THE WITCHER

SWITZERLAND 21 MIN

INTERNATIONAL PREMIERE

ABOUT

Sven experienced a dramatic childhood. His stepmother abused him. Isolated and marginalised from society, he withdrew himself into an imaginary parallel world populated by fantasy characters. As an adult he encountered the character „The Witcher“ from a video game, and his life took a remarkable turn. He learned to control his aggression and how to break out of his isolation. 

THE WITCHER is a film about using phantasy as a survival strategy, and features the real therapeutic benefits of the imaginary. It is a documentary about the unusual relation a man has towards a phantasy figure.

DIRECTOR

MAJA TSCHUMI

Born 1983 in Basle, Switzerland. She studied Philosophy and German Philology at the University of Zurich and Heidelberg throughout the years of 2003 to 2013. During her studies she wrote four plays, which were staged in Zurich, Basle and Fribourg. In 2011 „Apokalypse – das Theater“ was published at Reinhart Verlag Basel.

From 2010 until 2012 she worked as a freelance drama critic and dramaturgy assistant. Since 2011, Maja Tschumi lives and works in Zurich as an author and freelance filmmaker. The short documentary The Witcher is her debut film as a director and has been financed by all major Swiss funding agencies.

OTHER FESTIVALS

• 52 Solothurner Filmtage, Switzerland 2017

SECTION

Short Competition 2017

Let IT dok! 2017