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IDFA Competition
Featured Documentary

PARRADOX

A touching and humorous rollercoaster ride through the European filmmaking world from the 60s to the 90s. The film tells the rise and fall of Pim de la Parra, a crazy, controversial and creative genius.

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Chapulin Films must make people laugh, cry, fall in love and learn something.

Chapulin Films is an award-winning international sales company, a theatrical distributor in Switzerland's four language regions and a producer based in Zürich.

Run by Esther van Messel since 1998, CF finds partners, finance and deals with the entire production process. We work with ambitious and accessible projects worldwide, combining intelligence, practical knowledge and experience.

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