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Switzerland has selected writer-director Petra Volpe's ER drama Late Shift as the country's official entry for the 2026 ...
Music Box Films has acquired the North American distribution rights for Petra Volpe’s “Late Shift,” which was revealed today ...
German actress Leonie Benesch (September 5, The Teachers’ Lounge) feels that we’ve been inundated with medical dramas on ...
The German actor Leonie Benesch has an issue with erratic pacing in films. "I find it awful when a character talks and then ...
Switzerland has tapped Petra Volpe’s Late Shift ( Heldin) as its official submission for the 98th Academy Awards in the best ...
Music Box Films acquires US rights to Petra Volpe’s Late Shift, Switzerland’s official Oscar submission, starring Leonie ...
Oscar season is about to kick into high gear with fall festival season just around the corner. The deadline to submit international feature selections is Oct. 1, so look for a flurry of announcements ...
One can imagine screening this wrenching Swiss film in a double bill with Laura Carreira’s recent On Falling. Two studies of ...
Leonie Benesch gives one of the best performances of 2025 in the hospital drama Late Shift, playing no-nonsense Swiss nurse ...
Oscar season is about to kick into high gear with fall festival season just around the corner. The deadline to submit ...
Late Shift [Heldin], a film by about overworked nurses, is Switzerland's candidate for the Best International Feature Film ...
Director Petra Biondina Volpe captures the chaos and pressure of a night shift at an understaffed hospital in a cinematic tribute to nurses that’s elevated by the unflashy skill of Leonie Benesch.