Ramon Zürcher

Ramon Zürcher (*1982) after high school enrols in a preliminary design course at the Biel/Bienne School of Design (Switzerland). From 2002 to 2005 he completes a Visual Arts degree at the Bern School of Arts (HKB). In 2005, he is awarded the Kiefer Hablitzel Prize (national scholarship) for his art videos. Subsequently, from 2006 to 2014 he studies Film Directing at the German Film and TV Academy Berlin (DFFB). He completes his degree with his first feature-length fiction film THE STRANGE LITTLE CAT (DAS MERKWÜRDIGE KÄTZCHEN), which premiers at the Berlinale Forum in 2013 and is shown at numerous international festival (incl. Toronto, Cannes, Viennale, New Directors/ New Films) and receives several awards (incl. the New Talent Grand PIX Award at CPH:PIX, the Special Jury Award for Best First Film at the IFF Minsk, the SIYAD-Film Critic Prize at the IFF Antalya and the “Standard” – Audience Jury Award at the Viennale). THE GIRL AND THE SPIDER is his second feature-length film.