EkoliGenes Production
About Us
EkoliGenes Production (EGP) is a Swiss-based independent filmmaker Association, established in Etoy, LAC Artistic Center and founded in 2012 by Ekoli Hagenbüchle. Since 2013 it involves the partners Aryane Zekrya and Jose Hagenbüchle.
We use our experience in project management, early stage development and process improvement through Pre-Production, Production, and Post-Production phases to tend the excellence of motion picture in a way that is exclusively focused on our customers’ interests. In all our mandates, we manage our projects by continuously controlling three main KPIs: 1. Narrative Quality, 2. Progress Speed and 3. Budget Thresholds.
We work with the latest filmmaking technologies which includes several major brands.
EkoliGenes covers essentially the following market segments:
Fiction (short and long features)
Music (clips and concerts)
Documentary (informative and educative)
We have a core team with skills ranging from steering globally the projects, screenwriting & storyboarding the best narrative options, directing the live action shots, photographing motion pictures and editing all footage sequences to express the film message.
In addition we can call on external directors, experts and consultants who provide support in specific areas such as casting, review of draft screenplay, special FX, visual FX, audio FX and soundtracks.
We have contacts in the industry with complementary skills enabling us to further increase our resources on an as-needed basis.
Our current Association values are: Courage, Performance, Responsibility, Respect, Compliance, Integrity and Transparency.
For any inquiries please do not hesitate to contact us.
The Team
The People of EGP
Ekoli
Managing Partner
Mr Ekoli Hagenbüchle graduated in Geneva, Switzerland where he obtained a degree in pharmabiology in 1995 and a postgrad in Biotechnology at EPFL in 1997. He then started a career in biopharmaceutics, and he acquired a broad experience in various positions. Mr Hagenbüchle then pursued a business degree in Geneva, where he obtained his MBA in 2003. He then held several management roles at major companies, before becoming founder of EGP in 2012. He acts as Managing Partner in charge of Business Development, Strategy and Global Operation. Mr Hagenbüchle is strongly inspired by the motion picture industry. For any inquiries please do not hesitate to contact him.
Aryane
Associate Partner
Ms Aryane Zekrya has been trained as psychologist and received her Master degree in Science from the faculty of Social and Political Sciences of the University in Lausanne, Switzerland in 2006. She then started a career in Social Education and then Psychology in Lausanne, Switzerland. She joined EGP in 2013 as Associate Partner. Ms Zekrya is in charge of Screenwriting, Casting and Acting. She is strongly inspired by the psychological impacts of storytelling. For any inquiries please do not hesitate to contact her.
José
Associate Partner
Mr Jose Hagenbüchle studied Information Technology in Geneva, and then obtained his Certification in Windows and Linux Operating System, in 2008. He then started a career in various IT Administration roles in Geneva, Switzerland. He joined EGP in 2013 as Associate Partner. Mr Jose Hagenbüchle is in charge of Software and other IT Platforms including Editing, Visual and Sound Effects. He is strongly inspired by the technological revolution and digital transformation in the filmmaking industry. For any inquiries please do not hesitate to contact him.
Ewan
Associate Partner
Mr Ewan Hagenbüchle studied Business in Geneva, and then obtained his Commercial Maturity Diploma in 2021. He joined EGP in 2019 as Associate Partner. Mr Ewan Hagenbüchle is First Assistant Camera (AC), Focus Puller and in charge of Production Logistic and Location Management. He is strongly inspired by the new multimedia generation revolution in the filmmaking industry. For any inquiries please do not hesitate to contact him.
The Project Management
