Petra Volpe’s Late Shift has been chosen as Switzerland’s entry for the worldwide function award on the 2026 Oscars, with Music Field Movies buying the title for North America.
TrustNordisk handles gross sales on the title, and has now confirmed gross sales to over 50 territories worldwide.
Late Shift follows a devoted nurse on an understaffed hospital ward who turns into caught in a race in opposition to time. The Academics’ Lounge and September 5 star Leonie Benesch leads the forged.
Written and directed by Volpe, the movie is produced by Reto Schaerli and Lukas Hobi for Switzerland’s Zodiac Footage, in co-production with MMC Zodiac, Swiss Radio and Tv, and SRG SSR.
The movie was launched in Switzerland on February 27, holding the primary spot for 4 consecutive weeks. It has topped 650,000 admissions throughout Germany, Austria and Switzerland.
It was chosen because the Swiss entry from a shortlist of three, alongside Denise Fernandes’ Hanami and Lionel Baier’s The Protected Home.
“Nobody must bone up on the intricacies of the Swiss well being care system earlier than seeing Late Shift as a result of Petra’s film is common, a grounded thriller that’s readily relatable to anybody who spends their working day on their ft,” mentioned Brian Andreotti, head of acquisitions at Music Field.
“Late Shift provides a deeply human, relatable and fascinating story. We imagine that we, along with Music Field Movies as our US associate, could make it actually far,” added Susan Wendt, managing director at TrustNordisk.
Switzerland has made 46 entries to the worldwide function award, profitable in 1991 for Journey Of Hope and 1985 for Harmful Strikes. It final made the shortlist with My Life As A Courgette for the 2017 awards.
Volpe has since filmed her English-language debut Frank & Louis for Zodiac Footage and the UK’s Caspian Movies earlier this yr.
