Marcel Bächtiger
Directing
Known For

How do you film a minority that prefers to stay invisible, when you belong to the majority? Andreas Müller and Simon Guy Fässler travelled with the Yenish for six years—all over Europe and as far as the Grisons—faithfully and empathetically filming this freedom-loving nomadic community who bear the wounds of the past.
Ruäch – A Journey Into Yenish Europe

The images of the condemnation and execution of dictator Nicolae Ceaușescu and his wife Elena on Christmas Day in 1989 are etched deeply in the collective unconscious of several generations of television viewers. Exactly 20 years after its occurrence, the famous show trial was re-enacted in a historically reproduced setting. The film interweaves the stage production with interviews conducted with eyewitnesses and archive material, and takes a look backstage in the Odeon Theatre in Bucharest.
The Last Days of the Ceaușescus

Documentary on Christian Schocher, director of the legendary «Reisender Krieger» (1980).
Christian Schocher, Filmemacher

On October 3, 1976, left-wing activists founded the "Progressive Swiss Football Association" in Zurich's Cooperativo restaurant. After the failure of the political revolution, they wanted to implement their progressive ideals at least on the football pitch. Women into the storm! The right to strike for footballers! The game put a spanner in the works.