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Lang Film
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Lang Film is a film and TV production company based in Freienstein, Switzerland. The company produces documentary films, feature films and TV films. Lang Film is one of the most well-known Swiss film production companies.[1] The company also includes Langfilm Distribution[2] and the cinema neues KINO[3] in Freienstein.
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History
The company was founded in 1980 by Bernhard Lang, and has since produced a high number of films for cinema and TV, both fiction, documentary and animation. It is run by producers Anne-Catherine Lang and Olivier Zobrist, as well as junior producer Julia Schubiger.[4][5][6]
Langfilm is responsible for the production of Swiss film classics such as Höhenfeuer by Fredi M. Murer and The Mountain by Markus Imhoof.[7] In recent years, they produced sereral films that were successfully placed at festivals, like the films by Swiss theater director Milo Rau that were shown at Locarno[8] and Venice Film Festival[9], the first feature Longing for the world (L'amour du monde) by actress and director Jenna Hasse that was awarded a special mention in the Generation section at Berlinale[10], or the short On Solid Ground (Über Wasser) which premiered at Critics' Week of the Cannes Film Festival[11].
Their productions have received numerous awards, several of their films were awarded with the Swiss Film Award[12][13][14].
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Filmography
A selection[15]
- 1985: Höhenfeuer by Fredi M. Murer
- 1990: The Mountain by Markus Imhoof
- 1992: Benny's Video by Michael Haneke
- 2007: The Friend by Micha Lewinsky
- 2009: Will you marry us? by Micha Lewinsky
- 2014: Electroboy by Marcel Gisler
- 2017: The Congo Tribunal (Das Kongo-Tribunal) by Milo Rau
- 2018: Monogamisch (Seitentriebe), TV Series, by Güzin Kar
- 2019: Average Happiness by Maja Gehrig
- 2020: The New Gospel (Das neue Evangelium) by Milo Rau
- 2020: One-way to Moscow! (Moskau Einfach!) by Micha Lewinsky
- 2023: Longing for the world (L'amour du monde) by Jenna Hasse
- 2024: Brunaupark by Felix Hergert and Dominik Zietlow
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