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A man on the run. Relentlessly pursued by machines. A woman falls off a bridge. Unharmed, but in a strange trance. The man seems to know it. Together they run to the mountains to escape. Suddenly, a doppelganger shows up, pretending to want to help the man. Could the machines be behind it?

Filminfo:

Type of film:	Short film
Production stage	Finished
Produced in:	2007
Duration:	13 minutes
Language	Swiss German
Festivals (Selection):	Encouter Festival, Bristol Film Festival, Toronto Short Film Festival

Cast & Crew:

With: Jaap Achterberg, Wanda Wylowa

Written & directed by:	Simon Jaquemet
In Coproduction with:	Swiss radio and tv
Executive Producer:	Stefan Zuber
Producers:	Min Li Marti, Stefan Zuber
Camera:	Ralph Baetschmann
Sound:	Simon Baumann
Editing:	Gion-Reto Killias
Sound Design:	Peter Bräker
Music:	Jürg Lindenberg
Animation:	Yuk Satoh, Fadri Jecklin
Compositing: Art	Noemi Sugaya
Direction:	Christine Heimgartner
Light:	David Satz
Costumes:	Matthias Jaquemet

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Sunny Hill

CONTENT

Six young people get to know each other “virtually” in a suicide forum and decide to meet up for “real” to embark on a last trip together in the Swiss mountains where together they can sever their ties to life. What they did not expect was to arrive at a joint, collective decision to not definitively end their six different fates in the same way.

Filminfo:

Type of film:	Cinema feature film
Production stage:	Finished
Produced in:	2008
Duration:	80 minutes
Language:	German
World sales:	Stamm Film AG
Festivals (Selection):	Montreal International Film Festival, Solothurner Filmtage

Cast & Crew:

With: Karsten Mielke, Patrick Rapold, Uta Kargel, Maryam Zaree, Christian Samuel Weber, Araba Walton

Directed by:	Luzius Rüedi
In coproduction with:	Bossa Film AG and Snap Film AG
Producers:	Philip Delaquis, Min Li Marti, Stefan Zuber
Co-producer:	Michael Kindermann
Written by:	Gabriela Meixner-Müller, Luzius Rüedi, Christian Samuel Weber
Camera:	Marco Barberi, Denis Lüthi
Sound:	Jürg Lempen, Carlos Ibanez
Editing:	Isabel Meier
Music:	Jonas Bühler
Light:	Simon Bächler
Costumes:	Marlies Isler
Mask:	Tanja Koller

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One Love – Jürg Halter vs Kutti MC

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The documentary film “One Love” follows the poet and rapper Jürg Halter, aka KUTTI MC, on an adventurous journey through Tokyo and Los Angeles and back to Bern. Before the release of his new album, the film shows different facets of the young Bernese artist’s life. The world did not wait for him, but he in turn did not wait for the world.

In co-production with SF, Klanghotel and 3Sat

Filminfo:

Type of film:	TV Documentary
Production stage:	Finished
Produced in:	2006
Duration:	52 minutes
Languages:	German / Swiss German / Japanese / English

Cast & Crew:

With: Jürg Halter / Kutti MC, Shuntaro Tanikawa

Buch & Regie:	Susanna Hübscher, Hannes Hug
Producer:	Philip Delaquis
Production manager:	Stefan Zuber
Camera:	Till Brinkmann
Sound:	Simon Baumann
Editing:	Gion-Reto Killias
Music:	Benfay

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Interruptus

CONTENT

An ordinary morning in a condominium. In one apartment, a couple wakes up and starts their daily routine a little groggy, irritable and sleepy. Everything would have carried on just as usual if the pigeons on the roof had not provoked the janitor more persistently than usual, which drives the janitor to unintentionally let off an air rifle. The release of the stray pellet sets off a chain of events, which does not just put the grumpy couple in an unusually cheerful mood, but also the janitor for the rescue of a goldfish jumping over his shadow.

