Music Box Films has acquired the North American distribution rights for Petra Volpe’s “Late Shift,” which was revealed today ...

Switzerland has selected writer-director Petra Volpe's ER drama Late Shift as the country's official entry for the 2026 ...

The German actor Leonie Benesch has an issue with erratic pacing in films. "I find it awful when a character talks and then ...

German actress Leonie Benesch (September 5, The Teachers’ Lounge) feels that we’ve been inundated with medical dramas on ...

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 ...

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.

One can imagine screening this wrenching Swiss film in a double bill with Laura Carreira’s recent On Falling. Two studies of a woman at work. Two protagonists at the end of their tether. Two ...

German actress Leonie Benesch (September 5, The Teachers’ Lounge) feels that we’ve been inundated with medical dramas on television that offer unrealistic depictions of what actually occurs in a ...

Leonie Benesch is accustomed to moving between countries, languages, and worlds – both fictional and actual. Almost two decades into her career, she finds herself among the same rarefied ...