Balz Bachmann
Biography
Balz Bachmann is a composer, producer and musician who has been composing music for international feature films, documentaries, theater, art and television for over 20 years. He has written film music for renowned directors such as Jasmila Žbanić, Dani Levy and Academy Award winner Xavier Koller. His music has been awarded several prizes, including the Locarno International Film Festival Film Music Prize, the Swiss Film Music Prize and the German Documentary Film Music Prize. In addition to his work as a composer, he also works as a music producer and teaches at the Zurich University of the Arts. As a musician, Balz Bachmann has worked with numerous artists of various genres and accompanied the singer Sophie Hunger on her tours. His style includes electro-acoustic, orchestral and experimental compositions, with the aim of finding an appropriate musical language for each project. He lives and works in Zurich and is a member of both the European and the Swiss Film Academy.
Film
Directed by Sophie Heldmann
Directed by Sabine Lidl
Directed by Lisa Brühlmann
Directed by Ramon Zürcher
Directed by Anna Luif
Directed by Katalin Gödrös
Directed by Theo Stich
Directed by Marc Raymond Wilkins
Directed by Nina Stefanka
Directed by David Vogel
Starshot, 2019
Directed by Samuel Perriard
Short film
Directed by Katalin Gödrös
Directed by Christoph Schaub
Bis ans Ende der Träume, 2017
Directed by Wilfried Meichtry
Directed by Sabine Gisiger
Directed by Katalin Gödrös
Directed by Valentin Hitz
Directed by Kaspar Kasics
Directed by Sabine Lidl
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Karen and Markus live with their kids in Karen's childhood home, nestled in the countryside. On Markus's birthday, Karen's sister Jule arrives with her family. The sisters are complete opposites. Haunted by memories of their late mother, Jule feels driven to challenge Karen's authority. As the house fills up, Karen’s tension grows until everything explodes into a fiery inferno. An inferno that destroys the old to make way for the new.
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1996: Fifteen-year-old Valeska is going on vacation to Crete with her mother Monica. Jacques, her mother's new boyfriend, and his daughter Lena, who Valeska doesn't get along with at first, are joining them. Slowly, however, a friendship develops between the two girls. While they find a sister in each other, the adults' relationship spirals out of control. Valeska must emancipate herself from her mother and, in doing so, give up her dream of a family.