Carmen Jaquier

Screenwriter, Director, Cinematographer, Costume Designer

Website
www.carmenjaquier.com
Copyright: Carlyle Routh

Born in Geneva, Switzerland, Carmen Jaquier studied graphic design, before co-directing her first short film EAT ME! She then studied film and screenwriting at the art schools in Lausanne and Geneva (ECAL / HEAD – Genève). Her graduation film THE GIRLS’ GRAVE was awarded at the Locarno Film Festival (2011). She continued to explore cinematography and editing within the collective Aamen, bringing together women artists across several disciplines such as experimental video, music, and performance. Carmen Jaquier directed several short films, including AT THE MERMAID PARADE and THE RIVER UNDER THE TONGUE. The latter concludes a trilogy exploring the links between desires, transmissions, and secrets. She is one of the 10 upcoming Swiss directors of the collective feature film WONDERLAND, selected for the International Competition of the Locarno Film Festival 2015. Her debut feature THUNDER (2022) premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival. The film received more than a dozen awards at international festivals around the world as well as two Swiss Film Awards. In May 2023, she was honoured as “Emerging Talent” as part of the Women in Motion Awards at the Cannes Film Festival.

Filmography
(a selection)

Director

2024
Les Paradis de Diane by Carmen Jaquier, Jan Gassmann
2022
Foudre by Carmen Jaquier
2016
Za nase zvijezde by Carmen Jaquier, Nagi Gianni
2015
La rivière sous la langue by Carmen Jaquier
2015
Heimatland by Michael Krummenacher, Jan Gassmann, Lisa Blatter, Gregor Frei, Benny Jaberg, Carmen Jaquier, Jonas Meier, Tobias Nölle, Lionel Rupp, Mike Scheiwiller
2014
Rome, à la troisième heure de la nuit by Carmen Jaquier, Anissa Cadelli, Soumeya Ferro-Luzzi
2013
Le bal des sirènes by Carmen Jaquier
2011
Le tombeau des filles by Carmen Jaquier
2004
Bouffe moi! by Carmen Jaquier

Screenwriter

2024
Les Paradis de Diane by Carmen Jaquier, Jan Gassmann
2022
Foudre by Carmen Jaquier
2016
Za nase zvijezde by Carmen Jaquier, Nagi Gianni
2015
Heimatland by Michael Krummenacher, Jan Gassmann, Lisa Blatter, Gregor Frei, Benny Jaberg, Carmen Jaquier, Jonas Meier, Tobias Nölle, Lionel Rupp, Mike Scheiwiller
2015
La rivière sous la langue by Carmen Jaquier
2013
Le bal des sirènes by Carmen Jaquier
2011
Le tombeau des filles by Carmen Jaquier
2004
Bouffe moi! by Carmen Jaquier

Cinematographer

2018
A Bright Light – Karen and the Process by Emmanuelle Antille
2016
Za nase zvijezde by Carmen Jaquier, Nagi Gianni
2016
L'été by Maxime Rappaz

Costume Designer

2012
Résurrection by Jeremy Rosenstein
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