Lang Film

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Lang Film
Founded1980
FounderBernard Lang
Headquarters
Freienstein
,
Switzerland
Key people
Anne-Catherine Lang
Olivier Zobrist  [ de ]
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.

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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] .

Filmography

A selection [15]

References

  1. ↑ "Catalogue - Langfilm". www.langfilm.ch. Archived from the original on 2016-03-03.
  2. ↑ "Distribution - Langfilm". www.langfilm.ch. Archived from the original on 2013-08-11.
  3. ↑ "Home". neueskino.ch.
  4. ↑ "Olivier Zobrist". swissfilms. Retrieved 2025-07-21.
  5. ↑ "Anne-Catherine Lang". swissfilms. Retrieved 2025-07-21.
  6. ↑ "Julia Schubiger". swissfilms. Retrieved 2025-07-21.
  7. ↑ https://www.imdb.com/company/co0118003/?ref_=tt_dt_co [ user-generated source ]
  8. ↑ "70. Filmfestival Locarno - «Wir brauchen ein ‹Kongo-Tribunal› in der Schweiz»". Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen (SRF) (in German). Retrieved 2025-07-21.
  9. ↑ Meza, Ed (2020-09-08). "Venice: Milo Rau on Revolutionary Jesus, Empowering People and Fighting Exploitation". Variety. Retrieved 2025-07-21.
  10. ↑ "| Berlinale | Archiv | Programm | Programm". www.berlinale.de (in German). Retrieved 2025-07-21.
  11. ↑ Corvin, Ann-Marie (2021-07-09). "Born of Frustration: Jela Hasler on Her Critics' Week Short 'On Solid Ground'". Variety. Retrieved 2025-07-21.
  12. ↑ Culture, © Federal Office of. "Schweizer Filmpreis 2021: Quartz-Trophäen für «Schwesterlein» und «Das neue Evangelium»". www.schweizerkulturpreise.ch. Retrieved 2025-07-21.
  13. ↑ «Average Happiness» – Gewinner Schweizer Filmpreis 2018 - CH:Filmszene - Play SRF . Retrieved 2025-07-21– via www.srf.ch.
  14. ↑ "Schweizer Filmpreis 2024".
  15. ↑ "Langfilm - Bernard Lang AG". swissfilms (in German). Retrieved 2025-07-21.


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