Gadjo – A journey into Yenish Europe
Andreas Müller, Simon Guy Fässler, Marcel Bächtiger, doc., 118 min., CH 2023
The portrait of a hidden culture, characterized by love of freedom, marked by wounds of the past. A magical journey through Yenish Europe.
Invited by a mysterious friend, a film team sets out on a journey into a hidden Yenish Europe that stretches from dusty banlieus in France to the forests of Carinthia. Told by the voices of young and old Travellers, a kaleidoscopic panorama of their lives unfolds: Diverse people relate to each other, bound together by their love of freedom but also by deep wounds from the past.Their otherness is mirrored and reflected not least in the exchange between the filmmakers and the Yenish.
Festivals
Visions du Réel, National Competition, April 2023, Switzerland
38th DOK.fest München, DOK.deutsch competition, May 2023, Germany
DAS FILMFEST Prague, October 2023, Czech Republic
The Film’s official website
A soap factory GmbH & 8horses GmbH production in co-production with SRF Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen, SRG SSR
Director: Andreas Müller
Co-director: Simon Guy Fässler
Original version in Swiss German, French, German
with German/English/French subtitles, 118 Min.
World rights: soap factory GmbH & 8horses GmbH
Distribution Switzerland: Frenetic Films AG, Zürich
Crew
Producer: Frank Matter
Co-producer: Simon Guy Fässler
Director: Andreas Müller
Co-director: Simon Guy Fässler
Editor: Marcel Bächtiger
Cinematography: Simon Guy Fässler
Local sound: Andreas Müller
Financial Support
Federal Office of Culture (FOC)
Kulturförderung Kanton St.Gallen
Fachausschuss Film und Medienkunst BS/BL
Zürcher Filmstiftung
SUISSIMAGE Cultural Fund
Media Desk Suisse
Ernst Göhner Stiftung
Heinz E. Toggenburger, Winterthur
Stadt St.Gallen
Jubiläumsstiftung der Schweizerischen Mobiliar Genossenschaft
Alexis Victor Thalberg Stiftung
SWISSLOS/Kulturförderung, Kanton Graubünden
Katholische Kirche im Kanton Zürich
Ortsbürgergemeinde St.Gallen
Gemeinde Küsnacht ZH