalesMagnetfilm BerlinT +49 163 801 07 53wwwmagnetfilmde
An animated short film for children about friendship One cant force a friendship but an emergency can build a friendship
17
F e S T I V A L F A V O u r I T e S
Ivans NeedVeronica L Montantildeo Manuela Leuenberger Lukas Suter
Switzerland 2015 6 min | Without dialogue
Festivals (selection)Fantoche Baden 2015 Int Kurzfilmtage Winterthur 2015Animation Festival Golden KukerndashSofia 2016Int Trickfilm-Festival Stuttgart 2016IndieLisboa 2016Annecy 2016Production Hochschule Luzern Design amp KunstSRF Schweizer Radio und FernsehenWorld RightsHochschule Luzern Design amp KunstT +41 41 248 64 64animationhsluch
Ivan is obsessed with the incredible softness of the dough When kneading he gets lost in intensive daydreams not accepting that soon-er or later the master baker will turn every wonderfully elastic dough into horribly crispy bread Until he sees Alvas looooong breastswwwfacebookcomivansneed
Islanders rest
Claudius gentinetta Frank Braun
Switzerland 2016 18 min | Without dialogue
Festivals (selection)Fantoche Baden 2015 Festival de cinema de animaccedilatildeo Espinho 2015Animateka Ljubljana 2015Mumbai Shorts 2015ShortFest Palm Springs 2016ProductionGentinettafilm ZurichSRF Schweizer Radio und FernsehenWorld RightsGentinettafilm ZurichT +41 44 271 44 55wwwgentinettafilmch A bitter-sweet affectionate tale of lost inno-cence bottled-up desires and the comfort of recyclingwwwgentinettafilmchislanders_resthtml
I Felt Like destroying Something BeautifulKatrin Jucker
Switzerland 2016 3 min | Without dialogue
Festivals (selection)Holland Animation Film Festival Utrecht 2016European Media Art Festival Osnabruumlck 2016Annecy 2016Production and World RightsHochschule Luzern Design amp KunstT +41 41 248 61 14edithflueckigerhsluch
Image codes and their variations An experi-ment in databending Images morph through sound and text files and back into images
18
The Musical dragonLe dragon et la musique
Camille Muumlller
Switzerland 2015 8 min | Without dialogue
Festivals (selection)Animatou Geneva 2015Warsaw Film Festival 2015Leipzig 2015Festival de cinema de animaccedilatildeo Espinho 2015World Festival of Animated Films Zagreb 2016Production and World RightsStudio GDS CarougeT +41 22 342 72 36wwwstudio-gdsch
A little girl befriends a dragon in the woods They begin to play music together but this is not without danger for the obstinate king al-lows only military marches
ruben Leaves
Frederic Siegel
Switzerland 2015 5 min | Without dialogue
Festivals (selection)Fantoche Baden 2015Int Kurzfilmtage Winterthur 2015Premiers Plans Angers 2016Annecy 2016ProductionHochschule Luzern Design amp KunstSRF Schweizer Radio und FernsehenWorld RightsHochschule Luzern Design amp KunstT +41 41 248 64 64animationhsluch
On his way to work Ruben is haunted by obsessive-compulsive thoughts Is the front door locked Is the stove really turned off As Rubenrsquos creative mind is invaded by increas-ingly absurd scenarios reality and imagina-tion begin to merge fredericsiegelchrubenleaves
The Little girl And The NightLa petite fille et la nuit Madina Iskhakova
Switzerland Belgium France 2015 8 min Original languages French German
Festivals (selection)Animateka Ljubljana 2015 Clermont-Ferrand 2016 Oberhausen 2016World Festival of Animated Films Zagreb 2016ProductionNadasdy Film Sarl GenevaLa Boicirctehellip Productions BrusselsLes Films du Nord RoubaixWorld RightsNadasdy Film Sarl GenevaT +41 22 300 20 54wwwnadasdyfilmch
A little girl lives alone in her house in the mid-dle of nowhere She owns just a few buffalo which she takes to graze in the fields during the day In the evening she hurries home and carefully locks the windows and doors because it is then that an enormous woman appears ndash so large that she blocks the sun and turns day into night
19
F e S T I V A L F A V O u r I T e S
20
59 Seconds 59 secondes
Mauro Carraro
Switzerland France | 15 min 3D Computer animation | Original language French
ProductionNadasdy Film Sarl GenevaAutour de Minuit ParisRTS Radio Teacuteleacutevision SuisseWorld RightsNadasdy Film Sarl GenevaT +41 22 300 20 54 wwwnadasdyfilmch
59 seconds is short when it comes to changing the destinies of two people of an entire region or of a country but it can seem like a long time when the earth is trembling
A Festive Wind Vent de fecircte
Marjolaine perreten
Switzerland France | 9 min 2D Computer animation | Without dialogue
ProductionNadasdy Film Sarl GenevaFolimage Bourg-Les-ValencesRTS Radio Teacuteleacutevision SuisseWorld RightsNadasdy Film Sarl GenevaT +41 22 300 20 54wwwnadasdyfilmch
It is early morning in the square of a small Swiss village and a grand festival is being prepared Volunteers are busying themselves and the first musicians have arrived
expeCTedFAll2017
expeCTedSPRING
2017
u p C O M I N g
21
Airport Michaela Muumlller
Switzerland Croatia | 10 min Painting on glass | Without dialogue
ProductionSchick Productions ZollikonKinorama ZagrebWorld RightsSchick Productions ZollikonT +41 79 400 62 60ruedischickgmailcom
Individual identities disappear and arise in transit space Everything is in constant motion and everyone potentially suspicious
Circuit
delia hess
Switzerland | 8 min Drawn animation | Without dialogue
ProductionCineacutema Copain Ltd ZurichSRF Schweizer Radio und FernsehenWorld RightsCineacutema Copain Ltd ZurichT +41 43 322 05 11wwwcinemacopaincom
On a small planet caught up in their own little private universe the inhabitants perform their poetically surreal actions which repeat themselves in an endless loop That they are all part of a complex little ecosystem which can only function if each of them plays his or her role is something they are unaware of
expeCTedSPRING
2017
expeCTedSPRING
2017
u p C O M I N g
22
dragon Nest drachennest
Lynn gerlach
Switzerland | 6 min 2D Computer animation | Without dialogue
ProductionNadasdy Film Sarl GenevaRTS Radio Teacuteleacutevision SuisseWorld RightsNadasdy Film Sarl GenevaT +41 22 300 20 54wwwnadasdyfilmch
The expedition of a valiant knight hoping to wrench a beautiful princess from the claws of a terrible dragon finishes in a brutal and unexpected way The knight winds up a slave to the princess who is actually a shrew that has already put a poor dragon under her yoke However the two captives merely appear to be resigned to their fate
FuN-dO
Jonas raeber
Switzerland | 4 min | Original language EnglishDrawn animation 2D Computer animation
Production and World RightsSWAMP Animation LucerneT +41 41 210 45 29wwwswampfilmcom
In 2035 Ueli and Heinz take a stab at representing Switzerland with their ldquoFUN-DOrdquo song in the Eurovision Song Contest only to discover at the audition that a great deal has changed during the past years
u p C O M I N g
expeCTedSPRING
2017
expeCTedFAll2016
23
Laffaire des tableaux suissesJacob Berger Samuel guillaume Freacutedeacuteric guillaume
Switzerland | 20 min Mixed techniques | Original language French
Production and World Rights Nouvelle Tribu GenevaT +41 78 697 41 17yasminenouvelletribuch
What does painting tell us What does Swiss painting tell us about Switzerland What does it reveal about who we are Comparing three iconic works with dozens of images drawn from six centuries of Swiss pictorial photographic filmic and sculptural art this film is an unusual voyage extravagant and poetic through the tortured meanderings of identity politics and aesthetics
La femme canon
david Toutevoix Albertine Zullo
Switzerland | 12 min Stop motion | Original language French
Production and World RightsHeacutelium Films LausanneT +41 21 544 86 02wwwheliumfilmsch
Day after day female cannonball Madeleine is shot kilometres from her home and has to return on foot When she arrives home ex-hausted she finds her satisfied husband waiting for her reading the newspaper in front of a big plate of spaghetti with tomato sauce But one evening Madeleine doesnt come home
u p C O M I N g
expeCTedSuMMeR
2016
expeCTedFAll2017
24
Les grattes-ciel
Fabienne giezendanner
Switzerland France | 10 min 2D Computer animation | Without dialogue
ProductionNadasdy Film Sarl GenevaRTS Radio Teacuteleacutevision SuisseZeacutero de Conduite Productions LilleWorld RightsNadasdy Film Sarl GenevaT +41 22 300 20 54wwwnadasdyfilmch
Strange objects lifted by cranes are rising in the sky Gradually two buildings are erected Two billionaires Agenor-Agobar Poirier des Chapelles and Willigis Kittycly Junior assisted by the most highly paid architects in the world are each building a skyscraper ever higher and more luxurious ndash but how high will they go
un fait-divers eacutetrange
Antoine guex
Switzerland | 5 min | Original language French Drawing on paper 2D Computer animation
ProductionAntoine Guex ndash Les Productions Remue Meacutenage LausanneRTS Radio Teacuteleacutevision SuisseWorld RightsAntoine Guex ndash Les Productions Remue Meacutenage LausanneT +41 21 646 03 92antoineguexbluewinch
A cat and a dog are having difficulty living under the same roof One day the cat tired of the incessant quarrelling with the dog decides to get rid of him and invites him out of the house to an unnamed destination Intrigued and hungry the dog follows the cat in the hopes of finding something to eat He has no idea he is about to become the victim of a strange news item
u p C O M I N g
expeCTedSPRING
2017
expeCTedSPRING
2017
25
Vaniteacutes Zoltaacuten horvaacuteth
Switzerland | 12 min | Mixed techniquesOriginal languages German French Russian
ProductionNadasdy Film Sarl GenevaRTS Radio Teacuteleacutevision SuisseWorld RightsNadasdy Film Sarl GenevaT +41 22 300 20 54wwwnadasdyfilmch
Somewhere on the shores of a Russian lake a recreational fisher-man and his guide are preparing to haul to the surface something much more than an extraordinary fish the demonstration that in the face of death seeking wealth or appearance is a vain pursuit
Vertico
elie Chapuis Lynn devillaz
Switzerland | 5 min | Mixed techniques Sand animation Pixilation | Without dialogue
Production and World RightsHeacutelium Films LausanneT +41 21 544 86 02wwwheliumfilmsch
An experimental film bringing together 11 Geneva illustrators ex-pressing themselves through direct animation techniques rostrum camera pixilation and animation of objects
u p C O M I N g
expeCTedSPRING
2017
expeCTedFAll2016
27
Les fables de lhomme (working title)
ralph And The dinosaursralph et les dinosaures
Jonas raeber director of Credo (2000)
gruumlezi (1995)and hoping For Better Times (1993)
2D Computer animationSWAMP Animation Lucerne
Planned for Summer 2017
Freacutedeacuteric guillaume Samuel guillaumedirectors of Max amp Co (2007)
Le conte des sables dor (2015)and The Night Of The Bear (2012)
Feature length in developmentHybrid techniques
Caravel Production Sagraverl LausannePlanned for Winter 2019
Isabelle Favezdirector of Air-Mail (2015)
and Au coeur de lhiver (2012)
2D Computer animationNadasdy Film Sarl Geneva
La Boicirctehellip Productions BrusselsPlanned for Spring 2017
der kleine Vogel und die raupe
The Cageder Kaumlfig
Lena von doumlhren director of The Little Bird
And The Squirrel (2014) and The Little Bird
And The Leaf (2012)
Digital cutoutSchattenkabinett GmbH Bern
Planned for Spring 2017
Freacutedeacuteric guillaume Samuel guillaumedirectors of Max amp Co (2007)
Le conte des sables dor (2015)and The Night Of The Bear (2012)
Hybrid techniques Caravel Production Sagraverl Lausanne
Planned for Fall 2017
Marcel Barellidirector of Lucens (2015)
and Vigia (2013)
2D Computer animationNadasdy Film Sarl Geneva
Vivement Lundi RennesPlanned for Fall 2017
Le renard et loiseau (working title)
Zibila ou la vie zebreacutee
I N p r O d u C T I O N
Visit us at our stands at
Festival del film Locarno Toronto International Film Festival Short Film Market in Clermont-Ferrand Berlinale european Film Market eFM Cannes Village International
Neugasse 6 | Postfach | CH-8031 Zuumlrich | T +41 43 211 40 50
infoswissfilmsch | wwwswissfilmsch
11
Switzerland2016 6 min
2D 3D Computer animationWithout dialogue
ProductionNadasdy Film Sarl Geneva
RTS Radio Teacuteleacutevision SuisseWorld Rights
Nadasdy Film Sarl GenevaT +41 22 300 20 54
wwwnadasdyfilmch
1982 in Iran Mojgan Ghanaatgar first studied graphic design in Teheran
then graduated from the Lucerne School of Art and Design (HSLU) in 2D animation
in 2009 She also has a Master of Art in Design in the same field Since then she
realises her own films as well as anima-tions and illustrations Her previous film
RECYCLED PLANETS (2007) was screened at several international film festivals
In a small town organised around a roundabout life flows peacefully Everyone goes about their task and everything works as it should until the arrival of an insatiable magpie
Mojgan ghanaatgar
N e W S h O r T S
pica pica histoire dune pie insatiable
12
Switzerland2016 8 min 2D Computer animation Mixed techniquesWithout dialogueProductionNadasdy Film Sarl GenevaRTS Radio Teacuteleacutevision SuisseWorld RightsNadasdy Film Sarl GenevaT +41 22 300 20 54wwwnadasdyfilmch
1973 in Nyon In 1997 Seacuteverine Leibundgut received a degree from ESBA (Eacutecole Supeacuteri-eure des Beaux Art de Genegraveve) Besides making films she also works as an illustrator for comic books
In a world of perpetual decomposition and re-composition small individual neuroses feed large collective neuroses
Seacuteverine Leibundgut
N e W S h O r T S
Shed Skinspeaux mortes
13
Switzerland2016 7 min
Drawing on paper Drawn animationWithout dialogue
Production and World RightsHochschule Luzern Design amp Kunst
T +41 41 248 64 64animationhsluch
An educational short film about the harvesting of sun milk
Silvan Zweifel
1992 in Switzerland Silvan Zweifel studied 2D animation at the renowned
Lucerne School of Art and Design (HSLU) SUNNAumlMILCH is his Bachelorrsquos degree
film His previous animated short TOHUWABOHU (2015) was screened at pres-
tigious festivals such as Dok Leipzig and Fantoche Baden
Sunnaumlmilch
N e W S h O r T S
14
1982 in Bern From 2003-07 she studied animation at the renowned Lucerne School of Art and Design (HSLU) and at the Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow Currently Jadwiga Kowalska is finishing her Masters degree in Illustration again at the HSLU In 2009 she won the Swiss Film Award for Best Animation with TOcircT OU TARD (2008) Her previous films THE EARTH IS ROUND (2006) and THE GIRL amp THE HUNTER (2010) have been huge festival hitsPhoto Ralph Kuumlhne
A man on a bridge separated from his love Longing to be with her one last time he decides to look for her on the other side
N e W S h O r T S
Switzerland2016 6 minPaint on cells Cutout animationMixed techniques 2D Computer animationWithout dialogueProductionJadwiga Kowalska LucerneSRF Schweizer Radio und FernsehenWorld RightsJadwiga Kowalska LucerneT +41 79 780 05 67wwwjadwigach
Jadwiga Kowalska
The Bridge Over The riverdie Bruumlcke uumlber den Fluss
15
Switzerland France 2016 10 minStop motion
Without dialogueProduction
Nadasdy Film Sarl GenevaFolimage Bourg-Les-Valences
RTS Radio Teacuteleacutevision SuisseWorld Rights
Nadasdy Film Sarl GenevaT +41 22 300 20 54
wwwnadasdyfilmch
Anne Baillod 1960 in Geneva In 1987 she received her
degree from the Eacutecole Supeacuterieure dArt Visuel (ESAV) Geneva in animation and engraving She works as an animation director photo-grapher does engravings and installations
Co-founded Ivanko Films in 1996
Jean Faravel 1958 in Morges He attended the Haute eacutecole drsquoart et de design (HEAD) in Geneva He works
as a sound engineer and film director as well as in theatre productions Co-founder of Ivanko
Films with Anne Baillod in 1996
Adapted from a story by Anderson the film tells the tale of a little girl who peddles matches Failing to sell them she ends up burning them all These moments of warmth are accompanied by happy visions culminating in the apparition of her deceased grandmother
Anne Baillod Jean Faravel
N e W S h O r T S
The Little Match girlLa petite marchande dallumettes
16
1986 in Switzerland Remo Scherrerstudied at Switzerlandrsquos renowned schoolfor animated film the Lucerne School of Art and Design ndash Master of Arts in FilmWHATEVER THE WEATHER is RemoScherrers Masters degree film which premiered in Cannes at the Cineacutefondation Selection
Wallyrsquos childhood is increasingly turned upside down by her mothers alcohol addiction She experiences the excesses and consequences of addiction first hand Desperately the eight-year-old tries to keep up normality in her own life and the life of her family by any means A roller coaster ride between helplessness exces-sive demands and desperation begins A daily struggle for survivalwwwbeiwindundwetterch
N e W S h O r T S
SwitzerlandAniDoc 2016 11 min 2D Computer animationOriginal language GermanWorld premiereCannes 2016(Cineacutefondation Selection)ProductionZeitraum Film GmbH AdliswilHochschule Luzern Design amp KunstSRF Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen SRG SSRWorld SalesInterfilm Berlin Management GmbH BerlinT +49 30 25 94 29 04wwwinterfilmde
remo Scherrer
Whatever The Weather Bei Wind und Wetter
F e S T I V A L F A V O u r I T e S
erlking erlkoumlnig
georges Schwizgebel
Switzerland 2015 6 min | Without dialogue
Festivals (selection)Festival del film Locarno 2015Fantoche Baden 2015 Sitges 2015 Media Arts Festival Tokyo 2016Annecy 2016 Production Studio GDS CarougeRTS Radio Teacuteleacutevision SuisseWorld Sales Studio GDS CarougeT +41 22 342 72 36wwwstudio-gdsch
A father rides through the dark forest with his son The sick child thinks he sees the Erl-king who both charms and frightens him Based on Goethes poem Erlkoumlnig and the mu-sic of Schubert and Liszt comes a new film by Georges Schwizgebel one of Switzerlands leading animation film directors
Birdz
emilien davaud
Switzerland 2016 11 min | Without dialogue
Festivals (selection)Int Short Film Festival Tampere 2016European Short Film Festival-FEC Cambrils-Reus 2016Hong Kong Int Film Festival 2016Animfest Athens 2016ProductionHeacutelium Films LausanneRTS Radio Teacuteleacutevision SuisseWorld RightsHeacutelium Films LausanneT +41 21 544 86 02wwwheliumfilmsch
People that look and behave like birds are try-ing to survive the cruelness of nature
Cats amp dogs
Jesuacutes peacuterez gerd gockell
Switzerland Germany 2015 6 min Without dialogue
Festivals (selection)Fantoche Baden 2015Animatou Geneva 2015Chicago Int Childrens Film Festival 2015Berlinale 2016Filmfest Muumlnchen 2016ProductionGerd Gockell Filmproduktion LucerneAnigraf Filmproduktion HannoverSRF Schweizer Radio und FernsehenWorld SalesMagnetfilm BerlinT +49 163 801 07 53wwwmagnetfilmde
An animated short film for children about friendship One cant force a friendship but an emergency can build a friendship
17
F e S T I V A L F A V O u r I T e S
Ivans NeedVeronica L Montantildeo Manuela Leuenberger Lukas Suter
Switzerland 2015 6 min | Without dialogue
Festivals (selection)Fantoche Baden 2015 Int Kurzfilmtage Winterthur 2015Animation Festival Golden KukerndashSofia 2016Int Trickfilm-Festival Stuttgart 2016IndieLisboa 2016Annecy 2016Production Hochschule Luzern Design amp KunstSRF Schweizer Radio und FernsehenWorld RightsHochschule Luzern Design amp KunstT +41 41 248 64 64animationhsluch
Ivan is obsessed with the incredible softness of the dough When kneading he gets lost in intensive daydreams not accepting that soon-er or later the master baker will turn every wonderfully elastic dough into horribly crispy bread Until he sees Alvas looooong breastswwwfacebookcomivansneed
Islanders rest
Claudius gentinetta Frank Braun
Switzerland 2016 18 min | Without dialogue
Festivals (selection)Fantoche Baden 2015 Festival de cinema de animaccedilatildeo Espinho 2015Animateka Ljubljana 2015Mumbai Shorts 2015ShortFest Palm Springs 2016ProductionGentinettafilm ZurichSRF Schweizer Radio und FernsehenWorld RightsGentinettafilm ZurichT +41 44 271 44 55wwwgentinettafilmch A bitter-sweet affectionate tale of lost inno-cence bottled-up desires and the comfort of recyclingwwwgentinettafilmchislanders_resthtml
I Felt Like destroying Something BeautifulKatrin Jucker
Switzerland 2016 3 min | Without dialogue
Festivals (selection)Holland Animation Film Festival Utrecht 2016European Media Art Festival Osnabruumlck 2016Annecy 2016Production and World RightsHochschule Luzern Design amp KunstT +41 41 248 61 14edithflueckigerhsluch
Image codes and their variations An experi-ment in databending Images morph through sound and text files and back into images
18
The Musical dragonLe dragon et la musique
Camille Muumlller
Switzerland 2015 8 min | Without dialogue
Festivals (selection)Animatou Geneva 2015Warsaw Film Festival 2015Leipzig 2015Festival de cinema de animaccedilatildeo Espinho 2015World Festival of Animated Films Zagreb 2016Production and World RightsStudio GDS CarougeT +41 22 342 72 36wwwstudio-gdsch
A little girl befriends a dragon in the woods They begin to play music together but this is not without danger for the obstinate king al-lows only military marches
ruben Leaves
Frederic Siegel
Switzerland 2015 5 min | Without dialogue
Festivals (selection)Fantoche Baden 2015Int Kurzfilmtage Winterthur 2015Premiers Plans Angers 2016Annecy 2016ProductionHochschule Luzern Design amp KunstSRF Schweizer Radio und FernsehenWorld RightsHochschule Luzern Design amp KunstT +41 41 248 64 64animationhsluch
On his way to work Ruben is haunted by obsessive-compulsive thoughts Is the front door locked Is the stove really turned off As Rubenrsquos creative mind is invaded by increas-ingly absurd scenarios reality and imagina-tion begin to merge fredericsiegelchrubenleaves
The Little girl And The NightLa petite fille et la nuit Madina Iskhakova
Switzerland Belgium France 2015 8 min Original languages French German
Festivals (selection)Animateka Ljubljana 2015 Clermont-Ferrand 2016 Oberhausen 2016World Festival of Animated Films Zagreb 2016ProductionNadasdy Film Sarl GenevaLa Boicirctehellip Productions BrusselsLes Films du Nord RoubaixWorld RightsNadasdy Film Sarl GenevaT +41 22 300 20 54wwwnadasdyfilmch
A little girl lives alone in her house in the mid-dle of nowhere She owns just a few buffalo which she takes to graze in the fields during the day In the evening she hurries home and carefully locks the windows and doors because it is then that an enormous woman appears ndash so large that she blocks the sun and turns day into night
19
F e S T I V A L F A V O u r I T e S
20
59 Seconds 59 secondes
Mauro Carraro
Switzerland France | 15 min 3D Computer animation | Original language French
ProductionNadasdy Film Sarl GenevaAutour de Minuit ParisRTS Radio Teacuteleacutevision SuisseWorld RightsNadasdy Film Sarl GenevaT +41 22 300 20 54 wwwnadasdyfilmch
