Heidi
Switzerland / France, March 2001
FILM,
Fiction,
103 min.
- directed by
- Markus Imboden
- Written by
- Jasmine Hoch, Martin Hennig
- Status
- In distribution
Heidi, a little girl, experiences the death of her mother. Now an orphan, she is taken to stay with her grandfather. He is not at all enthusiastic about his new grandfather role. But the young Heidi gradually manages to win him over. Then she has to leave him and move to Berlin to live with her aunt Dete, whose difficult daughter Clara needs a companion. The grandfather is left behind in sorrow. Clara does not like her new “little sister” at all. Heidi cannot stand Clara's attacks and runs. She has but one goal in mind: to get back to her grandfather. But her attempt to escape fails. After that Clara at least starts to show her some respect. Heidi supports Clara and convinces Dete to take her daughter to a concert of her favourite band. Dete forgets all about the concert. The same evening Heidi takes the train to Switzerland, back to her grandfather. Clara is deeply disappointed with her mother and tries to follow Heidi. Dete finally finds the despairing Clara lonely on a platform at the train station. At last mother and daughter find a way to communicate with each other. Heidi arrives at her grandfather’s. He is overjoyed to have her back with him.
credits
- World Premiere
- March 2001
- Original Version
- French, Swiss-German (english subtitles), colour, 35mm, 103 min.
- Production
- Vega Film, Avventura Films SA, RTS Radio Télévision Suisse
- Producer
- directed by
- Markus Imboden
- Written by
- Jasmine Hoch, Martin Hennig
- Cinematography
- Peter Indergand
- Editing
- Bernhard Lehner
- Sound Design
- Jürg von Allmen
- Re-Recording Mix
- Jürg von Allmen
- Location Sound Mix
- François Musy
- Production Design
- Susanne Jauch
- Lighting Design
- Christoph Eser
- Costumes
- Claudia Flütsch
Cast
World Sales / World Rights
- World Rights
- Vega Film
Worldwide Distribution
- Germany
- MFA Film Distribution Distribution
- Switzerland
- Vega Distribution AG Distribution
Awards
(a selection)
- Internationales Filmwochenende Würzburg, Kinder- und Jugenfilmpreis 2002 (Winner)
Festivals
(a selection)
-
Istanbul, 25th International Istanbul Film Festival
01.04.2006 - 16.04.2006 -
Mannheim-Heidelberg, Internationales Filmfestival Mannheim-Heidelberg
07.11.2002 - 16.11.2002 -
Internationales Filmwochenende Würzburg
24.01.2002 - 27.01.2002 -
Saarbrücken, 23. Filmfestival Max Ophüls Preis
22.01.2002 - 27.01.2002 -
Solothurn, Solothurner Filmtage
15.01.2002 - 20.01.2002 -
Locarno, 54. Festival internazionale del film Locarno
02.08.2001 - 12.08.2001 -
Munich, 19. Filmfest München
30.06.2001 - 07.07.2001 -
Berlin, 24. Kinderfilmfest
07.02.2001 - 18.02.2001