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Ruth Waldburger leaves the presidency of the GARP

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Founded in 2001 to establish relationships between partners, the Authors, Directors and Producers Group (GARP) has been presided over until now by Ruth Waldburger (Vega Film), who notably produced and co-produced the films of Jean-Luc Godard, Anne-Marie Miéville, Silvio Soldini, Christophe Barratier, Alain Resnais and also those of Cédric Kahn. Another female producer succeeds her, Elena Pedrazzoli (Peacock Film), while the filmmaker-producer Christian Davi (Hugofilm Productions) becomes vide-president.
Elena Pedrazzoli produced the films by Italian-Swiss filmmaker Rolando Colla, among them Le monde à l'envers (1998) et Oltre il confine (2003), and Operazione Stradivari (2004). As for Christian Davi, he directed Gopf in Africa (2001) and collaborated with Fredi M. Murer, Stefan Haupt and Kaspar Kasics on the documentary Downtown Switzerland (2004) – which he also produced. Also among his production work: My African Family by Thomas Thümena (2004) and Vitus, the new film from Fredi M. Murer (L'âme sœur), currently filming.

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(Translated from French)

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