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First Hand Films has 1 production listed on Production List, 1 of them active, including The Horsemen of the Apocalypse.

First Hand Films

Neunbrunnenstrasse 50, 8050 Zürich, Switzerland

First Hand Films is a company with 1 production listed on Production List, most recently The Horsemen of the Apocalypse (in post-production). Production List last updated this listing on September 7, 2026.

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First Hand Films is an award-winning Swiss independent company operating as an international sales agent, theatrical distributor across Switzerland's four language regions, and producer, headquartered in Zürich with an additional office in Berlin. Founded in 1998 by Esther van Messel, FHF specializes in non-fiction and documentary films, representing a catalogue of over 300 hand-picked titles to distributors, broadcasters, platforms, and festivals worldwide. The company has sold thousands of licenses globally, generating over twenty million Euro in turnover, and its films have earned Emmy Awards, Oscar nominations, Golden Rose awards, and numerous festival prizes. FHF acts as Executive Producer on selected projects and has partnered with major broadcasters including BBC, HBO, Arte, and ZDF, as well as platforms such as Netflix, Amazon, and MUBI.

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Productions · 1

The Horsemen of the Apocalypse

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