Bergauf, bergab
Par monts et par vaux
Switzerland, January 2008
FILM,
Documentary,
101 min.
- directed by
- Hans Haldimann
- Written by
- Hans Haldimann
- Status
- In distribution
The Kempf family lives on three different farms at different altitudes in the Schächen Valley in the Canton of URI. ten times a year they move from farm to farm with their livestock: up the mountain in the spring, down to the valley in autumn – and then up again in winter to farm their called “Pfaffen”, at an altitude of 1725 meters above sea level. This is where they feed their livestock the hav they have collected from the steep alpine slopes during the summer. The film is an intimate portrait of a family, with who the farmer's grandparents and his sister also live. Over the course of the year, the film director and the family developed a close relationship, close enough to render visible the problems of modern times in conjunction with this archaic lifestyle, problems which the farmers refuse to let get them down.
credits
- World Premiere
- January 2008
- Original Version
- Swiss-German (german subtitles), colour, 35mm, 101 min.
- Production
- Haldimann Filmproduktion
- Producer
- Hans Haldimann, Adrienne Theimer
- directed by
- Hans Haldimann
- Written by
- Hans Haldimann
- Cinematography
- Hans Haldimann
- Editing
- Mirjam Krakenberger
- Re-Recording Mix
- Christian Beusch
- Music
- Pascal Schaer
- Location Sound Mix
- Hans Haldimann, Ingrid Städeli, Dieter Meyer
World Sales / World Rights
- World Rights
- Haldimann Filmproduktion
Worldwide Distribution
- Switzerland
-
Xenix Filmdistribution GmbH
Distribution
Release date: tba
Awards
(a selection)
- Zürich, Filmpreis Stadt Zürich, Zürcher Filmpreis 2009 (Winner)
Festivals
(a selection)
-
Duisburg, Duisburger Filmwoche / vhs
03.11.2008 - 09.11.2008 -
Der Neue Heimatfilm
27.08.2008 - 31.08.2008 -
56th Trento Film Festival
26.04.2008 - 04.05.2008 -
Solothurn, Solothurner Filmtage
21.01.2008 - 27.01.2008