FILMS
UNSER KIND (OUR CHILD)
Drama | 22m | 2024
A Swiss couple is expecting a child through surrogacy in the Republic of Georgia when questions about their baby's health arise.
Starring
Lucy Wirth, Jürg Plüss, Gano Gerliani, Beka Goderdzishvili
Written by Samuel Flückiger & Philippe Grob
Produced by Flavio Gerber & Nadine Lüchinger / Filmgerberei
FESTIVALS
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LA Shorts International Film Festival, USA*
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Film Festival Kitzbühel, Austria
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International Short Film Festival of Cyprus**
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Mallorca Evolution International Film Festival, Spain
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Sulmona International Film Festival, Italy
* Academy Award qualifying festival
** European Film Award qualifying festival
Winner
Best of Fest
LA Shorts
Winner
Screenplay Competition
LA Shorts
FENSTERLOS (WINDOWLESS)
Drama | 27m | 2019
It has been 35 years since Maria left her newborn in a baby hatch. With the help of the authorities, she tracks down her daughter and meets Caroline for the first time.
A DNA test is to prove their kinship. An increasingly close relationship develops between Maria and Caroline. However, unfulfilled expectations and quiet accusations threaten to break it time and again.
Starring
Sarah Spale, Elvira Plüss, Nina Iseli, Verena Bosshard, Jürg Plüss, Sandra Moser
Written by Joël Jent & Samuel Flückiger
Produced by Joël Jent / Aaron Film GmbH
FESTIVALS
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60th Cartagena de Indias International Film Festival - FICCI, Colombia*
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49th Alcine Festival de Cine de Alcala de Henares, Spain*
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42nd Drama International Short Film Festival, Greece**
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55th Solothurn Film Festival, Switzerland
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25th Festival International du Court-Métrage de Dijon, France
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19th PriFest – Prishtina International Film Festival, Kosovo
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10th Bengaluru International Short Film Festival, India*
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19th Shnit International Short Film Festival, Switzerland
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9th Jozi Film Festival, South Africa
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18th Tirana International Film Festival Tirana, Albania*
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14th Das Filmfest Prague, Czech Republic
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18th Asiana International Short Film Festival, South Korea
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10th Macau International Short Film Festival, Macau
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8th Festival Internacional Signos da Noite - Lisboa, Portugal
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22nd MUSIC & CINEMA - Festival International du Film d'Aubagne, France
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8th Festival Internacional de Cine de Medellín, Colombia
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18th Indy Film Fest, USA
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21st Nevada City Film Festival, USA
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16th Shorts Mexico International Short Film Festival, Mexico
* Academy Award qualifying festival
** European Film Award qualifying festival
Jury Award
Best Int. Short Fiction
Jozi Film Festival
Best Editing
Macau Int. Short Film Festival
Best Actress
Innerschweizer Filmpreis
FESTIVALS
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16th Big Sky Documentary Festival, USA*
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12th Sebastopol Documentary Film Festival, USA*
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35th Festival du Cinéma Européen Lille, France
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19th cellu l'art Kurzfilmfestival Jena, Germany
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29th Bamberger Kurzfilmtage, Germany
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60th Rochester International Film Festival, USA
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10th Shortynale Filmfestival Klosterneuburg, Austria
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5th Shorts Moscow, Russian Federation
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16th Shnit International Short Film Festival, Switzerland
* Academy Award qualifying festival
FESTIVALS
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14th Vienna Shorts, Austria*
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5th Kyiv International Short Film Festival, Ukraine
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12th Zurich Film Festival, Switzerland
* Academy Award qualifying festival
Nominee
Zurich Film Festival 72h Competition
NACHTLICHT (NIGHTLIGHT)
Drama | 13m | 2015
In the absence of supervision, young brothers Konrad and Baschi get into a fight that spirals out of control. With the world outside their home collapsing, Konrad has just one chance to right his wrong.
Starring
Eliess Rölli, Dennis Horat
Written by Darragh McDonald
Produced by Joël Jent / Aaron Film GmbH & Mike MacMillan / Lithium Studios
FESTIVALS
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13th Bogotá Short Film Festival, Colombia*
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19th Brussels Short Film Festival, Belgium*
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21st Guanajuato Int. Film Festival, Mexico*
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45th Festival du nouveau cinéma de Montréal, Canada*
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51th Solothurner Filmtage 2016m Switzerland
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58th Rochester Int. Film Festival, Switzerland
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8th Amarcort Film Festival Rimini, Italy
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6th Aesthetica Short Film Festival, UK
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25th Atlantic Film Festival, Canada
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13th Festival de Curtmetratges de Manlleu, Spain
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12th Festival Tous Écrans Genf, Switzerland
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16th Neuchâtel Int. Fantastic Film Festival, Switzerland
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20th Palm Springs Int. ShortFest, USA*
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12th Vientienale Int. Film Festival, Laos
* Academy Award qualifying festival
TERMINAL
Drama | 21m | 2013
George, stoic and overprotective, travels to Zurich with his terminally ill daughter Rachel who is planning physician-assisted suicide. George has just one day to change her mind.
Starring
Sean McCann, Rachel Wilson, Fabienne Mathier
Written by Darragh McDonald
Produced by Mike MacMillan / Lithium Studios
FESTIVALS
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22nd Flickerfest International ShortFilm Festival, Australia*
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34th Film Festival Max Ophüls Preis, Germany
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29th Festival du Cinéma Européen, Lille France
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14th Cellu L’Art Short Film Festival, Jena, Germany
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40th Athens International Film & Video Festival, USA*
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19th Palm Springs International ShortFest, USA*
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17th FLICKERS Rhode Island International Film Festival, USA*
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5th Shortynale Klosterneuburg Short Film Festival, Austria
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Shnit International Short Film Festival, Bern, Switzerland
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1st Toronto International Short Film Festival, Canada
* Academy Award qualifying festival
Best of the Fest
Toronto Int. Short Film Festival
Jury Award
Shnit Int. Short Film Festival
Jury Award
Shortynale Kurzfilm Festival
Toleranzpreis
Cellu l' Art
Festival Jena