Lang Film
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| Founded | 1980 |
|---|---|
| Founder | Bernard Lang |
| Headquarters | , |
Key people | Anne-Catherine Lang Olivier Zobrist |
| Products | Film, TV |
| Website | www.langfilm.ch |
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.
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]
