Giraffen machen es nicht anders – Die Vater-Spur

Giraffes Don't Do It Any Differently – A Film About Fathers and Family
Comme les girafes – Sur les traces d’un père

Switzerland, October 2017
FILM, Documentary, 80 min.

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directed by
Walo Deuber
Written by
Walo Deuber, Rose-Marie Schneider
Status
In distribution

More than 300 letters sent from Africa surface unexpectedly, and a story comes back to life from out of oblivion. The author decides to pursue the long-since deceased letter writer: his father, who had left his son in the lurch in the 1950s. From Zambia to Namibia, he follows the course of the letters, thereby projecting his own narrative and passing it on to his adoptive daughter, whose roots go back to Africa.

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World Premiere
October 2017
Original Version
English, Swiss-German, German (german subtitles),  colour and b/w, DCP, 80 min.
ISAN
0000-0004-6449-0000-E-0000-0000-W
Production
Doc Productions GmbH, SRF Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen
Producer
Rose-Marie Schneider
directed by
Walo Deuber
Written by
Walo Deuber, Rose-Marie Schneider
Cinemato­graphy
Walo Deuber
Editing
Lena Rem
Sound Design
Turgay Uygur
Re-Recording Mix
Turgay Uygur
Music
Max Lässer, Madala Kunene, Markus Flückiger
Location Sound Mix
Reto Stamm, Lesia Kordonets
Animation
Dario Niederprüm
Characters By
Dario Niederprüm, Jochen Ehmann

World Sales / World Rights

World Rights
Doc Productions GmbH

Worldwide Distribution

Switzerland
Mythenfilm Distribution
Release date: 02.11.2017

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