Gina Keller is a sound designer and re-recording mixer for feature and documentary films, currently based in San Francisco and Zurich. She studied music at the University of the Arts in Zurich, Switzerland and has been nominated twice for the Swiss Film Award in the category «Best Sound», 2021 for MY LITTLE SISTER and 2024 for BERGFAHRT. At the European Film Awards 2023 she was invited to be part of the Excellency Awards jury of eight as representative of the sound category. She occasionally teaches and speaks on panels e.g. at the University of Geneva HEAD 2023, Xenix Filmtalk 2022, SoundTrack Zurich 2021, Zurich Film Festival 2020.

 

NEWS

LANDESVERRÄTER by Michael Krummenacher premieres at Zurich Film Festival 2024

contribution: supervising sound editor, sound designer

OMNIVORE - Apple TV+ series is available online

contribution: sound design for episodes CHILE and TUNA

Nomination «BEST SOUND» @Swiss Film Awards 2024 with Jacques Kieffer for documentary BERGFAHRT by Dominique Margot

contribution: sound design

MILK TEETH by Sophia Bösch premieres as part of the the Big Screen Competition at IFFR Filmfestival Rotterdam and at Filmfestival Max Ophüls Preis in Saarbrücken in January 2024

contribution: sound design, supervising sound editor & re-recording mix

INGEBORG BACHMANN - JOURNEY INTO THE DESERT by Margarethe von Trotta premieres at Berlinale Film Festival 2023

contribution: sound design, sound edit

PROJECTS

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OMNIVORE Apple TV+ series created by Cary Joji Fukunaga with René Redzepi

SOUND DESIGN episodes TUNA and CHILE

STRAY BODIES by Elina Psykou, 2023 - Documentary GRE/ CH/ BUL/ ITA

SOUND DESIGN, SUPERVISING SOUND EDITOR

31st Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival Toronto,21st CPH:DOX Copenhagen International Documentary Film Festival, 26th Thessaloniki Documentary Festival, 14e Les Arcs Film Festival

BERGFAHRT by Dominique Margot, 2023 - Documentary CH

SOUND DESIGN

Swiss Film Award, Best Sound 2024 (Nomination)

INGEBORG BACHMANN - JOURNEY INTO THE DESERT by Margarethe von Trotta 110’ LUX/ CH/ DE

SOUND DESIGN/ SOUND EDIT

International Competition at Berlinale Film Festival 2023, 7th PÖFF Black Nights Film Festival, 47a Mostra Internacional del Cinema de Sao, 10th Riga International Film Festival,19. Zurich Film Festival, 47th Hong Kong International Film Festival

8 DAYS IN AUGUST by Samuel Perriard,2023 - Feature Film 90’ CH/ ITA

DIALOGUE EDIT

59. Solothurner Filmtage, 57. Internationale Filmtage Hof

SOMETHING YOU SAIG LAST NIGHT by Luis de Filippis, 2022 - Feature Film 96’ CAN/CH

SOUND DESIGN, SUPERVISING SOUND EDITOR, RE-RECORDING MIX

International Film Festival Rotterdam, IFFR Youth Jury Award 2023 (Winner), Toronto International Film Festival, Shawn Mendes Foundation Changemaker Award 2022 (Winner), 20th IndieLisboa International Film Festival, 19th Glasgow Film Festival, 44th Cairo International Film Festival, 41st Vancouver International Film Festival, 70. San Sebastián International Film Festival

SEULE by Jérôme Dassier, 2022 - Feature Film 92’ CH/FR

SOUND DESIGN

SKIES by Kollektiv Beton, 2022 - 3D installation 30’

SOUND DESIGN, MIX

BaseCamp by Locarno Filmfestival 2022, Solothurner Filmtage 2023

ALLES ÜBER MARTIN SUTER. AUSSER DIE WAHRHEIT. by André Schäfer, 2022 - Documentary 90’ CH/DE

