First Hand Films wants to make people laugh and cry. We want to learn about our complex and beautiful world, fall in love and be seduced into new universes.

If a film takes us through hell and back, if it lets us discover unique heroines and heroes and if it hides a political and human message in all these emotions, then we fall in love with a film.

If we are allowed to experience impressive pictures full of honesty and fantasy in the cinema and are released back into a reality and world after the screening, which never look the same again as before, then we want to carry this experience to as many viewers as possible.

Line-Up Spring 2022 | Frühling 2022 | Printemps 2022 | Primavera 2022

Mobile Version Line-Up Spring 2022 | Frühling 2022 | Printemps 2022 | Primavera 2022

Who we are

Esther van Messel
CEO

Nicole Biermaier
Head of Distribution | Programmation

Angelina Hofer
Assistant Distribution | Promotion

Mirja Schnarwiler
Trainee | Finances | VOD | Servicing