MY LIFE AS A FILM - HOW MY FATHER TRIED TO CAPTURE HAPPINESS
by Eva Vitija
synopsis
When I came of age, my father gave me a film about my life. It infuriated me, because I had unavailingly attempted to get away from his camera. 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. The result is a personal search for traces of surprising truths hidden behind my father’s pictures. A philosophical family story about filming and the attempt to share life.
| international title: | My Life As A Film - How My Father Tried To Capture Happiness |
| original title: | Das Leben drehen - Wien mein Vater versuchte, das Glück festzuhalten |
| country: | Switzerland |
| sales agent: | SwissDok GmbH |
| year: | 2015 |
| genre: | documentary |
| directed by: | Eva Vitija |
| film run: | 77' |
| screenplay: | Eva Vitija |
| cinematography by: | Stefan Dux |
| film editing: | Natascha Cartolaro, Fabian Kaiser |
| music: | Christian Garcia |
| producer: | Daniel Howald, Chantal Millès |
| production: | SwissDok GmbH, Zürcher Hochschule der Künste ZHdK, SRF - Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen |
| distributor: | Filmcoopi |























