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ANIMATION

Animation 2016

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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

expeCTedSPRING

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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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

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

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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

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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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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

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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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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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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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

expeCTedSPRING

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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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

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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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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

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

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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

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

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

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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

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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

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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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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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

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

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2017

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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

expeCTedSPRING

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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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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

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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

expeCTedSPRING

2017

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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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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

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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

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

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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

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

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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

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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

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