Swiss Sans-Papiers

Switzerland, April 2006
FILM, Documentary, 50 min.

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directed by
Andreas Hoessli
Written by
Andreas Hoessli
Status
In distribution

Undocumented migrants – according to a study by the Swiss Federal Office for Migration, there are 90,000 people in Switzerland without authorisation to take up residence and work. Andreas Hoessli took a journey through this unusual “underground”. In the German-speaking region of Switzerland, no one is willing to risk speaking openly in front of the camera. In the French-speaking region of Switzerland, where the atmosphere is more tolerant, “sans papiers” speak for the first time about their life as “illegal residents”, about the reasons why they came to Switzerland – and about their attempts to legalise their situation.

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World Premiere
April 2006
Original Version
French,  colour, Digi Beta, 50 min.
Production
Espaces Film GmbH, SRF Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen, RTS Radio Télévision Suisse, 3sat Schweiz
Producer
Isabella Huser
directed by
Andreas Hoessli
Written by
Andreas Hoessli
Cinemato­graphy
Matthias Kälin, Séverine Barde, Milivoj Ivkovic, Andrej Bezymenski
Editing
Andreas Hoessli, Loredana Cristelli
Music
Toni Huser

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Espaces Film GmbH

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