Jean-Guillaume Sonnier
Producer, Director, Screenwriter
Born in 1988 in France. Graduated from ECAL’s Film Studies department (École Cantonale d’Art de Lausanne). Worked in various roles on short and feature films at Box Productions, Rita Productions, Bande à part Films, and Casa Azul Films. Since 2012, Head of Production and Distribution for ECAL’s Bachelor Film Programme and ECAL/HEAD’s Master Film Programme. His debut short SHABBAT, DIEU MERCI! (2010) was followed by À QUOI TU JOUES (2011), which won Best Swiss Newcomer at Locarno Film Festival. His medium-length film PETIT HOMME (2014) earned him a Leopard Award there; TUFFO (2021) was nominated for a Swiss Film Award. Currently developing his first feature film. His work is marked by sensitive storytelling, emotional depth, and a precise visual language. He often collaborates with non-professional actors, blending personal themes with social observation. His style is quiet, deliberate, and emotionally resonant — shaped by his ECAL training and deep roots in the Swiss film scene.
Filmography
(a selection)
Director
- 2023
- Article 33 by Jean-Guillaume Sonnier
- 2021
- Tuffo by Jean-Guillaume Sonnier
- 2014
- Petit homme by Jean-Guillaume Sonnier
- 2011
- À quoi tu joues by Jean-Guillaume Sonnier
- 2010
- Shabbat, Dieu merci! by Jean-Guillaume Sonnier
Screenwriter
- 2023
- Article 33 by Jean-Guillaume Sonnier
- 2021
- Tuffo by Jean-Guillaume Sonnier
- 2014
- Petit homme by Jean-Guillaume Sonnier
Producer
- 2026
- Limbo by Serhii Tykhoniuk
- 2026
- Nostos by Serhii Tykhoniuk
- 2026
- Liebe Lotti by Floriane Roulin
- 2026
- Prochain arrêt : Fontenay by Charlyne Genoud
- 2026
- Chez Madame Favre by Robin Kaufmann
- 2026
- Lumpaz by Aurélie Madeleine Chételat
- 2026
- À perte de vue by Antonin Dutoit
- 2026
- Murmuration by Victor Cateau
- 2026
- Ma petite Nono by Maéna Hirt
- 2026
- Violette
- 2026
- A Prendre ou à Laisser by Nolan Grando
- 2026
- L'Hôtel de sieste by Lou Haenggi
- 2026
- Ramen cheese by Zélia Zanone
- 2026
- Groove by Samuel Harari
- 2026
- Le Goût des Pommes by Victor Durand Martinella
- 2026
- Spare by Mileny Monisy Vieira de Andrade
- 2026
- Frangines by Eva Rust
- 2026
- Tutto Bene by Hana Magimel
- 2025
- L'Antre by Hervé Ossent
- 2025
- Firelight by Theofanis Papadopoulos
- 2025
- Quitter la ruche by Pol Barrelet
- 2025
- Le terrier des cigognes by Benjamin Eggenberger
- 2025
- Où étais-tu pendant la nuit ? by Maria Luiza Brandão Vaz
- 2025
- Naissance d'une pierre by Camille Anker
- 2025
- Cartilage
- 2025
- Bételgeuse by Loïc Pidoux
- 2025
- Mife et Miso vont en bateau by Sara Dutch
- 2025
- Backwards by Serhii Tykhoniuk
- 2025
- La simple science du vol by Camille Anker
- 2025
- Niederurnen, GL by Anna Joos
- 2025
- Chi ch'ien piü chiö by Pablo Guscetti
- 2025
- Crescendo by Morgane Beslay
- 2025
- Cuxhaven by Charlyne Genoud
- 2025
- Garance by Orson Gauthier-Villars
- 2025
- Rechercher personne prête à tout contre somme considérable by Maéna Hirt
- 2025
- La nausée by Robin Kaufmann
- 2025
- Zone blanche by Floriane Roulin
- 2025
- Border by Pauline Pichard
- 2025
- Kéan by Mathys Nouspikel
- 2025
- Qui part à la chasse by Lea Favre
- 2025
- About Love by Orson Gauthier-Villars
- 2025
- Lettre à Louise by Morgane Beslay
- 2025
- Lorena by Mathys Nouspikel
- 2025
- La panthère, mon oasis. by Pauline Pichard
- 2025
- L'archange by Nafi Touré
- 2025
- Basile rêve d'une araignée by Vincent Nguyen
- 2025
- De l'eau qui bout au fond de la Terre by Louis Richalet
- 2025
- L'avant-poste 21 by Camille Surdez
- 2025
- Rémanence by Lanna Melissa Nebie
- 2025
- Noirs matins by David Gonseth
- 2025
- Mon monstre by Eva Rust
- 2024
- Rose à la ferme by Giulia Goy
- 2024
- La valse sauvage by Rémi Molleyres
- 2024
- Aire de jeux by Adrien Beroud
- 2024
- Memento Mori by Victor Cateau
- 2024
- En surface by Victor Cateau
- 2024
- Diapason 440 by Aurélie Madeleine Chételat
- 2024
- Ton visage qui ne cesse de m'échapper by Aurélie Madeleine Chételat
- 2024
- L'ordre des choses by Antonin Dutoit
- 2024
- Un paradis by Antonin Dutoit
- 2024
- Utaga-u by Louis Richalet
- 2024
- Tournesol by Camille Surdez
- 2024
- Inconscientes by Camille Surdez
- 2024
- A mort les bossus by Matteo Friberg
- 2024
- Maman danse by Mégane Brügger
- 2024
- How Lucy Gave Birth To Us by Donika Gashi
- 2024
- Acciaio by Valentina Parati
- 2024
- Attente utile suivie d'une grande joie by Louis Richalet
- 2024
- Fenni in Wonderland by Fei Fan
- 2023
- The Scent of Burning Time by Leopold Frey
- 2023
- À la dérive by Marion Reymond
- 2023
- Les satellites ne tombent jamais du ciel by Matias Carlier, Remo Corazza
- 2023
- There were Cowboys by Jay Holdener
- 2023
- Article 33 by Jean-Guillaume Sonnier
- 2022
- Balthazar et Madalena by Gabriel Colban
- 2022
- Nebraska by Lou-Théa Papaloïzos
- 2022
- Une vie de fantôme by Sebastian Friedmann
- 2022
- Montana 1977 by Kimyan Flückiger
- 2022
- Le grand désappointement by Yan Ciszewski
- 2022
- DAENA by Leopold Frey
- 2022
- Les mouches de Beni by Alice Denyse
- 2022
- Le fantôme de Marioupol by Marie Chemin
- 2021
- Ce qu'on partage by Solène Mercier
- 2021
- Tuffo by Jean-Guillaume Sonnier
- 2021
- Prendre le désert by Noémie Guibal
- 2018
- Crépuscule by Pauline Jeanbourquin
- 2017
- Martien by Maxime Pillonel
- 2017
- La séance de 15h by Pauline Jeanbourquin
- 2017
- Balloon by Robin Mognetti, Sayaka Mizuno
- 2015
- Sing Me Back Home (Before I Die) by Gwennaël Bolomey
- 2015
- Muchachas by Juliana Fanjul
- 2015
- Blind date à la juive by Anaëlle Morf
- 2015
- A barca by Pablo Briones
- 2014
- Petit homme by Jean-Guillaume Sonnier
- 2013
- Le doigt d'honneur by Malika Pellicioli
Awards
(a selection)
- 2011
- Locarno, Locarno Festival, Premio Action Light for the Best Swiss Newcomer (Winner) in À quoi tu joues