Silver Lion for “Women Without Men”

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

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SOURCE Schweizer Brandung GmbH & Co. KG