8 feature documentary projects in their development stage have been selected
for the Prix RTS : Perspectives d'un doc 2020
by Sophie Dascal
Switzerland | 80'
Yan Decoppet - GoldenEggProduction
Expected release: February 2022
One of Japan’s last “whaling community” remains on the Japanese coast on the edge of the Pacific Ocean. Following the government’s reintroduction of whaling, the com- munity finds itself confronted with the discrepancy between traditional identity and contemporary values
by Laura Cazador, Amanda Cortés
Switzerland | 75’
Mark Olexa - DOK Mobile
Expected release: August 2021
Jacques Fasel and Daniel Bloch are former members of an anti-capitalist group that carried out violent actions in Switzerland in the late 70s. This film portrays their revolt as a factual and intimate experience, questioning the manner in which these events have been represented until today.
by Shyaka Kagame
Switzerland | 80'
Palmyre Badinier - Akka Films
Expected release: April 2022
Three university friends in their seventies, an ex–FARC member, a former fighter of the Rwandan Patriotic Front, and a Japanese clergyman of The Unification Church, go backwards on the road that they once travelled from Moscow to Western Europe in 1968.
by Séverine Barde
Switzerland | 90’
Florence Adam - JMH & FILO Films
Expected release: April 2024
A remarkable and yet commonplace adventure following eighteen pupils during their first four years at school, together with two teachers, in a Geneva neighbourhood housing people with many different backgrounds.
by Daniel Wyss
Switzerland | 80’
Stéphane Goël - Climage
Expected release: April 2022
This film follows the incredible journey of the Valentine’s Day roses. We will immerse ourselves in this absurd, surreal, disturbing and poetic universe. A multi-billion-dollar market in the name of love, a very high-risk market, where every lost second costs millions. A documentary on the madness of men and on love in the age of globalised capitalism.
by Raphaël Sibilla, Jérome Piguet
Switzerland | 90’, 52'
Jonas Schneiter - Nous Production
Expected release: January 2022
Only 40 years old and DJ Luciano already has a 20-year career behind him. He feels deeply concerned about the disappearance of sounds around the globe. In a film conceived as a sound immersion, we will discover how a seemingly superficial char- acter can turn out to be essential in trying to save the most fragile sounds.
by Pauline Jeanbourquin
Switzerland | 85’
Flavia Zanon - Close Up Films
Expected release: February 2026
Aaliyah is an ordinary teenager living in the Swiss countryside. On the eve of her fif- teenth birthday her great-grandfather announces that he has chosen her as his one heir. Aaliyah will receive the “Secret”, an ancient healing gift.
by Director.s to be determined
Switzerland, France | 90’
Ève Minault, Author
Thalia Rebinsky, Author
Pauline Gygax - Rita Productions
Expected release: January 2022
Witch ! aims to rehabilitate the figure of the witch in our society and wants to empower everyone of us to reconnect to the witch we already are.
BOOK OF THE PAST
by Sophie Dascal
Switzerland - GoldenEggProduction
DUTY/RIGHT TO REBEL
by Laura Cazador, Amanda Cortés
Switzerland - DOK Mobile
FAUSTIN, EDGAR AND AKIHIKO: A NON-ALIGNED FRIENDSHIP
by Shyaka Kagame
Switzerland - Akka Films
I + THEY = US
by Séverine Barde
Switzerland - JMH & FILO Films
IN THE NAME OF ROSES
by Daniel Wyss
Switzerland - Climage
ORIGINS
by Raphaël Sibilla, Jérome Piguet
Switzerland - Nous Production
THE GIFT
by Pauline Jeanbourquin
Switzerland - Close Up Films
WITCH !
by Ève Minault, Author, Thalia Rebinsky, Author
Switzerland, France - Rita Productions