Loving Highsmith

Documentary Feature | 2020-2021 | Literature, Portrait | Germany, Switzerland

Main data

Director	Eva Vitija
Written by	Eva Vitija
Production	Ensemble Film GmbH [ch], Lichtblick Film GmbH [de], ZDF - Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen, Arte [de/fr], SRF Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen (ehem. SF Schweizer Fernsehen) [ch], RSI Radiotelevisione Svizzera [ch]
Distributor	Autlook Filmsales GmbH [at], Filmcoopi Zürich AG [ch], Salzgeber & Co. Medien GmbH (form. Edition Salzgeber) [de]

Project data

Film financing	Film- und Medienstiftung NRW [de] - production funding: 100.000 EUR (07/2019) Film- und Medienstiftung NRW [de] - distribution funding (theatrical): 30.000 EUR (01/2022) Bundesamt für Kultur [ch] Suissimage - Swiss Authors' Rights Cooperative for Audiovisual Works [ch] Zürcher Filmstiftung [ch]
Length of movie	1h 24min

Trailers/Videos

Trailer/Video on Youtube

Stills

Posters

Brief synopsis

Based on Patricia Highsmith’s personal writings and accounts of her family and lovers, the film casts new light on the famous thriller writer’s life and oeuvre, permeated by themes of love and its defining influence on identity.

(https://ensemblefilm.ch/portfolio/loving-highsmith/)

Crew

Activity	Name	Comment
Colorist	Felix Hüsken
Director of photography	Siri Klug
Director	Eva Vitija
Editor	Rebecca Troesch
Editor	Fabian Kaiser
Composer	Noël Akchoté
Producer	Franziska Sonder
Producer	Maurizius Staerkle-Drux
Co-producer	Carl-Ludwig Rettinger
Screenwriter	Eva Vitija
Production sound mixer	Juliane Vari
Sound re-recording mixer	Alexander Weuffen
Dialogue editor	Holger Buff
Project manager	Heiko Götze Ludwig Kameraverleih	Ludwig Kameraverleih

Production companies

Company	Comment
Ensemble Film GmbH [ch]
Lichtblick Film GmbH [de] co-production	co-production
ZDF - Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen
Arte [de/fr]
SRF Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen (ehem. SF Schweizer Fernsehen) [ch]
RSI Radiotelevisione Svizzera [ch]

Distribution / Sales companies

Company	Comment
Autlook Filmsales GmbH [at] World Sales	World Sales
Filmcoopi Zürich AG [ch]
Salzgeber & Co. Medien GmbH (form. Edition Salzgeber) [de] Germany (theatrical) 2022	Germany (theatrical) 2022

Facilities

Department	Company	Comment
Sound (Postproduction)	Tonpunktstudio

Awards

Award winner	Year	Award	Category
Maurizius Staerkle-Drux	2023	Swiss Film Award [ch] Best Documentary	Best Documentary	Nominated
Franziska Sonder	2023	Swiss Film Award [ch] Best Documentary	Best Documentary	Nominated
Ensemble Film GmbH [ch]	2023	Swiss Film Award [ch] Best Documentary	Best Documentary	Nominated
Eva Vitija	2022	Solothurner Filmtage [ch] Prix de Soleure	Prix de Soleure	Nominated

Festivals

Year	Country	Festival	Comment
2022	Switzerland	Locarno Film Festival Panorama Suisse	Panorama Suisse
2022	Germany	Kinofest Lünen

Cinema releases and premieres

Type	Country	Date	Comment
Theatre release	France	Wednesday, 15/06/2022
Theatre release	Germany	Thursday, 07/04/2022
Premiere		Wednesday, 19/01/2022	Solothurner Filmtage

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