CHRIS THE SWISS

By Anja KOFMEL

DSCHOINT VENTSCHR FILMPRODUKTION - as PROD

Animation - Completed 2018

Croatia, 7th of January 1992: In the middle of the Yugoslav Wars, a young journalist is found dead, dressed in the uniform of an international mercenary group. Twenty years later, his cousin Anja Kofmel investigates his story …

Festivals
& Awards

Castellinaria Festival, Bellinzona 2018
Tre Castelli Award
Zürcher Filmpreis 2018
Zürcher Filmpreis
Free Zone Film Festival Beograd 2018
Best Human Rights Film, Regional Competition
Festival international de cinéma, France 2018
Grand Prize, War on Screen
Festival Européen du Film Fantastique de Strasbourg 2018
Grand Prize
Anibar Animation Festival 2018
Grand Jury Prize – Best Feature Film
Animafest Zagreb 2018
Golden Zagreb Award for the Best Pitch
Trieste Film Festival 2018
Alpe Adria Cinema Award
    • Year of production
    • 2018
    • Genres
    • Animation, Documentary
    • Countries
    • SWITZERLAND
    • Languages
    • GERMAN, ENGLISH
    • Budget
    • 0 - 0.3 M$
    • Duration
    • 80 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Anja KOFMEL
    • Writer(s)
    • Anja KOFMEL
    • EIDR
    • 10.5240/8B35-F45A-966E-314E-DE7C-B
    • Producer(s)
    • Sereina GABATHULER (Dschoint Ventschr Filmproduktion), Samir . (Dschoint Ventschr Filmproduktion)
    • Synopsis
    • Croatia, January 1992. In the midst of the Yugoslav Wars, Chris, a young Swiss journalist is found dead in mysterious circumstances. He was wearing the uniform of an international mercenary group. Anja Kofmel was his cousin. As a little girl, she used to admire this handsome young man; now a grown-up woman, she decides to investigate his story, trying to understand what really was the involvement of Chris in the conflict …