Caterina Mona

Editor, Screenwriter, Director, Sound Editor

Born in 1973 in Zurich, Switzerland. Studied English literature before studying film at INSAS (Institut National Supérieur des Arts du Spectacle) in Brussels. She graduated as an editor in 2001. Besides editing several feature and documentary films she worked for the film festivals in Locarno and Berlin. Mona has become established as a versatile editor and has worked on a variety of documentaries and feature films, including DIE KINDER VOM NAPF (2011), which had over 78,000 cinema admissions in Switzerland. In addition to her work as an editor, she also works as a director and screenwriter. Her short film LOST (2015) premiered in the Pardi di Domani competition at the Locarno Film Festival. With SEMRET (2022), which was also shown at the Piazza Grande in Locarno, she released her first feature-length film as a director and writer.

Filmography
(a selection)

Director

2022
Semret by Caterina Mona
2015
Persi by Caterina Mona

Screenwriter

2022
Semret by Caterina Mona
2015
Persi by Caterina Mona

Editor

2024
Electric Child by Simon Jaquemet
2017
Cercando Camille by Bindu de Stoppani
2017
Autour de Luisa by Olga Baillif
2015
Persi by Caterina Mona
2014
Turicum – Das ist Zürich by Yadolah Dodge
2014
ThuleTuvalu by Matthias von Gunten
2013
Mikrokosmos Gassenschau by Heinz Winter
2012
Appassionata by Christian Labhart
2011
Die Kinder vom Napf by Alice Schmid
2010
Daniel Schmid – Le chat qui pense by Benny Jaberg, Pascal Hofmann
2010
Zwischen Himmel und Erde by Christian Labhart
2008
Max Frisch, Citoyen by Matthias von Gunten
2005
Ricordare Anna by Walo Deuber

Sound Editor

2011
Die Kinder vom Napf by Alice Schmid
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