Julietta Korbel is a filmmaker of Swiss and Slovak origin. Born in 1996, she grew up in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. Studying the arts at Kingston University, London and FAMU (Filmová a televizní fakulta Akademie múzických umění), Prague, before graduating at ECAL (Ecole Cantonale d'Art de Lausanne) in 2019. Her graduation film, Still Working, screened at numerous international festivals, including Locarno, Clermont-Ferrand and Palm Springs, and received several awards, among them the Swiss Film Award in 2020. Her latest short film, Yonne, co-directed with Yan Ciszewski, premiered at Locarno and earned her a second Swiss Film Award in 2026. Her work pays particular attention to the gestures of labour, exploring through them the relationships between place and memory. She is currently developing her first feature film.

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Société Suisse des auteurs ( https://ssa.ch/en/)

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