Feature Film | Co-Production
SEW TORN
95 min, Switzerland / USA
A seamstress gets tangled in her own thread after stealing a briefcase from a drug deal gone bad. In an escalating game of cat and mouse, her different choices lead to drastically different outcomes along the way.
TICKETS
In Swiss Cinemas
September 11
DIRECTOR
Freddy Macdonald
CINEMATOGRAPHER
Sebastian Klinger
PRODUCTION DESIGNER
Viviane Rapp
COMPOSER
Jacob Tardien
Freddy Macdonald
Fred Macdonald
WRITERS
Eve Connolly
Calum Worthy
John Lynch
K Callan
Ron Cook
Thomas Douglas
Caroline Goodall
Werner Biermeier
Veronika Herren-Wenger
CAST
Fred Macdonald
Barry Navidi
Sebastian Klinger
Diamantis Zavitsanos
Socratis Zavitsanos
Alexander Stratigenas
Timothy Ross
PRODUCERS
ORISONO
Sew Torn, LLC
Barry Navidi Productions
The Playmaker Munich
Vertigo Releasing
COMPANIES
SEW TORN is the full length feature based on the short with the same name, a six minute film that was acquired by Searchlight Pictures in 2019 and qualified for the Oscars 2020. The feature version world premiered at the prestigious SXSW Film & TV Festival 2024 in Austin, Texas and headlined on the Piazza Grande at the 77th Locarno Film Festival and was selected at Camerimage, Sitges, Glasgow, Solothurn and won at the Max Ophüls Prize 2025.
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