1. Victor Tognola – Frama Films Int.
Victor Tognola is an internationally known creative who expresses his innovating talents in
many fields, radio, journalism, television, cinema and commercials.
He begins his career at a very young age in the then famous Monte Ceneri Radio, where,
between other programs, he creates „The moon brake“, a radio show that many critics salute
as the birth of a new world in the radio revue. For what concerns the commercials, he joins the
team of the Advertisement American International Agency Mc Cann Erickson in Milan, writes
and directs the radio revue A Briglia Sciolta (RAI), collaborates with the newspaper Il Giorno,
then he is in charge of the International Market of Gamma Film in Milan, founded by Roberto
Gavioli, and finally he creates in Switzerland the Frama Films International, for which he
directs and often conceives more than 3000 commercials.
He wins about a hundred of prizes, among which the Grand Award of New York (for a series of
commercials for Aprior, Swiss Association of Gold Watches Producers), 12 Lions and one Grand
Prix at Cannes International Advertisement Festival. His Araldit (Novartis) commercial is the
only one, in the history of commercials, who won both a gold Lion and, 15 years later, the
Grand Prix Test of Time Trophy at Cannes Festival. He writes and directs the movie The Great
Illusionist, selected in Venice (1982) and in Karlovy Vary, writes and directs the series of
cartoons The Most Beautiful Fables of the World (SRG Idée Suisse, ARD, RTL, SRC, Radio
Canada) who has been sold in thirty countries, re-writes The Little Donkey and the Wolf (Das
Eselchen und der Wolf) for the German Publisher Suhrkamp and ten other fables for the
Ravensburger Publisher. He makes Clorofilla from the Blue Sky (SRG Idée Suisse, ARD, RTL,
SRC, Radio Canada) based on Bianca Pitzorno’s novel (Mondadori) illustrated by Adelchi
Galloni. Right now, Barry Films in Hollywood are remaking it with the title Cleo Green.
He holds workshops at the Hochschule für Gestaltung Kunst und Konservierung in Bern and at
the SUPSI (University of Applied Sciences and Art) in Lugano.
He conducts anthropological researches on the territory, the documentary trilogy Biasca
Against (2003-2006) marks a path in the collection and safeguard of the memory of a town.
Following this approach, he writes and directs for the three Swiss National Televisions the
series Mysterious Switzerland (SF, TSR, TSI – 2007) and Crazy Switzerland in the Hidden Land
(2006-2008), The Evil Spirits of Switzerland (RSI 2008), Marlene Dietrich, Paulette Goddard,
Erich Maria Remarque (RSI 2011), that has been invited at Moscow Festival. In 2011, after
having been presented at the Swiss Embassy in Berlin, it joins the Erich Maria Remarque
German Society.
Olivier Père chooses the documentary Schmidhauser (SSR-RSI 2012) for the prestigious
Histoire(s) du Cinéma Section, at Locarno International Film Festival. Afterwards, he produces
and directs the following documentaries: „The food of the Gods“ (RSI 2012), „The Machine that
came from the future“ (SSR/RSI 2013). Since 2014 he’s writing and working on Being
Together/Together in Life (Coproduction Frama Films-SSR Swiss Radio and Television) that
should come out in theatres around the world in 2016.
At the same time, he’s working on The Story-Teller, The Witch, The Priest, The Secret Avenger,
for the prestigious SSR-RSI TV program „Stories“.
Some national and international campaigns for which he has directed and produced
commercials:
* The international campaigns are highlighted in yellow
Adora - Agip - All - Amarillo - Anatima - Aprior - Appenzeller - Araldit - Arkina -Assista - Astra -
Swiss Banks Association - Bally - Banca Stato - Bang & Olufsen -Basler Assicurazioni - Bata-
Bell - Bernina - Bic - Biere Cardinal - Billag - Bilz -Biomalt - Birra Svizzera - Berner Zeitung -
Brissago - Breitling - Brunette – Burro Svizzero - Caotina - Camel - Camille Bloch - Caran
d’Ache - Carmen - Carstens -CEFI - Cerelac - Certina - Chandor - Charles Veillon - Chokito -
Choc Ovo - Citterio -Columna - Comptoir Lausanne - Contour- Coop - Cynar - Cyba - Danone -
Dawa -Diamant - Dorina - Diana - De Agostini - Denim - De Sede - Dixan -Posta SvIzzera- Drei
Musketiere - Dussa – DOS - Duo - Ebel - Ebnat – Commissione Federale Olio di
Colza - Commissione Federale Pollame - Commissione Federale Patate – Commissione Federale
Uova - Elsève - Emmi - Epoleon - Esso - Eurocheque - Evidentia - Fanta -Favre Leuba - Felix -

2. FFS - Ferrero - Fissan - Flector - Flup - Findus - Fischer - Fissan - Fondue Figugegl - Frigor -
Friola - Futura - Galak - Gard - Genie - Gerber -Glycelia - Gillette - Granini - Grey Poupon -
Hellesens - Henniez - Herbalpina -Hermes - Hero - Hilti - Hitachi - Hoover – Honda - Igloo -
Jaffa - Kafa - Kambly -Kauf - Kit e Kat - Knorr - Kodak - Lafram – Langnese –Läkerol - Lego -
Leko – Lemon Solo - Lonza - Lux - Madison - Maggi - Maltesers - Manor - Marigold - Marlboro -
Marylong - Mascara - Matzinger - Mazda - Mellin - Melitta - Mercedes - Migros Bund -Milka -
Milx - Minvitin - Mellin - Mini Morris - Moltex - Moncler Derma - Muba Multifort
Multitube - Mum - Muratti - Neocid - Nescafé - Nesquik - Nestec - Nestlé Nido -Nikon - Novartis
Nuxo - Odol - Omo - Omega - Opel - Opus - Orangina – Oris - Orbit - Oulevay - Ovomaltine -
Parsenn - Palmolive - Passaia - Parisiennes - Panasonic - Peer - Pepsi Cola - Pfister - Perla -
Perrier - Philip Morris - Philips -Pierrot - Pix Printil - Pocket Coffee – PKZ- Pharmacie Principale
Poppets - Prinz Bräu Procter & Gamble - Protector - Provins - PTT - Queens - Rado – Radion -
Rapelli -Rapid Shave - Rapsöl - Rayon – Rediffusion - Rexona - Ricola – Rilacol – Ritter Sport -
Roger y Gallet - Rolland - Romanette - Rondoloro - Sana - Sais - SBBK -
SBB Ferrovie Svizzere - Produttori svizzeri di Latte - Unione Svizzera del Formaggio - Dogane
Svizzere - Selgin - Segalo - Sibir - Schild -Schiesser -Schwepps - Shell - Seiko - Seven Up -
Signal - Sipuro - Sloan - Smarties - Snikers -Sofix - Sonnytoo - Spri - Stimorol - Suchard -
Sugus - Swica - Swissair - Suva -Tabard - Tages Anzeiger - TAO - Tapisano - TCS - Tempo –
Tesa - -exana - Thomy -Ticinella - Ticino Vita - Tic Tac - Tilsiter - Tissot - Trim - Toyota - Turmix
Unilever-Urpress - Usego - Valser - Verzinkerei Zug - Via - Vif - Vigor - Vivi Kola - Vivil - Visilab
Volodor - Wega - Weissenburger - Wiskas - Xirah - Zephir - Zyllis.