Jean-Guillaume Sonnier
Producer, Director, Screenwriter
Born in 1988 in France. Graduated from the Film Studies department of ECAL (École Cantonale d’Art de Lausanne) and worked in numerous positions on both short and long films at Box Productions, Rita Productions, Bande à part Films and Casa Azul Films. Since 2012 he has been Head of Production and Distribution for the Bachelor degree film programme at ECAL and for the Masters film programme at ECAL/HEAD. His first short film SHABBAT, DIEU MERCI! was directed in 2010. À QUOI TU JOUES (2011) won the prize for Best Swiss Newcomer and his medium-length film PETIT HOMME (2014) won him a Leopard award, both at the Locarno Film Festivals. His medium-length film TUFFO (2021) was nominated for a Swiss Film Award. He is currently working on his first feature-length film.
Filmography
(a selection)
Director
- 2023
- Article 33 by Jean-Guillaume Sonnier
- 2021
- Tuffo by Jean-Guillaume Sonnier
- 2014
- Petit homme by Jean-Guillaume Sonnier
- 2011
- À quoi tu joues by Jean-Guillaume Sonnier
- 2010
- Shabbat, Dieu merci! by Jean-Guillaume Sonnier
Screenwriter
- 2023
- Article 33 by Jean-Guillaume Sonnier
- 2021
- Tuffo by Jean-Guillaume Sonnier
- 2014
- Petit homme by Jean-Guillaume Sonnier
Producer
- 2025
- Firelight by Theofanis Papadopoulos
- 2025
- Naissance d'une pierre by Camille Anker
- 2025
- Bételgeuse by Loïc Pidoux
- 2024
- Rose à la ferme by Giulia Goy
- 2024
- La valse sauvage by Rémi Molleyres
- 2024
- Aire de jeux by Adrien Beroud
- 2024
- Les satellites ne tombent jamais du ciel by Matias Carlier, Remo Corazza
- 2024
- Qui part à la chasse by Lea Favre
- 2024
- Memento Mori by Victor Cateau
- 2024
- L'Antre by Hervé Ossent
- 2024
- En surface by Victor Cateau
- 2024
- Diapason 440 by Aurélie Madeleine Chételat
- 2024
- Ton visage qui ne cesse de m'échapper by Aurélie Madeleine Chételat
- 2024
- L'ordre des choses by Antonin Dutoit
- 2024
- Un paradis by Antonin Dutoit
- 2024
- Utaga-u by Louis Richalet
- 2024
- Tournesol by Camille Surdez
- 2024
- Inconscientes by Camille Surdez
- 2024
- Quitter la ruche by Pol Barrelet
- 2024
- A mort les bossus by Matteo Friberg
- 2024
- Maman danse by Mégane Brügger
- 2024
- How Lucy Gave Birth To Us by Donika Gashi
- 2024
- Le terrier des cigognes by Benjamin Eggenberger
- 2024
- Où étais-tu pendant la nuit ? by Maria Luiza Brandão Vaz
- 2024
- Cartilage by Arsène Fragnière
- 2024
- Mife et Miso vont en bateau by Sara Dutch
- 2024
- Acciaio by Valentina Parati
- 2024
- Limbo by Serhii Tykhoniuk
- 2024
- Backwards by Serhii Tykhoniuk
- 2024
- La simple science du vol by Camille Anker
- 2024
- Attente utile suivie d'une grande joie by Louis Richalet
- 2024
- Niederurnen, GL by Anna Joos
- 2024
- Chi ch'ien piü chiö by Pablo Guscetti
- 2024
- Fenni in Wonderland by Fei Fan
- 2023
- The Scent of Burning Time by Leopold Helbich Frey
- 2023
- À la dérive by Marion Reymond
- 2023
- There were Cowboys by Jay Holdener
- 2023
- Article 33 by Jean-Guillaume Sonnier
- 2022
- Balthazar et Madalena by Gabriel Colban
- 2022
- Nebraska by Lou-Théa Papaloïzos
- 2022
- Une vie de fantôme by Sebastian Friedmann
- 2022
- Montana 1977 by Kimyan Flückiger
- 2022
- Le grand désappointement by Yan Ciszewski
- 2022
- DAENA by Leopold Helbich Frey
- 2022
- Les mouches de Beni by Alice Denyse
- 2022
- Le fantôme de Marioupol by Marie Chemin
- 2021
- Ce qu'on partage by Solène Mercier
- 2021
- Tuffo by Jean-Guillaume Sonnier
- 2021
- Prendre le désert by Noémie Guibal
- 2021
- Elle habitait Varese by Dario Willommet
- 2018
- Crépuscule by Pauline Jeanbourquin
- 2017
- Martien by Maxime Pillonel
- 2017
- La séance de 15h by Pauline Jeanbourquin
- 2017
- Balloon by Robin Mognetti, Sayaka Mizuno
- 2015
- Sing Me Back Home (Before I Die) by Gwennaël Bolomey
- 2015
- Muchachas by Juliana Fanjul
- 2015
- Blind date à la juive by Anaëlle Morf
- 2015
- A barca by Pablo Briones
- 2014
- Petit homme by Jean-Guillaume Sonnier
- 2013
- Le doigt d'honneur by Malika Pellicioli
Awards
(a selection)
- Locarno, Locarno Festival, Premio Action Light for the Best Swiss Newcomer (Winner) in À quoi tu joues