Manuel Gübeli is a filmmaker, artist and writer. His films and videos have been shown at various festivals and exhibitions. His first novel will be published in spring 2025. Currently he is working on a stageplay and is writing for TV. Manuel mostly lives in Basel and Berlin.
He can be commissioned for text-coaching writing and other creative tasks at dasinstitut.ch (German)
Writing
2025 Buchmesse Leipzig – Lesung aus Die bestmögliche Vermutung
2025 Lange Leipziger Lesenacht – Lesung aus Die bestmögliche Vermutung
2025 Novel Die bestmögliche Vermutung will be published at Arisverlag
2014 Novel Excerpt Elena und ich shortlisted for Zentralschweizer Literaturpreis
Screenings
2024 Being Sascha – Lund – Cinema Queer Tour Sweden – Official Selection
2023 Being Sascha – 3sat – TV Rerun
2022 Being Sascha – Antwerp, Bruges, Ghent, Courtrai, Louvain, Roeselare, Hamme – JEF festival – Official Selection
2022 Being Sascha – Amsterdam – Roze Filmdagen – Official Selection
2022 Being Sascha – Vienna – Visibilities Queer Feminist Filmfestival – Official Selection
2022 Being Sascha – 3sat – TV Rerun – Kurzfilmnacht
2021 Being Sascha – Montreal – Image+Nation Queer Short Film Fest – Official Selection
2021 Being Sascha – Belgrade – International Queer Film Festival Merlinka – Official Selection
2021 Being Sascha – Tirana – Tirana International Film Festival – Official Selection
2021 Being Sascha – Paris – Chéries-Chéris Festival du Film LGBTQI&+++ – Official Selection
2021 Being Sascha – Rostock – QueerFilmFest Rostock – Official Selection
2021 Being Sascha – Basel – Luststreifen Festival – Official Selection
2021 Being Sascha – Philadelphia – qFLIX Film Festival – Official Selection
2021 Being Sascha – Weiterstadt – Queer Film Fest Weiterstadt – Official Selection
2021 Being Sascha – Geneva – Le Fesses-tival – Cycle Suisse
2021 Being Sascha – Luzern – Pink Panorama – Official Selection
2021 Being Sascha – 3sat – TV Rerun – Opening Film Die Lange Nacht des Dokumentarfilms
2021 Being Sascha – Canada – Image+Nation Virtual Film Fest – Official Selection
2021 Being Sascha – Lausanne – La Fête du Slip Festival – Winner Best Swiss Short Film
2021 Being Sascha – Zürich – Pink Apple Festival – Official Selection
2021 Being Sascha – Pune – Pune International Queer Film Festival – Official Selection
2021 Being Sascha – Los Angeles – LGBTQ+ Los Angeles Film Festival – Winner Best Cinematography
2021 Being Sascha – Indianapolis – Indy Film Fest – Official Selection
2021 Being Sascha – Frankfurt – LICHTER Filmfest Frankfurt International – Official Selection
2021 Being Sascha – Miami – Outshine LGBTQ+ Film Festival – Official Selection
2021 Being Sascha – Ghent – Viewpoint Doc Filmfestival – Official Selection
2021 Being Sascha – Barcelona – MECAL – Festival International of Short Film of Barcelona
2021 Being Sascha – London – British Film Institute / BFI Flare – Official Selection
2021 Being Sascha – Solothurn – Solothurner Filmtage – Official Selection
2020 Being Sascha – ZDF/3sat (Online Streaming ZDF- and 3sat-Mediothek)
2020 Being Sascha – 3sat (TV-Premiere on 3sat)
2020 Being Sascha – Basel Film Prize – Winner Best Short Film
2020 Being Sascha – Zürich – Porny Days Filmkunstfestival
2020 Being Sascha – Valencia – La Cabina Filmfestival – Winner Best Medium Length Film Award by the Senior Jury
2018 Occupied – Geneva – Act-Art / Halle Nord
2018 Sexperiment – Vienna – VIS – Vienna Shorts Festival
2017 Occupied – Geneva – Artgenève
2016 Eigenleben – Toronto – Toronto Arthouse Film Festival
2016 Eigenleben – Mainz – FILMZ – Festival des deutschen Kinos
2016 Eigenleben – Offenburg – Shorts Filmfestival, Winner: Bester Kreativfilm
2016 Eigenleben – Panama–City – Hayah International Film Festival
2016 Sexperiment – Vienna – Metro Kinokulturhaus / Retrospective of Filmarchiv Austria
2016 Sexperiment – Mainz – Organized Orgasms Festival
2016 Occupied – Austin – Mass Gallery
2016 Occupied – Geneva – HIT Gallery
2016 Occupied – Basel – NOTITLES_2
2016 Eigenleben – Toronto – Toronto Indie Doc Fest
2016 Eigenleben – Basel – Clair-Obscur Filmfestival
2016 Eigenleben – Lanzarote – International Film Festival of Lanzarote
2015 Sexperiment – online – Die Zeit Online (Berlinale and Vienna Shorts Selection)
2015 Sexperiment – Strasbourg – Kings of Doc
2015 Sexperiment – Amsterdam – Holy Fuck Filmfestival
2015 Sexperiment – Minsk – META – Shortfilmfestival Minsk
2015 Sexperiment- Zürich – Porny Days Festival
2015 Sexperiment – Lausanne – La Fête du Slip Festival
2015 Sexperiment – Basel – Kurzfilmnacht Tour curated by Swissfilms
2015 Sexperiment – Vienna – VIS – Vienna Shorts Festival
2015 Sexperiment – Barcelona – MECAL – Festival International of Short Film of Barcelona
2015 Sexperiment – Weimar – Backup – Kurzfilmfestival Weimar
2015 Sexperiment – Solothurn – Solothurner Filmtage
2014 Sexperiment – Berlin – Pornfilmfestival Berlin
2014 Taucher – Baden – Kino Odeon
2014 Taucher – Dübendorf – Kino Orion, Kurzfilmnacht
2010 Der Raub – Zürich Bern Basel Winterthur Baden St. Gallen Luzern Schaffhausen – Kurz & Knapp
Performances / Interventions
2023 Pre Show Announcement – Lorzensaal Cham
2022 Till the End of the Year – Berlin Atelier des Kantons Zug
2021 For Both – Berlin
2018 Vacuum Flower – Basel Migros Drachencenter
2016 Warten – Basel – Messe Bassel
2015 Warten – Weimar – Bauhaus Museum
2013 Warten – Bern – Loebegge
2012 Warten – Luzern – Bushaltestelle Tribschen
2011 Religion in a Box® – Thalwil – Kulturtage11 / Drugstores
2011 Pedalo Concert – Zug – Zugersee
Stage
2023 Director of NEU by Renato Kaiser – currently on tour
Group Exhibitions
2016 NOTITLES_3 – Soulce – Halle des Fêtes, curated by Sophie Yerly
2011 Ausgezogen – Thalwil – Kulturlabor, curated by Thalwiler Hofkunst
2010 Werbefenster – Thalwil – Kulturlabor, curated by Thalwiler Hofkunst
Editions
2016 Add to Chain
2011 Religion in a Box®
Other
2021 Member of the Jury for Feature Films at La Fête du Slip Lausanne
2018 Member of the Jury at Shorts Filmfestival Offenburg