59 seconds is short when it comes to changing the destinies of two people of an entire region or of a country but it can seem like a long time when the earth is trembling
A Festive Wind Vent de fecircte
Marjolaine perreten
Switzerland France | 9 min 2D Computer animation | Without dialogue
ProductionNadasdy Film Sarl GenevaFolimage Bourg-Les-ValencesRTS Radio Teacuteleacutevision SuisseWorld RightsNadasdy Film Sarl GenevaT +41 22 300 20 54wwwnadasdyfilmch
It is early morning in the square of a small Swiss village and a grand festival is being prepared Volunteers are busying themselves and the first musicians have arrived
expeCTedFAll2017
expeCTedSPRING
2017
u p C O M I N g
21
Airport Michaela Muumlller
Switzerland Croatia | 10 min Painting on glass | Without dialogue
ProductionSchick Productions ZollikonKinorama ZagrebWorld RightsSchick Productions ZollikonT +41 79 400 62 60ruedischickgmailcom
Individual identities disappear and arise in transit space Everything is in constant motion and everyone potentially suspicious
Circuit
delia hess
Switzerland | 8 min Drawn animation | Without dialogue
ProductionCineacutema Copain Ltd ZurichSRF Schweizer Radio und FernsehenWorld RightsCineacutema Copain Ltd ZurichT +41 43 322 05 11wwwcinemacopaincom
On a small planet caught up in their own little private universe the inhabitants perform their poetically surreal actions which repeat themselves in an endless loop That they are all part of a complex little ecosystem which can only function if each of them plays his or her role is something they are unaware of
expeCTedSPRING
2017
expeCTedSPRING
2017
u p C O M I N g
22
dragon Nest drachennest
Lynn gerlach
Switzerland | 6 min 2D Computer animation | Without dialogue
ProductionNadasdy Film Sarl GenevaRTS Radio Teacuteleacutevision SuisseWorld RightsNadasdy Film Sarl GenevaT +41 22 300 20 54wwwnadasdyfilmch
The expedition of a valiant knight hoping to wrench a beautiful princess from the claws of a terrible dragon finishes in a brutal and unexpected way The knight winds up a slave to the princess who is actually a shrew that has already put a poor dragon under her yoke However the two captives merely appear to be resigned to their fate
FuN-dO
Jonas raeber
Switzerland | 4 min | Original language EnglishDrawn animation 2D Computer animation
Production and World RightsSWAMP Animation LucerneT +41 41 210 45 29wwwswampfilmcom
In 2035 Ueli and Heinz take a stab at representing Switzerland with their ldquoFUN-DOrdquo song in the Eurovision Song Contest only to discover at the audition that a great deal has changed during the past years
u p C O M I N g
expeCTedSPRING
2017
expeCTedFAll2016
23
Laffaire des tableaux suissesJacob Berger Samuel guillaume Freacutedeacuteric guillaume
Switzerland | 20 min Mixed techniques | Original language French
Production and World Rights Nouvelle Tribu GenevaT +41 78 697 41 17yasminenouvelletribuch
What does painting tell us What does Swiss painting tell us about Switzerland What does it reveal about who we are Comparing three iconic works with dozens of images drawn from six centuries of Swiss pictorial photographic filmic and sculptural art this film is an unusual voyage extravagant and poetic through the tortured meanderings of identity politics and aesthetics
La femme canon
david Toutevoix Albertine Zullo
Switzerland | 12 min Stop motion | Original language French
Production and World RightsHeacutelium Films LausanneT +41 21 544 86 02wwwheliumfilmsch
Day after day female cannonball Madeleine is shot kilometres from her home and has to return on foot When she arrives home ex-hausted she finds her satisfied husband waiting for her reading the newspaper in front of a big plate of spaghetti with tomato sauce But one evening Madeleine doesnt come home
u p C O M I N g
expeCTedSuMMeR
2016
expeCTedFAll2017
24
Les grattes-ciel
Fabienne giezendanner
Switzerland France | 10 min 2D Computer animation | Without dialogue
ProductionNadasdy Film Sarl GenevaRTS Radio Teacuteleacutevision SuisseZeacutero de Conduite Productions LilleWorld RightsNadasdy Film Sarl GenevaT +41 22 300 20 54wwwnadasdyfilmch
Strange objects lifted by cranes are rising in the sky Gradually two buildings are erected Two billionaires Agenor-Agobar Poirier des Chapelles and Willigis Kittycly Junior assisted by the most highly paid architects in the world are each building a skyscraper ever higher and more luxurious ndash but how high will they go
un fait-divers eacutetrange
Antoine guex
Switzerland | 5 min | Original language French Drawing on paper 2D Computer animation
ProductionAntoine Guex ndash Les Productions Remue Meacutenage LausanneRTS Radio Teacuteleacutevision SuisseWorld RightsAntoine Guex ndash Les Productions Remue Meacutenage LausanneT +41 21 646 03 92antoineguexbluewinch
A cat and a dog are having difficulty living under the same roof One day the cat tired of the incessant quarrelling with the dog decides to get rid of him and invites him out of the house to an unnamed destination Intrigued and hungry the dog follows the cat in the hopes of finding something to eat He has no idea he is about to become the victim of a strange news item
u p C O M I N g
expeCTedSPRING
2017
expeCTedSPRING
2017
25
Vaniteacutes Zoltaacuten horvaacuteth
Switzerland | 12 min | Mixed techniquesOriginal languages German French Russian
ProductionNadasdy Film Sarl GenevaRTS Radio Teacuteleacutevision SuisseWorld RightsNadasdy Film Sarl GenevaT +41 22 300 20 54wwwnadasdyfilmch
Somewhere on the shores of a Russian lake a recreational fisher-man and his guide are preparing to haul to the surface something much more than an extraordinary fish the demonstration that in the face of death seeking wealth or appearance is a vain pursuit
Vertico
elie Chapuis Lynn devillaz
Switzerland | 5 min | Mixed techniques Sand animation Pixilation | Without dialogue
Production and World RightsHeacutelium Films LausanneT +41 21 544 86 02wwwheliumfilmsch
An experimental film bringing together 11 Geneva illustrators ex-pressing themselves through direct animation techniques rostrum camera pixilation and animation of objects
u p C O M I N g
expeCTedSPRING
2017
expeCTedFAll2016
27
Les fables de lhomme (working title)
ralph And The dinosaursralph et les dinosaures
Jonas raeber director of Credo (2000)
gruumlezi (1995)and hoping For Better Times (1993)
2D Computer animationSWAMP Animation Lucerne
Planned for Summer 2017
Freacutedeacuteric guillaume Samuel guillaumedirectors of Max amp Co (2007)
Le conte des sables dor (2015)and The Night Of The Bear (2012)
Feature length in developmentHybrid techniques
Caravel Production Sagraverl LausannePlanned for Winter 2019
Isabelle Favezdirector of Air-Mail (2015)
and Au coeur de lhiver (2012)
2D Computer animationNadasdy Film Sarl Geneva
La Boicirctehellip Productions BrusselsPlanned for Spring 2017
der kleine Vogel und die raupe
The Cageder Kaumlfig
Lena von doumlhren director of The Little Bird
And The Squirrel (2014) and The Little Bird
And The Leaf (2012)
Digital cutoutSchattenkabinett GmbH Bern
Planned for Spring 2017
Freacutedeacuteric guillaume Samuel guillaumedirectors of Max amp Co (2007)
Le conte des sables dor (2015)and The Night Of The Bear (2012)
Hybrid techniques Caravel Production Sagraverl Lausanne
Planned for Fall 2017
Marcel Barellidirector of Lucens (2015)
and Vigia (2013)
2D Computer animationNadasdy Film Sarl Geneva
Vivement Lundi RennesPlanned for Fall 2017
Le renard et loiseau (working title)
Zibila ou la vie zebreacutee
I N p r O d u C T I O N
Visit us at our stands at
Festival del film Locarno Toronto International Film Festival Short Film Market in Clermont-Ferrand Berlinale european Film Market eFM Cannes Village International
Neugasse 6 | Postfach | CH-8031 Zuumlrich | T +41 43 211 40 50
infoswissfilmsch | wwwswissfilmsch
12
Switzerland2016 8 min 2D Computer animation Mixed techniquesWithout dialogueProductionNadasdy Film Sarl GenevaRTS Radio Teacuteleacutevision SuisseWorld RightsNadasdy Film Sarl GenevaT +41 22 300 20 54wwwnadasdyfilmch
1973 in Nyon In 1997 Seacuteverine Leibundgut received a degree from ESBA (Eacutecole Supeacuteri-eure des Beaux Art de Genegraveve) Besides making films she also works as an illustrator for comic books
In a world of perpetual decomposition and re-composition small individual neuroses feed large collective neuroses
Seacuteverine Leibundgut
N e W S h O r T S
Shed Skinspeaux mortes
13
Switzerland2016 7 min
Drawing on paper Drawn animationWithout dialogue
Production and World RightsHochschule Luzern Design amp Kunst
T +41 41 248 64 64animationhsluch
An educational short film about the harvesting of sun milk
Silvan Zweifel
1992 in Switzerland Silvan Zweifel studied 2D animation at the renowned
Lucerne School of Art and Design (HSLU) SUNNAumlMILCH is his Bachelorrsquos degree
film His previous animated short TOHUWABOHU (2015) was screened at pres-
tigious festivals such as Dok Leipzig and Fantoche Baden
Sunnaumlmilch
N e W S h O r T S
14
1982 in Bern From 2003-07 she studied animation at the renowned Lucerne School of Art and Design (HSLU) and at the Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow Currently Jadwiga Kowalska is finishing her Masters degree in Illustration again at the HSLU In 2009 she won the Swiss Film Award for Best Animation with TOcircT OU TARD (2008) Her previous films THE EARTH IS ROUND (2006) and THE GIRL amp THE HUNTER (2010) have been huge festival hitsPhoto Ralph Kuumlhne
A man on a bridge separated from his love Longing to be with her one last time he decides to look for her on the other side
N e W S h O r T S
Switzerland2016 6 minPaint on cells Cutout animationMixed techniques 2D Computer animationWithout dialogueProductionJadwiga Kowalska LucerneSRF Schweizer Radio und FernsehenWorld RightsJadwiga Kowalska LucerneT +41 79 780 05 67wwwjadwigach
Jadwiga Kowalska
The Bridge Over The riverdie Bruumlcke uumlber den Fluss
15
Switzerland France 2016 10 minStop motion
Without dialogueProduction
Nadasdy Film Sarl GenevaFolimage Bourg-Les-Valences
RTS Radio Teacuteleacutevision SuisseWorld Rights
Nadasdy Film Sarl GenevaT +41 22 300 20 54
wwwnadasdyfilmch
Anne Baillod 1960 in Geneva In 1987 she received her
degree from the Eacutecole Supeacuterieure dArt Visuel (ESAV) Geneva in animation and engraving She works as an animation director photo-grapher does engravings and installations
Co-founded Ivanko Films in 1996
Jean Faravel 1958 in Morges He attended the Haute eacutecole drsquoart et de design (HEAD) in Geneva He works
as a sound engineer and film director as well as in theatre productions Co-founder of Ivanko
Films with Anne Baillod in 1996
Adapted from a story by Anderson the film tells the tale of a little girl who peddles matches Failing to sell them she ends up burning them all These moments of warmth are accompanied by happy visions culminating in the apparition of her deceased grandmother
Anne Baillod Jean Faravel
N e W S h O r T S
The Little Match girlLa petite marchande dallumettes
16
1986 in Switzerland Remo Scherrerstudied at Switzerlandrsquos renowned schoolfor animated film the Lucerne School of Art and Design ndash Master of Arts in FilmWHATEVER THE WEATHER is RemoScherrers Masters degree film which premiered in Cannes at the Cineacutefondation Selection
Wallyrsquos childhood is increasingly turned upside down by her mothers alcohol addiction She experiences the excesses and consequences of addiction first hand Desperately the eight-year-old tries to keep up normality in her own life and the life of her family by any means A roller coaster ride between helplessness exces-sive demands and desperation begins A daily struggle for survivalwwwbeiwindundwetterch
N e W S h O r T S
SwitzerlandAniDoc 2016 11 min 2D Computer animationOriginal language GermanWorld premiereCannes 2016(Cineacutefondation Selection)ProductionZeitraum Film GmbH AdliswilHochschule Luzern Design amp KunstSRF Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen SRG SSRWorld SalesInterfilm Berlin Management GmbH BerlinT +49 30 25 94 29 04wwwinterfilmde
remo Scherrer
Whatever The Weather Bei Wind und Wetter
F e S T I V A L F A V O u r I T e S
erlking erlkoumlnig
georges Schwizgebel
Switzerland 2015 6 min | Without dialogue
Festivals (selection)Festival del film Locarno 2015Fantoche Baden 2015 Sitges 2015 Media Arts Festival Tokyo 2016Annecy 2016 Production Studio GDS CarougeRTS Radio Teacuteleacutevision SuisseWorld Sales Studio GDS CarougeT +41 22 342 72 36wwwstudio-gdsch
A father rides through the dark forest with his son The sick child thinks he sees the Erl-king who both charms and frightens him Based on Goethes poem Erlkoumlnig and the mu-sic of Schubert and Liszt comes a new film by Georges Schwizgebel one of Switzerlands leading animation film directors
Birdz
emilien davaud
Switzerland 2016 11 min | Without dialogue
Festivals (selection)Int Short Film Festival Tampere 2016European Short Film Festival-FEC Cambrils-Reus 2016Hong Kong Int Film Festival 2016Animfest Athens 2016ProductionHeacutelium Films LausanneRTS Radio Teacuteleacutevision SuisseWorld RightsHeacutelium Films LausanneT +41 21 544 86 02wwwheliumfilmsch
People that look and behave like birds are try-ing to survive the cruelness of nature
Cats amp dogs
Jesuacutes peacuterez gerd gockell
Switzerland Germany 2015 6 min Without dialogue
Festivals (selection)Fantoche Baden 2015Animatou Geneva 2015Chicago Int Childrens Film Festival 2015Berlinale 2016Filmfest Muumlnchen 2016ProductionGerd Gockell Filmproduktion LucerneAnigraf Filmproduktion HannoverSRF Schweizer Radio und FernsehenWorld SalesMagnetfilm BerlinT +49 163 801 07 53wwwmagnetfilmde
An animated short film for children about friendship One cant force a friendship but an emergency can build a friendship
17
F e S T I V A L F A V O u r I T e S
Ivans NeedVeronica L Montantildeo Manuela Leuenberger Lukas Suter
Switzerland 2015 6 min | Without dialogue
Festivals (selection)Fantoche Baden 2015 Int Kurzfilmtage Winterthur 2015Animation Festival Golden KukerndashSofia 2016Int Trickfilm-Festival Stuttgart 2016IndieLisboa 2016Annecy 2016Production Hochschule Luzern Design amp KunstSRF Schweizer Radio und FernsehenWorld RightsHochschule Luzern Design amp KunstT +41 41 248 64 64animationhsluch
Ivan is obsessed with the incredible softness of the dough When kneading he gets lost in intensive daydreams not accepting that soon-er or later the master baker will turn every wonderfully elastic dough into horribly crispy bread Until he sees Alvas looooong breastswwwfacebookcomivansneed
Islanders rest
Claudius gentinetta Frank Braun
Switzerland 2016 18 min | Without dialogue
Festivals (selection)Fantoche Baden 2015 Festival de cinema de animaccedilatildeo Espinho 2015Animateka Ljubljana 2015Mumbai Shorts 2015ShortFest Palm Springs 2016ProductionGentinettafilm ZurichSRF Schweizer Radio und FernsehenWorld RightsGentinettafilm ZurichT +41 44 271 44 55wwwgentinettafilmch A bitter-sweet affectionate tale of lost inno-cence bottled-up desires and the comfort of recyclingwwwgentinettafilmchislanders_resthtml
I Felt Like destroying Something BeautifulKatrin Jucker
Switzerland 2016 3 min | Without dialogue
Festivals (selection)Holland Animation Film Festival Utrecht 2016European Media Art Festival Osnabruumlck 2016Annecy 2016Production and World RightsHochschule Luzern Design amp KunstT +41 41 248 61 14edithflueckigerhsluch
Image codes and their variations An experi-ment in databending Images morph through sound and text files and back into images
18
The Musical dragonLe dragon et la musique
Camille Muumlller
Switzerland 2015 8 min | Without dialogue
Festivals (selection)Animatou Geneva 2015Warsaw Film Festival 2015Leipzig 2015Festival de cinema de animaccedilatildeo Espinho 2015World Festival of Animated Films Zagreb 2016Production and World RightsStudio GDS CarougeT +41 22 342 72 36wwwstudio-gdsch
A little girl befriends a dragon in the woods They begin to play music together but this is not without danger for the obstinate king al-lows only military marches
ruben Leaves
Frederic Siegel
Switzerland 2015 5 min | Without dialogue
Festivals (selection)Fantoche Baden 2015Int Kurzfilmtage Winterthur 2015Premiers Plans Angers 2016Annecy 2016ProductionHochschule Luzern Design amp KunstSRF Schweizer Radio und FernsehenWorld RightsHochschule Luzern Design amp KunstT +41 41 248 64 64animationhsluch
On his way to work Ruben is haunted by obsessive-compulsive thoughts Is the front door locked Is the stove really turned off As Rubenrsquos creative mind is invaded by increas-ingly absurd scenarios reality and imagina-tion begin to merge fredericsiegelchrubenleaves
The Little girl And The NightLa petite fille et la nuit Madina Iskhakova
Switzerland Belgium France 2015 8 min Original languages French German
Festivals (selection)Animateka Ljubljana 2015 Clermont-Ferrand 2016 Oberhausen 2016World Festival of Animated Films Zagreb 2016ProductionNadasdy Film Sarl GenevaLa Boicirctehellip Productions BrusselsLes Films du Nord RoubaixWorld RightsNadasdy Film Sarl GenevaT +41 22 300 20 54wwwnadasdyfilmch
A little girl lives alone in her house in the mid-dle of nowhere She owns just a few buffalo which she takes to graze in the fields during the day In the evening she hurries home and carefully locks the windows and doors because it is then that an enormous woman appears ndash so large that she blocks the sun and turns day into night
19
F e S T I V A L F A V O u r I T e S
20
59 Seconds 59 secondes
Mauro Carraro
Switzerland France | 15 min 3D Computer animation | Original language French
ProductionNadasdy Film Sarl GenevaAutour de Minuit ParisRTS Radio Teacuteleacutevision SuisseWorld RightsNadasdy Film Sarl GenevaT +41 22 300 20 54 wwwnadasdyfilmch
59 seconds is short when it comes to changing the destinies of two people of an entire region or of a country but it can seem like a long time when the earth is trembling
A Festive Wind Vent de fecircte
Marjolaine perreten
Switzerland France | 9 min 2D Computer animation | Without dialogue
ProductionNadasdy Film Sarl GenevaFolimage Bourg-Les-ValencesRTS Radio Teacuteleacutevision SuisseWorld RightsNadasdy Film Sarl GenevaT +41 22 300 20 54wwwnadasdyfilmch
It is early morning in the square of a small Swiss village and a grand festival is being prepared Volunteers are busying themselves and the first musicians have arrived
expeCTedFAll2017
expeCTedSPRING
2017
u p C O M I N g
21
Airport Michaela Muumlller
Switzerland Croatia | 10 min Painting on glass | Without dialogue
ProductionSchick Productions ZollikonKinorama ZagrebWorld RightsSchick Productions ZollikonT +41 79 400 62 60ruedischickgmailcom
Individual identities disappear and arise in transit space Everything is in constant motion and everyone potentially suspicious
Circuit
delia hess
Switzerland | 8 min Drawn animation | Without dialogue
ProductionCineacutema Copain Ltd ZurichSRF Schweizer Radio und FernsehenWorld RightsCineacutema Copain Ltd ZurichT +41 43 322 05 11wwwcinemacopaincom
On a small planet caught up in their own little private universe the inhabitants perform their poetically surreal actions which repeat themselves in an endless loop That they are all part of a complex little ecosystem which can only function if each of them plays his or her role is something they are unaware of
expeCTedSPRING
2017
expeCTedSPRING
2017
u p C O M I N g
22
dragon Nest drachennest
Lynn gerlach
Switzerland | 6 min 2D Computer animation | Without dialogue
ProductionNadasdy Film Sarl GenevaRTS Radio Teacuteleacutevision SuisseWorld RightsNadasdy Film Sarl GenevaT +41 22 300 20 54wwwnadasdyfilmch
The expedition of a valiant knight hoping to wrench a beautiful princess from the claws of a terrible dragon finishes in a brutal and unexpected way The knight winds up a slave to the princess who is actually a shrew that has already put a poor dragon under her yoke However the two captives merely appear to be resigned to their fate
FuN-dO
Jonas raeber
Switzerland | 4 min | Original language EnglishDrawn animation 2D Computer animation
Production and World RightsSWAMP Animation LucerneT +41 41 210 45 29wwwswampfilmcom
In 2035 Ueli and Heinz take a stab at representing Switzerland with their ldquoFUN-DOrdquo song in the Eurovision Song Contest only to discover at the audition that a great deal has changed during the past years
u p C O M I N g
expeCTedSPRING
2017
expeCTedFAll2016
23
Laffaire des tableaux suissesJacob Berger Samuel guillaume Freacutedeacuteric guillaume
Switzerland | 20 min Mixed techniques | Original language French
Production and World Rights Nouvelle Tribu GenevaT +41 78 697 41 17yasminenouvelletribuch
What does painting tell us What does Swiss painting tell us about Switzerland What does it reveal about who we are Comparing three iconic works with dozens of images drawn from six centuries of Swiss pictorial photographic filmic and sculptural art this film is an unusual voyage extravagant and poetic through the tortured meanderings of identity politics and aesthetics
La femme canon
david Toutevoix Albertine Zullo
Switzerland | 12 min Stop motion | Original language French
Production and World RightsHeacutelium Films LausanneT +41 21 544 86 02wwwheliumfilmsch
Day after day female cannonball Madeleine is shot kilometres from her home and has to return on foot When she arrives home ex-hausted she finds her satisfied husband waiting for her reading the newspaper in front of a big plate of spaghetti with tomato sauce But one evening Madeleine doesnt come home
u p C O M I N g
expeCTedSuMMeR
2016
expeCTedFAll2017
24
Les grattes-ciel
Fabienne giezendanner
Switzerland France | 10 min 2D Computer animation | Without dialogue
ProductionNadasdy Film Sarl GenevaRTS Radio Teacuteleacutevision SuisseZeacutero de Conduite Productions LilleWorld RightsNadasdy Film Sarl GenevaT +41 22 300 20 54wwwnadasdyfilmch
Strange objects lifted by cranes are rising in the sky Gradually two buildings are erected Two billionaires Agenor-Agobar Poirier des Chapelles and Willigis Kittycly Junior assisted by the most highly paid architects in the world are each building a skyscraper ever higher and more luxurious ndash but how high will they go
un fait-divers eacutetrange
Antoine guex
Switzerland | 5 min | Original language French Drawing on paper 2D Computer animation
ProductionAntoine Guex ndash Les Productions Remue Meacutenage LausanneRTS Radio Teacuteleacutevision SuisseWorld RightsAntoine Guex ndash Les Productions Remue Meacutenage LausanneT +41 21 646 03 92antoineguexbluewinch
A cat and a dog are having difficulty living under the same roof One day the cat tired of the incessant quarrelling with the dog decides to get rid of him and invites him out of the house to an unnamed destination Intrigued and hungry the dog follows the cat in the hopes of finding something to eat He has no idea he is about to become the victim of a strange news item
