“Absolut” nominated for Max Ophuels Prize in Saarbruecken
13.01.2005
The Swiss film “Absolut,” the second long feature film by Romed Wyder will be part of the competition at the 26th Max Ophuels Prize Film Festival, taking place in Saarbruecken, Germany, from January 17-23, 2005. A total of fifteen feature films from Germany, Austria, and Switzerland are vying for the prize which comes with a distribution grant of 18,000 Euro.
The feature film “Absolut” had its premiere at the Locarno International Film Festival last summer as part of the “Cinéastes du présent” program, and it will released in the French-speaking part of Switzerland in April (Frenetic Films Zurich), while its distribution in Germany is planned for fall 2005 (Neue Visionen Filmverleih, Berlin). It has been invited to numerious film festivals, among them the Bangkok International Film Festival (Jan 13-24) and the Rotterdam Film Festival (January 26 – February 7), where it will be part of the “Cinema of the Future” program.
Switzerland will be represented in the short film competition - with a prize sum of 3,000 Euro – with the gay comedy “La Fidanzata” by Petra Volpe (Production: Dschoint Ventschr) as well as with Prisca Koller’s thesis film “Langer Abgang” (Long exit). Additional Swiss films will be shown as part of the “Spectrum” program: Documentary films “Ma famille Africaine” by Thomas Thümena (Production: Hugofilm) and “Halleluja! Der Herr ist verrückt” by Alfredo Knuchel, which both have been nominated for the 2005 Swiss Film Prize. Also part of the program are “Nocturne” by Riccardio Signorell – with brothers Martin and Patrick Rappold (to be released in Swiss-German cinemas in February), Swiss-Austrian co-production “Villa Henriette” by Peter Payer (Production: Maximage, Zurich), and “Promised Land” by Michael Beltrami (Production: Amka Films), which also premiered in Locarno.
Zurich, January 13, 2005
Switzerland will be represented in the short film competition - with a prize sum of 3,000 Euro – with the gay comedy “La Fidanzata” by Petra Volpe (Production: Dschoint Ventschr) as well as with Prisca Koller’s thesis film “Langer Abgang” (Long exit). Additional Swiss films will be shown as part of the “Spectrum” program: Documentary films “Ma famille Africaine” by Thomas Thümena (Production: Hugofilm) and “Halleluja! Der Herr ist verrückt” by Alfredo Knuchel, which both have been nominated for the 2005 Swiss Film Prize. Also part of the program are “Nocturne” by Riccardio Signorell – with brothers Martin and Patrick Rappold (to be released in Swiss-German cinemas in February), Swiss-Austrian co-production “Villa Henriette” by Peter Payer (Production: Maximage, Zurich), and “Promised Land” by Michael Beltrami (Production: Amka Films), which also premiered in Locarno.
Zurich, January 13, 2005