SUPERVISING SOUND EDITOR, SOUND DESIGN

Locarno International Filmfestival 2022, Solothurner Filmtage 2022

MONTE VERITA by Stefan Jäger, 2021 - Feature Film 116’ DE/OE/CHSOUND DESIGN, SUPERVISING SOUND EDITOR, RE-RECORDING MIX

MONTE VERITA by Stefan Jäger, 2021 - Feature Film 116’ DE/OE/CH

SOUND DESIGN, SUPERVISING SOUND EDITOR, RE-RECORDING MIX

World Premiere @Locarno Int. Filmfestival 2021, Piazza Grande, Strasbourg, Festival Augenblick Prix du jury jeune Winner 2022, Trento Film Festival 2022, Solothurner Filmtage 2022

THE NOVICE by Lauren Hadaway, 2021 - Feature Film 94’ US/CAN

SOUND DESIGN

Winner Tribeca International Film Festival Founders Award for Best US Narrative Feature Film 2021, Winner Tribeca International Film Festival Best Actress, Winner Tribeca International Film Festival Best Cinematography, Film Indipendent Spirit Awards Nominee for Best Female Lead, Best Director, Best Suppporting Female, Best Editing, Best Feature Film. Hawaii Film Critics Society Best First Film Nominee, International Cinephile Society Awards Nominee, Casting Society of America Nominee, Americana Film Fest, Deauville Filmfestival, Sidewalk Film Festival

DON’T WORRY ABOUT INDIA by Nama Collective, 2022 - Documentary 98’ CH

SOUND DESIGN

Visions du Réel Nyon 2022, Solothurner Filmtage 2023

JILL by Steven Michael Hayes, 2021 - Feature Film 100’ CH

DIALOGUE EDIT

Genève Swiss Film Award Nomination Best Cinematography 2023, Locarno International Film Festival, Solothurner Filmtage 2023

CAVEMAN by Tommaso Landucci, 2021 - Documentary 92’ IT/CHSUPERVISING SOUND EDIT, SOUND DESIGN, RE-RECORDING MIX

CAVEMAN - THE HIDDEN GIANT by Tommaso Landucci, 2021 - Documentary 92’ IT/CH

SUPERVISING SOUND EDIT, SOUND DESIGN, RE-RECORDING MIX

Venice Filmfestival 2021, Florence Festival dei Popoli 2021, Thessaloniki Doc Festival

WIE DIE KUNST AUF DEN HUND UND DIE KATZE KAM by Anka Schmid, 2021 - Documentary 52’ CHSOUND DESIGN, RE-RECORDING MIX

WIE DIE KUNST AUF DEN HUND UND DIE KATZE KAM by Anka Schmid, 2021 - Documentary 52’ CH

SOUND DESIGN, RE-RECORDING MIX

MONDAY UM ZEHN by Mareille Klein, 2021 - Feature Film 98’ DE/CHSOUND DESIGN, SUPERVISING SOUND EDIT

MONDAY UM ZEHN by Mareille Klein, 2021 - Feature Film 98’ DE/CH

SOUND DESIGN, SUPERVISING SOUND EDIT

Filmfest München 2021 FIPRESCI-Preis, Zurich Filmfestival 2021

SCHWESTERLEIN by Stéphanie Chuat & Véronique Reymond, 2020 - Feature Film 99’ CHSOUND DESIGN, SUPERVISING SOUND EDIT, PREMIX

SCHWESTERLEIN/ MY LITTLE SISTER by Stéphanie Chuat & Véronique Reymond, 2020 - Feature Film 99’ CH