Filminfo:

Type of Film:	Short film
Production stage:	Finished
Produced in:	2008
Duration:	7 minutes
Language:	Swiss German
Selection Festivals:	Solothurner Filmtage 2008, Sprint 2008, Max Ophüls-Preis 2008, Saarbrücken 2008, Festival du Court Metrages de Bruxelles 2008, South Korea International Family Film Festival 2008

Cast & Crew:

With: Nina Hesse-Bernhard, Moritz Berclaz, Adrian Furrer, Dani Mangisch, Hansueli Rohrer

Written & directed by:	Angela Rohrer
Producers:	Min Li Marti, Stefan Zuber, Philip Delaquis
Production manager:	Lily Ott
Camera:	Thomas Wüthrich
Sound:	Ruedi Guyer
Editing:	Gion-Reto Killias
Light:	Julie Fischer
Costumes:	Nina Bachmann

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FC Murmeli

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CONTENT

A football match between two very unfairly matched teams of groundhogs. On the one side, the star kickers, strong, stocky, fearless displaying all the authorized and unauthorized football finesse. Professionals. Winners. With a tough groundhog as the leader. And on the other side the underdogs: clumsy, timid and weak, they do not stand a chance.

Filminfo:

Type of film:	Short film (Animation)
Production stage	Finished
Produced in:	2008
Duration:	5 minutes

Cast & Crew:

Written & directed by:	Jochen Ehmann, Dustin Rees
In coproduktion with	Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen, Teleclub AG
Producers:	Philip Delaquis, Min Li Marti, Stefan Zuber
Sound Editing:	Tilo Busch
Sound Design:	Dennis Furrer
Music:	Axel Flucht, Florian Brunner
Animation:	Simon Eltz, Oliver Aemisegger, Jochen Ehmann, Dustin Rees, Gaby Bähler-Schuler, Claudia Röthlin, Lionel Keller

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Giraffes don´t go to heaven

CONTENT

One day a small bird appears on the horizon riding a tricycle. The giraffe senses that this is its big chance to put an end to its miserable loneliness. Thus, it does everything possible to please the bird. But the bird is simply hungry and wants to eat the worm sandwich it ordered in peace and quiet. In the end, although the small bird never gets its sandwich, it does find a tried-and-true, new friend.

Filminfo:

Type of film:	Animation
Production stage:	Finished
Produced in:	2007
Duration:	7 minutes
Languages:	without dialogue
World Premiere:	January 2007
Swiss distributor:	Fox Warner
World sales:	Fama Film AG
Festivals:	8. Monstra Lisboa Animated Film Festival, Bern, 6. Shnit Kurzfilmfestival Competition, 8th Melbourne International Animation Festival, Genève, 13e Cinéma Tout Écran – Festival international du cinéma et de télévision, Competition, 6th International Animation Film Festival Baden

Cast & Crew:

directed by:	Philip Delaquis, John Timms
written by:	Philip Delaquis
Production:	Fama Film AG, Das Kollektiv für audiovisuelle Werke GmbH, Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen, Teleclub AG
Producer:	Rolf Schmid
Editing:	Christian Glenewinkel
Music:	Roman Glaser, Erik Hunziker
Animation:	Marcel Vaid
Characters by:	John Timms
Techniques:	Zeichnen auf Papier, 2D Computeranimation

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Gotthelf – the Musical

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CONTENT

Swiss through and through and yet universally appealing – nostalgic and always up to date. The old stories by Jeremias Gotthelf were filled with larger than life emotions and scenes that need the backdrop of a musical. With GOTTHELF – the musical, the successful writers, Charles Lewinsky and Markus Schönholzer, reawaken our national poet in a new light and take him from the idyllic Emmental Valley directly to Broadway in New York City.

Filminfo:

Type of theatre:	Broadway-Musical
Production stage:	Finished
Language:	German Bern
Production in:	2010
Duration:	110 minutes
Premiere:	Thunerseespiele

Cast & Crew:

In Coproduction with Thunerseespiele AG and Heimatland Verlag AG

Written by:	Charles Lewinsky
Music:	Markus Schönholzer
Executive Producer:	Philip Delaquis
Producers:	Res Stucki, Ueli Schmocker, Philip Delaquis
Musical Supervision, Arrangement & Orchestration:	Michael Reed
Directed by:	Stefan Huber
Musical Manager:	Iwan Wassilewsky, André Bellmont
Choreography:	Simon Eichenberger
Set:	Harald Thor
Costumes:	Susanne Hubrich

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BESUCH DER ALTEN DAME – DAS MUSICAL (THE OLD LADY’S VISIT – THE MUSICAL)

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The successful team of writers behind “Dällebach Kari – the musical” took on the story of Friedrich Dürrenmatt and turned it into a poignant, modern musical, which enthralls its audience with emotional melodies that are also terse with suspense, and filled with humorous lyrics. The wonderful mountain scenery with views of the Eiger, Mönch and Jungfrau and the ambience at Lake Thun reinforce the dramatic story of the billionaire Claire Zachanassian, who, after over 40 years, returns to the impoverished town of Güllen and offers the townsfolk two billion on just one condition: the death of her former lover Alfred Ill.

