Chris the Swiss
Croatia, 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…
With: Megan Gay, Joel Basman, Michael Würtenberg, Veronika Schwab, Carlos Ilich, Ramirez Sanchez, Sinisa Juricic, Heidi Rinke, Julio Cesar Alonso, Alejandro Hernandez Mora among others
Cannes Critic's Week 2018 - Competition
Animafest FF 2018 - Official Selection
Midnight Sun FF 2018 - Gems of New Cinema
Annecy IFF 2018 - Out of Competition
Karlovy Vary IFF 2018 - Another View Section
Melbourne IFF 2018 - Animation Section
Sarajevo IFF 2018 - Kinoscope Programme
Vancouver IFF 2018 - Impact Section
Mill Valley FF 2018 - Animation Nation Section
São Paulo IFF 2018 - New Filmmakers Competition
DOK Leipzig 2018 - International Programme
Leeds IFF 2018 - Cinema Versa - Opening Film
Minsk Listapad IFF 2018 - Documentary Competition
Seville EFF 2018 - New Waves Non-Fiction Competition - Cinephiles of the Future Competition - Eurimages Competition
IDFA 2018 - Best of Fests
nominated for German Documentary Award 2019 - SWR DOKU FESTIVAL
- Director Anja Kofmel
- Producer Sereina Gabathuler (Dschoint Ventschr Filmproduktion AG), Heino Deckert (MA.JA.DE ), Iikka Vehkalahti (IV Films Ltd / p.s.72 productions), Sinisa Juricic (Nukleus Film Kroatien), Samir (Dschoint Ventschr)
- Director of Photography Simon Guy Fässler
- Narrator Megan Gay (English), Susanne-Maria Wrage (German), Joel Basman (voice Chris)
- Production assistent Sophia Rubischung
- Editor Stefan Kälin
- Compositing Falk Büttner, Jan Mildner, Camilo De Martino
- Score Marcel Vaid
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