SOUND DESIGN, SUPERVISING SOUND EDIT, PREMIX

Winner Best Feature Film Swiss Film Awards 2021, Winner best Editing Swiss Film Awards 2021, Winner best Screenplay Swiss Film Awards 2021, Swiss Film Prize Nomination for «Best Sound», Berlin Deutscher Schauspielpreis Best Leading Actress, Berlin Deutscher Schauspielpreis Best Supporting Actress, Selection European Film Awards, Winner Zurich Filmprice Best Feature Film, Berlinale Filmfestival Nomination 2020, Santiago de Compostela Cineuropa 35, Salé International Film Festival 2021, Lecce Festival del cinema europeo 2021, Locarno International Film Festival 2021, Kiev Molodist International Film Festival 2021, Solothurner Filmtage 2021, Macao International Film Festival 2020, Stockholm International Film Festival 2020, Sevilla International Film Festival 2020, Sao Paulo Mostra International Film Festival 2020

THE SAINT OF THE IMPOSSIBLE by Marc Wilkins, 2020 - Feature Film 90’ SOUND DESIGN

THE SAINT OF THE IMPOSSIBLE by Marc Wilkins, 2020 - Feature Film 90’ CH

SOUND DESIGN

Winner Internationale Filmtage Hof Best Director 2021, Winner Zurich Film Price Best Actress, Sao Paolo, Int. Film Festival, Bogota Festival de Cine de Europa 2021, Solothurner Filmtage 2021, Bellinzona Festival

CRU by David Oesch, 2019 - Short Feature 10’ CHSOUND DESIGN & RE-RECORDING MIX

CRU by David Oesch, 2019 - Short Feature 10’ CH

SOUND DESIGN & RE-RECORDING MIX

Winner Student Visionary Award at Tribeca Filmfestival New York 2020, Winner «Best Sound» at Filmfest Offenburg, Bogota Int. Short Film Festiva, Deutscher Kamerapreis Köln 2020, Locarno Film Festival 2021, Balchik International Short Film Festival 2022, Tarun Art of Cinematography 2019

SEKURITAS by Carmen Stadler, 2019 - Feature Film 115’ CHSUPERVISING SOUND EDIT, SOUND DESIGN & RE-RECORDING MIX

SEKURITAS by Carmen Stadler, 2019 - Feature Film 115’ CH

SUPERVISING SOUND EDIT, SOUND DESIGN & RE-RECORDING MIX

Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival 2020

PLÖTZLICH HEIMWEH by Yu Hao, 2019 - Documentary 79’ CHSOUND DESIGN & RE-RECORDING MIX

PLÖTZLICH HEIMWEH by Yu Hao, 2019 - Documentary 79’ CH

SOUND DESIGN & RE-RECORDING MIX

Solothurner Filmtage

GLAUBENBERG by Thomas Imbach, 2018 - Feature Film 105' CHADD. DIALOGUE EDITING

GLAUBENBERG by Thomas Imbach, 2018 - Feature Film 105' CH

ADD. DIALOGUE EDITING

Locarno Int. Filmfestival 2018

DER LÄUFER by Hannes Baumgartner, 2018 - Feature Film 92’ CHFOLEY EDITING

DER LÄUFER by Hannes Baumgartner, 2018 - Feature Film 92’ CH

FOLEY EDITING

Winner Zurich Filmprice 2018, Winner Swiss Film Awards Best Actor 2019, Nomination Swiss Film Awards Best Fiction Film 2019, Special Mention at Zurich Film Festival 2018, Winner International Filmfest Braunschweig Best Actor, San Sebastian Film Festival, Max Ophüls Festival, San Sebastian Int. Filmfestival 2018, Athens Festival 2018, Braunschweig Int. Filmfestival, Moscow Int. Festival 2019

PAUL NIZON by Christoph Kühn, 2019- Documentary 80’

RE-RECORDING MIX

Festival International Montréal 2021, Solothurner Filmtage 2020

TOTE TIERE by David Oesch & Remo Rickenbacher, 2019 - Short Feature 10’ CHSOUND DESIGN & RE-RECORDING MIX