Filminfo:

Type of theatre:	Broadway-Musical
Production stage:	Finished
Languages:	German / German Bern
Produced in:	2013
Duration:	110 minutes
Premiere:	Thunerseespiele
Further performances:	Ronacher Wien

Cast & Crew:

In Coproduction with Thunerseespiele AG and Heimatland Verlag AG

Written by:	Christian Struppeck
Music:	Moritz Schneider, Michael Reed
yrics:	Wolfgang Hofer
Executive Producer:	Philip Delaquis, (Markus Dinhobl ab Frühling 2013)
Producer:	Res Stucki, Ueli Schmocker, Philip Delaquis, Elsbeth Jungi
Musical Supervision, Arrangement & Orchestration:	Michael Reed
Directed by:	Andreas Gergen
Musical Manager:	Iwan Wassilewsky
Choreography:	Simon Eichenberger
Set:	Heinz Hauser
Costumes:	Uta Loher & Conny Lüders

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DÄLLEBACH KARI – the Musical

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CONTENT

The tragic and yet comical figure of Dällebach Kari is a legend in Switzerland. This inwardly torn hero and his tragic love story are enough subject matter to create the perfect template for an emotional musical. That is why the Heimatland Verlag has worked in collaboration with the Thunerseespielen to create a different version of the story of the most famous hairdresser in Switzerland.
76,000 spectators were carried away by the emotional story at the World Premiere at the Thunerseespielen. The Schweizer Fernsehen SFR and the magazine “imSchweinwerfer” celebrated the global appeal of the “DaCosta Kari – the musical”, and nominated it for several awards, including “Best Swiss Musical”. And this is what the press thinks: “Masterpiece” (Aargauer Zeitung), “Beautiful!” (Tages-Anzeiger), “Excellent humor despite the heartache” (Blick). The musical was awarded the “Prix Walo” for best musical.

Filminfo:

Type of theatre:	Broadway-Musical
Production stage:	Finished
Language:	German Bern
Producted in:	2009
Duration:	110 minutes
Premiere:	Thunerseespiele
Further performances:	Theater 11 Zürich, Wankdorf Bern

Cast & Crew:

In Coproduction with Thunerseespiele AG and Heimatland Verlag AG

Written by:	Katja Früh
Lyrics:	Wolfgang Hofer
Music:	Moritz Schneider & Robin Hoffmann
Musical Development:	Christian Struppeck
Executive Producer:	Philip Delaquis
Producer:	Res Stucki, Ueli Schmocker, Philip Delaquis
Musical Supervision, Arrangement & Orchestration:	Michael Reed
Directed by:	Andreas Gergen
Musical Manager:	Iwan Wassilewsky, André Bellmont
Choreography:	Simon Eichenberger
Set:	Ueli Binggeli
Costumes:	Uta Loher & Conny Lüders

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Talent Screen Festival

CONTENT

FILMINFO:

Type of film:	Feature length documentary
Production stage:	Finished
Produced in:	2014
Duration:	77 minutes
Language:	English / Subtitles (German, French)
Release date:	2. Oktober 2014
Swiss distributor:	Filmcoopi Zürich AG
World sales:	Autlook Filmsales Wien GmbH
Festivals:	Locarno Film Festival (World Premiere)

Cast & Crew:

Written & directed by:	Sabine Gisiger
Producer:	Philip Delaquis
Associate producer:	Min Li Marti, Stefan Zuber
Coproducer:	Urs Augstburger (SRF), Marianne Jeger, Roman von Sury, Ruth Waldburger (Vega Film AG), Sven Wälti (SRG)
Camera:	Helena Vagnières, Matthias Günter, Tim Metzger
Sound:	Saul Rouda
Editing:	Barbara Weber / Andreas Winterstein
Music:	Balz Bachmann / Peter Bräker

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