Switzerland’s Oscar entry La Petite Chambre by Stéphanie Chuat and Véronique Reymond is among five

Swiss films nominated in this year’s Prix Europa competition, being held in Berlin from October 16 to

23.


The other nominees are Erik Bernasconi’s drama Sinestesia, which recently screened in competition at

Montreal; Petra Volpe’s TV film Frühling im Herbst, produced by Lucerne-based Zodiac Pictures; and the

two documentaries Daniel Schmid - Le Chat qui pense by Pascal Hofmann and Benny Jaberg; and The Woman

With The 5 Elephants (Die Frau mit den fünf Elefanten) by Vadim Jendreyko.

La Petite Chambre, which was produced by Zurich-based Vega Film, will also be competing against such

films as Feo Aladag’s When We Leave, Dietrich Brüggemann’s Run If You Can and Philippe de Guay’s V For

Vian for the Prix Genève-Europa awarded to a script by a new writer.

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