Ex Voto
Switzerland, 1986
FILM,
Documentary,
110 min.
- directed by
- Erich Langjahr
- Status
- In distribution
- Website
- https://www.langjahr-film.ch/pagina.php?0,0,1,0,12,0,
In 1979, I considered realizing "Ex Voto". Thinking about my country, I felt the urge to reach to the essential of life, of survival. So I left with my camera and filmed everything that cropped up in front of me. During the shooting, I became aware that the film mirrored my own spiritual and moral needs.
I have tried to find an answer, to get acquainted with my most basic feelings which are not, I think, very different from those of other men.
It is an attempt at discovering the meaning of belonging to a country - with all ist contradictions - HERE....TODAY. - Erich Langjahr
credits
- World Premiere
- 1986
- Original Version
- Swiss-German (english subtitles), 16mm, 110 min.
- ISAN
- 0000-0000-8226-0000-C-0000-0000-1
- Producer
- Erich Langjahr
- directed by
- Erich Langjahr
World Sales / World Rights
- World Rights
- Langjahr Film GmbH
Awards
(a selection)
- Leipzig, Internationales Leipziger Festival für Dokumentar- und Animationsfilm, Spezialpreis der Internationalen Jury 1987 (Winner)
- Paris, Cinéma du Réel, Prix spécial 1987 (Winner)
- Nyon, Visions du Réel - Festival international de cinéma, Premier Prix du Jury Oecuménique 1986 (Winner)
Festivals
(a selection)
-
Solothurn, 50. Solothurner Filmtage
22.01.2015 - 29.01.2015 -
Leipzig, 50. Internationales Leipziger Festival für Dokumentar- und Animationsfilm
29.10.2007 - 04.11.2007 -
Edinburgh, Edinburgh International Film Festival
13.08.1988 - 28.08.1988 -
Leipzig, Internationales Leipziger Festival für Dokumentar- und Animationsfilm
23.11.1987 - 29.11.1987 -
Mannheim-Heidelberg, Internationales Filmfestival Mannheim-Heidelberg
05.10.1987 - 10.10.1987 -
Locarno, Locarno Festival
06.08.1987 - 16.08.1987 -
Solothurn, Solothurner Filmtage
18.01.1987 - 25.01.1987 -
Nyon, Visions du Réel - Festival international de cinéma
13.10.1986 - 20.10.1986