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The 2023 Annual Report is here
11.07.2024
More Swiss productions, greater digital reach, new activities in the realms of series, XR and impact campaigning and, once again, significantly more support funds for the industry: these are the core topics of the new SWISS FILMS Annual Report 2023.
Over 680 new Swiss productions were recorded in the Swiss Films Portal – the SWISS FILMS database – in 2023, supplemented with theatrical release data and published on our website in three languages. This marks a new record number of entries. The trend towards more Swiss productions has thus continued to grow. The number of newly recorded projects has almost doubled since 2014.
We have also been tracking XR projects since 2022 and Swiss series since 2023. The latter continue to grow in importance and lead to new activities for new markets and target groups. One example of this is the “Swiss Series Previews” at the Berlinale Series Market, where SWISS FILMS presented new Swiss series for the first time last year with the support of SRG.
Number of newly registered projects in the “Swiss Films Portal” 2014-2023
The steady increase in the number of new projects also results in more applications. In 2023, SWISS FILMS processed 310 support applications, 9% more than in the previous year and more than ever before. In collaboration with the Federal Office of Culture, SWISS FILMS was able to grant CHF 1.7 million in support funding, more than twice as much as in 2021. Approximately CHF 1.3 million of this went to distribution support for international theatrical releases. A further CHF 0.4 million went to seven other support measures for the international distribution of Swiss film productions. One of these is the Impact Accelerator, a pilot measure which supports innovative distribution strategies involving impact campaigning. Read more about the international support measures in the Annual Report.
Number of support applications in 2023
Promised contributions in 2023
SWISS FILMS is committed to remaining in closer contact with the national and international film industry throughout the entire year. To this end, we revised the SWISS FILMS newsletters in 2023 and developed new storytelling formats, aiming to reach new target groups and achieve greater reach on social media and on our website. With 940,000 sessions, this reached a new record in 2023.
Development of website traffic
In the final section of the annual report, SWISS FILMS presents statistics on the global distribution of Swiss film productions at festivals, in cinemas and on streaming platforms.
Flip through our annual report in German or French and look back on an extraordinary year in text and images!
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