u p C O M I N g
expeCTedSPRING
2017
expeCTedSPRING
2017
25
Vaniteacutes Zoltaacuten horvaacuteth
Switzerland | 12 min | Mixed techniquesOriginal languages German French Russian
ProductionNadasdy Film Sarl GenevaRTS Radio Teacuteleacutevision SuisseWorld RightsNadasdy Film Sarl GenevaT +41 22 300 20 54wwwnadasdyfilmch
Somewhere on the shores of a Russian lake a recreational fisher-man and his guide are preparing to haul to the surface something much more than an extraordinary fish the demonstration that in the face of death seeking wealth or appearance is a vain pursuit
Vertico
elie Chapuis Lynn devillaz
Switzerland | 5 min | Mixed techniques Sand animation Pixilation | Without dialogue
Production and World RightsHeacutelium Films LausanneT +41 21 544 86 02wwwheliumfilmsch
An experimental film bringing together 11 Geneva illustrators ex-pressing themselves through direct animation techniques rostrum camera pixilation and animation of objects
u p C O M I N g
expeCTedSPRING
2017
expeCTedFAll2016
27
Les fables de lhomme (working title)
ralph And The dinosaursralph et les dinosaures
Jonas raeber director of Credo (2000)
gruumlezi (1995)and hoping For Better Times (1993)
2D Computer animationSWAMP Animation Lucerne
Planned for Summer 2017
Freacutedeacuteric guillaume Samuel guillaumedirectors of Max amp Co (2007)
Le conte des sables dor (2015)and The Night Of The Bear (2012)
Feature length in developmentHybrid techniques
Caravel Production Sagraverl LausannePlanned for Winter 2019
Isabelle Favezdirector of Air-Mail (2015)
and Au coeur de lhiver (2012)
2D Computer animationNadasdy Film Sarl Geneva
La Boicirctehellip Productions BrusselsPlanned for Spring 2017
der kleine Vogel und die raupe
The Cageder Kaumlfig
Lena von doumlhren director of The Little Bird
And The Squirrel (2014) and The Little Bird
And The Leaf (2012)
Digital cutoutSchattenkabinett GmbH Bern
Planned for Spring 2017
Freacutedeacuteric guillaume Samuel guillaumedirectors of Max amp Co (2007)
Le conte des sables dor (2015)and The Night Of The Bear (2012)
Hybrid techniques Caravel Production Sagraverl Lausanne
Planned for Fall 2017
Marcel Barellidirector of Lucens (2015)
and Vigia (2013)
2D Computer animationNadasdy Film Sarl Geneva
Vivement Lundi RennesPlanned for Fall 2017
Le renard et loiseau (working title)
Zibila ou la vie zebreacutee
I N p r O d u C T I O N
Visit us at our stands at
Festival del film Locarno Toronto International Film Festival Short Film Market in Clermont-Ferrand Berlinale european Film Market eFM Cannes Village International
Neugasse 6 | Postfach | CH-8031 Zuumlrich | T +41 43 211 40 50
infoswissfilmsch | wwwswissfilmsch
13
Switzerland2016 7 min
Drawing on paper Drawn animationWithout dialogue
Production and World RightsHochschule Luzern Design amp Kunst
T +41 41 248 64 64animationhsluch
An educational short film about the harvesting of sun milk
Silvan Zweifel
1992 in Switzerland Silvan Zweifel studied 2D animation at the renowned
Lucerne School of Art and Design (HSLU) SUNNAumlMILCH is his Bachelorrsquos degree
film His previous animated short TOHUWABOHU (2015) was screened at pres-
tigious festivals such as Dok Leipzig and Fantoche Baden
Sunnaumlmilch
N e W S h O r T S
14
1982 in Bern From 2003-07 she studied animation at the renowned Lucerne School of Art and Design (HSLU) and at the Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow Currently Jadwiga Kowalska is finishing her Masters degree in Illustration again at the HSLU In 2009 she won the Swiss Film Award for Best Animation with TOcircT OU TARD (2008) Her previous films THE EARTH IS ROUND (2006) and THE GIRL amp THE HUNTER (2010) have been huge festival hitsPhoto Ralph Kuumlhne
A man on a bridge separated from his love Longing to be with her one last time he decides to look for her on the other side
N e W S h O r T S
Switzerland2016 6 minPaint on cells Cutout animationMixed techniques 2D Computer animationWithout dialogueProductionJadwiga Kowalska LucerneSRF Schweizer Radio und FernsehenWorld RightsJadwiga Kowalska LucerneT +41 79 780 05 67wwwjadwigach
Jadwiga Kowalska
The Bridge Over The riverdie Bruumlcke uumlber den Fluss
15
Switzerland France 2016 10 minStop motion
Without dialogueProduction
Nadasdy Film Sarl GenevaFolimage Bourg-Les-Valences
RTS Radio Teacuteleacutevision SuisseWorld Rights
Nadasdy Film Sarl GenevaT +41 22 300 20 54
wwwnadasdyfilmch
Anne Baillod 1960 in Geneva In 1987 she received her
degree from the Eacutecole Supeacuterieure dArt Visuel (ESAV) Geneva in animation and engraving She works as an animation director photo-grapher does engravings and installations
Co-founded Ivanko Films in 1996
Jean Faravel 1958 in Morges He attended the Haute eacutecole drsquoart et de design (HEAD) in Geneva He works
as a sound engineer and film director as well as in theatre productions Co-founder of Ivanko
Films with Anne Baillod in 1996
Adapted from a story by Anderson the film tells the tale of a little girl who peddles matches Failing to sell them she ends up burning them all These moments of warmth are accompanied by happy visions culminating in the apparition of her deceased grandmother
Anne Baillod Jean Faravel
N e W S h O r T S
The Little Match girlLa petite marchande dallumettes
16
1986 in Switzerland Remo Scherrerstudied at Switzerlandrsquos renowned schoolfor animated film the Lucerne School of Art and Design ndash Master of Arts in FilmWHATEVER THE WEATHER is RemoScherrers Masters degree film which premiered in Cannes at the Cineacutefondation Selection
Wallyrsquos childhood is increasingly turned upside down by her mothers alcohol addiction She experiences the excesses and consequences of addiction first hand Desperately the eight-year-old tries to keep up normality in her own life and the life of her family by any means A roller coaster ride between helplessness exces-sive demands and desperation begins A daily struggle for survivalwwwbeiwindundwetterch
N e W S h O r T S
SwitzerlandAniDoc 2016 11 min 2D Computer animationOriginal language GermanWorld premiereCannes 2016(Cineacutefondation Selection)ProductionZeitraum Film GmbH AdliswilHochschule Luzern Design amp KunstSRF Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen SRG SSRWorld SalesInterfilm Berlin Management GmbH BerlinT +49 30 25 94 29 04wwwinterfilmde
remo Scherrer
Whatever The Weather Bei Wind und Wetter
F e S T I V A L F A V O u r I T e S
erlking erlkoumlnig
georges Schwizgebel
Switzerland 2015 6 min | Without dialogue
Festivals (selection)Festival del film Locarno 2015Fantoche Baden 2015 Sitges 2015 Media Arts Festival Tokyo 2016Annecy 2016 Production Studio GDS CarougeRTS Radio Teacuteleacutevision SuisseWorld Sales Studio GDS CarougeT +41 22 342 72 36wwwstudio-gdsch
A father rides through the dark forest with his son The sick child thinks he sees the Erl-king who both charms and frightens him Based on Goethes poem Erlkoumlnig and the mu-sic of Schubert and Liszt comes a new film by Georges Schwizgebel one of Switzerlands leading animation film directors
Birdz
emilien davaud
Switzerland 2016 11 min | Without dialogue
Festivals (selection)Int Short Film Festival Tampere 2016European Short Film Festival-FEC Cambrils-Reus 2016Hong Kong Int Film Festival 2016Animfest Athens 2016ProductionHeacutelium Films LausanneRTS Radio Teacuteleacutevision SuisseWorld RightsHeacutelium Films LausanneT +41 21 544 86 02wwwheliumfilmsch
People that look and behave like birds are try-ing to survive the cruelness of nature
Cats amp dogs
Jesuacutes peacuterez gerd gockell
Switzerland Germany 2015 6 min Without dialogue
Festivals (selection)Fantoche Baden 2015Animatou Geneva 2015Chicago Int Childrens Film Festival 2015Berlinale 2016Filmfest Muumlnchen 2016ProductionGerd Gockell Filmproduktion LucerneAnigraf Filmproduktion HannoverSRF Schweizer Radio und FernsehenWorld SalesMagnetfilm BerlinT +49 163 801 07 53wwwmagnetfilmde
An animated short film for children about friendship One cant force a friendship but an emergency can build a friendship
17
F e S T I V A L F A V O u r I T e S
Ivans NeedVeronica L Montantildeo Manuela Leuenberger Lukas Suter
Switzerland 2015 6 min | Without dialogue
Festivals (selection)Fantoche Baden 2015 Int Kurzfilmtage Winterthur 2015Animation Festival Golden KukerndashSofia 2016Int Trickfilm-Festival Stuttgart 2016IndieLisboa 2016Annecy 2016Production Hochschule Luzern Design amp KunstSRF Schweizer Radio und FernsehenWorld RightsHochschule Luzern Design amp KunstT +41 41 248 64 64animationhsluch
Ivan is obsessed with the incredible softness of the dough When kneading he gets lost in intensive daydreams not accepting that soon-er or later the master baker will turn every wonderfully elastic dough into horribly crispy bread Until he sees Alvas looooong breastswwwfacebookcomivansneed
Islanders rest
Claudius gentinetta Frank Braun
Switzerland 2016 18 min | Without dialogue
Festivals (selection)Fantoche Baden 2015 Festival de cinema de animaccedilatildeo Espinho 2015Animateka Ljubljana 2015Mumbai Shorts 2015ShortFest Palm Springs 2016ProductionGentinettafilm ZurichSRF Schweizer Radio und FernsehenWorld RightsGentinettafilm ZurichT +41 44 271 44 55wwwgentinettafilmch A bitter-sweet affectionate tale of lost inno-cence bottled-up desires and the comfort of recyclingwwwgentinettafilmchislanders_resthtml
I Felt Like destroying Something BeautifulKatrin Jucker
Switzerland 2016 3 min | Without dialogue
Festivals (selection)Holland Animation Film Festival Utrecht 2016European Media Art Festival Osnabruumlck 2016Annecy 2016Production and World RightsHochschule Luzern Design amp KunstT +41 41 248 61 14edithflueckigerhsluch
Image codes and their variations An experi-ment in databending Images morph through sound and text files and back into images
18
The Musical dragonLe dragon et la musique
Camille Muumlller
Switzerland 2015 8 min | Without dialogue
Festivals (selection)Animatou Geneva 2015Warsaw Film Festival 2015Leipzig 2015Festival de cinema de animaccedilatildeo Espinho 2015World Festival of Animated Films Zagreb 2016Production and World RightsStudio GDS CarougeT +41 22 342 72 36wwwstudio-gdsch
A little girl befriends a dragon in the woods They begin to play music together but this is not without danger for the obstinate king al-lows only military marches
ruben Leaves
Frederic Siegel
Switzerland 2015 5 min | Without dialogue
Festivals (selection)Fantoche Baden 2015Int Kurzfilmtage Winterthur 2015Premiers Plans Angers 2016Annecy 2016ProductionHochschule Luzern Design amp KunstSRF Schweizer Radio und FernsehenWorld RightsHochschule Luzern Design amp KunstT +41 41 248 64 64animationhsluch
On his way to work Ruben is haunted by obsessive-compulsive thoughts Is the front door locked Is the stove really turned off As Rubenrsquos creative mind is invaded by increas-ingly absurd scenarios reality and imagina-tion begin to merge fredericsiegelchrubenleaves
The Little girl And The NightLa petite fille et la nuit Madina Iskhakova
Switzerland Belgium France 2015 8 min Original languages French German
Festivals (selection)Animateka Ljubljana 2015 Clermont-Ferrand 2016 Oberhausen 2016World Festival of Animated Films Zagreb 2016ProductionNadasdy Film Sarl GenevaLa Boicirctehellip Productions BrusselsLes Films du Nord RoubaixWorld RightsNadasdy Film Sarl GenevaT +41 22 300 20 54wwwnadasdyfilmch
A little girl lives alone in her house in the mid-dle of nowhere She owns just a few buffalo which she takes to graze in the fields during the day In the evening she hurries home and carefully locks the windows and doors because it is then that an enormous woman appears ndash so large that she blocks the sun and turns day into night
19
F e S T I V A L F A V O u r I T e S
20
59 Seconds 59 secondes
Mauro Carraro
Switzerland France | 15 min 3D Computer animation | Original language French
ProductionNadasdy Film Sarl GenevaAutour de Minuit ParisRTS Radio Teacuteleacutevision SuisseWorld RightsNadasdy Film Sarl GenevaT +41 22 300 20 54 wwwnadasdyfilmch
59 seconds is short when it comes to changing the destinies of two people of an entire region or of a country but it can seem like a long time when the earth is trembling
A Festive Wind Vent de fecircte
Marjolaine perreten
Switzerland France | 9 min 2D Computer animation | Without dialogue
ProductionNadasdy Film Sarl GenevaFolimage Bourg-Les-ValencesRTS Radio Teacuteleacutevision SuisseWorld RightsNadasdy Film Sarl GenevaT +41 22 300 20 54wwwnadasdyfilmch
It is early morning in the square of a small Swiss village and a grand festival is being prepared Volunteers are busying themselves and the first musicians have arrived
expeCTedFAll2017
expeCTedSPRING
2017
u p C O M I N g
21
Airport Michaela Muumlller
Switzerland Croatia | 10 min Painting on glass | Without dialogue
ProductionSchick Productions ZollikonKinorama ZagrebWorld RightsSchick Productions ZollikonT +41 79 400 62 60ruedischickgmailcom
Individual identities disappear and arise in transit space Everything is in constant motion and everyone potentially suspicious
Circuit
delia hess
Switzerland | 8 min Drawn animation | Without dialogue
ProductionCineacutema Copain Ltd ZurichSRF Schweizer Radio und FernsehenWorld RightsCineacutema Copain Ltd ZurichT +41 43 322 05 11wwwcinemacopaincom
On a small planet caught up in their own little private universe the inhabitants perform their poetically surreal actions which repeat themselves in an endless loop That they are all part of a complex little ecosystem which can only function if each of them plays his or her role is something they are unaware of
expeCTedSPRING
2017
expeCTedSPRING
2017
u p C O M I N g
22
dragon Nest drachennest
Lynn gerlach
Switzerland | 6 min 2D Computer animation | Without dialogue
ProductionNadasdy Film Sarl GenevaRTS Radio Teacuteleacutevision SuisseWorld RightsNadasdy Film Sarl GenevaT +41 22 300 20 54wwwnadasdyfilmch
The expedition of a valiant knight hoping to wrench a beautiful princess from the claws of a terrible dragon finishes in a brutal and unexpected way The knight winds up a slave to the princess who is actually a shrew that has already put a poor dragon under her yoke However the two captives merely appear to be resigned to their fate
FuN-dO
Jonas raeber
Switzerland | 4 min | Original language EnglishDrawn animation 2D Computer animation
Production and World RightsSWAMP Animation LucerneT +41 41 210 45 29wwwswampfilmcom
In 2035 Ueli and Heinz take a stab at representing Switzerland with their ldquoFUN-DOrdquo song in the Eurovision Song Contest only to discover at the audition that a great deal has changed during the past years
u p C O M I N g
expeCTedSPRING
2017
expeCTedFAll2016
23
Laffaire des tableaux suissesJacob Berger Samuel guillaume Freacutedeacuteric guillaume
Switzerland | 20 min Mixed techniques | Original language French
Production and World Rights Nouvelle Tribu GenevaT +41 78 697 41 17yasminenouvelletribuch
What does painting tell us What does Swiss painting tell us about Switzerland What does it reveal about who we are Comparing three iconic works with dozens of images drawn from six centuries of Swiss pictorial photographic filmic and sculptural art this film is an unusual voyage extravagant and poetic through the tortured meanderings of identity politics and aesthetics
La femme canon
david Toutevoix Albertine Zullo
Switzerland | 12 min Stop motion | Original language French
Production and World RightsHeacutelium Films LausanneT +41 21 544 86 02wwwheliumfilmsch
Day after day female cannonball Madeleine is shot kilometres from her home and has to return on foot When she arrives home ex-hausted she finds her satisfied husband waiting for her reading the newspaper in front of a big plate of spaghetti with tomato sauce But one evening Madeleine doesnt come home
u p C O M I N g
expeCTedSuMMeR
2016
expeCTedFAll2017
24
Les grattes-ciel
Fabienne giezendanner
Switzerland France | 10 min 2D Computer animation | Without dialogue
ProductionNadasdy Film Sarl GenevaRTS Radio Teacuteleacutevision SuisseZeacutero de Conduite Productions LilleWorld RightsNadasdy Film Sarl GenevaT +41 22 300 20 54wwwnadasdyfilmch
Strange objects lifted by cranes are rising in the sky Gradually two buildings are erected Two billionaires Agenor-Agobar Poirier des Chapelles and Willigis Kittycly Junior assisted by the most highly paid architects in the world are each building a skyscraper ever higher and more luxurious ndash but how high will they go
un fait-divers eacutetrange
Antoine guex
Switzerland | 5 min | Original language French Drawing on paper 2D Computer animation
ProductionAntoine Guex ndash Les Productions Remue Meacutenage LausanneRTS Radio Teacuteleacutevision SuisseWorld RightsAntoine Guex ndash Les Productions Remue Meacutenage LausanneT +41 21 646 03 92antoineguexbluewinch
A cat and a dog are having difficulty living under the same roof One day the cat tired of the incessant quarrelling with the dog decides to get rid of him and invites him out of the house to an unnamed destination Intrigued and hungry the dog follows the cat in the hopes of finding something to eat He has no idea he is about to become the victim of a strange news item
u p C O M I N g
expeCTedSPRING
2017
expeCTedSPRING
2017
25
Vaniteacutes Zoltaacuten horvaacuteth
Switzerland | 12 min | Mixed techniquesOriginal languages German French Russian
ProductionNadasdy Film Sarl GenevaRTS Radio Teacuteleacutevision SuisseWorld RightsNadasdy Film Sarl GenevaT +41 22 300 20 54wwwnadasdyfilmch
Somewhere on the shores of a Russian lake a recreational fisher-man and his guide are preparing to haul to the surface something much more than an extraordinary fish the demonstration that in the face of death seeking wealth or appearance is a vain pursuit
Vertico
elie Chapuis Lynn devillaz
Switzerland | 5 min | Mixed techniques Sand animation Pixilation | Without dialogue
Production and World RightsHeacutelium Films LausanneT +41 21 544 86 02wwwheliumfilmsch
An experimental film bringing together 11 Geneva illustrators ex-pressing themselves through direct animation techniques rostrum camera pixilation and animation of objects
u p C O M I N g
expeCTedSPRING
2017
expeCTedFAll2016
27
Les fables de lhomme (working title)
ralph And The dinosaursralph et les dinosaures
Jonas raeber director of Credo (2000)
gruumlezi (1995)and hoping For Better Times (1993)
2D Computer animationSWAMP Animation Lucerne
Planned for Summer 2017
Freacutedeacuteric guillaume Samuel guillaumedirectors of Max amp Co (2007)
Le conte des sables dor (2015)and The Night Of The Bear (2012)
Feature length in developmentHybrid techniques
Caravel Production Sagraverl LausannePlanned for Winter 2019
Isabelle Favezdirector of Air-Mail (2015)
and Au coeur de lhiver (2012)
2D Computer animationNadasdy Film Sarl Geneva
La Boicirctehellip Productions BrusselsPlanned for Spring 2017
der kleine Vogel und die raupe
The Cageder Kaumlfig
Lena von doumlhren director of The Little Bird
And The Squirrel (2014) and The Little Bird
And The Leaf (2012)
Digital cutoutSchattenkabinett GmbH Bern
Planned for Spring 2017
Freacutedeacuteric guillaume Samuel guillaumedirectors of Max amp Co (2007)
Le conte des sables dor (2015)and The Night Of The Bear (2012)
Hybrid techniques Caravel Production Sagraverl Lausanne
Planned for Fall 2017
Marcel Barellidirector of Lucens (2015)
and Vigia (2013)
2D Computer animationNadasdy Film Sarl Geneva
Vivement Lundi RennesPlanned for Fall 2017
Le renard et loiseau (working title)
Zibila ou la vie zebreacutee
I N p r O d u C T I O N
Visit us at our stands at
Festival del film Locarno Toronto International Film Festival Short Film Market in Clermont-Ferrand Berlinale european Film Market eFM Cannes Village International
Neugasse 6 | Postfach | CH-8031 Zuumlrich | T +41 43 211 40 50
infoswissfilmsch | wwwswissfilmsch
14
1982 in Bern From 2003-07 she studied animation at the renowned Lucerne School of Art and Design (HSLU) and at the Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow Currently Jadwiga Kowalska is finishing her Masters degree in Illustration again at the HSLU In 2009 she won the Swiss Film Award for Best Animation with TOcircT OU TARD (2008) Her previous films THE EARTH IS ROUND (2006) and THE GIRL amp THE HUNTER (2010) have been huge festival hitsPhoto Ralph Kuumlhne
A man on a bridge separated from his love Longing to be with her one last time he decides to look for her on the other side
N e W S h O r T S
Switzerland2016 6 minPaint on cells Cutout animationMixed techniques 2D Computer animationWithout dialogueProductionJadwiga Kowalska LucerneSRF Schweizer Radio und FernsehenWorld RightsJadwiga Kowalska LucerneT +41 79 780 05 67wwwjadwigach
Jadwiga Kowalska
The Bridge Over The riverdie Bruumlcke uumlber den Fluss
15
Switzerland France 2016 10 minStop motion
Without dialogueProduction
Nadasdy Film Sarl GenevaFolimage Bourg-Les-Valences
RTS Radio Teacuteleacutevision SuisseWorld Rights
Nadasdy Film Sarl GenevaT +41 22 300 20 54
wwwnadasdyfilmch
Anne Baillod 1960 in Geneva In 1987 she received her
degree from the Eacutecole Supeacuterieure dArt Visuel (ESAV) Geneva in animation and engraving She works as an animation director photo-grapher does engravings and installations
Co-founded Ivanko Films in 1996
Jean Faravel 1958 in Morges He attended the Haute eacutecole drsquoart et de design (HEAD) in Geneva He works
as a sound engineer and film director as well as in theatre productions Co-founder of Ivanko
Films with Anne Baillod in 1996
Adapted from a story by Anderson the film tells the tale of a little girl who peddles matches Failing to sell them she ends up burning them all These moments of warmth are accompanied by happy visions culminating in the apparition of her deceased grandmother
Anne Baillod Jean Faravel
N e W S h O r T S
The Little Match girlLa petite marchande dallumettes
16
1986 in Switzerland Remo Scherrerstudied at Switzerlandrsquos renowned schoolfor animated film the Lucerne School of Art and Design ndash Master of Arts in FilmWHATEVER THE WEATHER is RemoScherrers Masters degree film which premiered in Cannes at the Cineacutefondation Selection
Wallyrsquos childhood is increasingly turned upside down by her mothers alcohol addiction She experiences the excesses and consequences of addiction first hand Desperately the eight-year-old tries to keep up normality in her own life and the life of her family by any means A roller coaster ride between helplessness exces-sive demands and desperation begins A daily struggle for survivalwwwbeiwindundwetterch
N e W S h O r T S
SwitzerlandAniDoc 2016 11 min 2D Computer animationOriginal language GermanWorld premiereCannes 2016(Cineacutefondation Selection)ProductionZeitraum Film GmbH AdliswilHochschule Luzern Design amp KunstSRF Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen SRG SSRWorld SalesInterfilm Berlin Management GmbH BerlinT +49 30 25 94 29 04wwwinterfilmde
