Petra Biondina Volpe

Swiss/Italian screenwriter and director Petra Volpe studied film at the Film Academy Konrad Wolf in Potsdam Babelsberg, Germany. Her feature "The Divine Order" was selected as the Swiss entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 90th Academy Awards. The film had its international premiere at the Tribeca Filmfestival and won three awards: The Nora Ephron Prize, Prize for best actress in an International Film, and the Audience Award. "The Divine Order" was a box office hit in Switzerland and was nominated for seven Swiss Film Awards and won three. Volpe's debut film "Dreamland" was nominated for four Swiss Film Awards. Volpe also wrote the screenplay for "Heidi" (2015) the internationally most successful Swiss film of all time. "Labyrinth of Peace," the mini-series she created and wrote, earned rave reviews and sold internationally. Petra Volpe lives in New York and has an office in Berlin.