Swiss Talents in Berlin

The Berlinale Talents initiative offers film professionals from all over the world and from all genres the opportunity to present new projects and network with experienced industry representatives at workshops, labs and networking events. Thanks to the support provided by SWISS FILMS, three filmmakers from Switzerland are taking part this year.

Michael Graf, producer at Cloud Haze Pictures, will be presenting his film project BAD GAYS (director: Loïc Hobi) at the Talent Project Market 2024. He was coproducer of the Canadian-Swiss film SOMETHING YOU SAID LAST NIGHT, which premiered at TIFF 2022 and was screened at festivals and in cinemas worldwide.

Editor Myriam Rachmuth was honoured with the Swiss Film Award in 2021 for her editing of the film MY LITTLE SISTER. Her most recent work includes, among others, the Swiss productions THE FORTUNATE ONES by Jeanne Waltz and LIFE-SIZE PAULINE by Nadège de Benoit-Luthy.

Director and editor Lesia Kordonets grew up in Ukraine and studied at the ZHdK Zurich University of the Arts. Her graduation film, the documentary PUSHING BOUNDARIES (2021), has garnered a successful festival career and won multiple awards.

Five Swiss junior producers from Switzerland will participate in the Visitors Programme of the Berlinale Co-Production Market, thanks to the support of SWISS FILMS: Azra Djurdjevic (Filmgerberei), Daniel Schneider (First Hand Films), Philipp Rittler (Dynamic Frame), Julia Schubiger (Langfilm) and Lauro Jenni (Ivy Filmstudio).

Swiss actors at the Berlinale

Swiss actress Rachel Braunschweig stars in the role of actress Ella Karma in Andreas Dresen’s competition film FROM HILDE, WITH LOVE. The film tells the tragic life story of resistance fighter Hilde Coppi during the Nazi era. Rachel Braunschweig was honoured with the Swiss Film Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in THE DIVINE ORDER in 2017 and nominated for Best Actress for her role in SPAGAT. She is also well known for her roles in TATORT and the Swiss series NEUMATT. In 2024, she will star in the film FRIEDA'S CASE by Maria Brendle.

The internationally acclaimed Swiss actor Joel Basman (THE AWAKENING OF MOTTI WOLKENBRUCH, CAGED BIRDS) stars in the series KAFKA as Franz Kafka in one of the leading roles alongside David Kross (DAVOS 1917) and Liv Lisa Fries (BABYLON BERLIN). The series, coproduced by ORF and ARD, will be presented at the Berlinale Series Market.