The Girl Down Loch Änzi

Deep within a gorge in the Swiss mountains, a mysterious legend of an imprisoned girl casts a spell on the area’s inhabitants. For 12-year-old Laura, the legend is something of a quiet obsession. She spends her days feeling mostly isolated from her family and community of charcoal burners, documenting her everyday thoughts and feelings in her diary. The arrival of a young boy to her town shakes up her routine, as she finds a companion with whom to share her feelings and her curiosity about the secret that could be hidden in the chasm below. Part peculiar fairy tale, part coming-of-age portrait, The Girl Down Loch Änzi is a charmingly beautiful look at the stories we tell ourselves to find our place in the world, and the connections we seek to the people and the mysteries that surround us. (Gabor Pertic)

Director, Script: Alice Schmid
Camera: Aurelio Buchwalder
Editing: Anja Bombelli
Sound: Patrick Becker
Sounddesign: Rolf Büttikofer
Composers: Thomas Jeker and Rea Dubach
Cast: Laura Larissa Röösli and Thom Straumann

Production: Ciné A.S. GmbH, Zürich
Co-Production: SRF, Urs Augstburger, Switzerland, www.srf.ch

Distributor Switzerland: Impuls Pictures AG, www.img.biz
Media center: Paterson-Entertainment AG, www.paterson-entertainment.ch

Worldpremiere: IDFA Amsterdam, 18th November 2016 // www.idfa.nl
Swisspremiere: 20th January 2017, www.solothurnerfilmtage.ch
Release date cinema Switzerland: 9th February 2017