Tove Stille

Tove Stille is the joint artistic identity of Vera von Gunten and Tomas Schweigen – two award-winning creatives known for their multi-layered and bold storytelling across theatre, interdisciplinary performance and film. Both studied at the Zurich University of the Arts and have collaborated regularly for over twenty years. Together, they have developed and realised dozens of successful and idiosyncratic performances, theatre pieces and transdisciplinary projects. Their previous work spans documentary theatre, interactive and walk-in social media series, immersive installations, hybrid film-theatre productions, performances and plays. They have received numerous awards for their work (most recently the prestigious Nestroy Prize 2023 for ‘Best Director’ awarded to Tomas Schweigen) and have been regularly invited to international art and theatre festivals. Under their shared identity Tove Stille, the Austro-Swiss duo focuses on cinematic storytelling, on ambitious and unconventional feature film projects. Their debut feature film DÉBUT SANS FIN is currently in development, supported by the Migros Culture Percentage Story Lab (Switzerland). It explores the theme of unconventional ageing in Western society. At the same time, they are investigating the creative and ethical implications of AI in their ongoing short film project HEIST AI (working title).