TOTE TIERE by David Oesch & Remo Rickenbacher, 2019 - Short Feature 10’ CH

SOUND DESIGN & RE-RECORDING MIX

Winner Bogota Int. Short Film Festival Best Fantastic Film 2019, Shnit Film Festival Bern 2019, Solothurner Filmtage 2019

BLUE MY MIND by Lisa Brühlmann, 2017 - Feature Film 97' CHSUPERVISING SOUND EDITOR & RE-RECORDING MIX

BLUE MY MIND by Lisa Brühlmann, 2018 - Feature Film 97' CH

SUPERVISING SOUND EDITOR & RE-RECORDING MIX

Winner Swiss Film Prize Best Feature Film, Winner Swiss Film Prize Best Acress, Nomination Swiss Film Prize Best Cinematography, Best Film Score, Best Editing, Best Screenplay 20118, Nomination First Steps Award Berlin 2018, Winner Critic’s Choice Award and Golden Eye Zurich Film Festival 2017, Winner International Filmfest Braunschweig Youth Award, Winner Brussels Festival international du film fantastique 2018, Winner Saarbrücken Filmfestival Max Ophüls Preis Best Director 2018, Winner Alice Nella Città Premio Camera D’oro 2017, Winner Zurich Film Festival Film Award of the Curches, Nomination at San Sebastian Film Festival 2017, Max Ophüls Festival 2018, Glasgow Film Festival 2018, Buenos Aires Int. Festival 2018, Cleveland Int. Film Festival, Madrid International Film Festival 2019, Wiesbaden exground filmfest 2018, Locarno Filmfestival 2018, Neuchatel International Fantastic Film Festival 2018, Kiev International Film Festival Molodist, Espoo International Film Festival 2018, Guadalajara International Film Festival 2018, Solothurner FIlmtage 2018, Rotterdam International Film Festival 2018, Puchon Bucheon International Film Festival

UTOPIA by Joerg Hurschler, Cyrill Daepp 2018 - Documentary 45' CHRE-RECORDING MIX

UTOPIA by Joerg Hurschler, Cyrill Daepp 2018 - Documentary 45' CH

RE-RECORDING MIX

NR. 47 by Samuel Morris, 2018 - Webseries SRFDIALOGUE EDITING

NR. 47 by Samuel Morris, 2018 - Webseries SRF

DIALOGUE EDITING

Winner Swiss Television Award

ZWIESPALT by Barbara Kulcsar, 2017 - TV Movie 90'ADR RECORDING

ZWIESPALT by Barbara Kulcsar, 2017 - TV Movie 90'

ADR RECORDING

FLITZER by Peter Luisi, 2017 - Feature Film 98' CHSOUND EFFECTS EDITING

FLITZER by Peter Luisi, 2017 - Feature Film 98' CH

SOUND EFFECTS EDITING

Cleveland Int. Film Festival, Palm Springs Int. Film Festival, Solothurner Filmtage

TELEVISIONEN by Fabian Kaiser & Luca Ribler, 2018 - SRF TV Series Pilot 56'SOUND DESIGN & MIX

TELEVISIONEN by Fabian Kaiser & Luca Ribler, 2018 - SRF TV Series Pilot 56'

SOUND DESIGN & MIX

WILLKOMMEN IN DER SCHWEIZ / WELCOME TO SWITZERLAND by Sabine Gisiger, 2017 - Documentary 83'DIALOGUE EDITING

WILLKOMMEN IN DER SCHWEIZ / WELCOME TO SWITZERLAND by Sabine Gisiger, 2017 - Documentary 83'

DIALOGUE EDITING

Locarno FIlm Festival 2017, Sao Paulo Int. Film Festival 2017, Solothurner Filmtage 2018, Duisburg Filmwoche 2017, Genève International Human Rights Film Festival 2018

GOLIATH by Dominik Locher, 2017 - Feature Film 85'ADR RECORDING

GOLIATH by Dominik Locher, 2017 - Feature Film 85'

