Jonas Scheu, born 1980 in Switzerland, works as a filmmaker, photographer and cultural mediator. He lives in Biel/Bienne. Master in Film Directing, HES-SO ECAL/HEAD Geneva. Working independently since 2007.
At the heart of his work are communities and figures at the threshold — alpine collectives, Southeast Asian diasporas, spiritual outsider figures. His practice moves between European auteur cinema, ethnographic photography and participatory cultural heritage work.
His films have screened at Visions du Réel (Nyon), DOK.fest Munich, the Solothurner Filmtage, the Pärnu International Documentary Film Festival and other international festivals. He is a member of Suissimage and the Académie du Cinéma Suisse, and a board member of Filmgilde Biel/Bienne.
Contact: jonas.scheu@gmail.com
Two film projects currently in development. Treatments, screenplay and director’s notes are available on request.
Feature film · Laos and France
David, a young French Hmong, travels through Laos in search of remnants of his family’s history, who fled the communist regime in the war’s aftermath. Trapped in the Laotian jungle, he soon receives messages from the spirit world.
Essay film · Switzerland
A film about listening in a world that is growing quieter. It is not nature that fell silent first, but our ear for it.