Drii Winter
A Piece of Sky
Switzerland / Germany, February 2022
FILM,
Fiction,
136 min.
- directed by
- Michael Koch
- Written by
- Michael Koch
- Status
- In distribution
In a remote Alpine village isolated from the outside world, young love is put to the test. Anna comes from the village and has a daughter from an earlier relationship, while Marco is an outsider from the flatlands hired by the mountain farmers to work the rugged land. Together they experience the joy of new love and the closeness of family. But when Marco suddenly starts losing control over his impulses and behaving erratically, a new tension rises in the community. Through the changing seasons and the harshness of life, Anna fights to preserve a love she believes can outshine even death.
credits
- World Premiere
- February 2022
- Original Version
- Swiss-German (french/english/german subtitles), colour, DCP, 136 min.
- ISAN
- 0000 0004 F15E 0000 6 0000 0000 J
- Production
- hugofilm features GmbH, Pandora Film Produktion, SRF Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen, SRG SSR, ARTE G.E.I.E.
- Producer
- Christof Neracher
- directed by
- Michael Koch
- Written by
- Michael Koch
- Cinematography
- Armin Dierolf
- Editing
- Florian Riegel
- Location Sound Mix
- Jean-Pierre Gerth
- Sound Design
- Tobias Koch
- Music
- Tobias Koch, Jannik Giger
- Production Design
- Sara Giancane
- Costumes
- Sara Giancane
Cast
Michèle Brand as Anna
Simon Wisler as Marco
Daniela Barmettler as Nicole
Elin Zgraggen
World Sales / World Rights
- World Sales
- New Europe Film Sales
Worldwide Distribution
- Belgium
- Mooov Film Distribution Distribution
- Czech Republic
- Film Europe s.r.o Distribution
- Estonia
- Scanorama Distribution
- Germany
-
Grandfilm GmbH
Distribution
Release date: 15.12.2022 - Indonesia
- Falcon Pictures Distribution
- Israel
- Lev Cinemas / Shani Films Distribution
- Latvia
- Scanorama Distribution
- Lithuania
- Scanorama Distribution
- Luxembourg
- Mooov Film Distribution Distribution
- Netherlands
- Mooov Film Distribution Distribution
- Poland
- Stowarzyszenie Nowe Horyzonty Distribution
- Portugal
- Nitrato Filmes Distribution
- Slovakia
- Film Europe s.r.o Distribution
- Switzerland
-
Frenetic Films
Distribution
Release date: 01.09.2022
Awards
(a selection)
- Berlin, Berlinale - Internationale Filmfestspiele, Special Mention (International Competition) 2022 (Winner)
- Guanajuato, Guanajuato International Film Festival, Award for Best International Feature Film Fiction 2022 (Winner)
- Espinho, FEST – New Directors | New Films Festival, Honorable Mention - Golden Lynx Fiction 2022 (Winner)
-
Montreal, Festival du Nouveau Cinéma Montréal FNC,
Mention Spéciale, Prix d'Interprétation (enfants/adolescent.e.s des films de la compétition)
2022
(Winner)
Elin Zgraggen - Chicago, Chicago International Film Festival, Roger Ebert Award ex aequo (New Directors Competition) 2022 (Winner)
- Thessaloniki, International Thessaloniki Film Festival, Special Jury Award – Silver Alexander (Intl.Competition) 2022 (Winner)
- Strasbourg, Festival Augenblick , Prix du jury professionnel (Compétition longs métrages) 2022 (Winner)
- Strasbourg, Festival Augenblick , Prix européen de jeunes producteurs (Compétition longs métrages) 2022 (Winner)
- Los Angeles, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, International Feature Film 2023 (Official Submission)
- Genève, Swiss Film Award, Best Feature Film 2023 (Winner)
-
Genève, Swiss Film Award,
Best Actor
2023
(Nomination)
Simon Wisler -
Genève, Swiss Film Award,
Best Actress
2023
(Nomination)
Michèle Brand -
Genève, Swiss Film Award,
Best Screenplay
2023
(Nomination)
Michael Koch -
Genève, Swiss Film Award,
Best Film Score
2023
(Nomination)
Jannik Giger -
Genève, Swiss Film Award,
Best Film Score
2023
(Nomination)
Tobias Koch -
Genève, Swiss Film Award,
Best Sound
2023
(Nomination)
Jean-Pierre Gerth -
Genève, Swiss Film Award,
Best Sound
2023
(Nomination)
Tobias Koch
Festivals
(a selection)
-
Göteborg, 46. Göteborg International Film Festival
27.01.2023 - 05.02.2023 -
Solothurn, 58. Solothurner Filmtage
18.01.2023 - 25.01.2023 -
Amiens, 42e Festival International du Film d'Amiens
11.11.2022 - 19.11.2022 -
Strasbourg, 18e Festival Augenblick
08.11.2022 - 25.11.2022 -
Thessaloniki, 63rd Thessaloniki International Film Festival
03.11.2022 - 13.11.2022 -
Denver Film Festival
02.11.2022 - 13.11.2022 -
Leeds, 36th Leeds International Film Festival
02.11.2022 - 17.11.2022 -
Vienna, Viennale - Vienna International Film Festival 2022
20.10.2022 - 01.11.2022 -
Sao Paulo, 46a Mostra Internacional del Cinema de Sao Paulo
20.10.2022 - 02.11.2022 -
Chicago, 58th Chicago International Film Festival
12.10.2022 - 23.10.2022
-
Ghent, 49th Film Fest Gent
11.10.2022 - 22.10.2022 -
Haifa, 38th International Film Festival Haifa
08.10.2022 - 17.10.2022 -
Montreal, 51e Festival du Nouveau Cinéma Montréal
06.10.2022 - 17.10.2022 -
Bogota, Bogota International Film Festival
06.10.2022 - 15.10.2022 -
Vancouver, 41st Vancouver International Film Festival
29.09.2022 - 09.10.2022 -
Batumi, Batumi International Arthouse Film Festival
18.09.2022 - 25.09.2022 -
28th Film Festival della Lessinia
19.08.2022 - 28.08.2022 -
Hong Kong, 46th Hong Kong International Film Festival (Postponed)
15.08.2022 - 31.08.2022 -
Locarno, 75° Locarno Film Festival
03.08.2022 - 13.08.2022 -
Motovun, 25. Motovun Film Festival
26.07.2022 - 30.07.2022 -
Guanajuato, 25th Guanajuato International Film Festival
22.07.2022 - 31.07.2022 -
Wroclaw, 22nd New Horizons International Film Festival Wroclaw
21.07.2022 - 31.07.2022 -
Karlovy Vary, 56th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival
01.07.2022 - 09.07.2022 -
Taipei, 24th Taipei Film Festival
23.06.2022 - 09.07.2022 -
Espinho, FEST - New Filmmakers / New Films Festival
20.06.2022 - 27.06.2022 -
Trento, 70th Trento Film Festival Mountains and Cultures
29.04.2022 - 08.05.2022 -
Berlin, 72. Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin
10.02.2022 - 20.02.2022 -
Torino, 38° Torino Film Festival (hybridCorona – online and onsite edition)
20.11.2020 - 28.11.2020 -
Locarno, 73° Locarno Film Festival (hybridCorona – online and onsite edition)
05.08.2020 - 15.08.2020