30/5 — 5/6/2024
64th International Film Festival
for Children and Youth

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Section: Welcome to Switzerland

Heidi (2015) 8

Switzerland, Germany | 2015 | 105 min.

Heidi is an orphaned girl who spends the happiest days of childhood together with her friend Peter while watching a herd of goats, playing together and enjoying the freedom of the Swiss Alps, where she lives in a simple cabin with her grandfather. This all ends when Heidi is taken by her Aunt Dee to Frankfurt, Germany, where she's to provide company for a sick girl named Klara, who's from a wealthy family. The girls quickly become friends, but Heidi's longing for her grandfather, Peter and the mountains is too great...

CountrySwitzerland, Germany
Year2015
Duration105 min
Rating8
LanguageCzech
Directed by Alain Gsponer
Screenplay Petra Biondinaa Volpe
Director of Photography Matthias Fleischer
Music Niki Reiser
Edited by Mike Schaerer
Contact Bohemia Motion Pictures

Biography

A film director and screenwriter, he studied audio visual studies at a school of design in Berne and worked as a journalist. He later graduated in directing at the Film Academy Baden-Wuerttemberg. He debuted with the acclaimed feature film Rose (2005) and went on to direct Bummm! (2006), Lila, Lila (2009) and The Little Ghost (Das kleine Gespenst, 2013).

Action + Adventure, Literature, Family, Friendship, Childhood, History, Positive Choices, Nature, Tradition, Empathy, Relationships

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