The 2017 Nobel Prize in Chemistry transforms Jacques Dubochet’s life. Passing from the shadows to the light, he is solicited from all sides.
What can he do with this voice, which is now being heard by everyone? How to define the struggles to be fought? How to become a “Citizen Nobel”, with the objective of assuming responsibility as a researcher and member of the human community?
A speech by Greta Thunberg turns everything upside down…
SCREENINGS & AWARDS
2020 World Premiere: Journées de Soleure
2020 International Premiere: Hof International Film Festival
Upcoming: Environmental FF Australia (Jan. 20 – Feb. 4), Transitions FF Melbourne (Feb. 20 – Mar. 6)
PRESS
Reviews: Cineuropa (EN), RTS.ch (FR), Daily Movies (FR), Cinémathèque Suisse (FR)
Citizen Nobel is a touching and sincere “feel good movie” that shows the vulnerable side of success and the desperate quest for meaning of a man who has never stopped fighting. »CINEUROPA
DIRECTOR’S BIOGRAPHY & FILMOGRAPHY
Stéphane Goël
Born in 1965 in Lausanne, Switzerland. Has worked as an editor and independent director since 1985. Lived and worked in New York between 1987 and 1993. Directed several artistic and experimental videos before moving on to full-fledged documentaries.
Numerous selections in festivals such as IDFA, Locarno, DOK Leipzig, DocBuenosAires, IndieLisboa, Visions du Réel Nyon, etc. Numerous awards in festival such as Bruxelles, Verona, Bordeaux, Besançon, nomination for Swiss Awards…
Filmography (selection)
As a Director:
2018 INSULAIRE – doc cinéma
2015 FRAGMENTS DU PARADIS
2012 DE LA CUISINE AU PARLEMENT
2010 PRUD’HOMMES
2008 LE CRÉPUSCULE DES CELTES
2007 LE SECRET
2006 QUE VIVA MAURICIO DEMIERRE
2005 SUR LES TRACES DES PHARAONS NOIRS
2005 ATELIERS DU NORD
2003 LE POISON-LE CRIME DE MARACON
2001 ARCHITECTOUR DE LA SUISSE
1997 CAMPAGNE PERDUE
1996 L’OR DE LA RESERVE
1995 LE GARÇON S’APPELAIT APACHE
1993 A L’OUEST DU PECOS
1990 LA RÉPUBLIQUE DE L’UTOPIE
As a producer :
2018 LES DAMES de Stéphanie Chuat et Véronique Reymond
2015 ATTERRISSAGE FORCÉ de Daniel Wyss
2014 LA BARQUE N’EST PAS PLEINE de Daniel Wyss
2011 VOL SPÉCIAL de Fernand Melgar
2008 LA FORTERESSE de Fernand Melgar
2007 MONDES CONTRAIRES de Camille Cottagnoud
2007 LE TRAIN LE PLUS DIFFICILE DU MONDE de Daniel Wyss
CREDITS
Directed by Stéphane Goël
DOP Camille Cottagnoud, Nicolas Veuthey
Screenplay Stéphane Goël, Emmanuel Gétaz
Sound Carlos Ibanez Diaz, Masaki Hatsui, David Cavallo
Editor Karine Sudan
Music Nicolas Rabaeus
PRODUCER’S BIOGRAPHY & FILMOGRAPHY
Emmanuel Gétaz, Born in 1965, Lausanne (Switzerland), he co-founded with a friend the Cully Jazz Festival in 1983, today the second largest jazz festival in Switzerland. He then became production & financial director at the Montreux Jazz Festival (1990-1998) before joining the Swiss National Exhibition, as the Head of the Special Events Department. In 2003, he founded Dreampixies, a company leading a broad range of cultural and audio-visual projects, today specialized in film production. He initiated and coproduced the musical documentary Return to Gorée (Pierre-Yves Borgeaud, 2007), featuring Youssou N’Dour, awarded among other prizes « Best Documentary » at the 16th Pan African Film Festival, Los Angeles and distributed worlwide. In 2012, he produced Viramundo – a musical journey with Gilberto Gil (Pierre-Yves Borgeaud) featuring the Brazilian singer and former minister of Culture, Gilberto Gil, released in 2013. He is co-writer and producer of Jean Ziegler, the optimism of willpower directed by documentary multi-award winner Nicolas Wadimoff (Official section at 2016 Locarno Film festival, released in 2016). He is co-writer and producer of Nobel Citizen, directed by Stéphane Goël, released in 2020.
PRODUCER
Emmanuel Gétaz, CEO & producer
emmanuel@dreampixies.ch
Tel: +41 21 922 40 54
Mobile: +41 79 221 80 35
Skype: emmanueldreampixies
PRODUCTION COMPANY
Dreampixies
Rue du Torrent 1
1800 Vevey
Switzerland
https://www.dreampixies.ch/
Dreampixies is a Swiss film production company, which develops movies from original idea, planning, financing to production and release. Our main focus is documentaries and fiction films for cinema and television. We seek to develop projects addressing cultural and social issues, such as Return to Gorée featuring Youssou N’Dour (2007), Viramundo featuring Gilberto Gil (2013), Jean Ziegler, the optimism of willpower (2016), Citizen Nobel (2020).
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