SARAH SCHIESSER

Industry Manager – Locarno Pro & Producer (Switzerland)

Biography

Swiss-born, after moving her first steps in the audiovisual sector in France, Sarah joined the Locarno Film Festival and its Industry Office in 2015.

Since 2016, she is active within Open Doors, the Locarno section dedicated to nurturing talents from regions in the South and the East and connecting them with potential

 

European partners, through a variety of programs for director and producers at different moments of career and project development.

She took on an additional role as Manager of Locarno Pro for 3 years, the label reuniting all professional activities at Locarno, and currently she is acting as Open Doors Manager.

 

Sarah is also an alumni of EAVE-Ties That Bind (2018).

In 2022, she is starting to collaborate with the swiss production company Amka Films, active in national and international fiction and documentary productions.