Jela Hasler

Director, Screenwriter

Email: jela@jelahasler.ch
Website: www.vimeo.com/jelahasler

Born in 1986 in Switzerland. 2010 BA of Photography from ZHdK (Zürcher Hochschule der Künste) and Marmara University Istanbul. 2013 BA Video from HSLU (Hochschule Luzern - Design & Kunst). Since 2013 works as independent filmmaker. Her short films have screened at festivals such as Locarno, IDFA, Hot Docs, Tampere and Cannes' Critics Week. Both her shorts ON SOLID GROUND as well as LA GRAVIDITÉ have been awarded with the Swiss Film Award. The documentary LES NOUVELLES ÈVES (realised in co-direction in a collective), winning project of the CH-Dokfilmwettbewerb, was released in Swiss cinemas in 2021.

Filmography
(a selection)

Director

2023: La gravidité by Jela Hasler
2021: Über Wasser by Jela Hasler
2021: Les Nouvelles Èves by Camille Budin, Annie Gisler, Jela Hasler, Thaïs Odermatt, Anna Thommen, Wendy Pillonel
2020: Von gestern auf heute by Jela Hasler
2018: Le sens de la marche by Jela Hasler
2015: The Meadow by Jela Hasler
2013: Kein Porno by Jela Hasler

Screenwriter

2023: La gravidité by Jela Hasler
2021: Les Nouvelles Èves by Camille Budin, Annie Gisler, Jela Hasler, Thaïs Odermatt, Anna Thommen, Wendy Pillonel
2021: Über Wasser by Jela Hasler
2020: Von gestern auf heute by Jela Hasler

Awards

(a selection)

2021: Zürich, Zürcher Filmpreis 2021, Beste Regie (Kategorie Kurzfilm) (Winner) in Über Wasser

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