Romana Lanfranconi

Screenwriter, Director, Editor, Producer

Born in 1980 in Lucerne, Switzerland, she is an independent documentary film director. She studied film/video at the ZHdK (Zurich University of the Arts) from 2002-2006. After her studies, she founded the film collective Voltafilm, from which the production company VOLTAFILM emerged in 2014, and worked as the company's owner for 15 years as a director and producer on short, TV and cinema documentaries. In 2019, she received the Central Switzerland Film Award as producer of LIFE BEFORE DEATH.
Since 2017, she has also been the co-managing director and co-project manager of the Family and Women's Health Association, FFG Video Production, and within this framework realises short documentaries that reach a large audience.

Filmography
(a selection)

Director

2021
Einsamkeit hat viele Gesichter by Romana Lanfranconi
2020
Unsere besonderen Brüder by Romana Lanfranconi
2019
Geschwisterkinder by Romana Lanfranconi
2016
Langi Ziit by Romana Lanfranconi
2016
Gleichstellen – eine Momentaufnahme by Romana Lanfranconi
2006
Die Einweicher by Romana Lanfranconi
2005
Untersteckholz by Romana Lanfranconi
2004
Fisher's Fritz in Wuxi by Romana Lanfranconi
2004
Rewind by Romana Lanfranconi
2003
Money by Romana Lanfranconi
2002
Spuren by Romana Lanfranconi

Screenwriter

2021
Einsamkeit hat viele Gesichter by Romana Lanfranconi
2020
Unsere besonderen Brüder by Romana Lanfranconi
2019
Geschwisterkinder by Romana Lanfranconi
2016
Langi Ziit by Romana Lanfranconi
2006
Die Einweicher by Romana Lanfranconi

Editor

2021
Einsamkeit hat viele Gesichter by Romana Lanfranconi
2019
Geschwisterkinder by Romana Lanfranconi
2017
Sing a Rainbow by Luzius Wespe, Lukas Gut
2016
Gleichstellen – eine Momentaufnahme by Romana Lanfranconi
2012
Amrit Nectar Of Immortality by Jonas Scheu, Philipp Eyer

Producer

2025
Norma Dorma by Lorenz Suter
2018
Das Leben vor dem Tod by Gregor Frei
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