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My Life as a Film

2015 | Documentary | 77 min | MA Film

Directed by Eva Vitija

Produced by SwissDok GmbH | ZHdK

Collection: Degree Films 2016

When I came of age, my father gave me a film about my life. It infuriated me, because I had attempted to get away from his camera all my childhood. My father, filmmaker Joschy Scheidegger, documented our family obsessively. It was only when he died that I was impelled to take over not only his extensive film archive, but also his camera. My film is a personal search for the surprising truths hidden behind my father’s pictures. A philosophical family story about filming and the attempt to capture life.

Runtime77 min
Year of Production2015
Country of ProductionSwitzerland
Distribution FormatDCP, Blu-ray
Aspect Ratio16:9
Audio FormatStereo, 5.1
Shot onCanon 5D Mark III
Shooting FormatXDCAM EX, H264
Spoken LanguageSwiss German
Available SubtitlesGerman, English, French
Director Eva Vitija
Cinematography Stefan Dux
Production Design Annina Geeser
Music Christian Garcia
Editor Fabian Kaiser
Natascha Cartolaro
Screenplay Eva Vitija
Creative Producer SwissDok
Daniel Howald
Chantal Millès
Produced bySwissDok GmbH | ZHdK
Leading ActorsClaudia Freund
Kaspar Scheidegger
Dominique Scheidegger
Cornelia Bernoulli
Antoinette Poli
Location Sound Engineer Remie Blaser
Benoit Barraud
Thomas Eggel
Sound Design Maurizius Staerkle - Drux
Sound Mixing Gregg Skerman
Digital Colorist Ralph Wetli
Peter Guyer
Compositing Fabian Kaiser
Graphic Artist
Technical Support Equipment Gian Courtin
Technical Support Postproduction Rebecca Siegfried
Project Mentoring Sabine Gisiger
Barbara Weber
Production SwissDok GmbH
Daniel Howald, Chantal Millés
Co-Production Company Zürcher Hochschule der Künste
Fachrichtung Film
Studiengang Master of Arts in Film

SRF Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen
Urs Augstburger, Anita Hugi
Financial Support Bundesamt für Kultur, Fachausschuss Audiovision & Multimedia BS/BL, Zürcher Filmstiftung, Succes Passage Antennes, Alexis Victor Thalberg Stiftung, Kulturfonds Suissimage
Executive Producer Filippo Bonacci
Head of Programme MA Film Prof. Markus Imboden