Véronique Reymond

Véronique Reymond (born March 31, 1971 in Lausanne , Switzerland ) is a Swiss actress , screenwriter and film director . She works exclusively with Stéphanie Chuat in both theater and film .

Live and act

Véronique Reymond studied at the Conservatory in Lausanne and at the Scuola Teatro Dimitri (Ticino).

With Stéphanie Chuat , whom she has known since she was eleven, she founded a theater for children and young people , the Switch company. Together they have worked in numerous Swiss and French theater productions. Her first step towards film was incorporating video into her plays. In 1999 they began to write and direct short films .

One of these films, Berlin Backstage , was shot in the Berlin Philharmonie and was nominated for the Berlin Today Award at the Talent Campus of the Berlin International Film Festival in 2004. This was followed in 2005 by the documentary Gymnase du soir, petites histoires, grandes études and in 2009 by Buffo, Buten & Howard , a portrait of the American writer and clown Howard Buten .

In 2010, the duo made their first feature film, The Little Room ( La Petite Chambre) , starring Michel Bouquet and Florence Loiret Caille . The film was selected for the Locarno International Film Festival in 2010 and represented Switzerland at the Oscars for foreign film. In 2011 La Petite Chambre received the Swiss Film Award for Best Film and Best Screenplay. In 2014, Stéphanie Chuat and Véronique Reymond realized À livre ouvert , a TV series on RTS 1 for Swiss television , for which they also wrote the script. Les Dames followed in 2018 .

Her second feature film Little Sister, starring Nina Hoss and Lars Eidinger, competed for the Golden Bear in the 2020 Berlin International Film Festival .

Honourings and prices

1999: Script award for Un jour mon prince ...
2004: Nomination for Berlin Today Award for Berlin Backstage at the Berlin International Film Festival
2011: Swiss Film Prize Quartz Best Screenplay and Best Fiction Film for Das kleine Zimmer (La Petite Chambre)
2015: Best Actress TV for her role as Christiane in the series À livre ouvert at the Solothurn Film Festival

Filmography (selection)

Director (with Stéphanie Chuat)

1999: Un jour mon prince ...
2002: Trains de vie
2003: Berlin Backstage
2005: Gymnase du soir, petites histoires, grandes études
2008: Éloge de la biodiversité
2009: Buffo, Buten & Howard
2010: The Little Room (La Petite Chambre)
2014: A Livre Ouvert (6 episodes)
2018: Les Dames
2020: sister (My little Sister)

Screenplay (with Stéphanie Chuat)

2002: Trains de vie
2003: Berlin Backstage
2005: Gymnase du soir, petites histoires, grandes études
2009: Buffo, Buten & Howard
2010: The Little Room (La Petite Chambre)
2014: A Livre Ouvert (6 episodes)
2018: Les Dames
2020: My little sister

play

2003: Macho blues
2007: Les Amours d'Astrée et de Céladon
2014: A Livre Ouvert
2015: La vanité

Web links

Individual evidence

↑ SWISS FILMS: Véronique Reymond. Retrieved February 26, 2020 .
↑ ^a ^b Véronique Reymond. In: Stéphanie Chuat - Véronique Reymond. July 1, 2010, accessed February 26, 2020 .
↑ Little sister | My little sister. Berlin International Film Festival 2020, accessed on February 26, 2020 .

personal data
SURNAME	Reymond, Véronique
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Swiss actress, screenwriter and film director
DATE OF BIRTH	March 31, 1971
PLACE OF BIRTH	Lausanne , Switzerland

[1] SWISS FILMS: Véronique Reymond. Retrieved February 26, 2020 .

[:0-2] Véronique Reymond. In: Stéphanie Chuat - Véronique Reymond. July 1, 2010, accessed February 26, 2020 .

[3] Little sister | My little sister. Berlin International Film Festival 2020, accessed on February 26, 2020 .