Chrigu
Jan Gassmann, Christian Ziörjen
Christian, alias Chrigu, 24, is in the terminal phase of cancer. With the help of his best friend Jan and his DV camera he relates his daily life. The film is presented as a puzzle mixing the past and the present, some sequences filmed by Jan, others by Chrigu himself. The spectator travels from image to image, from holidays in the India to concerts of Chrigus group, from the family universe to the circle of friends. Chrigu paints a portrait full of life of an ambitious young man, and also of a friendship.
Editing : Jan Gassmann
Image : Jan Gassmann, Christian Ziörjen
Sound : David Wasilewski, Orange Sound
Music : Mundartisten Production
Image : Jan Gassmann, Christian Ziörjen
Sound : David Wasilewski, Orange Sound
Music : Mundartisten Production
Production : Diagonal GmbH
Thomas Jörg // Frohburgstr. 136
CH-8057 Zurich, Suisse
// Tel : +41 79 344 0908 //
Email : thj@diagonal.com
International sales: Telepool GmbH
Thomas Jörg // Frohburgstr. 136
CH-8057 Zurich, Suisse
// Tel : +41 79 344 0908 //
Email : thj@diagonal.com
International sales: Telepool GmbH
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Christian Ziörjen, born on 7 October 1982, worked for two years with VideoGang, making his first documentary Mit anderen Augen. His film imaginate on Switzerland and Ecuador won the Young Digital Freestyle prize. In his film Mit Kanonen auf Krebse he talks about the process of his chemotherapy. Jan Gassman was born in Langau am Albis, close to Zurich. He began filmmaking at 15, and joined the young filmmaker's society VideoGang. After a few years in the world of television he moved across to Documentary filmmaking. Trips to India, Senegal, or South America resulted in films. He currently works as an editor and is studying documentary filmmaking at the Hochschule für Fernsehen und Film (HFF) in Munich.