remo Scherrer
Whatever The Weather Bei Wind und Wetter
F e S T I V A L F A V O u r I T e S
erlking erlkoumlnig
georges Schwizgebel
Switzerland 2015 6 min | Without dialogue
Festivals (selection)Festival del film Locarno 2015Fantoche Baden 2015 Sitges 2015 Media Arts Festival Tokyo 2016Annecy 2016 Production Studio GDS CarougeRTS Radio Teacuteleacutevision SuisseWorld Sales Studio GDS CarougeT +41 22 342 72 36wwwstudio-gdsch
A father rides through the dark forest with his son The sick child thinks he sees the Erl-king who both charms and frightens him Based on Goethes poem Erlkoumlnig and the mu-sic of Schubert and Liszt comes a new film by Georges Schwizgebel one of Switzerlands leading animation film directors
Birdz
emilien davaud
Switzerland 2016 11 min | Without dialogue
Festivals (selection)Int Short Film Festival Tampere 2016European Short Film Festival-FEC Cambrils-Reus 2016Hong Kong Int Film Festival 2016Animfest Athens 2016ProductionHeacutelium Films LausanneRTS Radio Teacuteleacutevision SuisseWorld RightsHeacutelium Films LausanneT +41 21 544 86 02wwwheliumfilmsch
People that look and behave like birds are try-ing to survive the cruelness of nature
Cats amp dogs
Jesuacutes peacuterez gerd gockell
Switzerland Germany 2015 6 min Without dialogue
Festivals (selection)Fantoche Baden 2015Animatou Geneva 2015Chicago Int Childrens Film Festival 2015Berlinale 2016Filmfest Muumlnchen 2016ProductionGerd Gockell Filmproduktion LucerneAnigraf Filmproduktion HannoverSRF Schweizer Radio und FernsehenWorld SalesMagnetfilm BerlinT +49 163 801 07 53wwwmagnetfilmde
An animated short film for children about friendship One cant force a friendship but an emergency can build a friendship
17
F e S T I V A L F A V O u r I T e S
Ivans NeedVeronica L Montantildeo Manuela Leuenberger Lukas Suter
Switzerland 2015 6 min | Without dialogue
Festivals (selection)Fantoche Baden 2015 Int Kurzfilmtage Winterthur 2015Animation Festival Golden KukerndashSofia 2016Int Trickfilm-Festival Stuttgart 2016IndieLisboa 2016Annecy 2016Production Hochschule Luzern Design amp KunstSRF Schweizer Radio und FernsehenWorld RightsHochschule Luzern Design amp KunstT +41 41 248 64 64animationhsluch
Ivan is obsessed with the incredible softness of the dough When kneading he gets lost in intensive daydreams not accepting that soon-er or later the master baker will turn every wonderfully elastic dough into horribly crispy bread Until he sees Alvas looooong breastswwwfacebookcomivansneed
Islanders rest
Claudius gentinetta Frank Braun
Switzerland 2016 18 min | Without dialogue
Festivals (selection)Fantoche Baden 2015 Festival de cinema de animaccedilatildeo Espinho 2015Animateka Ljubljana 2015Mumbai Shorts 2015ShortFest Palm Springs 2016ProductionGentinettafilm ZurichSRF Schweizer Radio und FernsehenWorld RightsGentinettafilm ZurichT +41 44 271 44 55wwwgentinettafilmch A bitter-sweet affectionate tale of lost inno-cence bottled-up desires and the comfort of recyclingwwwgentinettafilmchislanders_resthtml
I Felt Like destroying Something BeautifulKatrin Jucker
Switzerland 2016 3 min | Without dialogue
Festivals (selection)Holland Animation Film Festival Utrecht 2016European Media Art Festival Osnabruumlck 2016Annecy 2016Production and World RightsHochschule Luzern Design amp KunstT +41 41 248 61 14edithflueckigerhsluch
Image codes and their variations An experi-ment in databending Images morph through sound and text files and back into images
18
The Musical dragonLe dragon et la musique
Camille Muumlller
Switzerland 2015 8 min | Without dialogue
Festivals (selection)Animatou Geneva 2015Warsaw Film Festival 2015Leipzig 2015Festival de cinema de animaccedilatildeo Espinho 2015World Festival of Animated Films Zagreb 2016Production and World RightsStudio GDS CarougeT +41 22 342 72 36wwwstudio-gdsch
A little girl befriends a dragon in the woods They begin to play music together but this is not without danger for the obstinate king al-lows only military marches
ruben Leaves
Frederic Siegel
Switzerland 2015 5 min | Without dialogue
Festivals (selection)Fantoche Baden 2015Int Kurzfilmtage Winterthur 2015Premiers Plans Angers 2016Annecy 2016ProductionHochschule Luzern Design amp KunstSRF Schweizer Radio und FernsehenWorld RightsHochschule Luzern Design amp KunstT +41 41 248 64 64animationhsluch
On his way to work Ruben is haunted by obsessive-compulsive thoughts Is the front door locked Is the stove really turned off As Rubenrsquos creative mind is invaded by increas-ingly absurd scenarios reality and imagina-tion begin to merge fredericsiegelchrubenleaves
The Little girl And The NightLa petite fille et la nuit Madina Iskhakova
Switzerland Belgium France 2015 8 min Original languages French German
Festivals (selection)Animateka Ljubljana 2015 Clermont-Ferrand 2016 Oberhausen 2016World Festival of Animated Films Zagreb 2016ProductionNadasdy Film Sarl GenevaLa Boicirctehellip Productions BrusselsLes Films du Nord RoubaixWorld RightsNadasdy Film Sarl GenevaT +41 22 300 20 54wwwnadasdyfilmch
A little girl lives alone in her house in the mid-dle of nowhere She owns just a few buffalo which she takes to graze in the fields during the day In the evening she hurries home and carefully locks the windows and doors because it is then that an enormous woman appears ndash so large that she blocks the sun and turns day into night
19
F e S T I V A L F A V O u r I T e S
20
59 Seconds 59 secondes
Mauro Carraro
Switzerland France | 15 min 3D Computer animation | Original language French
ProductionNadasdy Film Sarl GenevaAutour de Minuit ParisRTS Radio Teacuteleacutevision SuisseWorld RightsNadasdy Film Sarl GenevaT +41 22 300 20 54 wwwnadasdyfilmch
59 seconds is short when it comes to changing the destinies of two people of an entire region or of a country but it can seem like a long time when the earth is trembling
A Festive Wind Vent de fecircte
Marjolaine perreten
Switzerland France | 9 min 2D Computer animation | Without dialogue
ProductionNadasdy Film Sarl GenevaFolimage Bourg-Les-ValencesRTS Radio Teacuteleacutevision SuisseWorld RightsNadasdy Film Sarl GenevaT +41 22 300 20 54wwwnadasdyfilmch
It is early morning in the square of a small Swiss village and a grand festival is being prepared Volunteers are busying themselves and the first musicians have arrived
expeCTedFAll2017
expeCTedSPRING
2017
u p C O M I N g
21
Airport Michaela Muumlller
Switzerland Croatia | 10 min Painting on glass | Without dialogue
ProductionSchick Productions ZollikonKinorama ZagrebWorld RightsSchick Productions ZollikonT +41 79 400 62 60ruedischickgmailcom
Individual identities disappear and arise in transit space Everything is in constant motion and everyone potentially suspicious
Circuit
delia hess
Switzerland | 8 min Drawn animation | Without dialogue
ProductionCineacutema Copain Ltd ZurichSRF Schweizer Radio und FernsehenWorld RightsCineacutema Copain Ltd ZurichT +41 43 322 05 11wwwcinemacopaincom
On a small planet caught up in their own little private universe the inhabitants perform their poetically surreal actions which repeat themselves in an endless loop That they are all part of a complex little ecosystem which can only function if each of them plays his or her role is something they are unaware of
expeCTedSPRING
2017
expeCTedSPRING
2017
u p C O M I N g
22
dragon Nest drachennest
Lynn gerlach
Switzerland | 6 min 2D Computer animation | Without dialogue
ProductionNadasdy Film Sarl GenevaRTS Radio Teacuteleacutevision SuisseWorld RightsNadasdy Film Sarl GenevaT +41 22 300 20 54wwwnadasdyfilmch
The expedition of a valiant knight hoping to wrench a beautiful princess from the claws of a terrible dragon finishes in a brutal and unexpected way The knight winds up a slave to the princess who is actually a shrew that has already put a poor dragon under her yoke However the two captives merely appear to be resigned to their fate
FuN-dO
Jonas raeber
Switzerland | 4 min | Original language EnglishDrawn animation 2D Computer animation
Production and World RightsSWAMP Animation LucerneT +41 41 210 45 29wwwswampfilmcom
In 2035 Ueli and Heinz take a stab at representing Switzerland with their ldquoFUN-DOrdquo song in the Eurovision Song Contest only to discover at the audition that a great deal has changed during the past years
u p C O M I N g
expeCTedSPRING
2017
expeCTedFAll2016
23
Laffaire des tableaux suissesJacob Berger Samuel guillaume Freacutedeacuteric guillaume
Switzerland | 20 min Mixed techniques | Original language French
Production and World Rights Nouvelle Tribu GenevaT +41 78 697 41 17yasminenouvelletribuch
What does painting tell us What does Swiss painting tell us about Switzerland What does it reveal about who we are Comparing three iconic works with dozens of images drawn from six centuries of Swiss pictorial photographic filmic and sculptural art this film is an unusual voyage extravagant and poetic through the tortured meanderings of identity politics and aesthetics
La femme canon
david Toutevoix Albertine Zullo
Switzerland | 12 min Stop motion | Original language French
Production and World RightsHeacutelium Films LausanneT +41 21 544 86 02wwwheliumfilmsch
Day after day female cannonball Madeleine is shot kilometres from her home and has to return on foot When she arrives home ex-hausted she finds her satisfied husband waiting for her reading the newspaper in front of a big plate of spaghetti with tomato sauce But one evening Madeleine doesnt come home
u p C O M I N g
expeCTedSuMMeR
2016
expeCTedFAll2017
24
Les grattes-ciel
Fabienne giezendanner
Switzerland France | 10 min 2D Computer animation | Without dialogue
ProductionNadasdy Film Sarl GenevaRTS Radio Teacuteleacutevision SuisseZeacutero de Conduite Productions LilleWorld RightsNadasdy Film Sarl GenevaT +41 22 300 20 54wwwnadasdyfilmch
Strange objects lifted by cranes are rising in the sky Gradually two buildings are erected Two billionaires Agenor-Agobar Poirier des Chapelles and Willigis Kittycly Junior assisted by the most highly paid architects in the world are each building a skyscraper ever higher and more luxurious ndash but how high will they go
un fait-divers eacutetrange
Antoine guex
Switzerland | 5 min | Original language French Drawing on paper 2D Computer animation
ProductionAntoine Guex ndash Les Productions Remue Meacutenage LausanneRTS Radio Teacuteleacutevision SuisseWorld RightsAntoine Guex ndash Les Productions Remue Meacutenage LausanneT +41 21 646 03 92antoineguexbluewinch
A cat and a dog are having difficulty living under the same roof One day the cat tired of the incessant quarrelling with the dog decides to get rid of him and invites him out of the house to an unnamed destination Intrigued and hungry the dog follows the cat in the hopes of finding something to eat He has no idea he is about to become the victim of a strange news item
u p C O M I N g
expeCTedSPRING
2017
expeCTedSPRING
2017
25
Vaniteacutes Zoltaacuten horvaacuteth
Switzerland | 12 min | Mixed techniquesOriginal languages German French Russian
ProductionNadasdy Film Sarl GenevaRTS Radio Teacuteleacutevision SuisseWorld RightsNadasdy Film Sarl GenevaT +41 22 300 20 54wwwnadasdyfilmch
Somewhere on the shores of a Russian lake a recreational fisher-man and his guide are preparing to haul to the surface something much more than an extraordinary fish the demonstration that in the face of death seeking wealth or appearance is a vain pursuit
Vertico
elie Chapuis Lynn devillaz
Switzerland | 5 min | Mixed techniques Sand animation Pixilation | Without dialogue
Production and World RightsHeacutelium Films LausanneT +41 21 544 86 02wwwheliumfilmsch
An experimental film bringing together 11 Geneva illustrators ex-pressing themselves through direct animation techniques rostrum camera pixilation and animation of objects
u p C O M I N g
expeCTedSPRING
2017
expeCTedFAll2016
27
Les fables de lhomme (working title)
ralph And The dinosaursralph et les dinosaures
Jonas raeber director of Credo (2000)
gruumlezi (1995)and hoping For Better Times (1993)
2D Computer animationSWAMP Animation Lucerne
Planned for Summer 2017
Freacutedeacuteric guillaume Samuel guillaumedirectors of Max amp Co (2007)
Le conte des sables dor (2015)and The Night Of The Bear (2012)
Feature length in developmentHybrid techniques
Caravel Production Sagraverl LausannePlanned for Winter 2019
Isabelle Favezdirector of Air-Mail (2015)
and Au coeur de lhiver (2012)
2D Computer animationNadasdy Film Sarl Geneva
La Boicirctehellip Productions BrusselsPlanned for Spring 2017
der kleine Vogel und die raupe
The Cageder Kaumlfig
Lena von doumlhren director of The Little Bird
And The Squirrel (2014) and The Little Bird
And The Leaf (2012)
Digital cutoutSchattenkabinett GmbH Bern
Planned for Spring 2017
Freacutedeacuteric guillaume Samuel guillaumedirectors of Max amp Co (2007)
Le conte des sables dor (2015)and The Night Of The Bear (2012)
Hybrid techniques Caravel Production Sagraverl Lausanne
Planned for Fall 2017
Marcel Barellidirector of Lucens (2015)
and Vigia (2013)
2D Computer animationNadasdy Film Sarl Geneva
Vivement Lundi RennesPlanned for Fall 2017
Le renard et loiseau (working title)
Zibila ou la vie zebreacutee
I N p r O d u C T I O N
Visit us at our stands at
Festival del film Locarno Toronto International Film Festival Short Film Market in Clermont-Ferrand Berlinale european Film Market eFM Cannes Village International
Neugasse 6 | Postfach | CH-8031 Zuumlrich | T +41 43 211 40 50
infoswissfilmsch | wwwswissfilmsch
15
Switzerland France 2016 10 minStop motion
Without dialogueProduction
Nadasdy Film Sarl GenevaFolimage Bourg-Les-Valences
RTS Radio Teacuteleacutevision SuisseWorld Rights
Nadasdy Film Sarl GenevaT +41 22 300 20 54
wwwnadasdyfilmch
Anne Baillod 1960 in Geneva In 1987 she received her
degree from the Eacutecole Supeacuterieure dArt Visuel (ESAV) Geneva in animation and engraving She works as an animation director photo-grapher does engravings and installations
Co-founded Ivanko Films in 1996
Jean Faravel 1958 in Morges He attended the Haute eacutecole drsquoart et de design (HEAD) in Geneva He works
as a sound engineer and film director as well as in theatre productions Co-founder of Ivanko
Films with Anne Baillod in 1996
Adapted from a story by Anderson the film tells the tale of a little girl who peddles matches Failing to sell them she ends up burning them all These moments of warmth are accompanied by happy visions culminating in the apparition of her deceased grandmother
Anne Baillod Jean Faravel
N e W S h O r T S
The Little Match girlLa petite marchande dallumettes
16
1986 in Switzerland Remo Scherrerstudied at Switzerlandrsquos renowned schoolfor animated film the Lucerne School of Art and Design ndash Master of Arts in FilmWHATEVER THE WEATHER is RemoScherrers Masters degree film which premiered in Cannes at the Cineacutefondation Selection
Wallyrsquos childhood is increasingly turned upside down by her mothers alcohol addiction She experiences the excesses and consequences of addiction first hand Desperately the eight-year-old tries to keep up normality in her own life and the life of her family by any means A roller coaster ride between helplessness exces-sive demands and desperation begins A daily struggle for survivalwwwbeiwindundwetterch
N e W S h O r T S
SwitzerlandAniDoc 2016 11 min 2D Computer animationOriginal language GermanWorld premiereCannes 2016(Cineacutefondation Selection)ProductionZeitraum Film GmbH AdliswilHochschule Luzern Design amp KunstSRF Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen SRG SSRWorld SalesInterfilm Berlin Management GmbH BerlinT +49 30 25 94 29 04wwwinterfilmde
remo Scherrer
Whatever The Weather Bei Wind und Wetter
F e S T I V A L F A V O u r I T e S
erlking erlkoumlnig
georges Schwizgebel
Switzerland 2015 6 min | Without dialogue
Festivals (selection)Festival del film Locarno 2015Fantoche Baden 2015 Sitges 2015 Media Arts Festival Tokyo 2016Annecy 2016 Production Studio GDS CarougeRTS Radio Teacuteleacutevision SuisseWorld Sales Studio GDS CarougeT +41 22 342 72 36wwwstudio-gdsch
A father rides through the dark forest with his son The sick child thinks he sees the Erl-king who both charms and frightens him Based on Goethes poem Erlkoumlnig and the mu-sic of Schubert and Liszt comes a new film by Georges Schwizgebel one of Switzerlands leading animation film directors
Birdz
emilien davaud
Switzerland 2016 11 min | Without dialogue
Festivals (selection)Int Short Film Festival Tampere 2016European Short Film Festival-FEC Cambrils-Reus 2016Hong Kong Int Film Festival 2016Animfest Athens 2016ProductionHeacutelium Films LausanneRTS Radio Teacuteleacutevision SuisseWorld RightsHeacutelium Films LausanneT +41 21 544 86 02wwwheliumfilmsch
People that look and behave like birds are try-ing to survive the cruelness of nature
Cats amp dogs
Jesuacutes peacuterez gerd gockell
Switzerland Germany 2015 6 min Without dialogue
Festivals (selection)Fantoche Baden 2015Animatou Geneva 2015Chicago Int Childrens Film Festival 2015Berlinale 2016Filmfest Muumlnchen 2016ProductionGerd Gockell Filmproduktion LucerneAnigraf Filmproduktion HannoverSRF Schweizer Radio und FernsehenWorld SalesMagnetfilm BerlinT +49 163 801 07 53wwwmagnetfilmde
An animated short film for children about friendship One cant force a friendship but an emergency can build a friendship
17
F e S T I V A L F A V O u r I T e S
Ivans NeedVeronica L Montantildeo Manuela Leuenberger Lukas Suter
Switzerland 2015 6 min | Without dialogue
Festivals (selection)Fantoche Baden 2015 Int Kurzfilmtage Winterthur 2015Animation Festival Golden KukerndashSofia 2016Int Trickfilm-Festival Stuttgart 2016IndieLisboa 2016Annecy 2016Production Hochschule Luzern Design amp KunstSRF Schweizer Radio und FernsehenWorld RightsHochschule Luzern Design amp KunstT +41 41 248 64 64animationhsluch
Ivan is obsessed with the incredible softness of the dough When kneading he gets lost in intensive daydreams not accepting that soon-er or later the master baker will turn every wonderfully elastic dough into horribly crispy bread Until he sees Alvas looooong breastswwwfacebookcomivansneed
Islanders rest
Claudius gentinetta Frank Braun
Switzerland 2016 18 min | Without dialogue
Festivals (selection)Fantoche Baden 2015 Festival de cinema de animaccedilatildeo Espinho 2015Animateka Ljubljana 2015Mumbai Shorts 2015ShortFest Palm Springs 2016ProductionGentinettafilm ZurichSRF Schweizer Radio und FernsehenWorld RightsGentinettafilm ZurichT +41 44 271 44 55wwwgentinettafilmch A bitter-sweet affectionate tale of lost inno-cence bottled-up desires and the comfort of recyclingwwwgentinettafilmchislanders_resthtml
I Felt Like destroying Something BeautifulKatrin Jucker
Switzerland 2016 3 min | Without dialogue
Festivals (selection)Holland Animation Film Festival Utrecht 2016European Media Art Festival Osnabruumlck 2016Annecy 2016Production and World RightsHochschule Luzern Design amp KunstT +41 41 248 61 14edithflueckigerhsluch
Image codes and their variations An experi-ment in databending Images morph through sound and text files and back into images
18
The Musical dragonLe dragon et la musique
Camille Muumlller
Switzerland 2015 8 min | Without dialogue
Festivals (selection)Animatou Geneva 2015Warsaw Film Festival 2015Leipzig 2015Festival de cinema de animaccedilatildeo Espinho 2015World Festival of Animated Films Zagreb 2016Production and World RightsStudio GDS CarougeT +41 22 342 72 36wwwstudio-gdsch
A little girl befriends a dragon in the woods They begin to play music together but this is not without danger for the obstinate king al-lows only military marches
ruben Leaves
Frederic Siegel
Switzerland 2015 5 min | Without dialogue
Festivals (selection)Fantoche Baden 2015Int Kurzfilmtage Winterthur 2015Premiers Plans Angers 2016Annecy 2016ProductionHochschule Luzern Design amp KunstSRF Schweizer Radio und FernsehenWorld RightsHochschule Luzern Design amp KunstT +41 41 248 64 64animationhsluch
On his way to work Ruben is haunted by obsessive-compulsive thoughts Is the front door locked Is the stove really turned off As Rubenrsquos creative mind is invaded by increas-ingly absurd scenarios reality and imagina-tion begin to merge fredericsiegelchrubenleaves
The Little girl And The NightLa petite fille et la nuit Madina Iskhakova
Switzerland Belgium France 2015 8 min Original languages French German
Festivals (selection)Animateka Ljubljana 2015 Clermont-Ferrand 2016 Oberhausen 2016World Festival of Animated Films Zagreb 2016ProductionNadasdy Film Sarl GenevaLa Boicirctehellip Productions BrusselsLes Films du Nord RoubaixWorld RightsNadasdy Film Sarl GenevaT +41 22 300 20 54wwwnadasdyfilmch
A little girl lives alone in her house in the mid-dle of nowhere She owns just a few buffalo which she takes to graze in the fields during the day In the evening she hurries home and carefully locks the windows and doors because it is then that an enormous woman appears ndash so large that she blocks the sun and turns day into night
19
F e S T I V A L F A V O u r I T e S
20
59 Seconds 59 secondes
Mauro Carraro
Switzerland France | 15 min 3D Computer animation | Original language French
ProductionNadasdy Film Sarl GenevaAutour de Minuit ParisRTS Radio Teacuteleacutevision SuisseWorld RightsNadasdy Film Sarl GenevaT +41 22 300 20 54 wwwnadasdyfilmch
59 seconds is short when it comes to changing the destinies of two people of an entire region or of a country but it can seem like a long time when the earth is trembling
A Festive Wind Vent de fecircte
Marjolaine perreten
Switzerland France | 9 min 2D Computer animation | Without dialogue
ProductionNadasdy Film Sarl GenevaFolimage Bourg-Les-ValencesRTS Radio Teacuteleacutevision SuisseWorld RightsNadasdy Film Sarl GenevaT +41 22 300 20 54wwwnadasdyfilmch
It is early morning in the square of a small Swiss village and a grand festival is being prepared Volunteers are busying themselves and the first musicians have arrived
expeCTedFAll2017
expeCTedSPRING
2017
u p C O M I N g
21
Airport Michaela Muumlller
Switzerland Croatia | 10 min Painting on glass | Without dialogue
ProductionSchick Productions ZollikonKinorama ZagrebWorld RightsSchick Productions ZollikonT +41 79 400 62 60ruedischickgmailcom
Individual identities disappear and arise in transit space Everything is in constant motion and everyone potentially suspicious
Circuit
delia hess
Switzerland | 8 min Drawn animation | Without dialogue
ProductionCineacutema Copain Ltd ZurichSRF Schweizer Radio und FernsehenWorld RightsCineacutema Copain Ltd ZurichT +41 43 322 05 11wwwcinemacopaincom
On a small planet caught up in their own little private universe the inhabitants perform their poetically surreal actions which repeat themselves in an endless loop That they are all part of a complex little ecosystem which can only function if each of them plays his or her role is something they are unaware of
