Matthias Kappeler
Matthias Kappeler is a jack of all trades - from directing live action to creating post production visuals or teaching sonic interaction, he thrives from challenges in every field of complete filmmaking.
His potential in translating seemingly unspectacular things into lively, pulsing visuals and stories is exciting and motivating for everyone involved in his projects.
Lasse Linder
The young Swiss/Swedish film maker has a unique sense for people’s peculiarities and knows how to bring them to the screen in an honest and pure way. His work blurs the lines between documentary and fiction and often studies the lives of people who are trying to find their place in the world. His short film ALL CATS ARE GREY IN THE DARK has gotten worldwide attention including winning the European Film Award for Best Short Film.
Samuel Morris
Samuel Morris is a young director from Basel, Switzerland. His steady quest for combining witty storytelling with stylistically elaborated visuals makes him the ultimate fit to the HILLTON family.
Not shying away from any bigger idea led him to the making of the two season series “Nr. 47”, winning him the Zurich Television Award in 2018.
Animals
Animals is David Bertschinger Karg and Tobias Bonfanti. They split their time between London and Zurich and direct as a duo to merge individual quality and taste.
Two complementary approaches combined together to create a finessed style for every visual project. Tobias' excitement for big and vibrant pictures and David's flair for subtle, fun and authentic content is highly visible in their work.
Jannis Davi
At a remarkably young age, Jannis begins to accompany his clique of friends with a DV camera, filming carefree and developing a sense for real life film moments. Ever since, Jannis has settled into the world of filmmaking at a rapid pace, combining aspects that are extremely rare to find: youthful nonchalance and professional craft.
In other words, living and understanding contemporary youth culture in all its facets and crafting films from it with the elaborate handwriting of an adult.
Simon Gullström
Driven by finding new perspectives to compose the unexpected, Simon uses his sharp pencil and discerning eye to portray the ordinary in a thought-provoking and inventive way. His curiosity for all layers and textures of the cinematic craft manifests itself on paper as much as it does behind the camera. For Simon, it’s all about capturing a feeling that allows the story to grow before the eyes of the audience. Simon is born in Stockholm, brought up in Spain, and educated in New York.
Janic Halioua
Standing in front of the camera for several Swiss feature film productions, Janic has learned his way around film sets at a very young age. That background has made him a natural in communication with his subjects and getting their full potential on screen. He's a creative problem solver, feels at home across many genres and turns any brief into a valuable piece of motion picture.
Kris Lüdi
Kris Lüdi is committing to the belief that commercial film making can be truthful and considered. His approach is based on purpose-built, unique concepts and thought-out visuals, avoiding derivative products at all costs - in his personal projects as much as in commissioned work.
Eugen Merher
Eugen was born in Moldova, raised in Germany and graduated at Filmakademie Baden Württemberg. He has a soft spot for human stories rooted in reality. Being nominated for the Young Directors Award in Cannes twice in a row, speaks for his attention to detail and beautiful storytelling.
