Loving Highsmith
IDFA Forum
Logline
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.
Project information
Selected for
IDFA Forum 2020
Countries of production
Switzerland
Co-production
Germany
Production status
Last stage of production
Project credits
Director
Eva Vitija
Production
Franziska Sonder for Ensemble Film Gmbh, Maurizius Staerkle Drux for Ensemble Film Gmbh
Co-production
Carl-Ludwig Rettinger for Lichtblick Film Gmbh
Editing
Rebecca Troesch, Fabian Kaiser
Commissioning Editor
Anne-Kathrin Brinkmann for ZDF/ARTE, Urs Augstburger for SRF
Financier
MEDIA Desk Switzerland, Zürcher Filmstiftung, SuissImage, NRW, Swiss Federal Office of Culture, Kanton St. Gallen - Kulturförderung, SSA , UBS Kulturstiftung , Ernst Göhner Stiftung
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