Volunteer
Moved by the wave of refugees, volunteers travel to Greece to help the people arriving in boats. What they experience on the beaches and in the camps changes their lives forever. Back in Switzerland, they are torn between their former secure life and the urge to become politically involved. The film shows the birth of a grassroots movement that defends the humanitarian values of Europe.
Cast
- Thomas Hirschi
- Sarah Hirschi-Gerber
- Michael „Grosi“ Grossenbacher
- Michael Räber
- Ileana Heer Castelletti
- Lisa Bosia
- Taha Alahmad
Volunteer
Anna Thommen, Lorenz Nufer
- Documentary
- Production Country / Year
- Switzerland 2019
- Language
- gsw., en., fr., it., ar. OF ohne UT
- Format
- Color, 93min
1.78:1 (16:9), Discrete 5.1
Director & Crew
Anna Thommen
Born in 1980 in Basel/Switzerland. Studied Film in Lucerne and at the Zurich University of the Arts. Active as a director, writer and editor.
Filmography
2008
- SECOND ME, Kurzdokumentarfilm
2012
- EIN STÜCK WAHNSINN (Co-Regie), Dokumentation
2013
- NEULAND, Kinodokumentarfilm
2019
- VOLUNTEER (Co-Regie), Kinodokumentarfilm HOF 2020
In Vorbereitung:
- IM SCHOPF, Spielfilm
Lorenz Nufer
Born in 1976 in Zurich/Switzerland. Studied Acting at the University of Performing Arts Ernst Busch in Berlin and at the Film Academy Baden-Württemberg. Active as a director and writer for film and theater.
Filmography
2019
- IT’S IMPOSSIBLE ONLY IF YOU THINK IT IS, Kurzfilm
- VOLUNTEER (Co-Regie), Kinodokumentarfilm HOF 2020
- Writer
- Anna Thommen
- Lorenz Nufer
- Director of Photography
- Severin Kuhn
- Editor
- Anna Thommen
- Simon Gutknecht
- Claudio Cea
- Sound
- Patrick Becker
- Mathias Hefel
- Sound Designer
- Daniel Almada
- Music Composer
- Victor Moser
- Fabian Gisler
- TV Commissioning Editor
- Urs Augstburger
- Producer
- Peter Zwierko