expeCTedSPRING
2017
expeCTedSPRING
2017
u p C O M I N g
22
dragon Nest drachennest
Lynn gerlach
Switzerland | 6 min 2D Computer animation | Without dialogue
ProductionNadasdy Film Sarl GenevaRTS Radio Teacuteleacutevision SuisseWorld RightsNadasdy Film Sarl GenevaT +41 22 300 20 54wwwnadasdyfilmch
The expedition of a valiant knight hoping to wrench a beautiful princess from the claws of a terrible dragon finishes in a brutal and unexpected way The knight winds up a slave to the princess who is actually a shrew that has already put a poor dragon under her yoke However the two captives merely appear to be resigned to their fate
FuN-dO
Jonas raeber
Switzerland | 4 min | Original language EnglishDrawn animation 2D Computer animation
Production and World RightsSWAMP Animation LucerneT +41 41 210 45 29wwwswampfilmcom
In 2035 Ueli and Heinz take a stab at representing Switzerland with their ldquoFUN-DOrdquo song in the Eurovision Song Contest only to discover at the audition that a great deal has changed during the past years
u p C O M I N g
expeCTedSPRING
2017
expeCTedFAll2016
23
Laffaire des tableaux suissesJacob Berger Samuel guillaume Freacutedeacuteric guillaume
Switzerland | 20 min Mixed techniques | Original language French
Production and World Rights Nouvelle Tribu GenevaT +41 78 697 41 17yasminenouvelletribuch
What does painting tell us What does Swiss painting tell us about Switzerland What does it reveal about who we are Comparing three iconic works with dozens of images drawn from six centuries of Swiss pictorial photographic filmic and sculptural art this film is an unusual voyage extravagant and poetic through the tortured meanderings of identity politics and aesthetics
La femme canon
david Toutevoix Albertine Zullo
Switzerland | 12 min Stop motion | Original language French
Production and World RightsHeacutelium Films LausanneT +41 21 544 86 02wwwheliumfilmsch
Day after day female cannonball Madeleine is shot kilometres from her home and has to return on foot When she arrives home ex-hausted she finds her satisfied husband waiting for her reading the newspaper in front of a big plate of spaghetti with tomato sauce But one evening Madeleine doesnt come home
u p C O M I N g
expeCTedSuMMeR
2016
expeCTedFAll2017
24
Les grattes-ciel
Fabienne giezendanner
Switzerland France | 10 min 2D Computer animation | Without dialogue
ProductionNadasdy Film Sarl GenevaRTS Radio Teacuteleacutevision SuisseZeacutero de Conduite Productions LilleWorld RightsNadasdy Film Sarl GenevaT +41 22 300 20 54wwwnadasdyfilmch
Strange objects lifted by cranes are rising in the sky Gradually two buildings are erected Two billionaires Agenor-Agobar Poirier des Chapelles and Willigis Kittycly Junior assisted by the most highly paid architects in the world are each building a skyscraper ever higher and more luxurious ndash but how high will they go
un fait-divers eacutetrange
Antoine guex
Switzerland | 5 min | Original language French Drawing on paper 2D Computer animation
ProductionAntoine Guex ndash Les Productions Remue Meacutenage LausanneRTS Radio Teacuteleacutevision SuisseWorld RightsAntoine Guex ndash Les Productions Remue Meacutenage LausanneT +41 21 646 03 92antoineguexbluewinch
A cat and a dog are having difficulty living under the same roof One day the cat tired of the incessant quarrelling with the dog decides to get rid of him and invites him out of the house to an unnamed destination Intrigued and hungry the dog follows the cat in the hopes of finding something to eat He has no idea he is about to become the victim of a strange news item
u p C O M I N g
expeCTedSPRING
2017
expeCTedSPRING
2017
25
Vaniteacutes Zoltaacuten horvaacuteth
Switzerland | 12 min | Mixed techniquesOriginal languages German French Russian
ProductionNadasdy Film Sarl GenevaRTS Radio Teacuteleacutevision SuisseWorld RightsNadasdy Film Sarl GenevaT +41 22 300 20 54wwwnadasdyfilmch
Somewhere on the shores of a Russian lake a recreational fisher-man and his guide are preparing to haul to the surface something much more than an extraordinary fish the demonstration that in the face of death seeking wealth or appearance is a vain pursuit
Vertico
elie Chapuis Lynn devillaz
Switzerland | 5 min | Mixed techniques Sand animation Pixilation | Without dialogue
Production and World RightsHeacutelium Films LausanneT +41 21 544 86 02wwwheliumfilmsch
An experimental film bringing together 11 Geneva illustrators ex-pressing themselves through direct animation techniques rostrum camera pixilation and animation of objects
u p C O M I N g
expeCTedSPRING
2017
expeCTedFAll2016
27
Les fables de lhomme (working title)
ralph And The dinosaursralph et les dinosaures
Jonas raeber director of Credo (2000)
gruumlezi (1995)and hoping For Better Times (1993)
2D Computer animationSWAMP Animation Lucerne
Planned for Summer 2017
Freacutedeacuteric guillaume Samuel guillaumedirectors of Max amp Co (2007)
Le conte des sables dor (2015)and The Night Of The Bear (2012)
Feature length in developmentHybrid techniques
Caravel Production Sagraverl LausannePlanned for Winter 2019
Isabelle Favezdirector of Air-Mail (2015)
and Au coeur de lhiver (2012)
2D Computer animationNadasdy Film Sarl Geneva
La Boicirctehellip Productions BrusselsPlanned for Spring 2017
der kleine Vogel und die raupe
The Cageder Kaumlfig
Lena von doumlhren director of The Little Bird
And The Squirrel (2014) and The Little Bird
And The Leaf (2012)
Digital cutoutSchattenkabinett GmbH Bern
Planned for Spring 2017
Freacutedeacuteric guillaume Samuel guillaumedirectors of Max amp Co (2007)
Le conte des sables dor (2015)and The Night Of The Bear (2012)
Hybrid techniques Caravel Production Sagraverl Lausanne
Planned for Fall 2017
Marcel Barellidirector of Lucens (2015)
and Vigia (2013)
2D Computer animationNadasdy Film Sarl Geneva
Vivement Lundi RennesPlanned for Fall 2017
Le renard et loiseau (working title)
Zibila ou la vie zebreacutee
I N p r O d u C T I O N
Visit us at our stands at
Festival del film Locarno Toronto International Film Festival Short Film Market in Clermont-Ferrand Berlinale european Film Market eFM Cannes Village International
Neugasse 6 | Postfach | CH-8031 Zuumlrich | T +41 43 211 40 50
infoswissfilmsch | wwwswissfilmsch
16
1986 in Switzerland Remo Scherrerstudied at Switzerlandrsquos renowned schoolfor animated film the Lucerne School of Art and Design ndash Master of Arts in FilmWHATEVER THE WEATHER is RemoScherrers Masters degree film which premiered in Cannes at the Cineacutefondation Selection
Wallyrsquos childhood is increasingly turned upside down by her mothers alcohol addiction She experiences the excesses and consequences of addiction first hand Desperately the eight-year-old tries to keep up normality in her own life and the life of her family by any means A roller coaster ride between helplessness exces-sive demands and desperation begins A daily struggle for survivalwwwbeiwindundwetterch
N e W S h O r T S
SwitzerlandAniDoc 2016 11 min 2D Computer animationOriginal language GermanWorld premiereCannes 2016(Cineacutefondation Selection)ProductionZeitraum Film GmbH AdliswilHochschule Luzern Design amp KunstSRF Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen SRG SSRWorld SalesInterfilm Berlin Management GmbH BerlinT +49 30 25 94 29 04wwwinterfilmde
remo Scherrer
Whatever The Weather Bei Wind und Wetter
F e S T I V A L F A V O u r I T e S
erlking erlkoumlnig
georges Schwizgebel
Switzerland 2015 6 min | Without dialogue
Festivals (selection)Festival del film Locarno 2015Fantoche Baden 2015 Sitges 2015 Media Arts Festival Tokyo 2016Annecy 2016 Production Studio GDS CarougeRTS Radio Teacuteleacutevision SuisseWorld Sales Studio GDS CarougeT +41 22 342 72 36wwwstudio-gdsch
A father rides through the dark forest with his son The sick child thinks he sees the Erl-king who both charms and frightens him Based on Goethes poem Erlkoumlnig and the mu-sic of Schubert and Liszt comes a new film by Georges Schwizgebel one of Switzerlands leading animation film directors
Birdz
emilien davaud
Switzerland 2016 11 min | Without dialogue
Festivals (selection)Int Short Film Festival Tampere 2016European Short Film Festival-FEC Cambrils-Reus 2016Hong Kong Int Film Festival 2016Animfest Athens 2016ProductionHeacutelium Films LausanneRTS Radio Teacuteleacutevision SuisseWorld RightsHeacutelium Films LausanneT +41 21 544 86 02wwwheliumfilmsch
People that look and behave like birds are try-ing to survive the cruelness of nature
Cats amp dogs
Jesuacutes peacuterez gerd gockell
Switzerland Germany 2015 6 min Without dialogue
Festivals (selection)Fantoche Baden 2015Animatou Geneva 2015Chicago Int Childrens Film Festival 2015Berlinale 2016Filmfest Muumlnchen 2016ProductionGerd Gockell Filmproduktion LucerneAnigraf Filmproduktion HannoverSRF Schweizer Radio und FernsehenWorld SalesMagnetfilm BerlinT +49 163 801 07 53wwwmagnetfilmde
An animated short film for children about friendship One cant force a friendship but an emergency can build a friendship
17
F e S T I V A L F A V O u r I T e S
Ivans NeedVeronica L Montantildeo Manuela Leuenberger Lukas Suter
Switzerland 2015 6 min | Without dialogue
Festivals (selection)Fantoche Baden 2015 Int Kurzfilmtage Winterthur 2015Animation Festival Golden KukerndashSofia 2016Int Trickfilm-Festival Stuttgart 2016IndieLisboa 2016Annecy 2016Production Hochschule Luzern Design amp KunstSRF Schweizer Radio und FernsehenWorld RightsHochschule Luzern Design amp KunstT +41 41 248 64 64animationhsluch
Ivan is obsessed with the incredible softness of the dough When kneading he gets lost in intensive daydreams not accepting that soon-er or later the master baker will turn every wonderfully elastic dough into horribly crispy bread Until he sees Alvas looooong breastswwwfacebookcomivansneed
Islanders rest
Claudius gentinetta Frank Braun
Switzerland 2016 18 min | Without dialogue
Festivals (selection)Fantoche Baden 2015 Festival de cinema de animaccedilatildeo Espinho 2015Animateka Ljubljana 2015Mumbai Shorts 2015ShortFest Palm Springs 2016ProductionGentinettafilm ZurichSRF Schweizer Radio und FernsehenWorld RightsGentinettafilm ZurichT +41 44 271 44 55wwwgentinettafilmch A bitter-sweet affectionate tale of lost inno-cence bottled-up desires and the comfort of recyclingwwwgentinettafilmchislanders_resthtml
I Felt Like destroying Something BeautifulKatrin Jucker
Switzerland 2016 3 min | Without dialogue
Festivals (selection)Holland Animation Film Festival Utrecht 2016European Media Art Festival Osnabruumlck 2016Annecy 2016Production and World RightsHochschule Luzern Design amp KunstT +41 41 248 61 14edithflueckigerhsluch
Image codes and their variations An experi-ment in databending Images morph through sound and text files and back into images
18
The Musical dragonLe dragon et la musique
Camille Muumlller
Switzerland 2015 8 min | Without dialogue
Festivals (selection)Animatou Geneva 2015Warsaw Film Festival 2015Leipzig 2015Festival de cinema de animaccedilatildeo Espinho 2015World Festival of Animated Films Zagreb 2016Production and World RightsStudio GDS CarougeT +41 22 342 72 36wwwstudio-gdsch
A little girl befriends a dragon in the woods They begin to play music together but this is not without danger for the obstinate king al-lows only military marches
ruben Leaves
Frederic Siegel
Switzerland 2015 5 min | Without dialogue
Festivals (selection)Fantoche Baden 2015Int Kurzfilmtage Winterthur 2015Premiers Plans Angers 2016Annecy 2016ProductionHochschule Luzern Design amp KunstSRF Schweizer Radio und FernsehenWorld RightsHochschule Luzern Design amp KunstT +41 41 248 64 64animationhsluch
On his way to work Ruben is haunted by obsessive-compulsive thoughts Is the front door locked Is the stove really turned off As Rubenrsquos creative mind is invaded by increas-ingly absurd scenarios reality and imagina-tion begin to merge fredericsiegelchrubenleaves
The Little girl And The NightLa petite fille et la nuit Madina Iskhakova
Switzerland Belgium France 2015 8 min Original languages French German
Festivals (selection)Animateka Ljubljana 2015 Clermont-Ferrand 2016 Oberhausen 2016World Festival of Animated Films Zagreb 2016ProductionNadasdy Film Sarl GenevaLa Boicirctehellip Productions BrusselsLes Films du Nord RoubaixWorld RightsNadasdy Film Sarl GenevaT +41 22 300 20 54wwwnadasdyfilmch
A little girl lives alone in her house in the mid-dle of nowhere She owns just a few buffalo which she takes to graze in the fields during the day In the evening she hurries home and carefully locks the windows and doors because it is then that an enormous woman appears ndash so large that she blocks the sun and turns day into night
19
F e S T I V A L F A V O u r I T e S
20
59 Seconds 59 secondes
Mauro Carraro
Switzerland France | 15 min 3D Computer animation | Original language French
ProductionNadasdy Film Sarl GenevaAutour de Minuit ParisRTS Radio Teacuteleacutevision SuisseWorld RightsNadasdy Film Sarl GenevaT +41 22 300 20 54 wwwnadasdyfilmch
59 seconds is short when it comes to changing the destinies of two people of an entire region or of a country but it can seem like a long time when the earth is trembling
A Festive Wind Vent de fecircte
Marjolaine perreten
Switzerland France | 9 min 2D Computer animation | Without dialogue
ProductionNadasdy Film Sarl GenevaFolimage Bourg-Les-ValencesRTS Radio Teacuteleacutevision SuisseWorld RightsNadasdy Film Sarl GenevaT +41 22 300 20 54wwwnadasdyfilmch
It is early morning in the square of a small Swiss village and a grand festival is being prepared Volunteers are busying themselves and the first musicians have arrived
expeCTedFAll2017
expeCTedSPRING
2017
u p C O M I N g
21
Airport Michaela Muumlller
Switzerland Croatia | 10 min Painting on glass | Without dialogue
ProductionSchick Productions ZollikonKinorama ZagrebWorld RightsSchick Productions ZollikonT +41 79 400 62 60ruedischickgmailcom
Individual identities disappear and arise in transit space Everything is in constant motion and everyone potentially suspicious
Circuit
delia hess
Switzerland | 8 min Drawn animation | Without dialogue
ProductionCineacutema Copain Ltd ZurichSRF Schweizer Radio und FernsehenWorld RightsCineacutema Copain Ltd ZurichT +41 43 322 05 11wwwcinemacopaincom
On a small planet caught up in their own little private universe the inhabitants perform their poetically surreal actions which repeat themselves in an endless loop That they are all part of a complex little ecosystem which can only function if each of them plays his or her role is something they are unaware of
expeCTedSPRING
2017
expeCTedSPRING
2017
u p C O M I N g
22
dragon Nest drachennest
Lynn gerlach
Switzerland | 6 min 2D Computer animation | Without dialogue
ProductionNadasdy Film Sarl GenevaRTS Radio Teacuteleacutevision SuisseWorld RightsNadasdy Film Sarl GenevaT +41 22 300 20 54wwwnadasdyfilmch
The expedition of a valiant knight hoping to wrench a beautiful princess from the claws of a terrible dragon finishes in a brutal and unexpected way The knight winds up a slave to the princess who is actually a shrew that has already put a poor dragon under her yoke However the two captives merely appear to be resigned to their fate
FuN-dO
Jonas raeber
Switzerland | 4 min | Original language EnglishDrawn animation 2D Computer animation
Production and World RightsSWAMP Animation LucerneT +41 41 210 45 29wwwswampfilmcom
In 2035 Ueli and Heinz take a stab at representing Switzerland with their ldquoFUN-DOrdquo song in the Eurovision Song Contest only to discover at the audition that a great deal has changed during the past years
u p C O M I N g
expeCTedSPRING
2017
expeCTedFAll2016
23
Laffaire des tableaux suissesJacob Berger Samuel guillaume Freacutedeacuteric guillaume
Switzerland | 20 min Mixed techniques | Original language French
Production and World Rights Nouvelle Tribu GenevaT +41 78 697 41 17yasminenouvelletribuch
What does painting tell us What does Swiss painting tell us about Switzerland What does it reveal about who we are Comparing three iconic works with dozens of images drawn from six centuries of Swiss pictorial photographic filmic and sculptural art this film is an unusual voyage extravagant and poetic through the tortured meanderings of identity politics and aesthetics
La femme canon
david Toutevoix Albertine Zullo
Switzerland | 12 min Stop motion | Original language French
Production and World RightsHeacutelium Films LausanneT +41 21 544 86 02wwwheliumfilmsch
Day after day female cannonball Madeleine is shot kilometres from her home and has to return on foot When she arrives home ex-hausted she finds her satisfied husband waiting for her reading the newspaper in front of a big plate of spaghetti with tomato sauce But one evening Madeleine doesnt come home
u p C O M I N g
expeCTedSuMMeR
2016
expeCTedFAll2017
24
Les grattes-ciel
Fabienne giezendanner
Switzerland France | 10 min 2D Computer animation | Without dialogue
ProductionNadasdy Film Sarl GenevaRTS Radio Teacuteleacutevision SuisseZeacutero de Conduite Productions LilleWorld RightsNadasdy Film Sarl GenevaT +41 22 300 20 54wwwnadasdyfilmch
Strange objects lifted by cranes are rising in the sky Gradually two buildings are erected Two billionaires Agenor-Agobar Poirier des Chapelles and Willigis Kittycly Junior assisted by the most highly paid architects in the world are each building a skyscraper ever higher and more luxurious ndash but how high will they go
un fait-divers eacutetrange
Antoine guex
Switzerland | 5 min | Original language French Drawing on paper 2D Computer animation
ProductionAntoine Guex ndash Les Productions Remue Meacutenage LausanneRTS Radio Teacuteleacutevision SuisseWorld RightsAntoine Guex ndash Les Productions Remue Meacutenage LausanneT +41 21 646 03 92antoineguexbluewinch
A cat and a dog are having difficulty living under the same roof One day the cat tired of the incessant quarrelling with the dog decides to get rid of him and invites him out of the house to an unnamed destination Intrigued and hungry the dog follows the cat in the hopes of finding something to eat He has no idea he is about to become the victim of a strange news item
u p C O M I N g
expeCTedSPRING
2017
expeCTedSPRING
2017
25
Vaniteacutes Zoltaacuten horvaacuteth
Switzerland | 12 min | Mixed techniquesOriginal languages German French Russian
ProductionNadasdy Film Sarl GenevaRTS Radio Teacuteleacutevision SuisseWorld RightsNadasdy Film Sarl GenevaT +41 22 300 20 54wwwnadasdyfilmch
Somewhere on the shores of a Russian lake a recreational fisher-man and his guide are preparing to haul to the surface something much more than an extraordinary fish the demonstration that in the face of death seeking wealth or appearance is a vain pursuit
Vertico
elie Chapuis Lynn devillaz
Switzerland | 5 min | Mixed techniques Sand animation Pixilation | Without dialogue
Production and World RightsHeacutelium Films LausanneT +41 21 544 86 02wwwheliumfilmsch
An experimental film bringing together 11 Geneva illustrators ex-pressing themselves through direct animation techniques rostrum camera pixilation and animation of objects
u p C O M I N g
expeCTedSPRING
2017
expeCTedFAll2016
27
Les fables de lhomme (working title)
ralph And The dinosaursralph et les dinosaures
Jonas raeber director of Credo (2000)
gruumlezi (1995)and hoping For Better Times (1993)
2D Computer animationSWAMP Animation Lucerne
Planned for Summer 2017
Freacutedeacuteric guillaume Samuel guillaumedirectors of Max amp Co (2007)
Le conte des sables dor (2015)and The Night Of The Bear (2012)
Feature length in developmentHybrid techniques
Caravel Production Sagraverl LausannePlanned for Winter 2019
Isabelle Favezdirector of Air-Mail (2015)
and Au coeur de lhiver (2012)
2D Computer animationNadasdy Film Sarl Geneva
La Boicirctehellip Productions BrusselsPlanned for Spring 2017
der kleine Vogel und die raupe
The Cageder Kaumlfig
Lena von doumlhren director of The Little Bird
And The Squirrel (2014) and The Little Bird
And The Leaf (2012)
Digital cutoutSchattenkabinett GmbH Bern
Planned for Spring 2017
Freacutedeacuteric guillaume Samuel guillaumedirectors of Max amp Co (2007)
Le conte des sables dor (2015)and The Night Of The Bear (2012)
Hybrid techniques Caravel Production Sagraverl Lausanne
Planned for Fall 2017
Marcel Barellidirector of Lucens (2015)
and Vigia (2013)
2D Computer animationNadasdy Film Sarl Geneva
Vivement Lundi RennesPlanned for Fall 2017
Le renard et loiseau (working title)
Zibila ou la vie zebreacutee
I N p r O d u C T I O N
Visit us at our stands at
Festival del film Locarno Toronto International Film Festival Short Film Market in Clermont-Ferrand Berlinale european Film Market eFM Cannes Village International
Neugasse 6 | Postfach | CH-8031 Zuumlrich | T +41 43 211 40 50
infoswissfilmsch | wwwswissfilmsch
F e S T I V A L F A V O u r I T e S
erlking erlkoumlnig
georges Schwizgebel
Switzerland 2015 6 min | Without dialogue
Festivals (selection)Festival del film Locarno 2015Fantoche Baden 2015 Sitges 2015 Media Arts Festival Tokyo 2016Annecy 2016 Production Studio GDS CarougeRTS Radio Teacuteleacutevision SuisseWorld Sales Studio GDS CarougeT +41 22 342 72 36wwwstudio-gdsch
A father rides through the dark forest with his son The sick child thinks he sees the Erl-king who both charms and frightens him Based on Goethes poem Erlkoumlnig and the mu-sic of Schubert and Liszt comes a new film by Georges Schwizgebel one of Switzerlands leading animation film directors
Birdz
emilien davaud
Switzerland 2016 11 min | Without dialogue
Festivals (selection)Int Short Film Festival Tampere 2016European Short Film Festival-FEC Cambrils-Reus 2016Hong Kong Int Film Festival 2016Animfest Athens 2016ProductionHeacutelium Films LausanneRTS Radio Teacuteleacutevision SuisseWorld RightsHeacutelium Films LausanneT +41 21 544 86 02wwwheliumfilmsch
People that look and behave like birds are try-ing to survive the cruelness of nature
Cats amp dogs
Jesuacutes peacuterez gerd gockell
Switzerland Germany 2015 6 min Without dialogue
Festivals (selection)Fantoche Baden 2015Animatou Geneva 2015Chicago Int Childrens Film Festival 2015Berlinale 2016Filmfest Muumlnchen 2016ProductionGerd Gockell Filmproduktion LucerneAnigraf Filmproduktion HannoverSRF Schweizer Radio und FernsehenWorld SalesMagnetfilm BerlinT +49 163 801 07 53wwwmagnetfilmde
An animated short film for children about friendship One cant force a friendship but an emergency can build a friendship
17
F e S T I V A L F A V O u r I T e S
Ivans NeedVeronica L Montantildeo Manuela Leuenberger Lukas Suter
Switzerland 2015 6 min | Without dialogue
