Q Begegnungen auf der Milchstrasse
Enconters of the Milky Way
Rencontres sur la voie lactée
Switzerland, August 2000
FILM,
Documentary,
94 min.
- directed by
- Jürg Neuenschwander
- Written by
- Jürg Neuenschwander
- Status
- In distribution
“Encounters on the Milky Way”, are meetings between two worlds, between the savannah and alpine meadows, between West Africa and Switzerland. A different sort of “road movie”, not one that travels from city to city or from one adventure to another but a movie that helps to “close the gap” between peoples, made up of snapshots that capture the differences as well as the similarities of the subjects. In the film Swiss and West Africans meet face to face: a livestock breeder from Burkina Faso with a dairy farmer from the Bernese Lake District, an organic farmer with a charismatic veterinary doctor from the Sahel. Despite their obvious differences there is always something they have in common, be it their detached view of the financial rewards involved, the respect they have for both people and animals, or simply their striving for development.
credits
- World Premiere
- August 2000
- Original Version
- French, Swiss-German, Fulfulde (french/german subtitles), colour, 35mm, 94 min.
- Production
- Container Film AG
- Producer
- Jürg Neuenschwander
- directed by
- Jürg Neuenschwander
- Written by
- Jürg Neuenschwander
- Cinematography
- Patrick Lindenmaier, Steff Bossert
- Editing
- Regina Bärtschi
- Music
- Ali Farka Touré, Dinda Sarré
- Location Sound Mix
- Ingrid Städeli
World Sales / World Rights
- World Rights
- Container Film AG
Worldwide Distribution
- Switzerland
- Filmcoopi Zürich AG Distribution
Awards
(a selection)
- Bern, Berner Filmförderung, Berner Filmpreis 2001 (Winner)
Festivals
(a selection)
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Bad Aibling, Nonfiktionale Festival des dokumentarischen Films
01.10.2008 - 05.10.2008 -
Göttingen International Ethnographic Film Festival
08.05.2002 - 13.05.2002 -
Docs for Sale
23.11.2001 - 30.11.2001 -
Festival International du Film d'Environement
20.11.2001 - 27.11.2001 -
Munich, 16. Int. Dokumentarfilm Festival
27.04.2001 - 06.05.2001 -
Pan-Africa International - Journées du cinéma africain et créole
20.04.2001 - 26.04.2001 -
Fribourg, Festival International de Films de Fribourg
11.03.2001 - 18.03.2001 -
Ouagadougou, Panafrican Film & TV Festival
24.02.2001 - 03.03.2001 -
Solothurn, Solothurner Filmtage
23.01.2001 - 28.01.2001 -
Duisburg, Duisburger Filmwoche / vhs
06.11.2000 - 12.11.2000
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Environmental Film Festival - Cinemambiente
20.10.2000 - 24.10.2000 -
Locarno, 53. Festival internazionale del film di Locarno
02.08.2000 - 12.08.2000