Jela Hasler

Director, Screenwriter

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

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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