Lost in Paradise

debut feature by Fiona Ziegler
Solothurner Filmtage in Solothurn 2022

SYNOPSIS

Evžen lives a bohemian life in Prague. An unexpected trip back to his homeland Switzerland confronts him with the smuggled crocodile Karlchen, David Hasselhoff, his father’s sustained delusion and the grotesque charm of the bourgeoisie.

PROJECT DETAILS

Original title: Ztraceni v ráji
Length: 75 min
Country: Czech Republic, Switzerland
Produced by: Cognito Films (CH), Cinémotif Films (CZ)
Co-produced by: FAMU
With the support of: Czech Film Fund, Nadační fond Praha ve filmu Prague Film Fund, Berner Filmförderung, Zürcher Filmstiftung, Bonny Stiftung für die Freiheit, Succès passage antenne SRG SSR, Ursula Wirz Stiftung, Bundesamt für Kultur, Burgergemeinde Bern, Gemeinde Muri
Shooting format: Digital 2K/ Color
Screen ratio: 1:2,39
Formar: 5.1, 24 fps
Original language: Czech, German
Distribution Czech and Slovakia: CinemArt
Distribution Schwitzerland: Frenetic Films

CREDITS

Writer: Fiona Ziegler
Director: Fiona Ziegler
Producer: Kristýna Michálek Květová, Rajko Jazbec
Cinematography: Yvon Teysslerová
Editor: Christof Schertenleib, Luka Đikanović, Fiona Ziegler
Sound: Jan Richtr
Music: Martin Skalský
Art Director: Ivana Kanhäuserová
Costume Designer: Michela Flück, Naděžda Rejmanová
Poster: Andrea Vacovská
Executive Producer: Tereza Dohnalová
Cast: Hanka Vagnerová, Dominique Jann, Ivan Pokorný, Andri Schenardi, Heidi Maria Glössner, Peter Jecklin, Matyáš Řezníček, Robert Nebřenský

WORKSHOPS

MFI Script2Film
Crossroads Co-Production Forum
Midpoint | Script Development Workshop Norway

FESTIVALS

28th Prague International Film Festival Febiofest 2021
13th Ostrava Kamera Oko Film Festival 2021
57th Solothurner Filmtage in Solothurn 2022
KinEst Fest in Catania 2022
Kino na Granicy / Kino na hranici 2022
International Road Movie Festival Pilsen 2022
Das Filmfest 2022 – Festival deutschsprachiger Filme
BE MOVIE – Festival des Berner Films 2022

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