Festivals (selection)Fantoche Baden 2015 Int Kurzfilmtage Winterthur 2015Animation Festival Golden KukerndashSofia 2016Int Trickfilm-Festival Stuttgart 2016IndieLisboa 2016Annecy 2016Production Hochschule Luzern Design amp KunstSRF Schweizer Radio und FernsehenWorld RightsHochschule Luzern Design amp KunstT +41 41 248 64 64animationhsluch
Ivan is obsessed with the incredible softness of the dough When kneading he gets lost in intensive daydreams not accepting that soon-er or later the master baker will turn every wonderfully elastic dough into horribly crispy bread Until he sees Alvas looooong breastswwwfacebookcomivansneed
Islanders rest
Claudius gentinetta Frank Braun
Switzerland 2016 18 min | Without dialogue
Festivals (selection)Fantoche Baden 2015 Festival de cinema de animaccedilatildeo Espinho 2015Animateka Ljubljana 2015Mumbai Shorts 2015ShortFest Palm Springs 2016ProductionGentinettafilm ZurichSRF Schweizer Radio und FernsehenWorld RightsGentinettafilm ZurichT +41 44 271 44 55wwwgentinettafilmch A bitter-sweet affectionate tale of lost inno-cence bottled-up desires and the comfort of recyclingwwwgentinettafilmchislanders_resthtml
I Felt Like destroying Something BeautifulKatrin Jucker
Switzerland 2016 3 min | Without dialogue
Festivals (selection)Holland Animation Film Festival Utrecht 2016European Media Art Festival Osnabruumlck 2016Annecy 2016Production and World RightsHochschule Luzern Design amp KunstT +41 41 248 61 14edithflueckigerhsluch
Image codes and their variations An experi-ment in databending Images morph through sound and text files and back into images
18
The Musical dragonLe dragon et la musique
Camille Muumlller
Switzerland 2015 8 min | Without dialogue
Festivals (selection)Animatou Geneva 2015Warsaw Film Festival 2015Leipzig 2015Festival de cinema de animaccedilatildeo Espinho 2015World Festival of Animated Films Zagreb 2016Production and World RightsStudio GDS CarougeT +41 22 342 72 36wwwstudio-gdsch
A little girl befriends a dragon in the woods They begin to play music together but this is not without danger for the obstinate king al-lows only military marches
ruben Leaves
Frederic Siegel
Switzerland 2015 5 min | Without dialogue
Festivals (selection)Fantoche Baden 2015Int Kurzfilmtage Winterthur 2015Premiers Plans Angers 2016Annecy 2016ProductionHochschule Luzern Design amp KunstSRF Schweizer Radio und FernsehenWorld RightsHochschule Luzern Design amp KunstT +41 41 248 64 64animationhsluch
On his way to work Ruben is haunted by obsessive-compulsive thoughts Is the front door locked Is the stove really turned off As Rubenrsquos creative mind is invaded by increas-ingly absurd scenarios reality and imagina-tion begin to merge fredericsiegelchrubenleaves
The Little girl And The NightLa petite fille et la nuit Madina Iskhakova
Switzerland Belgium France 2015 8 min Original languages French German
Festivals (selection)Animateka Ljubljana 2015 Clermont-Ferrand 2016 Oberhausen 2016World Festival of Animated Films Zagreb 2016ProductionNadasdy Film Sarl GenevaLa Boicirctehellip Productions BrusselsLes Films du Nord RoubaixWorld RightsNadasdy Film Sarl GenevaT +41 22 300 20 54wwwnadasdyfilmch
A little girl lives alone in her house in the mid-dle of nowhere She owns just a few buffalo which she takes to graze in the fields during the day In the evening she hurries home and carefully locks the windows and doors because it is then that an enormous woman appears ndash so large that she blocks the sun and turns day into night
19
F e S T I V A L F A V O u r I T e S
20
59 Seconds 59 secondes
Mauro Carraro
Switzerland France | 15 min 3D Computer animation | Original language French
ProductionNadasdy Film Sarl GenevaAutour de Minuit ParisRTS Radio Teacuteleacutevision SuisseWorld RightsNadasdy Film Sarl GenevaT +41 22 300 20 54 wwwnadasdyfilmch
59 seconds is short when it comes to changing the destinies of two people of an entire region or of a country but it can seem like a long time when the earth is trembling
A Festive Wind Vent de fecircte
Marjolaine perreten
Switzerland France | 9 min 2D Computer animation | Without dialogue
ProductionNadasdy Film Sarl GenevaFolimage Bourg-Les-ValencesRTS Radio Teacuteleacutevision SuisseWorld RightsNadasdy Film Sarl GenevaT +41 22 300 20 54wwwnadasdyfilmch
It is early morning in the square of a small Swiss village and a grand festival is being prepared Volunteers are busying themselves and the first musicians have arrived
expeCTedFAll2017
expeCTedSPRING
2017
u p C O M I N g
21
Airport Michaela Muumlller
Switzerland Croatia | 10 min Painting on glass | Without dialogue
ProductionSchick Productions ZollikonKinorama ZagrebWorld RightsSchick Productions ZollikonT +41 79 400 62 60ruedischickgmailcom
Individual identities disappear and arise in transit space Everything is in constant motion and everyone potentially suspicious
Circuit
delia hess
Switzerland | 8 min Drawn animation | Without dialogue
ProductionCineacutema Copain Ltd ZurichSRF Schweizer Radio und FernsehenWorld RightsCineacutema Copain Ltd ZurichT +41 43 322 05 11wwwcinemacopaincom
On a small planet caught up in their own little private universe the inhabitants perform their poetically surreal actions which repeat themselves in an endless loop That they are all part of a complex little ecosystem which can only function if each of them plays his or her role is something they are unaware of
expeCTedSPRING
2017
expeCTedSPRING
2017
u p C O M I N g
22
dragon Nest drachennest
Lynn gerlach
Switzerland | 6 min 2D Computer animation | Without dialogue
ProductionNadasdy Film Sarl GenevaRTS Radio Teacuteleacutevision SuisseWorld RightsNadasdy Film Sarl GenevaT +41 22 300 20 54wwwnadasdyfilmch
The expedition of a valiant knight hoping to wrench a beautiful princess from the claws of a terrible dragon finishes in a brutal and unexpected way The knight winds up a slave to the princess who is actually a shrew that has already put a poor dragon under her yoke However the two captives merely appear to be resigned to their fate
FuN-dO
Jonas raeber
Switzerland | 4 min | Original language EnglishDrawn animation 2D Computer animation
Production and World RightsSWAMP Animation LucerneT +41 41 210 45 29wwwswampfilmcom
In 2035 Ueli and Heinz take a stab at representing Switzerland with their ldquoFUN-DOrdquo song in the Eurovision Song Contest only to discover at the audition that a great deal has changed during the past years
u p C O M I N g
expeCTedSPRING
2017
expeCTedFAll2016
23
Laffaire des tableaux suissesJacob Berger Samuel guillaume Freacutedeacuteric guillaume
Switzerland | 20 min Mixed techniques | Original language French
Production and World Rights Nouvelle Tribu GenevaT +41 78 697 41 17yasminenouvelletribuch
What does painting tell us What does Swiss painting tell us about Switzerland What does it reveal about who we are Comparing three iconic works with dozens of images drawn from six centuries of Swiss pictorial photographic filmic and sculptural art this film is an unusual voyage extravagant and poetic through the tortured meanderings of identity politics and aesthetics
La femme canon
david Toutevoix Albertine Zullo
Switzerland | 12 min Stop motion | Original language French
Production and World RightsHeacutelium Films LausanneT +41 21 544 86 02wwwheliumfilmsch
Day after day female cannonball Madeleine is shot kilometres from her home and has to return on foot When she arrives home ex-hausted she finds her satisfied husband waiting for her reading the newspaper in front of a big plate of spaghetti with tomato sauce But one evening Madeleine doesnt come home
u p C O M I N g
expeCTedSuMMeR
2016
expeCTedFAll2017
24
Les grattes-ciel
Fabienne giezendanner
Switzerland France | 10 min 2D Computer animation | Without dialogue
ProductionNadasdy Film Sarl GenevaRTS Radio Teacuteleacutevision SuisseZeacutero de Conduite Productions LilleWorld RightsNadasdy Film Sarl GenevaT +41 22 300 20 54wwwnadasdyfilmch
Strange objects lifted by cranes are rising in the sky Gradually two buildings are erected Two billionaires Agenor-Agobar Poirier des Chapelles and Willigis Kittycly Junior assisted by the most highly paid architects in the world are each building a skyscraper ever higher and more luxurious ndash but how high will they go
un fait-divers eacutetrange
Antoine guex
Switzerland | 5 min | Original language French Drawing on paper 2D Computer animation
ProductionAntoine Guex ndash Les Productions Remue Meacutenage LausanneRTS Radio Teacuteleacutevision SuisseWorld RightsAntoine Guex ndash Les Productions Remue Meacutenage LausanneT +41 21 646 03 92antoineguexbluewinch
A cat and a dog are having difficulty living under the same roof One day the cat tired of the incessant quarrelling with the dog decides to get rid of him and invites him out of the house to an unnamed destination Intrigued and hungry the dog follows the cat in the hopes of finding something to eat He has no idea he is about to become the victim of a strange news item
u p C O M I N g
expeCTedSPRING
2017
expeCTedSPRING
2017
25
Vaniteacutes Zoltaacuten horvaacuteth
Switzerland | 12 min | Mixed techniquesOriginal languages German French Russian
ProductionNadasdy Film Sarl GenevaRTS Radio Teacuteleacutevision SuisseWorld RightsNadasdy Film Sarl GenevaT +41 22 300 20 54wwwnadasdyfilmch
Somewhere on the shores of a Russian lake a recreational fisher-man and his guide are preparing to haul to the surface something much more than an extraordinary fish the demonstration that in the face of death seeking wealth or appearance is a vain pursuit
Vertico
elie Chapuis Lynn devillaz
Switzerland | 5 min | Mixed techniques Sand animation Pixilation | Without dialogue
Production and World RightsHeacutelium Films LausanneT +41 21 544 86 02wwwheliumfilmsch
An experimental film bringing together 11 Geneva illustrators ex-pressing themselves through direct animation techniques rostrum camera pixilation and animation of objects
u p C O M I N g
expeCTedSPRING
2017
expeCTedFAll2016
27
Les fables de lhomme (working title)
ralph And The dinosaursralph et les dinosaures
Jonas raeber director of Credo (2000)
gruumlezi (1995)and hoping For Better Times (1993)
2D Computer animationSWAMP Animation Lucerne
Planned for Summer 2017
Freacutedeacuteric guillaume Samuel guillaumedirectors of Max amp Co (2007)
Le conte des sables dor (2015)and The Night Of The Bear (2012)
Feature length in developmentHybrid techniques
Caravel Production Sagraverl LausannePlanned for Winter 2019
Isabelle Favezdirector of Air-Mail (2015)
and Au coeur de lhiver (2012)
2D Computer animationNadasdy Film Sarl Geneva
La Boicirctehellip Productions BrusselsPlanned for Spring 2017
der kleine Vogel und die raupe
The Cageder Kaumlfig
Lena von doumlhren director of The Little Bird
And The Squirrel (2014) and The Little Bird
And The Leaf (2012)
Digital cutoutSchattenkabinett GmbH Bern
Planned for Spring 2017
Freacutedeacuteric guillaume Samuel guillaumedirectors of Max amp Co (2007)
Le conte des sables dor (2015)and The Night Of The Bear (2012)
Hybrid techniques Caravel Production Sagraverl Lausanne
Planned for Fall 2017
Marcel Barellidirector of Lucens (2015)
and Vigia (2013)
2D Computer animationNadasdy Film Sarl Geneva
Vivement Lundi RennesPlanned for Fall 2017
Le renard et loiseau (working title)
Zibila ou la vie zebreacutee
I N p r O d u C T I O N
Visit us at our stands at
Festival del film Locarno Toronto International Film Festival Short Film Market in Clermont-Ferrand Berlinale european Film Market eFM Cannes Village International
Neugasse 6 | Postfach | CH-8031 Zuumlrich | T +41 43 211 40 50
infoswissfilmsch | wwwswissfilmsch
F e S T I V A L F A V O u r I T e S
Ivans NeedVeronica L Montantildeo Manuela Leuenberger Lukas Suter
Switzerland 2015 6 min | Without dialogue
Festivals (selection)Fantoche Baden 2015 Int Kurzfilmtage Winterthur 2015Animation Festival Golden KukerndashSofia 2016Int Trickfilm-Festival Stuttgart 2016IndieLisboa 2016Annecy 2016Production Hochschule Luzern Design amp KunstSRF Schweizer Radio und FernsehenWorld RightsHochschule Luzern Design amp KunstT +41 41 248 64 64animationhsluch
Ivan is obsessed with the incredible softness of the dough When kneading he gets lost in intensive daydreams not accepting that soon-er or later the master baker will turn every wonderfully elastic dough into horribly crispy bread Until he sees Alvas looooong breastswwwfacebookcomivansneed
Islanders rest
Claudius gentinetta Frank Braun
Switzerland 2016 18 min | Without dialogue
Festivals (selection)Fantoche Baden 2015 Festival de cinema de animaccedilatildeo Espinho 2015Animateka Ljubljana 2015Mumbai Shorts 2015ShortFest Palm Springs 2016ProductionGentinettafilm ZurichSRF Schweizer Radio und FernsehenWorld RightsGentinettafilm ZurichT +41 44 271 44 55wwwgentinettafilmch A bitter-sweet affectionate tale of lost inno-cence bottled-up desires and the comfort of recyclingwwwgentinettafilmchislanders_resthtml
I Felt Like destroying Something BeautifulKatrin Jucker
Switzerland 2016 3 min | Without dialogue
Festivals (selection)Holland Animation Film Festival Utrecht 2016European Media Art Festival Osnabruumlck 2016Annecy 2016Production and World RightsHochschule Luzern Design amp KunstT +41 41 248 61 14edithflueckigerhsluch
Image codes and their variations An experi-ment in databending Images morph through sound and text files and back into images
18
The Musical dragonLe dragon et la musique
Camille Muumlller
Switzerland 2015 8 min | Without dialogue
Festivals (selection)Animatou Geneva 2015Warsaw Film Festival 2015Leipzig 2015Festival de cinema de animaccedilatildeo Espinho 2015World Festival of Animated Films Zagreb 2016Production and World RightsStudio GDS CarougeT +41 22 342 72 36wwwstudio-gdsch
A little girl befriends a dragon in the woods They begin to play music together but this is not without danger for the obstinate king al-lows only military marches
ruben Leaves
Frederic Siegel
Switzerland 2015 5 min | Without dialogue
Festivals (selection)Fantoche Baden 2015Int Kurzfilmtage Winterthur 2015Premiers Plans Angers 2016Annecy 2016ProductionHochschule Luzern Design amp KunstSRF Schweizer Radio und FernsehenWorld RightsHochschule Luzern Design amp KunstT +41 41 248 64 64animationhsluch
On his way to work Ruben is haunted by obsessive-compulsive thoughts Is the front door locked Is the stove really turned off As Rubenrsquos creative mind is invaded by increas-ingly absurd scenarios reality and imagina-tion begin to merge fredericsiegelchrubenleaves
The Little girl And The NightLa petite fille et la nuit Madina Iskhakova
Switzerland Belgium France 2015 8 min Original languages French German
Festivals (selection)Animateka Ljubljana 2015 Clermont-Ferrand 2016 Oberhausen 2016World Festival of Animated Films Zagreb 2016ProductionNadasdy Film Sarl GenevaLa Boicirctehellip Productions BrusselsLes Films du Nord RoubaixWorld RightsNadasdy Film Sarl GenevaT +41 22 300 20 54wwwnadasdyfilmch
A little girl lives alone in her house in the mid-dle of nowhere She owns just a few buffalo which she takes to graze in the fields during the day In the evening she hurries home and carefully locks the windows and doors because it is then that an enormous woman appears ndash so large that she blocks the sun and turns day into night
19
F e S T I V A L F A V O u r I T e S
20
59 Seconds 59 secondes
Mauro Carraro
Switzerland France | 15 min 3D Computer animation | Original language French
ProductionNadasdy Film Sarl GenevaAutour de Minuit ParisRTS Radio Teacuteleacutevision SuisseWorld RightsNadasdy Film Sarl GenevaT +41 22 300 20 54 wwwnadasdyfilmch
59 seconds is short when it comes to changing the destinies of two people of an entire region or of a country but it can seem like a long time when the earth is trembling
A Festive Wind Vent de fecircte
Marjolaine perreten
Switzerland France | 9 min 2D Computer animation | Without dialogue
ProductionNadasdy Film Sarl GenevaFolimage Bourg-Les-ValencesRTS Radio Teacuteleacutevision SuisseWorld RightsNadasdy Film Sarl GenevaT +41 22 300 20 54wwwnadasdyfilmch
It is early morning in the square of a small Swiss village and a grand festival is being prepared Volunteers are busying themselves and the first musicians have arrived
expeCTedFAll2017
expeCTedSPRING
2017
u p C O M I N g
21
Airport Michaela Muumlller
Switzerland Croatia | 10 min Painting on glass | Without dialogue
ProductionSchick Productions ZollikonKinorama ZagrebWorld RightsSchick Productions ZollikonT +41 79 400 62 60ruedischickgmailcom
Individual identities disappear and arise in transit space Everything is in constant motion and everyone potentially suspicious
Circuit
delia hess
Switzerland | 8 min Drawn animation | Without dialogue
ProductionCineacutema Copain Ltd ZurichSRF Schweizer Radio und FernsehenWorld RightsCineacutema Copain Ltd ZurichT +41 43 322 05 11wwwcinemacopaincom
On a small planet caught up in their own little private universe the inhabitants perform their poetically surreal actions which repeat themselves in an endless loop That they are all part of a complex little ecosystem which can only function if each of them plays his or her role is something they are unaware of
expeCTedSPRING
2017
expeCTedSPRING
2017
u p C O M I N g
22
dragon Nest drachennest
Lynn gerlach
Switzerland | 6 min 2D Computer animation | Without dialogue
ProductionNadasdy Film Sarl GenevaRTS Radio Teacuteleacutevision SuisseWorld RightsNadasdy Film Sarl GenevaT +41 22 300 20 54wwwnadasdyfilmch
The expedition of a valiant knight hoping to wrench a beautiful princess from the claws of a terrible dragon finishes in a brutal and unexpected way The knight winds up a slave to the princess who is actually a shrew that has already put a poor dragon under her yoke However the two captives merely appear to be resigned to their fate
FuN-dO
Jonas raeber
Switzerland | 4 min | Original language EnglishDrawn animation 2D Computer animation
Production and World RightsSWAMP Animation LucerneT +41 41 210 45 29wwwswampfilmcom
In 2035 Ueli and Heinz take a stab at representing Switzerland with their ldquoFUN-DOrdquo song in the Eurovision Song Contest only to discover at the audition that a great deal has changed during the past years
u p C O M I N g
expeCTedSPRING
2017
expeCTedFAll2016
23
Laffaire des tableaux suissesJacob Berger Samuel guillaume Freacutedeacuteric guillaume
Switzerland | 20 min Mixed techniques | Original language French
Production and World Rights Nouvelle Tribu GenevaT +41 78 697 41 17yasminenouvelletribuch
What does painting tell us What does Swiss painting tell us about Switzerland What does it reveal about who we are Comparing three iconic works with dozens of images drawn from six centuries of Swiss pictorial photographic filmic and sculptural art this film is an unusual voyage extravagant and poetic through the tortured meanderings of identity politics and aesthetics
La femme canon
david Toutevoix Albertine Zullo
Switzerland | 12 min Stop motion | Original language French
Production and World RightsHeacutelium Films LausanneT +41 21 544 86 02wwwheliumfilmsch
Day after day female cannonball Madeleine is shot kilometres from her home and has to return on foot When she arrives home ex-hausted she finds her satisfied husband waiting for her reading the newspaper in front of a big plate of spaghetti with tomato sauce But one evening Madeleine doesnt come home
u p C O M I N g
expeCTedSuMMeR
2016
expeCTedFAll2017
24
Les grattes-ciel
Fabienne giezendanner
Switzerland France | 10 min 2D Computer animation | Without dialogue
ProductionNadasdy Film Sarl GenevaRTS Radio Teacuteleacutevision SuisseZeacutero de Conduite Productions LilleWorld RightsNadasdy Film Sarl GenevaT +41 22 300 20 54wwwnadasdyfilmch
Strange objects lifted by cranes are rising in the sky Gradually two buildings are erected Two billionaires Agenor-Agobar Poirier des Chapelles and Willigis Kittycly Junior assisted by the most highly paid architects in the world are each building a skyscraper ever higher and more luxurious ndash but how high will they go
un fait-divers eacutetrange
Antoine guex
Switzerland | 5 min | Original language French Drawing on paper 2D Computer animation
ProductionAntoine Guex ndash Les Productions Remue Meacutenage LausanneRTS Radio Teacuteleacutevision SuisseWorld RightsAntoine Guex ndash Les Productions Remue Meacutenage LausanneT +41 21 646 03 92antoineguexbluewinch
A cat and a dog are having difficulty living under the same roof One day the cat tired of the incessant quarrelling with the dog decides to get rid of him and invites him out of the house to an unnamed destination Intrigued and hungry the dog follows the cat in the hopes of finding something to eat He has no idea he is about to become the victim of a strange news item
u p C O M I N g
expeCTedSPRING
2017
expeCTedSPRING
2017
25
Vaniteacutes Zoltaacuten horvaacuteth
Switzerland | 12 min | Mixed techniquesOriginal languages German French Russian
ProductionNadasdy Film Sarl GenevaRTS Radio Teacuteleacutevision SuisseWorld RightsNadasdy Film Sarl GenevaT +41 22 300 20 54wwwnadasdyfilmch
Somewhere on the shores of a Russian lake a recreational fisher-man and his guide are preparing to haul to the surface something much more than an extraordinary fish the demonstration that in the face of death seeking wealth or appearance is a vain pursuit
Vertico
elie Chapuis Lynn devillaz
Switzerland | 5 min | Mixed techniques Sand animation Pixilation | Without dialogue
Production and World RightsHeacutelium Films LausanneT +41 21 544 86 02wwwheliumfilmsch
An experimental film bringing together 11 Geneva illustrators ex-pressing themselves through direct animation techniques rostrum camera pixilation and animation of objects
u p C O M I N g
expeCTedSPRING
2017
expeCTedFAll2016
27
Les fables de lhomme (working title)
ralph And The dinosaursralph et les dinosaures
Jonas raeber director of Credo (2000)
gruumlezi (1995)and hoping For Better Times (1993)
2D Computer animationSWAMP Animation Lucerne
Planned for Summer 2017
Freacutedeacuteric guillaume Samuel guillaumedirectors of Max amp Co (2007)
Le conte des sables dor (2015)and The Night Of The Bear (2012)
Feature length in developmentHybrid techniques
Caravel Production Sagraverl LausannePlanned for Winter 2019
Isabelle Favezdirector of Air-Mail (2015)
and Au coeur de lhiver (2012)
2D Computer animationNadasdy Film Sarl Geneva
La Boicirctehellip Productions BrusselsPlanned for Spring 2017
der kleine Vogel und die raupe
The Cageder Kaumlfig
Lena von doumlhren director of The Little Bird
And The Squirrel (2014) and The Little Bird
And The Leaf (2012)
Digital cutoutSchattenkabinett GmbH Bern
Planned for Spring 2017
Freacutedeacuteric guillaume Samuel guillaumedirectors of Max amp Co (2007)
Le conte des sables dor (2015)and The Night Of The Bear (2012)
Hybrid techniques Caravel Production Sagraverl Lausanne
Planned for Fall 2017
