Welcome to Switzerland
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Welcome to Switzerland |
| Original title | Welcome to Switzerland |
| Country of production | Switzerland |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 2017 |
| length | 83 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Sabine Gisiger |
| script | Sabine Gisiger |
| production | Karin Koch |
| music | Bachmann courtship |
| camera | Helena Vagnières |
| cut | Barbara Weber |
Welcome to Switzerland is a documentary of Swiss filmmaker Sabine Gisiger from the year 2017 .
Synopsis
In the context of the refugee crisis in Europe , Gisiger observes how asylum seekers are dealt with in Switzerland. In 2015 there were almost 40,000 asylum applications in Switzerland and eight (ten since 2016) were assigned to the rich, 2,200-inhabitant Aargau municipality of Oberwil-Lieli . The village resisted accepting the refugees. The mayor and SVP politician Andreas Glarner wants to set an example and is more willing to pay CHF 290,000 fines. Soon there was resistance, personified by the student Johanna Gündel. She works with the interest group Solidarity against the no policy. Another protagonist is the then Green Aargau government councilor Susanne Hochuli , who was responsible for accommodating the asylum seekers. The events in Oberwil-Lieli are symbolic of the situation throughout the country. The film tells of Switzerland in times of so-called refugee crises and asks what this country in the middle of Europe was, wants to be or could become.
background
The film was produced by Dschoint Ventschr and had its world premiere on August 2, 2017 at the Locarno International Film Festival .
Web links
- Welcome to Switzerland in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Welcome to Switzerland at swissfilms.ch
- Trailer on youtube.com
- Oberwil-Lieli turns into cinema material on srf.ch
Individual evidence
- ↑ State Secretariat for Migration: Asylum Statistics Switzerland 2015 October 16, 2018.
- ^ Carmen Schirm-Gasser: Oberwil-Lieli fights against everyone. The village of the rebellious In: Blick. October 16, 2018.
- ↑ Manuel Gamma: Oberwil-Lieli becomes cinema material In: srf. October 16, 2018.
- ↑ Toni Widmer: Johanna Gündel - that is the student SVP-Glarner stands up to. In: Aargauer Zeitung. October 16, 2018.
- ↑ Welcome to Switzerland. In: dschointventschr.ch. Dschoint Ventschr , accessed on October 23, 2018 .
- ↑ Locarno Festival 2017: Locarno Festival program October 16, 2018.