Swiss Projects at the Venice Gap-Financing Market: Natural Disaster, Complicated Romance, Exploited Migrants, Murder Mystery in Montana

Sep 5, 2026 1:57am PT Swiss Projects at the Venice Gap-Financing Market: Natural Disaster, Complicated Romance, Exploited Migrants, Murder Mystery in Montana

The showcase presents works from Stéphanie Argerich, Flurin Giger, Ursula Meier, Kaveh Bakhtiari, Valentin Merz, Laura Israel and Alberto Fasulo

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Stéphanie Argerich, Flurin Giger, Ursula Meier, Kaveh Bakhtiari, Valentin Merz Courtesy of Intermezzo Films, Giger Brothers, Marie Rouge/Unifrance, Epicentre Films, Andrea Film

Both well-established and up-and-coming Swiss filmmakers are taking part in the Venice Film Festival’s Production Bridge industry strand, where Switzerland will be one of the country’s in focus at the Gap-Financing Market.

Seven Swiss projects and co-productions are among the total of 38 fiction and documentary works featured in the Venice Production Bridge’s Gap-Financing Market lineup, selected from a record-breaking 370-plus submissions.

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