ELECTROBOY
28th European Film Awards
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1h 52m
Electroboy tells the breathtaking true life story of a young man who leaves his claustrophobic Swiss surroundings for the wide world in search of fame and recognition. In a series of success stories he reinvents himself time and again, changing settings and careers like other people change their shirts.
Direction: Marcel Gisler
Script: Marcel Gisler
Production: Anne-Catherine Lang, Anne-Catherine Lang
Cinematography: Peter Indergand
Editing: Thomas Bachmann
Production Design: Anne-Catherine Lang
Animation: Andromeda Film AG
Costume Design: Anne-Catherine Lang
Sound: Felix Bussmann
Original Score: Claudio (Balduin) Gianfreda
Cast: Florian Burkhardt
Original Title: ELECTROBOY
Original Languages: English, Swiss German
Subtitles: English
Film Production Country: Switzerland
Website: www.electroboy.de
Statement of the Director/s
Why this movie? In order to find answers to the question of who is behind the iridescent façade of this elusive, multi-talented glamour boy. Who is Florian Burkhardt? Daredevil, artist, or imposter? Phoenix or fallen Icarus? The cinematographic journey with Florian led us to an entirely different place than expected.
Biography of the Director/s
Marcel Gisler, born in 1960 in Altstätten (SG), Switzerland, completed a degree in Theatre Studies and Philosophy at Freie Universität, Berlin.
In 1985, he made his first feature Film DAY THIEVES (writer and director), which was awarded the Silver Leopard at Locarno International Film Festival. All his further films ROSIE, FÖGI IS A BASTARD, THE BLUE HOUR and SLEEPLESS NIGHTS earned Marcel Gisler awards and remarkable box office successes.
From 2003 to 2007, he wrote exclusively for the Swiss TV series LÜTHI & BLANC, totaling 35 episodes.
He has been a guest lecturer at ESAV (Geneva), écal (Lausanne) and F+F (Zurich) since 1999, and he has been teaching direction and script development at dffb (Berlin) since 2008.
Awards Won
Zürich Film Award 2014 (Best Documentary)
Swiss Film Award (Best Dodumentary / Best Editor)
Munich DOK.fest (Audience Award)
Galway Film Fleadh, Ireland (In Competition)
Buenoa Aires Asterisco Intl LGBTIQ FF
Fünf Seen FF, Germany (Documentary Competion)
World Sales:
Picture Tree international
Andreas Rothbauer
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Berlin, 10247 , Germany
E-Mail: [email protected]
Phone: +49 (0) 30 4208 248 - 0
Press:
Picture Tree International
Zur Börse 12
Berlin, 10247 , Germany
E-Mail: [email protected]
Phone: +49 (0) 30 4208 248 - 0
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