Marcel Barellidirector of Lucens (2015)
and Vigia (2013)
2D Computer animationNadasdy Film Sarl Geneva
Vivement Lundi RennesPlanned for Fall 2017
Le renard et loiseau (working title)
Zibila ou la vie zebreacutee
I N p r O d u C T I O N
Visit us at our stands at
Festival del film Locarno Toronto International Film Festival Short Film Market in Clermont-Ferrand Berlinale european Film Market eFM Cannes Village International
Neugasse 6 | Postfach | CH-8031 Zuumlrich | T +41 43 211 40 50
infoswissfilmsch | wwwswissfilmsch
The Musical dragonLe dragon et la musique
Camille Muumlller
Switzerland 2015 8 min | Without dialogue
Festivals (selection)Animatou Geneva 2015Warsaw Film Festival 2015Leipzig 2015Festival de cinema de animaccedilatildeo Espinho 2015World Festival of Animated Films Zagreb 2016Production and World RightsStudio GDS CarougeT +41 22 342 72 36wwwstudio-gdsch
A little girl befriends a dragon in the woods They begin to play music together but this is not without danger for the obstinate king al-lows only military marches
ruben Leaves
Frederic Siegel
Switzerland 2015 5 min | Without dialogue
Festivals (selection)Fantoche Baden 2015Int Kurzfilmtage Winterthur 2015Premiers Plans Angers 2016Annecy 2016ProductionHochschule Luzern Design amp KunstSRF Schweizer Radio und FernsehenWorld RightsHochschule Luzern Design amp KunstT +41 41 248 64 64animationhsluch
On his way to work Ruben is haunted by obsessive-compulsive thoughts Is the front door locked Is the stove really turned off As Rubenrsquos creative mind is invaded by increas-ingly absurd scenarios reality and imagina-tion begin to merge fredericsiegelchrubenleaves
The Little girl And The NightLa petite fille et la nuit Madina Iskhakova
Switzerland Belgium France 2015 8 min Original languages French German
Festivals (selection)Animateka Ljubljana 2015 Clermont-Ferrand 2016 Oberhausen 2016World Festival of Animated Films Zagreb 2016ProductionNadasdy Film Sarl GenevaLa Boicirctehellip Productions BrusselsLes Films du Nord RoubaixWorld RightsNadasdy Film Sarl GenevaT +41 22 300 20 54wwwnadasdyfilmch
A little girl lives alone in her house in the mid-dle of nowhere She owns just a few buffalo which she takes to graze in the fields during the day In the evening she hurries home and carefully locks the windows and doors because it is then that an enormous woman appears ndash so large that she blocks the sun and turns day into night
19
F e S T I V A L F A V O u r I T e S
20
59 Seconds 59 secondes
Mauro Carraro
Switzerland France | 15 min 3D Computer animation | Original language French
ProductionNadasdy Film Sarl GenevaAutour de Minuit ParisRTS Radio Teacuteleacutevision SuisseWorld RightsNadasdy Film Sarl GenevaT +41 22 300 20 54 wwwnadasdyfilmch
59 seconds is short when it comes to changing the destinies of two people of an entire region or of a country but it can seem like a long time when the earth is trembling
A Festive Wind Vent de fecircte
Marjolaine perreten
Switzerland France | 9 min 2D Computer animation | Without dialogue
ProductionNadasdy Film Sarl GenevaFolimage Bourg-Les-ValencesRTS Radio Teacuteleacutevision SuisseWorld RightsNadasdy Film Sarl GenevaT +41 22 300 20 54wwwnadasdyfilmch
It is early morning in the square of a small Swiss village and a grand festival is being prepared Volunteers are busying themselves and the first musicians have arrived
expeCTedFAll2017
expeCTedSPRING
2017
u p C O M I N g
21
Airport Michaela Muumlller
Switzerland Croatia | 10 min Painting on glass | Without dialogue
ProductionSchick Productions ZollikonKinorama ZagrebWorld RightsSchick Productions ZollikonT +41 79 400 62 60ruedischickgmailcom
Individual identities disappear and arise in transit space Everything is in constant motion and everyone potentially suspicious
Circuit
delia hess
Switzerland | 8 min Drawn animation | Without dialogue
ProductionCineacutema Copain Ltd ZurichSRF Schweizer Radio und FernsehenWorld RightsCineacutema Copain Ltd ZurichT +41 43 322 05 11wwwcinemacopaincom
On a small planet caught up in their own little private universe the inhabitants perform their poetically surreal actions which repeat themselves in an endless loop That they are all part of a complex little ecosystem which can only function if each of them plays his or her role is something they are unaware of
expeCTedSPRING
2017
expeCTedSPRING
2017
u p C O M I N g
22
dragon Nest drachennest
Lynn gerlach
Switzerland | 6 min 2D Computer animation | Without dialogue
ProductionNadasdy Film Sarl GenevaRTS Radio Teacuteleacutevision SuisseWorld RightsNadasdy Film Sarl GenevaT +41 22 300 20 54wwwnadasdyfilmch
The expedition of a valiant knight hoping to wrench a beautiful princess from the claws of a terrible dragon finishes in a brutal and unexpected way The knight winds up a slave to the princess who is actually a shrew that has already put a poor dragon under her yoke However the two captives merely appear to be resigned to their fate
FuN-dO
Jonas raeber
Switzerland | 4 min | Original language EnglishDrawn animation 2D Computer animation
Production and World RightsSWAMP Animation LucerneT +41 41 210 45 29wwwswampfilmcom
In 2035 Ueli and Heinz take a stab at representing Switzerland with their ldquoFUN-DOrdquo song in the Eurovision Song Contest only to discover at the audition that a great deal has changed during the past years
u p C O M I N g
expeCTedSPRING
2017
expeCTedFAll2016
23
Laffaire des tableaux suissesJacob Berger Samuel guillaume Freacutedeacuteric guillaume
Switzerland | 20 min Mixed techniques | Original language French
Production and World Rights Nouvelle Tribu GenevaT +41 78 697 41 17yasminenouvelletribuch
What does painting tell us What does Swiss painting tell us about Switzerland What does it reveal about who we are Comparing three iconic works with dozens of images drawn from six centuries of Swiss pictorial photographic filmic and sculptural art this film is an unusual voyage extravagant and poetic through the tortured meanderings of identity politics and aesthetics
La femme canon
david Toutevoix Albertine Zullo
Switzerland | 12 min Stop motion | Original language French
Production and World RightsHeacutelium Films LausanneT +41 21 544 86 02wwwheliumfilmsch
Day after day female cannonball Madeleine is shot kilometres from her home and has to return on foot When she arrives home ex-hausted she finds her satisfied husband waiting for her reading the newspaper in front of a big plate of spaghetti with tomato sauce But one evening Madeleine doesnt come home
u p C O M I N g
expeCTedSuMMeR
2016
expeCTedFAll2017
24
Les grattes-ciel
Fabienne giezendanner
Switzerland France | 10 min 2D Computer animation | Without dialogue
ProductionNadasdy Film Sarl GenevaRTS Radio Teacuteleacutevision SuisseZeacutero de Conduite Productions LilleWorld RightsNadasdy Film Sarl GenevaT +41 22 300 20 54wwwnadasdyfilmch
Strange objects lifted by cranes are rising in the sky Gradually two buildings are erected Two billionaires Agenor-Agobar Poirier des Chapelles and Willigis Kittycly Junior assisted by the most highly paid architects in the world are each building a skyscraper ever higher and more luxurious ndash but how high will they go
un fait-divers eacutetrange
Antoine guex
Switzerland | 5 min | Original language French Drawing on paper 2D Computer animation
ProductionAntoine Guex ndash Les Productions Remue Meacutenage LausanneRTS Radio Teacuteleacutevision SuisseWorld RightsAntoine Guex ndash Les Productions Remue Meacutenage LausanneT +41 21 646 03 92antoineguexbluewinch
A cat and a dog are having difficulty living under the same roof One day the cat tired of the incessant quarrelling with the dog decides to get rid of him and invites him out of the house to an unnamed destination Intrigued and hungry the dog follows the cat in the hopes of finding something to eat He has no idea he is about to become the victim of a strange news item
u p C O M I N g
expeCTedSPRING
2017
expeCTedSPRING
2017
25
Vaniteacutes Zoltaacuten horvaacuteth
Switzerland | 12 min | Mixed techniquesOriginal languages German French Russian
ProductionNadasdy Film Sarl GenevaRTS Radio Teacuteleacutevision SuisseWorld RightsNadasdy Film Sarl GenevaT +41 22 300 20 54wwwnadasdyfilmch
Somewhere on the shores of a Russian lake a recreational fisher-man and his guide are preparing to haul to the surface something much more than an extraordinary fish the demonstration that in the face of death seeking wealth or appearance is a vain pursuit
Vertico
elie Chapuis Lynn devillaz
Switzerland | 5 min | Mixed techniques Sand animation Pixilation | Without dialogue
Production and World RightsHeacutelium Films LausanneT +41 21 544 86 02wwwheliumfilmsch
An experimental film bringing together 11 Geneva illustrators ex-pressing themselves through direct animation techniques rostrum camera pixilation and animation of objects
u p C O M I N g
expeCTedSPRING
2017
expeCTedFAll2016
27
Les fables de lhomme (working title)
ralph And The dinosaursralph et les dinosaures
Jonas raeber director of Credo (2000)
gruumlezi (1995)and hoping For Better Times (1993)
2D Computer animationSWAMP Animation Lucerne
Planned for Summer 2017
Freacutedeacuteric guillaume Samuel guillaumedirectors of Max amp Co (2007)
Le conte des sables dor (2015)and The Night Of The Bear (2012)
Feature length in developmentHybrid techniques
Caravel Production Sagraverl LausannePlanned for Winter 2019
Isabelle Favezdirector of Air-Mail (2015)
and Au coeur de lhiver (2012)
2D Computer animationNadasdy Film Sarl Geneva
La Boicirctehellip Productions BrusselsPlanned for Spring 2017
der kleine Vogel und die raupe
The Cageder Kaumlfig
Lena von doumlhren director of The Little Bird
And The Squirrel (2014) and The Little Bird
And The Leaf (2012)
Digital cutoutSchattenkabinett GmbH Bern
Planned for Spring 2017
Freacutedeacuteric guillaume Samuel guillaumedirectors of Max amp Co (2007)
Le conte des sables dor (2015)and The Night Of The Bear (2012)
Hybrid techniques Caravel Production Sagraverl Lausanne
Planned for Fall 2017
Marcel Barellidirector of Lucens (2015)
and Vigia (2013)
2D Computer animationNadasdy Film Sarl Geneva
Vivement Lundi RennesPlanned for Fall 2017
Le renard et loiseau (working title)
Zibila ou la vie zebreacutee
I N p r O d u C T I O N
Visit us at our stands at
Festival del film Locarno Toronto International Film Festival Short Film Market in Clermont-Ferrand Berlinale european Film Market eFM Cannes Village International
Neugasse 6 | Postfach | CH-8031 Zuumlrich | T +41 43 211 40 50
infoswissfilmsch | wwwswissfilmsch
20
59 Seconds 59 secondes
Mauro Carraro
Switzerland France | 15 min 3D Computer animation | Original language French
ProductionNadasdy Film Sarl GenevaAutour de Minuit ParisRTS Radio Teacuteleacutevision SuisseWorld RightsNadasdy Film Sarl GenevaT +41 22 300 20 54 wwwnadasdyfilmch
59 seconds is short when it comes to changing the destinies of two people of an entire region or of a country but it can seem like a long time when the earth is trembling
A Festive Wind Vent de fecircte
Marjolaine perreten
Switzerland France | 9 min 2D Computer animation | Without dialogue
ProductionNadasdy Film Sarl GenevaFolimage Bourg-Les-ValencesRTS Radio Teacuteleacutevision SuisseWorld RightsNadasdy Film Sarl GenevaT +41 22 300 20 54wwwnadasdyfilmch
It is early morning in the square of a small Swiss village and a grand festival is being prepared Volunteers are busying themselves and the first musicians have arrived
expeCTedFAll2017
expeCTedSPRING
2017
u p C O M I N g
21
Airport Michaela Muumlller
Switzerland Croatia | 10 min Painting on glass | Without dialogue
ProductionSchick Productions ZollikonKinorama ZagrebWorld RightsSchick Productions ZollikonT +41 79 400 62 60ruedischickgmailcom
Individual identities disappear and arise in transit space Everything is in constant motion and everyone potentially suspicious
Circuit
delia hess
Switzerland | 8 min Drawn animation | Without dialogue
ProductionCineacutema Copain Ltd ZurichSRF Schweizer Radio und FernsehenWorld RightsCineacutema Copain Ltd ZurichT +41 43 322 05 11wwwcinemacopaincom
On a small planet caught up in their own little private universe the inhabitants perform their poetically surreal actions which repeat themselves in an endless loop That they are all part of a complex little ecosystem which can only function if each of them plays his or her role is something they are unaware of
expeCTedSPRING
2017
expeCTedSPRING
2017
u p C O M I N g
22
dragon Nest drachennest
Lynn gerlach
Switzerland | 6 min 2D Computer animation | Without dialogue
ProductionNadasdy Film Sarl GenevaRTS Radio Teacuteleacutevision SuisseWorld RightsNadasdy Film Sarl GenevaT +41 22 300 20 54wwwnadasdyfilmch
The expedition of a valiant knight hoping to wrench a beautiful princess from the claws of a terrible dragon finishes in a brutal and unexpected way The knight winds up a slave to the princess who is actually a shrew that has already put a poor dragon under her yoke However the two captives merely appear to be resigned to their fate
FuN-dO
Jonas raeber
Switzerland | 4 min | Original language EnglishDrawn animation 2D Computer animation
Production and World RightsSWAMP Animation LucerneT +41 41 210 45 29wwwswampfilmcom
In 2035 Ueli and Heinz take a stab at representing Switzerland with their ldquoFUN-DOrdquo song in the Eurovision Song Contest only to discover at the audition that a great deal has changed during the past years
u p C O M I N g
expeCTedSPRING
2017
expeCTedFAll2016
23
Laffaire des tableaux suissesJacob Berger Samuel guillaume Freacutedeacuteric guillaume
Switzerland | 20 min Mixed techniques | Original language French
Production and World Rights Nouvelle Tribu GenevaT +41 78 697 41 17yasminenouvelletribuch
What does painting tell us What does Swiss painting tell us about Switzerland What does it reveal about who we are Comparing three iconic works with dozens of images drawn from six centuries of Swiss pictorial photographic filmic and sculptural art this film is an unusual voyage extravagant and poetic through the tortured meanderings of identity politics and aesthetics
La femme canon
david Toutevoix Albertine Zullo
Switzerland | 12 min Stop motion | Original language French
Production and World RightsHeacutelium Films LausanneT +41 21 544 86 02wwwheliumfilmsch
Day after day female cannonball Madeleine is shot kilometres from her home and has to return on foot When she arrives home ex-hausted she finds her satisfied husband waiting for her reading the newspaper in front of a big plate of spaghetti with tomato sauce But one evening Madeleine doesnt come home
u p C O M I N g
expeCTedSuMMeR
2016
expeCTedFAll2017
24
Les grattes-ciel
Fabienne giezendanner
Switzerland France | 10 min 2D Computer animation | Without dialogue
ProductionNadasdy Film Sarl GenevaRTS Radio Teacuteleacutevision SuisseZeacutero de Conduite Productions LilleWorld RightsNadasdy Film Sarl GenevaT +41 22 300 20 54wwwnadasdyfilmch
Strange objects lifted by cranes are rising in the sky Gradually two buildings are erected Two billionaires Agenor-Agobar Poirier des Chapelles and Willigis Kittycly Junior assisted by the most highly paid architects in the world are each building a skyscraper ever higher and more luxurious ndash but how high will they go
un fait-divers eacutetrange
Antoine guex
Switzerland | 5 min | Original language French Drawing on paper 2D Computer animation
ProductionAntoine Guex ndash Les Productions Remue Meacutenage LausanneRTS Radio Teacuteleacutevision SuisseWorld RightsAntoine Guex ndash Les Productions Remue Meacutenage LausanneT +41 21 646 03 92antoineguexbluewinch
A cat and a dog are having difficulty living under the same roof One day the cat tired of the incessant quarrelling with the dog decides to get rid of him and invites him out of the house to an unnamed destination Intrigued and hungry the dog follows the cat in the hopes of finding something to eat He has no idea he is about to become the victim of a strange news item
u p C O M I N g
expeCTedSPRING
2017
expeCTedSPRING
2017
25
Vaniteacutes Zoltaacuten horvaacuteth
Switzerland | 12 min | Mixed techniquesOriginal languages German French Russian
ProductionNadasdy Film Sarl GenevaRTS Radio Teacuteleacutevision SuisseWorld RightsNadasdy Film Sarl GenevaT +41 22 300 20 54wwwnadasdyfilmch
Somewhere on the shores of a Russian lake a recreational fisher-man and his guide are preparing to haul to the surface something much more than an extraordinary fish the demonstration that in the face of death seeking wealth or appearance is a vain pursuit
Vertico
elie Chapuis Lynn devillaz
Switzerland | 5 min | Mixed techniques Sand animation Pixilation | Without dialogue
Production and World RightsHeacutelium Films LausanneT +41 21 544 86 02wwwheliumfilmsch
An experimental film bringing together 11 Geneva illustrators ex-pressing themselves through direct animation techniques rostrum camera pixilation and animation of objects
u p C O M I N g
expeCTedSPRING
2017
expeCTedFAll2016
27
Les fables de lhomme (working title)
ralph And The dinosaursralph et les dinosaures
Jonas raeber director of Credo (2000)
gruumlezi (1995)and hoping For Better Times (1993)
2D Computer animationSWAMP Animation Lucerne
Planned for Summer 2017
Freacutedeacuteric guillaume Samuel guillaumedirectors of Max amp Co (2007)
Le conte des sables dor (2015)and The Night Of The Bear (2012)
Feature length in developmentHybrid techniques
Caravel Production Sagraverl LausannePlanned for Winter 2019
Isabelle Favezdirector of Air-Mail (2015)
and Au coeur de lhiver (2012)
2D Computer animationNadasdy Film Sarl Geneva
La Boicirctehellip Productions BrusselsPlanned for Spring 2017
der kleine Vogel und die raupe
The Cageder Kaumlfig
Lena von doumlhren director of The Little Bird
And The Squirrel (2014) and The Little Bird
And The Leaf (2012)
Digital cutoutSchattenkabinett GmbH Bern
Planned for Spring 2017
Freacutedeacuteric guillaume Samuel guillaumedirectors of Max amp Co (2007)
Le conte des sables dor (2015)and The Night Of The Bear (2012)
Hybrid techniques Caravel Production Sagraverl Lausanne
Planned for Fall 2017
Marcel Barellidirector of Lucens (2015)
and Vigia (2013)
2D Computer animationNadasdy Film Sarl Geneva
Vivement Lundi RennesPlanned for Fall 2017
Le renard et loiseau (working title)
Zibila ou la vie zebreacutee
I N p r O d u C T I O N
Visit us at our stands at
Festival del film Locarno Toronto International Film Festival Short Film Market in Clermont-Ferrand Berlinale european Film Market eFM Cannes Village International
Neugasse 6 | Postfach | CH-8031 Zuumlrich | T +41 43 211 40 50
infoswissfilmsch | wwwswissfilmsch
21
Airport Michaela Muumlller
Switzerland Croatia | 10 min Painting on glass | Without dialogue
ProductionSchick Productions ZollikonKinorama ZagrebWorld RightsSchick Productions ZollikonT +41 79 400 62 60ruedischickgmailcom
Individual identities disappear and arise in transit space Everything is in constant motion and everyone potentially suspicious
Circuit
delia hess
Switzerland | 8 min Drawn animation | Without dialogue
ProductionCineacutema Copain Ltd ZurichSRF Schweizer Radio und FernsehenWorld RightsCineacutema Copain Ltd ZurichT +41 43 322 05 11wwwcinemacopaincom
On a small planet caught up in their own little private universe the inhabitants perform their poetically surreal actions which repeat themselves in an endless loop That they are all part of a complex little ecosystem which can only function if each of them plays his or her role is something they are unaware of
expeCTedSPRING
2017
expeCTedSPRING
2017
u p C O M I N g
22
dragon Nest drachennest
Lynn gerlach
Switzerland | 6 min 2D Computer animation | Without dialogue
ProductionNadasdy Film Sarl GenevaRTS Radio Teacuteleacutevision SuisseWorld RightsNadasdy Film Sarl GenevaT +41 22 300 20 54wwwnadasdyfilmch
The expedition of a valiant knight hoping to wrench a beautiful princess from the claws of a terrible dragon finishes in a brutal and unexpected way The knight winds up a slave to the princess who is actually a shrew that has already put a poor dragon under her yoke However the two captives merely appear to be resigned to their fate
FuN-dO
Jonas raeber
Switzerland | 4 min | Original language EnglishDrawn animation 2D Computer animation
Production and World RightsSWAMP Animation LucerneT +41 41 210 45 29wwwswampfilmcom
In 2035 Ueli and Heinz take a stab at representing Switzerland with their ldquoFUN-DOrdquo song in the Eurovision Song Contest only to discover at the audition that a great deal has changed during the past years
u p C O M I N g
expeCTedSPRING
2017
expeCTedFAll2016
23
Laffaire des tableaux suissesJacob Berger Samuel guillaume Freacutedeacuteric guillaume
Switzerland | 20 min Mixed techniques | Original language French
Production and World Rights Nouvelle Tribu GenevaT +41 78 697 41 17yasminenouvelletribuch
What does painting tell us What does Swiss painting tell us about Switzerland What does it reveal about who we are Comparing three iconic works with dozens of images drawn from six centuries of Swiss pictorial photographic filmic and sculptural art this film is an unusual voyage extravagant and poetic through the tortured meanderings of identity politics and aesthetics
La femme canon
david Toutevoix Albertine Zullo
Switzerland | 12 min Stop motion | Original language French
Production and World RightsHeacutelium Films LausanneT +41 21 544 86 02wwwheliumfilmsch
Day after day female cannonball Madeleine is shot kilometres from her home and has to return on foot When she arrives home ex-hausted she finds her satisfied husband waiting for her reading the newspaper in front of a big plate of spaghetti with tomato sauce But one evening Madeleine doesnt come home
u p C O M I N g
expeCTedSuMMeR
2016
expeCTedFAll2017
24
Les grattes-ciel
Fabienne giezendanner
Switzerland France | 10 min 2D Computer animation | Without dialogue
ProductionNadasdy Film Sarl GenevaRTS Radio Teacuteleacutevision SuisseZeacutero de Conduite Productions LilleWorld RightsNadasdy Film Sarl GenevaT +41 22 300 20 54wwwnadasdyfilmch
Strange objects lifted by cranes are rising in the sky Gradually two buildings are erected Two billionaires Agenor-Agobar Poirier des Chapelles and Willigis Kittycly Junior assisted by the most highly paid architects in the world are each building a skyscraper ever higher and more luxurious ndash but how high will they go
un fait-divers eacutetrange
Antoine guex
Switzerland | 5 min | Original language French Drawing on paper 2D Computer animation
ProductionAntoine Guex ndash Les Productions Remue Meacutenage LausanneRTS Radio Teacuteleacutevision SuisseWorld RightsAntoine Guex ndash Les Productions Remue Meacutenage LausanneT +41 21 646 03 92antoineguexbluewinch
