Grandpère

Grandfather

Switzerland, September 2013
FILM, Animation, 6 min.

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directed by
Kathrin Hürlimann
Written by
Kathrin Hürlimann
Status
In distribution

Grandfather was an employee at the Hottingen telephone switchboard in the 1960s. The conditions at his workplace became such an increasing burden for him that he saw no other way out but arson. The biographical short film interweaves animation with historical documents.

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World Premiere
September 2013
Original Version
Swiss-German (french/english/german subtitles),  colour and b/w, DCP, 6 min.
Production
HSLU Studienbereich BA Animation Hochschule Luzern, Design & Kunst, SRF Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen
Producer
François Chalet, Gerd Gockell, Jürgen Haas
directed by
Kathrin Hürlimann
Written by
Kathrin Hürlimann
Cinemato­graphy
Kathrin Hürlimann
Editing
Kathrin Hürlimann
Sound Editing
Kathrin Hürlimann
Sound Design
Thomas Gassmann, Kathrin Hürlimann
Re-Recording Mix
Thomas Gassmann
Music
Adrian Pfisterer
Animation
Kathrin Hürlimann, Luca Bartulovic, Martine Ulmer
Techniques
Drawn animation, Mixed technique

Cast

Lea Whitcher as voice

World Sales / World Rights

World Rights
HSLU Studienbereich BA Animation

Worldwide Distribution

Switzerland
HSLU Studienbereich BA Animation Distribution
Release date: tba

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