Das Leben drehen - Wie mein Vater versuchte, das Glück festzuhalten

My Life As A Film - How My Father Tried To Capture Happiness

Switzerland, October 2015
FILM, Documentary, 77 min.

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directed by
Eva Vitija
Written by
Eva Vitija
Status
In distribution
Website
www.daslebendrehen.ch

When Eva Vitija came of age, her father gave her a film about her life. It infuriated her, because she had unavailingly attempted to get away from his camera. Her father, filmmaker Joschy Scheidegger, documented his family obsessively. It was only when he died that Eva was impelled to take over not only his extensive film archive, but also his camera. The result is a personal search for traces of surprising truths hidden behind her father’s pictures. A philosophical family story about filming and the attempt to share life.

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World Premiere
October 2015
Original Version
Swiss-German, German (english/german subtitles),  colour and b/w, DCP, 77 min.
ISAN
0000-0004-0E4E-0000-Q-0000-0000-X
Production
SwissDok GmbH, Zürcher Hochschule der Künste ZHdK - Departement Darstellende Künste und Film, SRF Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen
Producer
Daniel Howald, Chantal Millès
directed by
Eva Vitija
Written by
Eva Vitija
Cinemato­graphy
Stefan Dux
Editing
Fabian Kaiser, Natascha Cartolaro
Location Sound Mix
Remy Blaser
Sound Editing
Bernhard Köpke
Sound Design
Maurizius Staerkle Drux
Re-Recording Mix
Gregg Skerman, Maurizius Staerkle Drux
Music
Christian Garcia Gaucher

World Sales / World Rights

World Rights
SwissDok GmbH

Worldwide Distribution

Switzerland
Filmcoopi Zürich AG Distribution
Release date: 05.05.2016

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