The Driven Ones
Switzerland, September 2023
FILM,
Documentary,
92 min.
- directed by
- Piet Baumgartner
- Written by
- Piet Baumgartner
- Status
- In distribution
They are the world’s next CEOs: students of the Master's programme “Strategy and International Management” at the University of St. Gallen (HSG). Those who succeed here are practically already part of the future business elite – like Feifei, Sara, Tobias, Frederic and David. Over the course of seven years, the documentary accompanies the five young men and women, who come from very different countries, from their studies to the first years of their careers. They have different backgrounds, dreams and values. But they all have the same goal: professional success as quickly as possible. The five, who are disarmingly outspoken, are willing to make sacrifices, to subordinate their personal lives to professional advancement. They experience exhilarating triumphs as well as bitter defeats – and repeatedly question many things.
credits
- World Premiere
- September 2023
- Original Version
- French, English, Swiss-German, German (french/english subtitles), colour, DCP, 92 min.
- ISAN
- 0000-0004-829F-0000-8-0000-0000-D
- Production
- Catpics, SRF Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen, RTS Radio Télévision Suisse, Norddeutscher Rundfunk
- Producer
- Sarah Born, Rajko Jazbec, Dario Schoch, Philippe Grob
- directed by
- Piet Baumgartner
- Written by
- Piet Baumgartner
- Cinematography
- Stefan Dux
- Editing
- Gesa Marten, Benjamin Fueter, Martin Arpagaus
- Location Sound Mix
- Jacques Kieffer, Piet Baumgartner
- Music
- Fatima Dunn
World Sales / World Rights
- World Sales
- Autlook Filmsales GmbH
Worldwide Distribution
- Switzerland
-
Filmcoopi Zürich AG
Distribution
Release date: 02.11.2023
Awards
(a selection)
- Zürich, Swiss Film Award, Best Documentary Film 2024 (Nomination)
Festivals
(a selection)
-
Saarbrücken, 45. Filmfestival Max Ophüls Preis Saarbrücken
22.01.2024 - 28.01.2024 -
Solothurn, 59. Solothurner Filmtage
17.01.2024 - 24.01.2024 -
Amsterdam, 36th IDFA International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam
08.11.2023 - 19.11.2023 -
Zurich, 19. Zurich Film Festival
28.09.2023 - 08.10.2023