Riverboom

Program:

Documentary competition

Year:

2023

Country:

Switzerland

Genre:

Documentary

Duration:

99’

This film is the story of three young reporters who get into a car in Kabul for a journey that will change their lives forever. Serge, a moralistic, workaholic journalist, Paolo, a photographer as jovial as he is oblivious, and Claude, a Swiss typographer with a wimpy attitude who wants to be a filmmaker.

Schedule

Claude Baechtold

Became a filmmaker and a photographer by accident, following a three-month road trip to Afghanistan with reporters Serge Michel and Paolo Woods, with whom he founded the Riverboom collective. He then developed an offbeat visual style that led to the publication of his travel guides to unlikely destinations, including the North Pole, for which he was awarded the Grand Prix Images Vevey 2006.

Filmography: Riverboom (2023)

Creative team

Director

Claude Baechtold

Screenplay

Claude Baechtold

Camera

Claude Baechtold

Editing

Kevin Schlosser

Producer

Katia Monla, Luc Peter