Isabelle Favez

Director, Screenwriter, Animator, Cinematographer, Character Designer, Editor

Born in 1974 in Bern, Switzerland. 1994-99 Attends ZHdK (Zürcher Hochschule der Künste), Film and Video Department. 1999 Receives degree from ZHdK. Works as independent animation filmmaker. As artist in residence at the studio Folimage in Valence she completed her award-winning short CIRCUIT MARINE (2003), which like AIR-MAIL (2015), premiered at the Berlinale Generation. Both films screened in countless festivals. GIUSEPPE (2022) also screens in Annecy.


Filmography
(a selection)

Director

2022
Lost Brain by Isabelle Favez
2022
Giuseppe by Isabelle Favez
2019
Zibilla by Isabelle Favez
2015
Nemity Pingvin by Isabelle Favez
2015
Messages dans l'air by Isabelle Favez
2012
Au coeur de l'hiver by Isabelle Favez
2009
Valise by Isabelle Favez
2006
Tarte aux pommes by Isabelle Favez
2003
Circuit marine by Isabelle Favez
2003
Casa lunatica by Andrej Zolotukhin, Beatrice Jäggi, David Pfluger, Elena Madrid, Gilbert Lordong, Isabelle Favez, Marcel Hobi
2002
Les voltigeurs by Isabelle Favez
1999
Replay by Isabelle Favez
1997
Café-Bar by Isabelle Favez
1995
Kino by Isabelle Favez
1993
Lebenshunger by Isabelle Favez

Screenwriter

2025
Rouxelle et les pirates by Isabelle Favez
2022
Giuseppe by Isabelle Favez
2022
Lost Brain by Isabelle Favez
2015
Messages dans l'air by Isabelle Favez
2012
Au coeur de l'hiver by Isabelle Favez
2009
Valise by Isabelle Favez
2006
Tarte aux pommes by Isabelle Favez
2003
Circuit marine by Isabelle Favez
2002
Les voltigeurs by Isabelle Favez
1999
Replay by Isabelle Favez
1993
Lebenshunger by Isabelle Favez

Cinematographer

2015
Messages dans l'air by Isabelle Favez
2002
Les voltigeurs by Isabelle Favez
2001
Nordost by Basil Vogt
1999
Replay by Isabelle Favez

Editor

2002
Les voltigeurs by Isabelle Favez
1999
Replay by Isabelle Favez

Animator

2022
Lost Brain by Isabelle Favez
2019
Zibilla by Isabelle Favez
2015
Linard, Monti und die Musik by Karin Heberlein, Annette Carle
2015
La petite fille et la nuit by Madina Iskhakova
2013
From Here To Immortality by Luise Hüsler
2013
Bus 31 by Alexandra Prusa
2012
Au coeur de l'hiver by Isabelle Favez
2009
Valise by Isabelle Favez
2006
Tarte aux pommes by Isabelle Favez
2003
Circuit marine by Isabelle Favez

Character Designer

2019
Zibilla by Isabelle Favez
2006
Tarte aux pommes by Isabelle Favez

Awards

(a selection)

2006
Zürich, Zürcher Filmpreis 2006, Zürcher Filmpreis (Anerkennungspreis) (Winner)
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