ADR RECORDING

STRANGERS by Lorenz Suter, 2017 - Feature Film 83'SOUND EFFECTS EDITING

STRANGERS by Lorenz Suter, 2017 - Feature Film 83'

SOUND EFFECTS EDITING

Montréal Film Festival, Max Ophüls Film Festival, Filmtage Hof, Solothurner Filmtage

LATESHIFT by Tobias Weber, 2016 - Interactive Feature FilmDIALOGUE EDITING

LATESHIFT by Tobias Weber, 2016 - Interactive Feature Film

DIALOGUE EDITING

Kiev International Film Festival Molodist 2018, Locarno Film Festival 2016, Raindance Film Festival London 2016, Zurich Film Festival 2016, Montreal Film Festival 2016, New York Film Festival 2016, Stockholm Film Festival 2016, Sao Paolo Mostra Internacional 2017, Buenos Aires International Film Festival 2017, Solothurner Filmtage 2017, Internationale Filmtage Hof 2016, New York FIlm Festival 2016, Strasbourg European Fantastic Film Festival, Athens International Short Film Festival, Basel Gässli Film Festival 2016, Neuchatel International Fantastic Film Festival2016

PERIPHERIE by Lisa Brühlmann, Yasmin Joerg, Jan-Eric Mack, Wendy Pillonel, Luca Ribler, 2016 - Feature Film 81'SUPERVISING SOUND EDITOR & RE-RECORDING MIXER

PERIPHERIE by Lisa Brühlmann, Yasmin Joerg, Jan-Eric Mack, Wendy Pillonel, Luca Ribler, 2016 - Feature Film 81'

SUPERVISING SOUND EDITOR & RE-RECORDING MIXER

Zurich Film Festival 2016, Sao Paulo Int. Film Festival 2016, Fünf Seen Filmfestival, Solothurner Filmtage 2016

HEIMATLAND / WONDERLAND by Lisa Blatter, Gregor Frei, Jan Gassmann, Benny Jaberg, Carmen Jaquier, Michael Krummenacher, Jonas Meier, Tobias Nölle, Lionel Rupp, Mike Scheiwiller, 2015 - Feature Film 99'SOUND DESIGN STORM

HEIMATLAND / WONDERLAND by Lisa Blatter, Gregor Frei, Jan Gassmann, Benny Jaberg, Carmen Jaquier, Michael Krummenacher, Jonas Meier, Tobias Nölle, Lionel Rupp, Mike Scheiwiller, 2015 - Feature Film 99'

SOUND DESIGN STORM

Winner Saarbrücken Max Ophüls Festival Competition 2016, Nomination Swiss Film Prize Best Film and Best Editing, Nomination Locarno International Film Festival Golden Leopard, Junior Jury Award, Best Film, Winner Zurich Film Award Best Film 2016, Winner Berner Filmförderung Best Feature Film 2015, Kaohsiung Film Festival 2021, Strasbourg Festival Augenblick 2016, Festival International du Film d’Arras 2016, Ravenna Nightmare Film Festival 2016, Kiev International Film Festival Molodist 2016, Cambridge Film Festival 2016, Festival de Cine de Lima 2016, Neuchatel International Fantastic Film Festival 2016, Brussels FIlm Festival 2016, Prishtina INternational Film Festival PriFest 2016, Crossing Europe Film Festival Linz 2016, Istanbul International Film Festival 2016, Febiofest Internation Feilm Festival Prague, Festival Internacional de Cine de Guadalajara 2016, Victoria Film Festival 2016, Solothurner FIlmtage 2016, Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival 2015

BOZUGSCHICHT by David Oesch, 2016 - Short Feature FilmSOUND DESIGN & RE-RECORDING MIX

