Being Azem
Switzerland, February 2010
FILM,
Documentary,
87 min.
- directed by
- Nicolò Settegrana, Tomislav Mestrovic
- Written by
- Tomislav Mestrovic, Nicolò Settegrana
- Status
- In distribution
- Website
- www.beingazem.ch
Las Vegas, Bellagio: Azem Maksutaj faces the most important minutes of his life. Everything is at stake. If he wins he is the first Swiss athlete after Andy Hug who participates in the K-1 World GP Final in Tokyo, the largest martial arts tournament worldwide. This could be the crowning achievement of his 15-year-career or its sad ending. With images full of tragedy, tension and joy the film tells the story of a boy who comes from a small village in Kosovo and makes a meteoric rise in Switzerland to become one of the most successful Thai boxers of all time and the pride of a whole nation.
credits
- World Premiere
- February 2010
- Original Version
- Albanian, Japanese, French, English, Swiss-German, German (albanian/german subtitles), colour, 35mm, 87 min.
- Production
- Pi-Filme GmbH, SRF Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen, Teleclub AG
- Producer
- Nicolò Settegrana, Tomislav Mestrovic
- directed by
- Nicolò Settegrana, Tomislav Mestrovic
- Written by
- Tomislav Mestrovic, Nicolò Settegrana
- Cinematography
- Nicolò Settegrana
- Editing
- Niklaus Siebenkorn, Thomas Meister
- Sound Editing
- Claude Wahrenberger
- Sound Design
- Claude Wahrenberger
- Re-Recording Mix
- Claude Wahrenberger
- Music
- Beat Solèr
- Location Sound Mix
- Ivo Schläpfer, Dirk Martinez
- Animation
- Luzian Schlatter
- Compositing
- Patrick Graf
World Sales / World Rights
- World Rights
- Pi-Filme GmbH
Worldwide Distribution
- Switzerland
-
Pi-Filme GmbH
Distribution
Release date: tba
Festivals
(a selection)
-
10. Dokufest International Documentary and Short Film Festival Prizren
23.07.2011 - 31.07.2011 -
Solothurn, Solothurner Filmtage
20.01.2011 - 27.01.2011