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The Substance – Albert Hofmann's LSD

The Substance

Documentary, 89 min.
Coproduction with Swiss director

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by Martin Witz

Switzerland / Germany, August 2011

In 1943 the chemist Albert Hofmann stumbled on to a hitherto unknown substance in his Basel laboratory. After an experiment on himself he realized he had discovered an extremely potent agent that radically changes human perception. During the fifties psychiatrists started using the new substance, LSD, as a medication. In the sixties this “atomic bomb of the mind” started to wreak real havoc when it was used outside the clinics. LSD seemed to be tailor made for society’s dropouts. Then in the seventies LSD was put on a blacklist. Today such psychedelic drugs are being used legally again for the first time. Will LSD perhaps become a remedy once again just as Albert Hofmann always envisioned it?

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Directed by: Martin Witz
Written by: Martin Witz

World Premiere: August 2011
Original Version: German/English, colour, HD Cam , 89 min.
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ISAN: 0000-0002-C704-0000-E-0000-0000-W

Production: ventura film sa, RSI Radiotelevisione svizzera, Teleclub AG, Lichtblick Film- und Fernsehproduktion, Spotlight Media Productions AG
Producer: Andres Pfaeffli, Elda Guidinetti
Executive Producer: Andres Pfaeffli

Cinematography: Pio Corradi, Patrick Lindenmaier
Editing: Stefan Kälin
Location Sound Mix: Russ Jaquith, Balthasar Jucker
Sound Editing: Roland Widmer, Stefan Willenegger
Sound Design: Roland Widmer, Stefan Willenegger
Rerecording Sound Mix: Guido Keller
Music: Marcel Vaid

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World Sales: Autlook Filmsales GmbH

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Distribution Switzerland: Frenetic Films
Distribution Austria: mindjazz pictures
Distribution Germany: mindjazz pictures
Distribution Great Britain: Soda Pictures
Distribution Netherlands: Cinema Delicatessen
Distribution USA: Icarus Films
TV-Rights Brazil: Globosat Programadora LTDA
TV-Rights Denmark: DR Danmarks Radio
TV-Rights Finland: YLE télévision- Finnish Broadcasting Company
TV-Rights Germany: ZDF info
TV-Rights Israel: Channel 8/Noga Communication
TV-Rights Sweden: UR Swedish Educational Broadcasting Company

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  • Moscow, 360° Contemporary Science Film Festival, Special Jury Award 2012
  • Paris, PARISCIENCE Festival international du Film Scientifique, Prix Audace 2012
  • San Francisco, Berlin & Beyond Film Festival San Francisco, Audience Award for Best Documentary 2012

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