Home Country (2015)
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | Homeland |
| Country of production | Switzerland , Germany |
| original language | Swiss German , French , German |
| Publishing year | 2015 |
| length | 99 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
| Rod | |
| Director |
Michael Krummenacher , Jan Gassmann , Lisa Blatter , Gregor Frei , Benny Jaberg , Carmen Jaquier , Jonas Meier , Tobias Nölle , Lionel Rupp , Mike Scheiwiller |
| script | Michael Krummenacher, Jan Gassmann, Lisa Blatter, Gregor Frei, Benny Jaberg, Carmen Jaquier, Jonas Meier, Tobias Nölle, Lionel Rupp, Mike Scheiwiller |
| production |
Stefan Eichenberger , Ivan Madeo , Julia Tal |
| music | Dominik Blumer |
| camera |
Simon Guy Fässler , Denis D. Lüthi , Gaëtan Varone |
| cut | Kaya Inan |
| occupation | |
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Heimatland is a collective feature film by ten Swiss directors Michael Krummenacher , Jan Gassmann, Lisa Blatter, Gregor Frei, Benny Jaberg, Carmen Jaquier, Jonas Meier, Tobias Nölle, Lionel Rupp and Mike Scheiwiller from 2015. It celebrated on August 10, 2015 World premiere at the Concorso Internazionale des Festival del Film Locarno.
The dystopian film is a mixture of a disaster thriller and social analysis. It was nominated twice for the Swiss Film Prize and triggered positive press reactions when it was released in theaters in Switzerland and Germany.
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A huge storm is brewing over Switzerland. The country is in a state of emergency. In a multi-faceted film, ten young directors from western and German-speaking Switzerland take a joint look behind the idyll of the Swiss Confederation.
Awards
- 3. Premio della Giuria dei giovani at the Festival del Film Locarno
- Bern Film Prize 2015, Best Feature Film
- Zurich Film Award 2015
- Max Ophüls Prize for the socially relevant film
Others
The film was produced by Contrast Film Bern in coproduction with 2: 1 Film Zürich and Passanten Filmproduktion München . It is distributed worldwide by Wide House and has been sold in several European countries. In Switzerland, the film will be distributed by Look Now! released, in Germany at Arsenal. In France, Kanibal Films acquired the distribution rights in Macedonia Uzengija.
Heimatland is the first Swiss film under the collective direction of 10 directors. Via the image of a storm cloud, he indirectly refers to Switzerland's isolation policy. The project was initiated by the two co-directors Michael Krummenacher and Jan Gassmann, who have taken on the artistic direction of the 10-person collective. Michael Krummenacher was also responsible for the overall dramaturgy.
Web links
- Official website
- Homeland in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Home country at filmportal.de (with trailer and photo gallery)
- Home country at swissfilms.ch
Individual evidence
- ^ Heimatland - Festival del film Locarno
- ↑ Swiss Film Prize 2016: The nominees have been chosen
- ↑ 68th International Film Festival Locarno: Under the Cloud - NZZ Film Festival Locarno
- ↑ The end times are arranged - News Kultur: Film - bernerzeitung.ch
- ↑ You are young and have had enough: 10 directors let Switzerland go under. That looks damn good - watson
- ↑ A Bern film inspires Germany - bernfilm.ch
- ↑ Heimatland Film 2015
- ↑ Heimatland - Awards - IMDb
- ↑ Bern Film Awards for “Heimatland” and “Après l'hiver” - Canton of Bern
- ↑ CADRAGE - Awards and film awards
- ↑ The 2016 Prize Winners - Film Festival Max Ophüls Prize ( Memento of the original from December 5, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ SWISS FILMS: Home Country
- ↑ CREDITS - HEIMATLAND FILM 2015
