Tristan Forever
Poster
Directed by
Tobias Nölle, Loran Bonnardot
Full Synopsis
For 30 years, a doctor from Paris has maintained a friendship with a fisherman on Tristan da Cunha, the most isolated inhabited island in the world. Now he travels back one more time, with the plan to stay there for good.
Producer
Christof Neracher
Matthias Erny
Loran Bonnardot
Dan Wechsler
Andreas Roald
Jean des Forêts
Cinematographer
Tobias Nölle
Editor
Tobias Nölle
Aurora Vögeli
Sound
Linus Rieser
Production Company
Hugofilm Features
SRF
ARTE
Distribution
Xu Jing
REDIANCE FILMS
jing@rediancefilms.com
REDIANCE FILMS
jing@rediancefilms.com
Festivals & Awards
Krakow Film Festival 2026 – Golden Horn for Best Film, International Documentary Competition
Schwerin Art of Film Festival 2026 – Best Cinematography, Documentary Competition
MakeDox Creative Documentary Festival 2026 – Onion Award for Best Film, Main Competition
In Cinemas Only
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Directors
Tobias Nölle
Director
Tobias Nölle studied film at the School of Visual Arts in New York. His short film RENÉ (2007) won the Golden Leopard in Locarno, his feature debut ALOYS (2016) the FIPRESCI prize at the Berlinale where it screened in the Panorama section. He is co-founder of the Swiss filmmakers collective 8horses. He lives and works in Zürich and Berlin.
Loran Bonnardot
Co-director
Loran Bonnardot is a French doctor and filmmaker based in Paris; he co-directed Tristan Forever, building on his longstanding connection to Tristan da Cunha.
