CHRIS THE SWISS

By Anja KOFMEL

ALPE ADRIA CINEMA - TRIESTE FILM FESTIVAL - as FEST

Documentary - 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

La Semaine de la Critique 2018
Locarno 2018
Piazza Grande
ReAnimania Int. Animation and Comics Art Festival of Yerevan 2018
Best Feature Film Award
    • Year of production
    • 2018
    • Genres
    • Documentary, Animation, True Story
    • Countries
    • SWITZERLAND, GERMANY, CROATIA, FINLAND
    • Languages
    • SWISS-GERMAN, GERMAN, ENGLISH, SPANISH
    • Duration
    • 90 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Anja KOFMEL
    • Writer(s)
    • Anja KOFMEL
    • Producer(s)
    • Samir X (Dschoint Ventschr)
    • 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…