Justine Klaiber’s “Lost Touch” to premiere in Locarno
We are delighted to announce that "Lost Touch", the short science fiction drama by Justine Klaiber, will celebrate its world premiere in Locarno as part of the "Pardi di Domani" Concorso Nazionale. The screening times and venues are as follows: Tuesday, 12th August,...
Looking back on a busy Spring 2025
Asako Film at the Annecy festival Spring 2025 was busy - Luise Hüsler and Frances McStea first attended the Animation Production Days in Stuttgart, where they presented Luise's animadoc "Papierschloss" as one of four Swiss film projects represented. This year,...
Justine Klaiber’s Short “LOST TOUCH” Enters Post-Production
In January 2025, "Lost Touch" by Justine Klaiber entered the final phase of production. Animation concluded on Justine Klaiber's short "Lost Touch" in December 2024. We were delighted to have the talented animators Julia Krummenacher, Dario Marti, Fredi Siegel and our...
Production starts for Cécile Brun’s “Groppos Garden”
In February 2024, production officially began on Cécile Brun's mixed media short, "Groppo's Garden". This subtle story of loss and grief will be realized using mixed media and a multiplane camera set-up as seen on the photo below. With this technique, depth is created...
Looking back on a successful Solothurn Film Festival
We were delighted to present not one, but two projects at the 2024 Solothurn Film Festival: Thirza Ingold's "Kill Your Darlings" screened in the animation competition, with the director attending both screenings. On the Friday, director Luise Hüsler and Frances McStea...
Asako Film at the 2023 “Meet Your Neighbour” Conference
The "Meet Your Neighbour" conference aims to foster the cross-border collaboration between filmmakers in Germany, Austria and Switzerland, and this year's edition was hosted by the Vienna Film Commission. The focus was on challenges and opportunities for young...
Premiere of «Kill Your Darlings»
In July 2023, we were delighted to show Thirza Ingold's stop motion short "Kill Your Darlings" at the Neuchâtel International Fantastic Film Festival. Thirza Ingold was present at the event to answer the many questions the wonderful audience had about her film and...
Asako Films hosts editing of Luc Walpoths «Peripheric Love»
Being ideally situated near Zurich, Asako Film hosted the editing team of Luc Walpoth’s «Peripheric Love» for the second stage of the editing process in May 2022. The film is produced by Sereina Gabathuler of Dschoint Ventschr (Zurich, Switzerland) and Gianfilippo...
Production start for «Les enquêtes de Maëlys»
The joint Nadasdy Film / Dschoint Ventschr Filmproduktion series based on the successful books of the same name by Christine Pompeï will be partly animated in Zurich. The first members of the background team have started work in the studio in Adliswil.
Asako Film moves to new studio in Adliswil
We are delighted to move to our new animation studio in idyllic Adliswil, just a few minutes out of Zürich.