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Valentin Merz

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Valentin Merz was born in 1985 in Zurich, Switzerland, where his mother had migrated to from Istanbul. He worked as a typographer in Mexico City and in cinema and theater in Berlin, prior to studying film at the Geneva University of Art and Design (HEAD). His short films have screened at festivals around the world. De noche los gatos son pardos (2022), his feature debut, premiered in Locarno, where it received a Special Mention for Best First Feature. Les Bouches (2024) is his latest short.

Filmography

2024 Les Bouches
2022 De noche los gatos son pardos
2020 Rêver comme lui
2020 Brüder – Ein Familienfilm
2016 Chronique d'un territoire

Related films

Pardi di Domani – Concorso Corti d’Autore

Les bouches

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Switzerland, Mexico · 2024 · DCP 2K · Color · 24' · o.v. Spanish / French

First Look

De Noche los Gatos son Pardos

Director: Valentin Merz

Switzerland · 0 · Blu Ray · Color · 72' · o.v. French / Spanish / German / English / Basque

Concorso internazionale

De noche los gatos son pardos

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Switzerland · 2022 · DCP 2K · Color · 110' · o.v. French / Spanish / English / German / Swiss German

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Mi organillo

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Switzerland · 2023 · DCP 2K · Color · 4' · o.v. No Dialogue

Pardi di domani: Concorso Corti d'autore

Il faut fabriquer ses cadeaux

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Switzerland · 2021 · DCP 2K · Color · 11' · o.v. German / French / Chinese

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