Swiss Films previewed four films to industry guests at a special event hosted by Locarno Pro, the industry section of Locarno Film Festival, showcasing generational range and genre diversity. The selection included the new film by Carmen Jaquier, the director of “Thunder,” which was announced this week as the Swiss entry in the international feature film category of the Academy Awards.
Talking to Variety, Jaquier said: “I’m very honored about this news and excited to imagine how to work on the Oscar campaign for ‘Thunder.’ Then I’m also thrilled to prepare the release of the next project “Les Paradis des Diane” with my co-director Jan Gassmann. We are looking forward to having some interesting and maybe controversial discussions about the movie.”
“Les Paradis des Diane” tells the story of a woman who, suffering from postpartum depression, leaves her home, her new baby and family, and flees to Portugal.
Talking to Variety, Jaquier said: “I’m very honored about this news and excited to imagine how to work on the Oscar campaign for ‘Thunder.’ Then I’m also thrilled to prepare the release of the next project “Les Paradis des Diane” with my co-director Jan Gassmann. We are looking forward to having some interesting and maybe controversial discussions about the movie.”
“Les Paradis des Diane” tells the story of a woman who, suffering from postpartum depression, leaves her home, her new baby and family, and flees to Portugal.
- 8/7/2023
- by John Bleasdale
- Variety Film + TV
Carmen Jaquier’s debut is the first title to be announced for the international category of the Academy Awards.
Carmen Jaquier’s Thunder has been selected to represent Switzerland in the best international feature film category of the 2024 Oscars.
The announcement was made by Switzerland’s Federal Office of Culture at Locarno Film Festival this afternoon (August 4), where the film screens in the Panorama Suisse strand, and is the first title to be announced for the international feature film category of the Academy Awards.
Set in 1900, it follows a 17-year-old girl who is preparing to take her vows at a...
Carmen Jaquier’s Thunder has been selected to represent Switzerland in the best international feature film category of the 2024 Oscars.
The announcement was made by Switzerland’s Federal Office of Culture at Locarno Film Festival this afternoon (August 4), where the film screens in the Panorama Suisse strand, and is the first title to be announced for the international feature film category of the Academy Awards.
Set in 1900, it follows a 17-year-old girl who is preparing to take her vows at a...
- 8/4/2023
- by Martin Blaney
- ScreenDaily
Peru-set biopic tells the story of Marie Reiche who fought for the preservation of Peru’s mysterious Nazca lines.
Paula Beer and Guillaume Gallienne will co-star in the upcoming English-language biopic Lady Nazca about German mathematician Maria Reiche who pioneered research into Peru’s mysterious Nazca lines in the 1940s, and then fought for their preservation throughout her life.
Paris-based sales company Pulsar Content has secured world sales on the drama and will introduce the project to the market at the European Film Market (March 1-5) next week.
Principal photography will begin in summer 2021 in Peru.
Germany’s Beer, who...
Paula Beer and Guillaume Gallienne will co-star in the upcoming English-language biopic Lady Nazca about German mathematician Maria Reiche who pioneered research into Peru’s mysterious Nazca lines in the 1940s, and then fought for their preservation throughout her life.
Paris-based sales company Pulsar Content has secured world sales on the drama and will introduce the project to the market at the European Film Market (March 1-5) next week.
Principal photography will begin in summer 2021 in Peru.
Germany’s Beer, who...
- 2/25/2021
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- ScreenDaily
Alliance for Development projects include Isis thriller and comic book story.
The Locarno Industry Days’ Alliance for Development wrapped its third edition today with a handful of potential co-productions catching the eye.
The initiative aims to help foster development and co-production between France, Germany, Italy and Switzerland with projects backed by European funds including France’s Cnc, Italy’s MiBACT and Germany’s Ffa.
Among the nine projects in the programme this year was Gigi Roccati’s (Babylon Sisters) Isis-themed thriller My Kin, which has been boarded in Locarno by Belgian producer Hubert Toint (Gangsters).
Italy’s Pilar Saavedra is the main producer alongside Antoine de Clermont Tonnere of MacT productions in France. The team is aiming for a 2019 shoot on the project, which is in the €2m range.
Also catching the eye was romantic-comedy Comic Book Souls, the project with the biggest estimated budget (€4.5m), about a young man who finds life inspiration through his passion...
The Locarno Industry Days’ Alliance for Development wrapped its third edition today with a handful of potential co-productions catching the eye.
The initiative aims to help foster development and co-production between France, Germany, Italy and Switzerland with projects backed by European funds including France’s Cnc, Italy’s MiBACT and Germany’s Ffa.
Among the nine projects in the programme this year was Gigi Roccati’s (Babylon Sisters) Isis-themed thriller My Kin, which has been boarded in Locarno by Belgian producer Hubert Toint (Gangsters).
Italy’s Pilar Saavedra is the main producer alongside Antoine de Clermont Tonnere of MacT productions in France. The team is aiming for a 2019 shoot on the project, which is in the €2m range.
Also catching the eye was romantic-comedy Comic Book Souls, the project with the biggest estimated budget (€4.5m), about a young man who finds life inspiration through his passion...
- 8/6/2017
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
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