Entertainment
Seven Swiss film projects selected for Venice Gap-Financing Market
Switzerland is spotlighted as a country in focus with several diverse feature projects seeking market backing.
The short version
- Seven Swiss film projects and co-productions were chosen from over 370 submissions for the Venice Production Bridge's Gap-Financing Market.[Variety]
- Selected titles include Flurin Giger's debut feature 'A Year Without Summer', set in 1816 and filming in Rhaeto-Romanic, and Stéphanie Argerich's 'Kyushu Moon'.[Variety]
- Argerich's feature is scheduled to begin a six-week shoot in Beppu, Japan, starring Alba Rohrwacher and Ryo Kase.[Variety]
Key facts
- Seven Swiss projects and co-productions were chosen for the Venice Production Bridge's Gap-Financing Market lineup out of more than 370 submissions.[Variety]
- Flurin Giger's debut feature 'A Year Without Summer' is set in 1816 and will be filmed in Rhaeto-Romanic.[Variety]
- Stéphanie Argerich's feature 'Kyushu Moon' stars Alba Rohrwacher and Ryo Kase, with plans for a six-week shoot in Beppu, Japan.[Variety]
- Ursula Meier's project 'Quiet Land' follows a dismissed Montana Highway Patrol officer investigating fatal car crashes.[Variety]
- Director Kaveh Bakhtiari stated that exploring the human reality of forced criminal exploitation motivated his narrative for 'The Smuggler'.[Variety]
Sources
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