THE OPEN REEL IN LOCARNO with
GOTTHARD – ONE LIFE, ONE SOUL by KEVIN MERZ
CLOSING NIGHT FILM
AUGUST 12, 9PM, PIAZZA GRANDE
other screenings
INDUSTRY, AUGUST 6, 5PM, RIALTO 1
PRESS, AUGUST 11, 930PM, PALACINEMA 1
Switzerland, DCP, 95′,
A band who became one of the most internationally famous Swiss rock bands ever: the Gotthard. Hope, disappointment, sacrifice, success, mourning and rebirth: the story of a band who always managed to stay together throughout all adversity and who succeeded in realizing their dream to conquer the rock world.
an AMKA FILMS PRODUCTION, CO-PRODUCED WITH BUNKERVILLE AND RSI Radiotelevisione svizzera / SSR SRG
Kevin Merz
Born in 1978 in Zurich, Kevin Merz studied photography at the Istituto Italiano di Fotografia in Milan and direction at the Los Angeles Film School. He has made several short films and video installations including Rekrutenschule Schweiz, selected for the Pardi di domani in 2003 at Locarno where his documentary, Glorious Exit (2008), was also screened. In 2011 he co-directed, with Jarreth Merz, An African Election which was presented at Sundance and won the Jury Prize at the Visions du Réel.
2011 An African Election
2008 Glorious Exit