Silver Lion for "Women Without Men"

Silver Lion for "Women Without Men"

Iran's Women Tell Their Story

MUNICH, Germany, September 16/PRNewswire/ -- Women Without Men, the first feature film by photographer and video artist Shirin Neshat, has won the Silver Lion for best director at the Venice Film Festival.

The film, which is based on Shahrnush Parsipur's novel of the same name, also received two other awards the same week - the UNICEF film prize and Italy's Premio Mimmo Rotella. The feature was produced in cooperation with Essential Filmproduktion, coop99, Parisienne de Production and Schweizer Brandung Film Produktion.

Schweizer Brandung Film Production

Schweizer Brandung was founded in November 2008 by producer and branded-entertainment specialist Joerg E. Schweizer. Women Without Men is his first foray as Associate Producer for a feature-length movie and is an illustration of just how high his standards of cinematic quality are. Having already gained a solid understanding of the commercial aspects of the movie business and taken part in new media endeavors, such as the innovative online film project The Hire, Schweizer has now turned his attention to films of high artistic and cultural value. Schweizer Brandung is currently involved in the production of other films. http://www.schweizerbrandung.com

          Contact     Schweizer Brandung GmbH & Co. KG     Joerg E. Schweizer     Karl-Spengler-Strasse 5     D-80339 Munich     Phone: +49-89-51-08-62-19     Fax: + 49-32223716222     E-Mail: info@schweizerbrandung.de      Media Contact     PR-Kombinat     Katrin Strauch     c/o G.R.A.L. GmbH, Theresienstrasse 134     D-80333 Munich     +49-89-38-66-76-13     +49-89-38-66-76-76     katrin.strauch@pr-kombinat.de  

Source: Schweizer Brandung GmbH & Co. KG

Contact: Schweizer Brandung GmbH & Co. KG, Joerg E. Schweizer, Karl-Spengler-Strasse 5, D-80339 Munich, Phone: +49-89-51-08-62-19, Fax: + 49-32223716222, E-Mail: info@schweizerbrandung.de; Media Contact, PR-Kombinat, Katrin Strauch, c/o G.R.A.L. GmbH, Theresienstrasse 134, D-80333 Munich, +49-89-38-66-76-13, +49-89-38-66-76-76, katrin.strauch@pr-kombinat.de

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