Stéphane Mitchell, Screenwriter in Switzerland

The Deal (2025) Screenwriter

Geneva, April 2015. In the hushed corridors of a luxury hotel, high-tension international negotiations get underway between the United States and Iran, suspected of secretly developing the atomic weapon. Alexandra Weiss, head of the Swiss diplomatic mission, is trying to maintain a fragile balance between the parties operating behind the scenes. The unexpected arrival of her former love, Payam Sanjabi, an Iranian engineer whose life is under threat, will complicate her task dangerously...

Winter Palace (2025) Screenwriter

The Swiss Alps, 1899. André Morel, a young and ambitious hotelier has a daring vision: the very first five-star Alpine palace that will stay open throughout the winter season. With his partner Lord Fairfax, a wealthy aristocrat, he'll have to overcome the hostile climate, demanding clientèle and uncooperative staff to rise to the challenge of this risky venture. "Winter Palace" combines a lavish period drama with compelling, character-driven stories full of hidden desires, ambitions and love, and depicts the birth of Alpine tourism and winter sports holidays.

ON THE HIGH SEAS (2024) Screenwriter

Aurélie, a police inspector, inadvertently let Florian escape, a young man suspected of being involved in the disappearance of his girlfriend Julia. A few days later, she discovers that Florian has been placed under arrest on a Swiss cargo ship for the murder of a sailor. Aurélie is sent to South Africa to bring him back and soon establishes that Julia was a passenger on the same ship a few weeks earlier. But as she pursues her investigation – all alone – she faces mounting opposition from the crew. The tension rises steadily, and Julia’s ghost seems to hover over the freighter.

THE FAM (LA MIF) (Feature film) (2021) Screenwriter

A Berlinale 2021 fave, The Fam is an awards winning gritty drama: In the heart of a foster home, a group of teenage girls live with their educators. Like a family, they have not chosen each other and they live under the same roof. When one incident ignites a firestorm, an entire sclerotic, backward-looking system is revealed in broad daylight.

Banking District Season 2 (TV SERIES) (2020) Screenwriter | Show Creator

Showing now on MHZ Choice! Two years after the events of the first season, Grangier Bank has evolved, under the stewardship of Elisabeth Grangier (Laura Sepul), into a shining example of sustainable and ethical finance. But just as she believes she has restored her family’s bank to glory, Elisabeth finds herself at the heart of an international corruption scandal linked to diamond trafficking. To save her family and herself, Elisabeth must venture into this murky and dangerous world while waging a ruthless war for control of the bank against hostile forces within.

Banking district/Quartier des banques (TV series) (2017) Screenwriter | Show Creator | Showrunner

NY Time's pick! "A slick foreign drama" Sold across Europe and on MHZ Choice in the US. Season 1 As the USA aims to bring the Swiss banking industry to its knees, a family-owned private bank director is found in the coma. His sister Elisabeth sets out to discover who tried to silence her brother, discovering what dark secrets hide in her family's vault. Season 2. As Elisabeth tries to stir the family bank towards sustainable finance, dirty assets resurface, linked to the blood diamonds trade. Pursued by a hard headed Geneva Prosecutor and a corrupt Centrafrican minister, Elisabeth tries to remain true to her values, and keep her family alive.

T'es pas la seule! (TV series) (2011) Screenwriter | Show Creator

A dramedy about wine, womanhood and making choices. 20x26'. Eve moves her family to her aunt Luce's vineyard to start anew, but becoming a winemaker is harder than expected, especially as her sister wants to sell the place and her partner breaks down.

On dirait le Sud (Back for more) Feature Film (2003) Screenwriter

Awards winning 1st feature by director Vincent Pluss was a critical success. Recently divorced, a young father shows up unexpectedly at his ex-wife and kids new place in the South of France.

Déchaînées (UnleaShed) TV movie (2009) Screenwriter

Awards winning tv movie with Adele Haenel and Irene Jacob. Pregnant Lucie discovers that a famous activist of the Swiss Women's Lib movement could be her real grand-mother. Against her family's wishes she starts on a quest to unravel the past and reveal a family secret which will lead her to take a decision about her own situation.

Heidi (TV series) (2007) Screenwriter

Heidi is 15 now and lives with her grandpa up the mountain. But it's time for the nature loving teenager to go to high-school down in the valley and mingle with city kids. A fresh take on the myth, this 26x26' tv series explores teen years with the Heidi twist.

Port d'attache (TV series 12x26') (2012) Screenwriter

Successful drama on Swiss Public Network RTS. The mother of a child on the autistic spectrum battles the mayor of her small riviera town to protect the public beach where she lives from being sold to an expensive beauty clinic. This fight will lead her into politics and discovering her dark family secret.