Irène Schweizer
Switzerland, October 2005
FILM,
Documentary,
75 min.
- directed by
- Gitta Gsell
- Written by
- Gitta Gsell
- Status
- In distribution
- Website
- www.reckfilm.ch
Music is and always has been Irene Schweizer’s whole life. In her film, Gsell gets some rare one-to-one time with the internationally renowned Swiss pianist Irene Schweizer, whose music has roots in Jazz and improvisational music. The film gives a fascinating insight into the life of a great artist, where friendship and relationships always take second place to the music, shunted between foreign tour dates and rehearsals, between inspiration and creation. Music has inspired Schweizer to great heights, sometimes followed by deep loneliness. However, Schweizer’s grand piano – her partner – is always there for her.
credits
- World Premiere
- October 2005
- Original Version
- English, Swiss-German, German (german subtitles), colour, DVD, 75 min.
- Production
- RECK Filmproduktion, Mirapix GmbH, SRG SSR, Teleclub AG, SRF/3sat
- Producer
- directed by
- Gitta Gsell
- Written by
- Gitta Gsell
- Cinematography
- Hansueli Schenkel
- Editing
- Kamal Musale
- Music
- Maggie Nicols, Joëlle Léandre, Pierre Favre, Louis Moholo, Han Bennink, Jürg Wickihalder, Hamid Drake, Fred Anderson, Co Streiff
- Location Sound Mix
- Dieter Meyer
World Sales / World Rights
- World Rights
- RECK Filmproduktion
Worldwide Distribution
- Switzerland
-
Filmcoopi Zürich AG
Distribution
Release date: tba
Festivals
(a selection)
-
Montréal, 25th Montreal International Festival of Films on ART (FIFA)
08.03.2007 - 18.03.2007 -
Solothurn, Solothurner Filmtage
16.01.2006 - 22.01.2006