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Feature Film out of Competition 1: Chris the Swiss

  • Original version
  • English subtitles
  1. Overview
  2. Fact Sheet

On 7 January 1992 during the war in Croatia, a body is discovered - it is a young journalist dressed in the uniform of an international mercenary group. Twenty years later, his cousin Anja Kofmel, an animation film director, investigates the story of an assassination of this young man from Switzerland who got lost in a dark and brutal world.

The film

  • Film identity

    Original title: Chris the Swiss

    Directed by: Anja KOFMEL

    Country: Switzerland

    Year of production: 2017

    Running time: 01 h 30 min

  • Technique

    Category: Feature film out of competition

    Techniques used: 2D computer, live action

    Version: Version originale allemande, suisse allemande, anglaise, espagnole sous-titrée anglais

    Target public: Adults

  • Credits

    Directed by: Anja KOFMEL

    Production: DSCHOINT VENTSCHR FILMPRODUKTION, Samir , MA.JA.DE, Heino DECKERT, NUKLEUS FILM CROATIA, Sinisa JURICIC, IV FILMS, Iikka VEHKALAHTI

    Artistic direction: Serge Valbert, Anja Kofmel

    Script: Anja Kofmel

    Storyboard: Milan Hofstetter

    Layout: Serge Valbert

    Animation: Simon Eltz

    Camera: Simon Guy Fässler

    Compositing: Falk Büttner, Jan Mildner, Camilo de Martino

    Music: Marcel Vaid

    Sound: Markus Krohn, MK-Filmton

    Editing: Stefan Kälin

    Voice: Joel Basman, Megan Gay, Susanne-Maria Wrage