Simone Häberling

Producer, Casting

Born in 1976 in Zurich, Switzerland. BA in German language and literature, film studies and art history. In 2003 she founded the film production company Presence Production Zurich. The company specifically promotes young talent, whether in front of or behind the camera, and therefore works closely with filmkids.ch and Swiss Film School-SFS on suitable projects. In 2004, for the successful feature film «My Name is Eugen», Häberling was responsible for the casting of the children, production coordination and media relations. In 2007 she founded the non-profit association filmkids.ch - Filmschule für Kinder und Jugendliche. She also produced the short film ALP TRAUM by This Lüscher and won the Prix du Pathé. 2008-12 Häberling was employed as junior producer for the feature films SENNENTUNTSCHI and DAS MISSENMASSAKER at Kontraproduktion AG. At the same time, she completed her Master's degree in Cultural Management at the ZHAW in 2009. 2013-17 she worked with the theatre group 400asa for the transmedia project DER POLER - DAS GAME and as producer for DER POLDER - DER FILM. In 2016 she won the theatre prize of the Federal Office of Culture for «innovative storytelling» with 400asa. In 2017 she produced the youth feature film THE REAL THING. In 2018 she founded the new label SwissFilmSchool-SFS and produced several short films and video clips.

Filmography
(a selection)

Producer

2023
Die Reise der kleinen Mo by Julian M. Grünthal, Charlotte Engelbert
2023
Aminata by Djibril Vuille
2023
Lost in Paradise by Ralph Etter, Julian M. Grünthal
2021
Becoming Momo (Becoming Ben & Becoming Zoe) by Ralph Etter, Julian M. Grünthal
2021
Sabotage by Julian M. Grünthal
2020
Our Next Shooting Star by Jessy Moravec, Tizia Florence Holzer
2018
How Kids Make Films by Samuel Scheidegger
2017
The Real Thing by Valentin Burwell, Joel Rätz, Jakob Schwarz, Aline Simo Kamga, Seraphina Schillinger, Djibril Vuille
2010
Sennentuntschi by Michael Steiner
2009
Pinprick by Daniel Young
2008
Socka Hitsch by Gian Rupf
2008
AlpTraum by This Lüscher
2007
Schweiz 07 by This Lüscher

Casting

2006
Love Made Easy by Peter Luisi
2005
Mein Name ist Eugen by Michael Steiner
2005
Die Burg by Simon Jaquemet
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