A cat and a dog are having difficulty living under the same roof One day the cat tired of the incessant quarrelling with the dog decides to get rid of him and invites him out of the house to an unnamed destination Intrigued and hungry the dog follows the cat in the hopes of finding something to eat He has no idea he is about to become the victim of a strange news item
u p C O M I N g
expeCTedSPRING
2017
expeCTedSPRING
2017
25
Vaniteacutes Zoltaacuten horvaacuteth
Switzerland | 12 min | Mixed techniquesOriginal languages German French Russian
ProductionNadasdy Film Sarl GenevaRTS Radio Teacuteleacutevision SuisseWorld RightsNadasdy Film Sarl GenevaT +41 22 300 20 54wwwnadasdyfilmch
Somewhere on the shores of a Russian lake a recreational fisher-man and his guide are preparing to haul to the surface something much more than an extraordinary fish the demonstration that in the face of death seeking wealth or appearance is a vain pursuit
Vertico
elie Chapuis Lynn devillaz
Switzerland | 5 min | Mixed techniques Sand animation Pixilation | Without dialogue
Production and World RightsHeacutelium Films LausanneT +41 21 544 86 02wwwheliumfilmsch
An experimental film bringing together 11 Geneva illustrators ex-pressing themselves through direct animation techniques rostrum camera pixilation and animation of objects
u p C O M I N g
expeCTedSPRING
2017
expeCTedFAll2016
27
Les fables de lhomme (working title)
ralph And The dinosaursralph et les dinosaures
Jonas raeber director of Credo (2000)
gruumlezi (1995)and hoping For Better Times (1993)
2D Computer animationSWAMP Animation Lucerne
Planned for Summer 2017
Freacutedeacuteric guillaume Samuel guillaumedirectors of Max amp Co (2007)
Le conte des sables dor (2015)and The Night Of The Bear (2012)
Feature length in developmentHybrid techniques
Caravel Production Sagraverl LausannePlanned for Winter 2019
Isabelle Favezdirector of Air-Mail (2015)
and Au coeur de lhiver (2012)
2D Computer animationNadasdy Film Sarl Geneva
La Boicirctehellip Productions BrusselsPlanned for Spring 2017
der kleine Vogel und die raupe
The Cageder Kaumlfig
Lena von doumlhren director of The Little Bird
And The Squirrel (2014) and The Little Bird
And The Leaf (2012)
Digital cutoutSchattenkabinett GmbH Bern
Planned for Spring 2017
Freacutedeacuteric guillaume Samuel guillaumedirectors of Max amp Co (2007)
Le conte des sables dor (2015)and The Night Of The Bear (2012)
Hybrid techniques Caravel Production Sagraverl Lausanne
Planned for Fall 2017
Marcel Barellidirector of Lucens (2015)
and Vigia (2013)
2D Computer animationNadasdy Film Sarl Geneva
Vivement Lundi RennesPlanned for Fall 2017
Le renard et loiseau (working title)
Zibila ou la vie zebreacutee
I N p r O d u C T I O N
Visit us at our stands at
Festival del film Locarno Toronto International Film Festival Short Film Market in Clermont-Ferrand Berlinale european Film Market eFM Cannes Village International
Neugasse 6 | Postfach | CH-8031 Zuumlrich | T +41 43 211 40 50
infoswissfilmsch | wwwswissfilmsch
22
dragon Nest drachennest
Lynn gerlach
Switzerland | 6 min 2D Computer animation | Without dialogue
ProductionNadasdy Film Sarl GenevaRTS Radio Teacuteleacutevision SuisseWorld RightsNadasdy Film Sarl GenevaT +41 22 300 20 54wwwnadasdyfilmch
The expedition of a valiant knight hoping to wrench a beautiful princess from the claws of a terrible dragon finishes in a brutal and unexpected way The knight winds up a slave to the princess who is actually a shrew that has already put a poor dragon under her yoke However the two captives merely appear to be resigned to their fate
FuN-dO
Jonas raeber
Switzerland | 4 min | Original language EnglishDrawn animation 2D Computer animation
Production and World RightsSWAMP Animation LucerneT +41 41 210 45 29wwwswampfilmcom
In 2035 Ueli and Heinz take a stab at representing Switzerland with their ldquoFUN-DOrdquo song in the Eurovision Song Contest only to discover at the audition that a great deal has changed during the past years
u p C O M I N g
expeCTedSPRING
2017
expeCTedFAll2016
23
Laffaire des tableaux suissesJacob Berger Samuel guillaume Freacutedeacuteric guillaume
Switzerland | 20 min Mixed techniques | Original language French
Production and World Rights Nouvelle Tribu GenevaT +41 78 697 41 17yasminenouvelletribuch
What does painting tell us What does Swiss painting tell us about Switzerland What does it reveal about who we are Comparing three iconic works with dozens of images drawn from six centuries of Swiss pictorial photographic filmic and sculptural art this film is an unusual voyage extravagant and poetic through the tortured meanderings of identity politics and aesthetics
La femme canon
david Toutevoix Albertine Zullo
Switzerland | 12 min Stop motion | Original language French
Production and World RightsHeacutelium Films LausanneT +41 21 544 86 02wwwheliumfilmsch
Day after day female cannonball Madeleine is shot kilometres from her home and has to return on foot When she arrives home ex-hausted she finds her satisfied husband waiting for her reading the newspaper in front of a big plate of spaghetti with tomato sauce But one evening Madeleine doesnt come home
u p C O M I N g
expeCTedSuMMeR
2016
expeCTedFAll2017
24
Les grattes-ciel
Fabienne giezendanner
Switzerland France | 10 min 2D Computer animation | Without dialogue
ProductionNadasdy Film Sarl GenevaRTS Radio Teacuteleacutevision SuisseZeacutero de Conduite Productions LilleWorld RightsNadasdy Film Sarl GenevaT +41 22 300 20 54wwwnadasdyfilmch
Strange objects lifted by cranes are rising in the sky Gradually two buildings are erected Two billionaires Agenor-Agobar Poirier des Chapelles and Willigis Kittycly Junior assisted by the most highly paid architects in the world are each building a skyscraper ever higher and more luxurious ndash but how high will they go
un fait-divers eacutetrange
Antoine guex
Switzerland | 5 min | Original language French Drawing on paper 2D Computer animation
ProductionAntoine Guex ndash Les Productions Remue Meacutenage LausanneRTS Radio Teacuteleacutevision SuisseWorld RightsAntoine Guex ndash Les Productions Remue Meacutenage LausanneT +41 21 646 03 92antoineguexbluewinch
A cat and a dog are having difficulty living under the same roof One day the cat tired of the incessant quarrelling with the dog decides to get rid of him and invites him out of the house to an unnamed destination Intrigued and hungry the dog follows the cat in the hopes of finding something to eat He has no idea he is about to become the victim of a strange news item
u p C O M I N g
expeCTedSPRING
2017
expeCTedSPRING
2017
25
Vaniteacutes Zoltaacuten horvaacuteth
Switzerland | 12 min | Mixed techniquesOriginal languages German French Russian
ProductionNadasdy Film Sarl GenevaRTS Radio Teacuteleacutevision SuisseWorld RightsNadasdy Film Sarl GenevaT +41 22 300 20 54wwwnadasdyfilmch
Somewhere on the shores of a Russian lake a recreational fisher-man and his guide are preparing to haul to the surface something much more than an extraordinary fish the demonstration that in the face of death seeking wealth or appearance is a vain pursuit
Vertico
elie Chapuis Lynn devillaz
Switzerland | 5 min | Mixed techniques Sand animation Pixilation | Without dialogue
Production and World RightsHeacutelium Films LausanneT +41 21 544 86 02wwwheliumfilmsch
An experimental film bringing together 11 Geneva illustrators ex-pressing themselves through direct animation techniques rostrum camera pixilation and animation of objects
u p C O M I N g
expeCTedSPRING
2017
expeCTedFAll2016
27
Les fables de lhomme (working title)
ralph And The dinosaursralph et les dinosaures
Jonas raeber director of Credo (2000)
gruumlezi (1995)and hoping For Better Times (1993)
2D Computer animationSWAMP Animation Lucerne
Planned for Summer 2017
Freacutedeacuteric guillaume Samuel guillaumedirectors of Max amp Co (2007)
Le conte des sables dor (2015)and The Night Of The Bear (2012)
Feature length in developmentHybrid techniques
Caravel Production Sagraverl LausannePlanned for Winter 2019
Isabelle Favezdirector of Air-Mail (2015)
and Au coeur de lhiver (2012)
2D Computer animationNadasdy Film Sarl Geneva
La Boicirctehellip Productions BrusselsPlanned for Spring 2017
der kleine Vogel und die raupe
The Cageder Kaumlfig
Lena von doumlhren director of The Little Bird
And The Squirrel (2014) and The Little Bird
And The Leaf (2012)
Digital cutoutSchattenkabinett GmbH Bern
Planned for Spring 2017
Freacutedeacuteric guillaume Samuel guillaumedirectors of Max amp Co (2007)
Le conte des sables dor (2015)and The Night Of The Bear (2012)
Hybrid techniques Caravel Production Sagraverl Lausanne
Planned for Fall 2017
Marcel Barellidirector of Lucens (2015)
and Vigia (2013)
2D Computer animationNadasdy Film Sarl Geneva
Vivement Lundi RennesPlanned for Fall 2017
Le renard et loiseau (working title)
Zibila ou la vie zebreacutee
I N p r O d u C T I O N
Visit us at our stands at
Festival del film Locarno Toronto International Film Festival Short Film Market in Clermont-Ferrand Berlinale european Film Market eFM Cannes Village International
Neugasse 6 | Postfach | CH-8031 Zuumlrich | T +41 43 211 40 50
infoswissfilmsch | wwwswissfilmsch
23
Laffaire des tableaux suissesJacob Berger Samuel guillaume Freacutedeacuteric guillaume
Switzerland | 20 min Mixed techniques | Original language French
Production and World Rights Nouvelle Tribu GenevaT +41 78 697 41 17yasminenouvelletribuch
What does painting tell us What does Swiss painting tell us about Switzerland What does it reveal about who we are Comparing three iconic works with dozens of images drawn from six centuries of Swiss pictorial photographic filmic and sculptural art this film is an unusual voyage extravagant and poetic through the tortured meanderings of identity politics and aesthetics
La femme canon
david Toutevoix Albertine Zullo
Switzerland | 12 min Stop motion | Original language French
Production and World RightsHeacutelium Films LausanneT +41 21 544 86 02wwwheliumfilmsch
Day after day female cannonball Madeleine is shot kilometres from her home and has to return on foot When she arrives home ex-hausted she finds her satisfied husband waiting for her reading the newspaper in front of a big plate of spaghetti with tomato sauce But one evening Madeleine doesnt come home
u p C O M I N g
expeCTedSuMMeR
2016
expeCTedFAll2017
24
Les grattes-ciel
Fabienne giezendanner
Switzerland France | 10 min 2D Computer animation | Without dialogue
ProductionNadasdy Film Sarl GenevaRTS Radio Teacuteleacutevision SuisseZeacutero de Conduite Productions LilleWorld RightsNadasdy Film Sarl GenevaT +41 22 300 20 54wwwnadasdyfilmch
Strange objects lifted by cranes are rising in the sky Gradually two buildings are erected Two billionaires Agenor-Agobar Poirier des Chapelles and Willigis Kittycly Junior assisted by the most highly paid architects in the world are each building a skyscraper ever higher and more luxurious ndash but how high will they go
un fait-divers eacutetrange
Antoine guex
Switzerland | 5 min | Original language French Drawing on paper 2D Computer animation
ProductionAntoine Guex ndash Les Productions Remue Meacutenage LausanneRTS Radio Teacuteleacutevision SuisseWorld RightsAntoine Guex ndash Les Productions Remue Meacutenage LausanneT +41 21 646 03 92antoineguexbluewinch
A cat and a dog are having difficulty living under the same roof One day the cat tired of the incessant quarrelling with the dog decides to get rid of him and invites him out of the house to an unnamed destination Intrigued and hungry the dog follows the cat in the hopes of finding something to eat He has no idea he is about to become the victim of a strange news item
u p C O M I N g
expeCTedSPRING
2017
expeCTedSPRING
2017
25
Vaniteacutes Zoltaacuten horvaacuteth
Switzerland | 12 min | Mixed techniquesOriginal languages German French Russian
ProductionNadasdy Film Sarl GenevaRTS Radio Teacuteleacutevision SuisseWorld RightsNadasdy Film Sarl GenevaT +41 22 300 20 54wwwnadasdyfilmch
Somewhere on the shores of a Russian lake a recreational fisher-man and his guide are preparing to haul to the surface something much more than an extraordinary fish the demonstration that in the face of death seeking wealth or appearance is a vain pursuit
Vertico
elie Chapuis Lynn devillaz
Switzerland | 5 min | Mixed techniques Sand animation Pixilation | Without dialogue
Production and World RightsHeacutelium Films LausanneT +41 21 544 86 02wwwheliumfilmsch
An experimental film bringing together 11 Geneva illustrators ex-pressing themselves through direct animation techniques rostrum camera pixilation and animation of objects
u p C O M I N g
expeCTedSPRING
2017
expeCTedFAll2016
27
Les fables de lhomme (working title)
ralph And The dinosaursralph et les dinosaures
Jonas raeber director of Credo (2000)
gruumlezi (1995)and hoping For Better Times (1993)
2D Computer animationSWAMP Animation Lucerne
Planned for Summer 2017
Freacutedeacuteric guillaume Samuel guillaumedirectors of Max amp Co (2007)
Le conte des sables dor (2015)and The Night Of The Bear (2012)
Feature length in developmentHybrid techniques
Caravel Production Sagraverl LausannePlanned for Winter 2019
Isabelle Favezdirector of Air-Mail (2015)
and Au coeur de lhiver (2012)
2D Computer animationNadasdy Film Sarl Geneva
La Boicirctehellip Productions BrusselsPlanned for Spring 2017
der kleine Vogel und die raupe
The Cageder Kaumlfig
Lena von doumlhren director of The Little Bird
And The Squirrel (2014) and The Little Bird
And The Leaf (2012)
Digital cutoutSchattenkabinett GmbH Bern
Planned for Spring 2017
Freacutedeacuteric guillaume Samuel guillaumedirectors of Max amp Co (2007)
Le conte des sables dor (2015)and The Night Of The Bear (2012)
Hybrid techniques Caravel Production Sagraverl Lausanne
Planned for Fall 2017
Marcel Barellidirector of Lucens (2015)
and Vigia (2013)
2D Computer animationNadasdy Film Sarl Geneva
Vivement Lundi RennesPlanned for Fall 2017
Le renard et loiseau (working title)
Zibila ou la vie zebreacutee
I N p r O d u C T I O N
Visit us at our stands at
Festival del film Locarno Toronto International Film Festival Short Film Market in Clermont-Ferrand Berlinale european Film Market eFM Cannes Village International
Neugasse 6 | Postfach | CH-8031 Zuumlrich | T +41 43 211 40 50
infoswissfilmsch | wwwswissfilmsch
24
Les grattes-ciel
Fabienne giezendanner
Switzerland France | 10 min 2D Computer animation | Without dialogue
ProductionNadasdy Film Sarl GenevaRTS Radio Teacuteleacutevision SuisseZeacutero de Conduite Productions LilleWorld RightsNadasdy Film Sarl GenevaT +41 22 300 20 54wwwnadasdyfilmch
Strange objects lifted by cranes are rising in the sky Gradually two buildings are erected Two billionaires Agenor-Agobar Poirier des Chapelles and Willigis Kittycly Junior assisted by the most highly paid architects in the world are each building a skyscraper ever higher and more luxurious ndash but how high will they go
un fait-divers eacutetrange
Antoine guex
Switzerland | 5 min | Original language French Drawing on paper 2D Computer animation
ProductionAntoine Guex ndash Les Productions Remue Meacutenage LausanneRTS Radio Teacuteleacutevision SuisseWorld RightsAntoine Guex ndash Les Productions Remue Meacutenage LausanneT +41 21 646 03 92antoineguexbluewinch
A cat and a dog are having difficulty living under the same roof One day the cat tired of the incessant quarrelling with the dog decides to get rid of him and invites him out of the house to an unnamed destination Intrigued and hungry the dog follows the cat in the hopes of finding something to eat He has no idea he is about to become the victim of a strange news item
u p C O M I N g
expeCTedSPRING
2017
expeCTedSPRING
2017
25
Vaniteacutes Zoltaacuten horvaacuteth
Switzerland | 12 min | Mixed techniquesOriginal languages German French Russian
ProductionNadasdy Film Sarl GenevaRTS Radio Teacuteleacutevision SuisseWorld RightsNadasdy Film Sarl GenevaT +41 22 300 20 54wwwnadasdyfilmch
Somewhere on the shores of a Russian lake a recreational fisher-man and his guide are preparing to haul to the surface something much more than an extraordinary fish the demonstration that in the face of death seeking wealth or appearance is a vain pursuit
Vertico
elie Chapuis Lynn devillaz
Switzerland | 5 min | Mixed techniques Sand animation Pixilation | Without dialogue
Production and World RightsHeacutelium Films LausanneT +41 21 544 86 02wwwheliumfilmsch
An experimental film bringing together 11 Geneva illustrators ex-pressing themselves through direct animation techniques rostrum camera pixilation and animation of objects
u p C O M I N g
expeCTedSPRING
2017
expeCTedFAll2016
27
Les fables de lhomme (working title)
ralph And The dinosaursralph et les dinosaures
Jonas raeber director of Credo (2000)
gruumlezi (1995)and hoping For Better Times (1993)
2D Computer animationSWAMP Animation Lucerne
Planned for Summer 2017
Freacutedeacuteric guillaume Samuel guillaumedirectors of Max amp Co (2007)
Le conte des sables dor (2015)and The Night Of The Bear (2012)
Feature length in developmentHybrid techniques
Caravel Production Sagraverl LausannePlanned for Winter 2019
Isabelle Favezdirector of Air-Mail (2015)
and Au coeur de lhiver (2012)
2D Computer animationNadasdy Film Sarl Geneva
La Boicirctehellip Productions BrusselsPlanned for Spring 2017
der kleine Vogel und die raupe
The Cageder Kaumlfig
Lena von doumlhren director of The Little Bird
And The Squirrel (2014) and The Little Bird
And The Leaf (2012)
Digital cutoutSchattenkabinett GmbH Bern
Planned for Spring 2017
Freacutedeacuteric guillaume Samuel guillaumedirectors of Max amp Co (2007)
Le conte des sables dor (2015)and The Night Of The Bear (2012)
Hybrid techniques Caravel Production Sagraverl Lausanne
Planned for Fall 2017
Marcel Barellidirector of Lucens (2015)
and Vigia (2013)
2D Computer animationNadasdy Film Sarl Geneva
Vivement Lundi RennesPlanned for Fall 2017
Le renard et loiseau (working title)
Zibila ou la vie zebreacutee
I N p r O d u C T I O N
Visit us at our stands at
Festival del film Locarno Toronto International Film Festival Short Film Market in Clermont-Ferrand Berlinale european Film Market eFM Cannes Village International
Neugasse 6 | Postfach | CH-8031 Zuumlrich | T +41 43 211 40 50
infoswissfilmsch | wwwswissfilmsch
25
Vaniteacutes Zoltaacuten horvaacuteth
Switzerland | 12 min | Mixed techniquesOriginal languages German French Russian
ProductionNadasdy Film Sarl GenevaRTS Radio Teacuteleacutevision SuisseWorld RightsNadasdy Film Sarl GenevaT +41 22 300 20 54wwwnadasdyfilmch
Somewhere on the shores of a Russian lake a recreational fisher-man and his guide are preparing to haul to the surface something much more than an extraordinary fish the demonstration that in the face of death seeking wealth or appearance is a vain pursuit
Vertico
elie Chapuis Lynn devillaz
Switzerland | 5 min | Mixed techniques Sand animation Pixilation | Without dialogue
Production and World RightsHeacutelium Films LausanneT +41 21 544 86 02wwwheliumfilmsch
An experimental film bringing together 11 Geneva illustrators ex-pressing themselves through direct animation techniques rostrum camera pixilation and animation of objects
u p C O M I N g
expeCTedSPRING
2017
expeCTedFAll2016
27
Les fables de lhomme (working title)
ralph And The dinosaursralph et les dinosaures
Jonas raeber director of Credo (2000)
gruumlezi (1995)and hoping For Better Times (1993)
2D Computer animationSWAMP Animation Lucerne
Planned for Summer 2017
Freacutedeacuteric guillaume Samuel guillaumedirectors of Max amp Co (2007)
Le conte des sables dor (2015)and The Night Of The Bear (2012)
Feature length in developmentHybrid techniques
Caravel Production Sagraverl LausannePlanned for Winter 2019
Isabelle Favezdirector of Air-Mail (2015)
and Au coeur de lhiver (2012)
2D Computer animationNadasdy Film Sarl Geneva
La Boicirctehellip Productions BrusselsPlanned for Spring 2017
der kleine Vogel und die raupe
The Cageder Kaumlfig
Lena von doumlhren director of The Little Bird
And The Squirrel (2014) and The Little Bird
And The Leaf (2012)
Digital cutoutSchattenkabinett GmbH Bern
Planned for Spring 2017
Freacutedeacuteric guillaume Samuel guillaumedirectors of Max amp Co (2007)
Le conte des sables dor (2015)and The Night Of The Bear (2012)
Hybrid techniques Caravel Production Sagraverl Lausanne
Planned for Fall 2017
Marcel Barellidirector of Lucens (2015)
and Vigia (2013)
2D Computer animationNadasdy Film Sarl Geneva
Vivement Lundi RennesPlanned for Fall 2017
Le renard et loiseau (working title)
Zibila ou la vie zebreacutee
I N p r O d u C T I O N
Visit us at our stands at
Festival del film Locarno Toronto International Film Festival Short Film Market in Clermont-Ferrand Berlinale european Film Market eFM Cannes Village International
Neugasse 6 | Postfach | CH-8031 Zuumlrich | T +41 43 211 40 50
infoswissfilmsch | wwwswissfilmsch
27
Les fables de lhomme (working title)
ralph And The dinosaursralph et les dinosaures
Jonas raeber director of Credo (2000)
gruumlezi (1995)and hoping For Better Times (1993)
2D Computer animationSWAMP Animation Lucerne
Planned for Summer 2017
Freacutedeacuteric guillaume Samuel guillaumedirectors of Max amp Co (2007)
Le conte des sables dor (2015)and The Night Of The Bear (2012)
Feature length in developmentHybrid techniques
Caravel Production Sagraverl LausannePlanned for Winter 2019
Isabelle Favezdirector of Air-Mail (2015)
and Au coeur de lhiver (2012)
2D Computer animationNadasdy Film Sarl Geneva
La Boicirctehellip Productions BrusselsPlanned for Spring 2017
der kleine Vogel und die raupe
The Cageder Kaumlfig
Lena von doumlhren director of The Little Bird
And The Squirrel (2014) and The Little Bird
And The Leaf (2012)
Digital cutoutSchattenkabinett GmbH Bern
Planned for Spring 2017
Freacutedeacuteric guillaume Samuel guillaumedirectors of Max amp Co (2007)
Le conte des sables dor (2015)and The Night Of The Bear (2012)
Hybrid techniques Caravel Production Sagraverl Lausanne
Planned for Fall 2017
Marcel Barellidirector of Lucens (2015)
and Vigia (2013)
2D Computer animationNadasdy Film Sarl Geneva
Vivement Lundi RennesPlanned for Fall 2017
Le renard et loiseau (working title)
Zibila ou la vie zebreacutee
I N p r O d u C T I O N
Visit us at our stands at
Festival del film Locarno Toronto International Film Festival Short Film Market in Clermont-Ferrand Berlinale european Film Market eFM Cannes Village International
Neugasse 6 | Postfach | CH-8031 Zuumlrich | T +41 43 211 40 50
infoswissfilmsch | wwwswissfilmsch
Visit us at our stands at
Festival del film Locarno Toronto International Film Festival Short Film Market in Clermont-Ferrand Berlinale european Film Market eFM Cannes Village International
Neugasse 6 | Postfach | CH-8031 Zuumlrich | T +41 43 211 40 50
infoswissfilmsch | wwwswissfilmsch
