IN DEVELOPMENT - DOCUMENTARIES
CHRIS THE SWISS
by Anja KofmelCroatia, January 1992. In the midst of the Yugoslav Wars, Chris, a young Swiss journalist is found dead in mysterious circumstances. He was wearing the uniform of an international mercenary group. Anja Kofmel was his cousin. As a little girl, she used to admire this handsome young man; now a grown-up woman, she decides to investigate his story, trying to understand what really was the involvement of Chris in the conflict...
Year: 2018
Country: CH, HR, DE, FIN
Running Time: 90 Min.
Director: Anja Kofmel
Author: Anja Kofmel
Producer: Sereina Gabathuler, Samir, Sinisa Juricic - Nukleus Film Kroatien, Heino Deckert - Ma.ja.de Film, Deutschland, Iikka Vehkalahti - IV Films Ltd / p.s.72 productions, Finnland, SRF - Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen
Executive Producer: Sereina Gabathuler
Camera: Simon Guy Fässler
Editor: Stefan Kälin
Sound: Daniel Hobi
Music: Marcel Vaid
Production Assistant: Sophia Rubischung
Cast: Voice Chris: Joël Basman, Voice German Narrator: Susanne-Maria Wrage, Voice English Narrator: Megan Gay
Tre Castelli Award - Castellinaria Festival, Bellinzona, 2018
Zürcher Filmpreis, 2018
Best Human Rights Film, Regional Competition - Free Zone Film Festival Beograd, 2018
Grand Prize, War on Screen - Festival international de cinéma, Frankreich, 2018
Grand Prize - Festival Européen du Film Fantastique de Strasbourg, 2018
Grand Jury Prize Best Feature Film - Anibar Animation Festival, 2018
Golden Zagreb Award for the Best Pitch - Animafest Zagreb, 2013
Alpe Adria Cinema Award - Trieste Film Festival, 2018
Osservatorio Balcani e Caucaso Transeuropa Award - Trieste Film Festival, 2018
Audience Award Best Documentary Feature - Berlin & Beyond Film Festival, 2019
Bester Schnitt - Schweizer Filmpreis 2019
Beste Musik - Schweizer Filmpreis 2019
Bester Dokumentarfilm - Schweizer Filmpreis 2019
Audience Award - Between Women Filmmakers Caravan Lebanon 2019
Norbert Daldrop Award - German Documentary Awards 2019
Award for the Best Feature Film - 12. Animator Film Festival Poznan 2019
71. Festival de Cannes, 2018
28. AnimaFest Zagreb, 2018
58. Festival International du Film d'Animation d'Annecy, 2018
33. Midnight Sun Film Festival, 2018
21. Motovun Film Festival, 2018
53. Karlovy Vary Festival, 2018
71. Locarno Festival, 2018
24. Sarajevo Film Festival, 2018
17. DokuFest, Kosovo, 2018
16. Liburnia Film Festival, Kroatien, 2018
66. Melbourne International Film Festival, 2018
9. Anibar Animation Festival, 2018
16. Fantoche, 2018
24. Athens IFF, 2018
37. Vancouver International Film Festival, 2018
11. Festival Européen du Film Fantastique de Strasbourg
7. La Orquidea Film Festival, Cuenca, 2018
31. Amsterdam IDFA, 2018
14. Freezone Film Festival Beograd, 2018
13. Lemesos International Documentary Festival, 2018
60. DOK Leipzig, 2018
15. Seville European Film Festival, 2018
32. Leeds International Film Festival, 2018
42. Mill Valley intl. Film Festival
16. Adelaide international Film Festival, 2018
4. Bogotá Film Festival, 2018
2. Taichung international Animation Film Festival, 2018
42. São Paulo International Film Festival, 2018
14. SANFIC Chile, 2018
16. Festival internacional de Cine de Morelia, 2018
25. Minsk International Film Festival, 2018
8. Movies on War, Norway 2018
15. East Silver Market - Silver Eye competition
10. Reanimania IAFCAF of Yerevan
11. ANIMASIVO - Contemporary Animation Festival, 2018
70ème anniversaire de la Déclaration Universelle des droits de lhomme, Athens, 2018
31. Castellinaria Festival, Bellinzona, 2018
20. Rencontres des Cinémas d'Europe, Aubenas, 2018
1. International Film Festival, Xining, China, 2018
37. Sao Paulo Film Festival
17. Sommets du Cinéma dÀnimation Montreal-Quebec
13. Iran International Documentary Film Festival
30. Trieste Film Festival, 2018
9. Ramdam Festival, 2019
23. Berlin & Beyond Film Festival, 2019
5. PerSo Film Festival, 2019
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