Mauro Mueller’s ‘111 – Echoes From Halifax’ Might Chronicle Tragic 1998 Swissair Plane Crash, but This Is Not Your Regular Disaster Movie

The ambitious Swiss-Canadian production, called 'Switzerland's most anticipated film,' is having its European premiere at the Zurich Film Festival

For years, Fidelio Films producer Björn Hering wanted to make a film about the tragedy of Swissair Flight 111, which crashed into the Canadian coast of Halifax in 1998. Hering, the son-in-law of flight pilot Urs Zimmermann, urged his creative partner Mauro Mueller to take on the project, but it took the director a decade to find his way into the story. The result of that breakthrough is “111 – Echoes From Halifax,” playing at the Zurich Film Festival .