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.
| Runtime | 77 min |
| Year of Production | 2015 |
| Country of Production | Switzerland |
| Distribution Format | DCP, Blu-ray |
| Aspect Ratio | 16:9 |
| Audio Format | Stereo, 5.1 |
| Shot on | Canon 5D Mark III |
| Shooting Format | XDCAM EX, H264 |
| Spoken Language | Swiss German |
| Available Subtitles | German, 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 by | SwissDok GmbH | ZHdK |
| Leading Actors | Claudia 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 |
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