Anne-Frédérique Widmann

Director, Screenwriter

Born in 1965 in Geneva, Switzerland. She graduated in 1989 with a degree in international relations from the Graduate Institute of International Studies in Geneva. Since 2003, she has produced investigations and reports for the Temps Présent programme on Radio Télévision Suisse (RTS). Her documentary FREE MEN (2018) won awards at several international festivals. In 2019, she was awarded the Prix Jean Dumur for her body of work. Her documentary SHEWIT is in production and tells the story of ten years in the life of a young Eritrean refugee in Switzerland.

Filmography
(a selection)

Director

2025
Shewit by Anne-Frédérique Widmann
2018
Free Men by Anne-Frédérique Widmann

Screenwriter

2018
Free Men by Anne-Frédérique Widmann
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