Die Demokratie ist los!

Switzerland, October 2014
FILM, Documentary, 84 min.

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directed by
Thomas Isler
Written by
Thomas Isler
Status
In distribution

On the right fringes of the political landscape, ever-louder anti-European, anti-Islamic and nationalist voices can be heard. These are mingled with the praises of a country that has supposedly done everything right: Switzerland, and its direct democracy. Yet in Switzerland, this direct democracy has reached its boundaries. Called for by the Swiss electorate, such constitutional amendments as the anti-minaret initiative contravene the basic principles of internationally recognized human rights conventions. The film explores the call for direct democracy regarding the limitations of such a political system.

credits

World Premiere
October 2014
Original Version
French, Swiss-German, German (french/german subtitles),  colour, DCP, 84 min.
ISAN
0000-0003-A8B0-0000-V-0000-0000-I
Production
maximage
Producer
Brigitte Hofer, Cornelia Seitler
directed by
Thomas Isler
Written by
Thomas Isler
Cinemato­graphy
Frank Barbian, Thomas Isler, Carlotta Holy-Steinemann
Editing
Kathrin Plüss, Maria Brendle, Mirjam Zimmermann
Sound Editing
Florian Eidenbenz
Sound Design
Florian Eidenbenz
Re-Recording Mix
Florian Eidenbenz
Music
Bernd Schurer
Location Sound Mix
Reto Stamm, Patrick Becker, Johannes Heilig, Simon Manetsch, Cyril Harrison
Animation
Thomas Isler, Basil Vogt, Charlotte Waltert, Martine Ulmer
Characters By
Thomas Isler

World Sales / World Rights

World Rights
maximage

Worldwide Distribution

Switzerland
Cineworx GmbH Distribution
Release date: 03.09.2015

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