Chris the Swiss

credits

World Premiere

May 2018

Original Version

English, Swiss-German, Spanish, German (french/english subtitles),  colour and b/w, DCP, 90 min.

ISAN

0000-0004-AFA6-0000-C-0000-0000-1

Production

Dschoint Ventschr Filmproduktion AG, Nukleus Film, MA.ja.de Filmproduktion, IV Films, SRF Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen

Producer

Sereina Gabathuler, Samir, Sinisa Juricic, Iikka Vehkalahti

directed by

Anja Kofmel

Written by

Anja Kofmel

Cinemato­graphy

Simon Guy Fässler, Philipp Künzli, Gabriel Sandru

Editing

Stefan Kälin, Sophie Brunner, Vladimir Gojun, Višnja Skorin

Sound Editing

Markus Krohn

Sound Design

Markus Krohn

Re-Recording Mix

Markus Krohn

Music

Marcel Vaid

Location Sound Mix

Daniel Hobi Billeter, Marco Teufen, Hrvoje Petek

Animation

Simon Eltz, Serge Valbert

Compositing

Falk Büttner, Jan Mildner, Camilo De Martino

Techniques

2D Computer animation

Cast

Susanne-Marie Wrage as German Narrator / Voice Anja
Megan Gay as English Narrator / Voice Anja
Joel Basman as Voice Chris
Domagoj Janković as Voice Flores
Marko Cindrić as Voice Julio
Barbara Durović as Voice Heidi
Dean Krivačić as Voice Alex
Damjan Simić as Voice Paul
Milton Welsh as Voice Frenchy
Eva Japundžić as Voice Kid 1
Grgur Japundžić as Voice Kid 2

World Sales / World Rights

World Sales

Urban Sales

Worldwide Distribution

EUROPE

MUBI VOD

France

Urban Distribution International Distribution
Release date: 03.10.2018

Germany

Real Fiction Filmverleih Distribution
Release date: 31.01.2019

North Macedonia

Cinesquare VOD

North Macedonia

Cutaway Distribution
Release date: 26.09.2019

Switzerland

First Hand Films GmbH Distribution
Release date: 13.09.2018

Awards

(a selection)

• Poznan, Animator International Animated Film Festival, Award for The Best Feature Film 2019 (Winner)
• Zagreb, World Festival of Animated Films Zagreb, Golden Award for the best project in development 2013 (Winner)
• Genève, Bundesamt für Kultur, Swiss Film Award, Best Documentary Film 2019 (Winner)
• Genève, Bundesamt für Kultur, Swiss Film Award, Best Film Editing 2019 (Winner)
  Stefan Kälin
• Genève, Bundesamt für Kultur, Swiss Film Award, Best Film Score 2019 (Winner)
  Marcel Vaid
• Stuttgart, Deutscher Dokumentarfilmpreis, Preis der Norbert Daldrop Förderung für Kunst und Kultur 2019 (Winner)
• Paris, L'Académie des Lumières, Best Film from a French-speaking Country 2019 (Nomination)
• Zürich, Filmpreis Stadt Zürich, Zürcher Filmpreis 2018 (Winner)

Festivals

(a selection)

• Thessaloniki, 22nd Thessaloniki Documentary Festival (postponedCorona - digital alternative)
  19.05.2020 - 28.05.2020
• Hof, 53. Internationale Filmtage Hof
  22.10.2019 - 27.10.2019
• Poznan, 12th Animator International Animated Film Festival Poznan
  05.07.2019 - 11.07.2019
• Linz, 16th Crossing Europe Film Festival Linz
  25.04.2019 - 30.04.2019
• Istanbul, 38th Istanbul International Film Festival
  05.04.2019 - 16.04.2019
• Madrid, 2nd Festival Cine por Mujeres (hybridCorona)
  25.03.2019 - 31.03.2019
• Brussels, 38th Anima - The Brussels Animation Film Festival
  01.03.2019 - 10.03.2019
• Montréal, Les 17es sommets du cinéma d'animation de Montréal
  21.11.2018 - 25.11.2018
• Bellinzona, 31. Castellinaria Festival internazionale del cinema giovane Bellinzona
  17.11.2018 - 24.11.2018
• Amsterdam, 31st IDFA International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam
  14.11.2018 - 25.11.2018

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