12 Jun LOVING HIGHSMITH

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LOVING HIGHSMITH

Switzerland, Germany / 2022 | 83’

 

DIRECTED BY: Eva Vitija
SCREENPLAY BY: Eva Vitija
CINEMATOGRAPHY: Siri Klug
EDITED BY: Rebecca Trösch
MUSIC: Noël Akchoté
PRODUCERS: Franziska Sonder, Maurizius Staerkle Drux, Carl-Ludwig Rettinger
PRODUCED BY:  Lichtblick Film, SRF Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen, RSI Radio Televisione Svizzera, ZDF
CAST: Gwendoline Christie, Annina Butterworth, Marijane Meaker, Monique Buffet, Tabea Blumenschein Artist, Judy Coates, Courtney Coates-Blackman, Dan Coates
FESTIVALS & AWARDS:  2022 – Lokarno, Helsinki, Atina, Rio de Žaneiro, Gent, Seul, Lids / Locarno International Film Festival, Helsinki International Film Festival, Athens International Film Festival, Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival, Film Festival Ghent, Seoul International Pride Film Festival, Leeds International Film Festival

 

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.

 

Eva Vitija was born in 1973 in Basel, Switzerland. She studied screenwriting at the German Film and Television Academy Berlin (DFFB). She has written for cinema and television, including screenplays of Meier, Marylin, Madly in Love, and Little Paradise. Her first feature-length documentary My Life as a Film (2015) was nominated for the Swiss Film Award and a prize of the International Documentary Association in Los Angeles. The film garnered various awards, among them the Prix de Soleure.