PARTNERS
The Story Lab of the Migros Culture Percentage is being implemented in cooperation with partners from the film industry.
Locarno Film Festival
“The spirit of the Migros Culture Percent Story Lab fits perfectly with what the Locarno Film Festival wants to offer young Swiss talent: the opportunity to develop ambitious and original projects. In Locarno, these projects can be further developed through inspiration and exchange at an international level.”
The Locarno Academy and BaseCamp are two strategically important projects of the Locarno Film Festival and reflect the need of the new audiovisual scenario to bring together identities and techniques of great diversity in order to offer an avant-garde contemporary creation.
Solothurn Film Festival
“‘SOPRO’, the Solothurn Film Festival’s industry programme, provides Swiss filmmakers with a platform for networking and constructive dialogue with Swiss and foreign industry players. It includes information events from the major Swiss film institutions, pitching sessions, labs, workshops, case studies, panel discussions, thematic debates and networking events. Sharing a focus on creative dialogue, SO PRO has found the ideal partner in the Migros Culture Percentage’s Story Lab.”
The Solothurn Film Festival has been a gathering point for Swiss cinematographers for 55 years. The event is one of the driving forces behind Swiss film culture and a venue for the public and today’s filmmakers to meet. Every January, this exhibition of the work of the Swiss film industry attracts more than 65,000 visitors, making it one of the most prestigious cultural events in Switzerland. The Solothurn Film Festival was founded in 1966.
SRG SSR
“The approach of combining funding with coaching and networking impressed us from the very outset, as did the ambition to strike out in a new direction in terms of content development and narrative storytelling.”
Film funding: The SRG is actively involved in film festivals as a media partner and supports Swiss co-productions by providing financial funding and expertise. Besides the Swiss Federal Office of Culture, SRG is the most important sponsor of Swiss cinema.
Visions du Réel
“Together, we are strengthening our shared commitment to documentary filmmaking. As the most important festival in this genre, we are particularly receptive to new forms of non-fiction storytelling. So it seems only natural and incredibly exciting to team up with Story Lab and welcome its filmmakers and producers to Nyon so they can take full advantage of our industry programme.”
Visions du Réel is known as one of the most important festivals for documentary films worldwide. For ten days, filmmakers and artists from all over the world meet with an enthusiastic audience in Nyon, Switzerland. Visions du Réel is thus an important platform for filmmakers, who gather here every year.
“Colostrum” (2025, Sayaka Mizuno, Production: Beauvoir Films)