Ramon Zürcher is a Swiss writer-director whose latest film, The Sparrow in the Chimney, is now on digital. His first feature film, The Strange Little Cat, premiered at the Berlinale Forum in 2013 and was selected at over 80 festivals, including Toronto, Cannes, New Directors/NewFilms and Mar del Plata, winning numerous awards. His second feature film, The Girl and the Spider, also premiered at the Berlinale, where it was awarded the prize for Best Director and the FIPRESCI prize of the Encounters section. In Cahiers du Cinéma, the film ranked eighth on the 2021 Best of the Year list. The Sparrow in the Chimney is his third feature film and he is currently writing a youth drama with the working title The Young Woman with the Crowbar. (Photo by Iris Janke.)
