| Format | DCP |
|---|---|
| Duration | 78 min |
| Year | 2016 |
| Original Language | German, English |
| Subtitles | German, English, French |
| Country | Switzerland |
| ISAN | 0000-0004-1676-0000-Y-0000-0000-9 |
King of the Airs
A film by Ivo Zen
Synopsis
With his friend's diary, Ivo Zen tells the story of his generation - a story of friendship and the longing to fly higher than anyone else. The film plunges into a time when both were on the threshold of adulthood. The writing of texts and the production of pictures was central. Like many young people from the 1990s generation, Martin and Ivo were torn between the impulse to expect more from life than it could offer and the desire to break out. The transition into adult life was a threshold that was accompanied not only by hopes but also by losses and fears. Ivo Zen survived. Martin Felix died of his addiction at the age of 34. The question of "why" fades into the background. Beyond the chronicle of a youth, Ivo Zen's search for traces becomes a mirror of a society marked by prosperity and order, in which denial and self-destruction still have something tempting about them today.
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«I visit Martin in his new flat next to the Chur train station. There's no table. Empty bottles and ashtrays litter the on the floor.»
More Infos
- Credits
With
Ivo Zen
Christine Felix
Ivan Beer
Martin Ghisletti
Katarina V.
Lorenz Felix
Jean-Claude Campell
Marry
Philipp
Director
Ivo Zen
Writers
Ivo Zen
Hercli Bundi
Editing
Tania Stöcklin
DOP
Ulrich Grossenbacher
Location Sound
Ivo Schläpfer, Mike Lawson
Music
Ilja Komarov, Trixa Arnold
Music Archives
Disco Doom, Fragment
Voice Martin German
Flurin Giger
Voice Ivo
Henrik Zimmermann
Voice Ivo English
Kaleo La Belle
Producer
Hercli Bundi
Production
Mira Film
Associate Producer
Vadim Jendreyko
Production Manager
Peter Zwierko
Marketing and Outreach
Susanne Guggenberger
Online/DCP
Andromeda Film
Color Grading
Paul Avondet
Sound Mix
Daniel Hobi
Mastering
Christof Steinmann, Magnetix
Coproducer
Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen SRG SSR
Commissioner SRF
Urs Augstburger
With financial support of
Zürcher Filmstiftung
Kulturförderung Kanton Graubünden
Fachausschuss Film und Medienkunst BS/BL
Kulturfonds Suissimage
Bundesamt für Kultur
Succès Passage Antenne
Ernst Göhner Stiftung
UBS Kulturstiftung
Stiftung Bündner Suchthilfe
Stiftung Stavros S. Niarchos, Chur
Stadt Chur
Beitragsfonds der Graubündner Kantonalbank
Developped within Sources 2
- Technical Details
- Festivals
KING OF THE AIRS at Tartu World Film Festival 2019
March 19, 2019 - March 20, 2019
Freistadt Festival # 30 Der neue Heimatfilm
August 23, 2017 - August 27, 2017
dokKa Festival 2017
May 24, 2017 - June 28, 2017
DOK.fest München 2017
May 03, 2017 - June 14, 2017
Filmfestival Max Ophüls Preis 2017
January 25, 2017 - January 28, 2017
Solothurner Filmtage 2017
January 20, 2017 - January 24, 2017
22e Visions du Réel Festival international de cinéma Nyon, Competition
April 15, 2016 - April 23, 2016
- Awards
Max Ophüls Preis 2017
Best Film Music
Solothurner Filmtage 2017
Official Selection
