Stealth at Mannheim
Recently nominated for the 2007 Swiss Film Prize, Stealth [+see also:
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Belhorizon by the Belgian director Inès Rabadan, co-produced by the Swiss outfit PCT cinéma et télévision, is also in the running for the Jury Grand Prize.
Five other Swiss features are lined up: So Long, My Heart by Oliver Paulus and Stefan Hillebrand (co-produced by Germany) in the International Discoveries section, Rascals on the Road by Michael Steiner (Kontraproduktion, C-Films), Villa Henriette by Peter Payer (Maximage) in the children’s film programme, E nachtlang Füürland (1981) by Clemens Klopfenstein and the Three Colours trilogy by Krzysztof Kieslowski, a co-production by Swiss outfit CAB Productions.
The festival is also holding the Mannheim Meetings, aimed at emerging filmmakers looking for co-producers. Swiss director Romed Wyder, behind Pas de café, pas de télé, pas de sexe (1999) and Absolut (2004), will present his latest film, Dawn.
(Translated from French)
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