Mission
Making films means portraying emotions, but at the same time awakening them in the viewer and involving them in the cinematic events. United by our fascination for this magical medium, we have made the cinema of emotions our goal.
Founded in 2002, Zurich based Aaron Film develops and produces audiovisual projects regarding contemporary and past issues of social and political life with a main interest in social interaction. We pursue the aim of creating valuable authorial films with an artistic form.
Team
Sophia Rubischung
Sophia Rubischung lives in Zurich and is a Swiss-Austrian dual citizen. She holds a Master of Arts in History and English Literature from University of Zurich. From 2016 to 2023 she worked as a production assistant, production manager and as junior producer at Dschoint Ventschr Filmproduktion. In 2021 she produced the short film EATING THE SILENCE by Joël Jent and Ali Al-Fatlawi, followed by documentary series FUTURA (2024/22) and fiction feature THE BLIND FERRYMAN (selected for L’Atelier at Cannes Film Festival 2022). She is an almuna of TFL Extended Series (2021), the Doha Producer’s Lab (2022), Racconti Script Lab (2023) and Eurodoc (2024). Sophia is a member of Swiss Fiction Movement.Details
Joël Jent
Born in 1983, grew up in Toggenburg (Switzerland). He studied film, political science and history at University of Zurich (Master of Arts, 2010) and worked briefly as a journalist. Since 2003 Joël Jent writes, directs and produces documentary and fiction, i.e. EATING THE SILENCE (2021), VIVRE LE PIANO (2009) and DÉSAMOUR (2014) and is a winner of the SSA grant (Société Suisse des Auteurs). Joël Jent is an alumnus of the Zurich Film Festival Academy (2006), EFP Producers on the Move program (2016), the Hezayah Screenwriting Lab (2021) and European Social Documentary Program EsoDoc (2023). He works as an independent filmmaker and screenwriter in Zurich.Details
Horst Züger
Born in Fischau near Gdansk, Horst Züger grew up in Schmerikon (Switzerland). He completed vocational training as a master weaver/textile technician and started making films in 1974. From 1985 on, he also worked as a freelance journalist. His award-winning short film “Senza” followed in 1987. In collaboration with Franz Kälin, he shot the film “Die Klostermühle in Schwyz” (Magenta-Film, 1993). Various screenplays and commissioned films followed. In 2002 Horst Züger founded Aaron Film. He continued to write and and direct, first the fiction feature “Stempeltage” (2003) starring Jörg Schneider and in 2008 “Ameisenweg” – a feature drama about an Albanian boy who is hired out as a child dealer in Zurich’s infamous Langstrasse district.
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Manuel Benz
Manuel Benz, born in 1981, grew up in Egg near Zurich. He studied film scoring at Berklee College of Music in Boston (USA). From 2000-07, he assisted composer Alex Kirschner in various music productions for film and advertising. He then studied physics at Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule (ETH) in Zürich, which he completed with a Master’s degree in 2012. Since 2007 Manuel Benz has been composing for cinema and television, both fiction and documentaries, as well as short and feature films. In 2014 he won the Best Music Award at the Noida Int. Film Festival for his original composition for the short film “Désamour”.Details
Jann Anderegg
Jann Anderegg was born as the son of a watchmaking mother in Toggenburg (Switzerland). He studied film editing at the Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg in Ludwigsburg. Since completing his studies he has edited numerous fictional and documentary feature films, including DIE THEORIE VON ALLEM by Timm Kröger, which premiered in the Main Competition of Venice 2023. He also edited 2018 BAFTA winner LATE SHIFT by Tobias Weber, the world’s first cinematic interactive movie. He is a member of the European and Swiss Film Academy.In 2020 he receives the Swiss Film Award for Best Film Editing of BAGHDAD IN MY SHADOW by Samir. He lives and works in Zurich and Berlin.
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