BOZUGSCHICHT by David Oesch, 2016 - Short Feature Film

SOUND DESIGN & RE-RECORDING MIX

REDEMER DRUEBER by Fabian Kaiser & Luca Ribler, 2016SOUND EDITING & MIX

REDEMER DRUEBER by Fabian Kaiser & Luca Ribler, 2016

SOUND EDITING & MIX

RAVING IRAN by Susanne Meures, 2016 - Documentary 84'SOUND EFFECTS EDITING

RAVING IRAN by Susanne Meures, 2016 - Documentary 84'

SOUND EFFECTS EDITING

Winner Zurich Film Prize Best Documentary Film, Nomination Swiss Film Awards Best Documentary 2017, Winner Filmfestival Kitzbühel Best Documentary, Winner Solo Positivo Film Festival Audience Award 2016, Winner Nyons Visions du Réel Prix du Jury 2016, Winnter Guanajuato International Film Festival 2016, Winner First Steps Award Berlin 2016, Warsaw Docs Against Gravity Film Festival 2017, Tel Aviv International Documentary Film Festival 2017, Melbourne Human Rights Arts and Film Festival 2017, Den Haag Movies That Matter Festival 2017, Tempo Documentary Festival 2017, Istanbul International, Independent Film Festival 2017, Glasgow Film Festival 2017, Internationale Filmfestspiele Belrin 2017, Biarritz Festival Int. de Programmes Audiovisuels 2017, Helsinki Doc POint 2017, Solothurner Film tage 2017, Porto Post Doc Film Festival 2016, Amsterdam IDFA International Documentary Film Festival 2016, Montreal International Film Festival 2016, Braunschweig International Filmfestival, Santiago de Chile Film Festival 2016, Buenos Aires Muestra Internacional de Cine 2016, Sao Paulo International Film Festival, Mexico Festival Internacional de Cine 2016, Reykjavik International Film Festival 2016, Lolo Positivo Film Festival 2016, Guanajuato International Film Festival 2016, Cape Town International Documentary Film Festival 2016, Cracow Film Festival 2016, Belgrad International Film Festival 2016, DOK.fest München 2016, Toronto Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival 2016, Nyon Visions du Réel 2016, Stockholm Film Festival, Recognition Award Documentary Filmprize Alexis Victor-Thalberg 2018, Locarno Film Festival, Int. Film Festival Ghent

DRIVEN Shortfilm by Johannes Bachmann, Music by Yukio Elien Lanz, 2015 - Short Feature Film 9'ORCHESTRA RECORDING & MIX IN AURO 3D

DRIVEN Shortfilm by Johannes Bachmann, Music by Yukio Elien Lanz, 2015 - Short Feature Film 9'

ORCHESTRA RECORDING & MIX IN AURO 3D

IWAN DER SCHRECKLICHE by Sergej ProkofjewCONCERT RECORDING & MIX

IWAN DER SCHRECKLICHE by Sergej Prokofjew

ORCHESTRA LIVE CONCERT RECORDING & MIX

HAUSARREST by Matthias Sahli, 2015 - Short Feature Film 14'SOUND DESIGN

HAUSARREST by Matthias Sahli, 2015 - Short Feature Film 14'

SOUND DESIGN

MOSE REQUIEM by Franz RechsteinerCD-MUSICPRODUCTION: ORCHESTRA RECORDING & MIX

MOSE REQUIEM by Franz Rechsteiner

CD-PRODUCTION: ORCHESTRA RECORDING & MIX

MARCO AMHERD, ORGEL Triosonate IV in e-moll, BWV 528 von Johannes Sebastian BachVIDEO-MUSICPRODUCTION: RECORDING & MIX

MARCO AMHERD, ORGAN Triosonate IV in e-moll, BWV 528 von Johannes Sebastian Bach

MUSIC-VIDEO PRODUCTION: ORGAN RECORDING & MIX

 + various television and commercial productions

 CONTACT

 

mail(at)ginakeller.ch

↗Filmography at IMDb

↗CV in german - Kurzbio in Deutsch

Member of the European Film Academy, Swiss Film Academy, Motion Picture Sound Editors MPSE and EMMYS Television Academy