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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

News

26. January 2017
Swiss Film Award QUARTZ 2017 - three films are nominated

"My Life as a Film " by Eva Vitija und "Raving Iran" by Susanne Regina Meures are nominated for the BEST DOCUMENTARY "Digital Immigrants" by Dennis Stauffer & Norbert Kottmann is nominated for the BEST DEGREE FILM

Swiss Film Award QUARTZ 2017


29. November 2016
Zürcher Filmpreis 2016 geht zweimal an den Masterfilm-Studiengang der ZHdK

Die Stadt Zürich prämierte im Rahmen der jährlichen Verleihung des Zürcher Filmpreises u. a. zwei Masterabschlussfilme der ZHdK. Mit der jährlichen Vergabe der Zürcher Filmpreise würdigt die Stadt Zürich besondere Leistungen im Bereich des professionellen Film- und Videoschaffens mit künstlerischem Anspruch. Der Filmpreis wurden anlässlich der «Cadrage 2016» am 24. November 2016 im KinoMaxx in Winterthur verliehen.

Zürcher Filmpreis 2016


21. November 2016
Basler Förderpreis 2016 geht an "Das Leben drehen"

Die Jury hat Eva Vitija den mit 10’000 Franken ausgestatteten Filmförderpreis zugesprochen für ihren Dokumentarfilm "Das Leben drehen", der schon an den Solothurner Filmtagen ausgezeichnet wurde und mit beachtlichem Erfolg im Kino lief.

Basler Förderpreis 2016


2. November 2016
IDA Documentary Awards | Nomination | Los Angeles | 9. Dezember 2016

The IDA Documentary Awards is the world's most prestigious event dedicated to the documentary genre, celebrating the best nonfiction films and programs of the year. Winners will be announced live at the IDA Documentary Awards ceremony on Friday, December 9, 2016 in Los Angeles.

"David L. Wolper Student Documentary Award"


1. September 2016
Deutscher Nachwuchspreis 2016 - FIRST STEPS | Nomininations

Three degree films are nominated by the "Deutscher Nachwuchspreis - FIRST STEPS": In the category "Best short film": "Millimeterle" by Pascal Reinmann, graduate 2016 Bachelor of Arts in Film In the category "Best Documentary": "My Life as Film" by Eva Vitija and "Raving Iran" by Susanne Regina Meures, graduates 2016 Master of Arts in Film

FIRST STEPS


28. January 2016
ZHdK degree film wins the Prix de Soleure

Eva Vitija's ZHdK degree film was awarded the Prix de Soleure, endowed with CHF 60'000, last week. | Congratulations!

More information


Screenings

8. July 2017 – 15. July 2017
Madrid International Film Festival
Madrid | Spain

16. June 2017
Kino Lichtspiel
Bern | Switzerland

15. June 2017
Cinema Eiszeit
Berlin | Germany

20. March 2017 – 26. March 2017
Woche der Nominierten - Schweizer Filmpreis Quartz 2017
Filmpodium | Zürich
"Digital Immigrants" Nominination als Bester Anschlussfilm und im Programm Filme der Filmschulen: "Les Heures-Encre" & "Millimeterle"

20. March 2017 – 26. March 2017
Semaine des Nominés - Prix du Cinéma Suisse Quartz 2017
Cinéma du Grütli / Genf
"Digital Immigrants" Nominination als Bester Anschlussfilm und im Programm Filme der Filmschulen: "Les Heures-Encre" & "Millimeterle"

2. March 2017 – 5. March 2017
Manchester Film Festival
Manchester | Great Britain
Int. Competition

10. November 2016 – 13. November 2016
Kinofest Lünen
Lünen | Germany

3. November 2016 – 13. November 2016
St. Louis International Film Festival
St. Louis | USA

19. October 2016 – 23. October 2016
Independent Film Festival
Santa Fe | USA

13. October 2016 – 20. October 2016
Austin Film Festival
Austin | Texas | USA

15. September 2016 – 15. October 2016
Semanas da Língua Alemã
Goethe-Institut Maputo | Moçambique

3. August 2016 – 13. August 2016
Festival del film Locarno
Panorama Suisse

29. May 2016 – 5. June 2016
Krakow Film Festival

5. May 2016
Kinostart "Das Leben drehen" in Schweizer Kinos
More information

5. May 2016 – 15. May 2016
Int. Dokumentarfilmfestival München
Sektion DOK.filmschools.forum

21. January 2016 – 28. January 2016
51. Solothurner Filmtage

26. October 2015 – 1. November 2015
Int. Leipziger Festival für Dok- & Animationsfilme
Leipzig