Petra Volpe
Petra Biondina Volpe (born 6 August 1970) is a Swiss screenwriter and film director. She is best known for directing The Divine Order. In 2025, she directed Late Shift (Heldin), a Switzerland, Germany co-production film selected at the 75th Berlin International Film Festival in Berlinale Special Gala section, which will have its World premiere in February 2025 and later will be released on 27 February 2025 in Swiss theaters.
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Petra Volpe
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- Name
- Petra Volpe
- Birth Name
- Petra Biondina Volpe
- Born
- 6 August 1970
- Birthplace
- Suhr, Aargau, Switzerland
- Occupation
- * Screenwriter
- Nationality
- Switzerland
- Fields
- film production
- Honours
- Nora Ephron Prize
- Languages
- German
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Petra Biondina Volpe (born 6 August 1970) is a Swiss screenwriter and film director. She is best known for directing The Divine Order. In 2025, she directed Late Shift (Heldin), a Switzerland, Germany co-production film selected at the 75th Berlin International Film Festival in Berlinale Special Gala section, which will have its World premiere in February 2025 and later will be released on 27 February 2025 in Swiss theaters.
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Filming began in April 2025 on Volpe's English-language debut film, with the working title Frank & Louis, starring Kingsley Ben-Adir.
Petra Volpe and Rob Morgan at Sundance Film Festival 2026 for Frank and Louis.
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Petra Volpe and Rob Morgan at Sundance Film Festival 2026 for Frank and Louis.
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• Name — Petra Volpe • Birth Name — Petra Biondina Volpe • Born — 6 August 1970 • Birthplace — Suhr, Aargau, Switzerland • Occupation — * Screenwriter • film director • Years Active — 2003–present
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Petra Volpe born at Suhr.
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- 1.Petra Volpe, Swiss Films (page visited on 29 April 2018).
- 2.Bähr, Julia. In einem Land vor unserer Zeit. Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. 2017-08-02.
- 3.Cath Clarke, "The Divine Order review – Swiss suffragettes on the march in feelgood comedy ", The Guardian, 9 March 2018 (page visited on 29 April 2018).
- 4.Davide Abbatescianni. The Berlinale unveils the titles playing in its Competition and its Perspectives and Berlinale Special strands. Cineuropa. 21 January 2025.
- 5.Calnan, Ellie. 2025 film and high-end TV productions shooting in the UK and Ireland: latest updates. Screen Daily. 19 May 2025.
- 6.TRUSTNORDISK PICKS UP PETRA VOLPE'S NEW ENGLISH-LANGUAGE FILM FRANK & LOUIS (W/T). Formatbiz.it. 7 May 2025.
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