Author: Jonas
Company: HP

2006 marked the SWAMP animation studio its 15th anniversary. For this reason the first time all the movies on a DVD are available that have arisen during this time in our studios in Lucerne.
15 films from 15 years including 3 bonus movies from friends.

Booklet on DVD

Thanks

The SWAMP animation studio is a coexistence of many creative minds of women and men between 20 and 40 years, from time to time only four or five, eight and ten men more often and more ...

Only thanks to all of them and all their nearest and dearest in the background are so many great films in such a short time. Thanks also to our customers, clients, sponsors and the fans. They help to keep this unique, cutting-edge laboratory at the boil.
But our critics and the anonymous callers a big 'Merci!' Thanks to the former, we are getting better, thanks to the latter, we know that our work matters.
Special Thanks I want to address in my friends in the international cartoon family. Bill Plympton, Gil Alkabetz and Jesse narrow have allowed me to publish on this DVD, each one of her movies, so to speak, as a birthday gift ("Watching TV" by Chris Hinton and "Repete" Michaela Pavlatova were unfortunately not for legal reasons) have. Each of these works is one of my favorite movies of all time and has inspired me and prodded. Dear Michaela, Bill, Gil, Jesse, Chris: Thank you for your wonderful films.
Do more!
Content

Bonus films
1991 push comes to shove. Bill Plympton 4
1992 Swamp. Gil Alkabetz 5
2000 Sub!. Jesse narrow 5

SWAMP films
1990 stalemate. Jonas Raeber 6
Hoping for better times in 1993. Jonas Raeber 16
1995 Hi there. Jonas Raeber 18
2000 The Hunters. John Ruesch 20
2000 Credo. Jonas Raeber 21
2004 Ave. Raphael Gschwind 23
Poldek 2004. Claudius Gentinetta 24
2005 The Hangover. Rolf Brönnimann 25
2005 Bobby. Rust Eva, Gaby Schuler,
Sven Röhler, Stefan Holaus, Jordie Doubt 28
W.O.W 2006 - Pimp My .... Jonas Raeber 29

Tools
Paxiflex 1981. Jonas Raeber
1989 screen test "stalemate"

Total running time: 93 minutes

All text, images and movies of this anniversary compilation are protected by copyright and only for entertainment in private free. Further uses to deny in advance with SWAMP. Thank you.

Push comes to shove *

1991, Bill Plympton, USA, 6 minutes, cartoon, colored pencil on paper
Jury Prize, Cannes Film Festival 1991

Two men get closer, they torture each other by a thousand and kind.

This movie reinforces his reputation as Impetuous Billy Plympton Animator macabre little movies after "25 Ways to Quit Smoking" (1989) and "Tango Schmango" (1990) definitely. This short work is played on MTV back and forth, and with the proceeds financed Bill's first full-length animated film "The Tune" (1992). "Push Comes To Shove", "Tango Schmango" and "The Wiseman" (1991) documents will also be components of "The Tune".
Bill Plympton is characteristic of his pen stroke color and animation, often with only 6 - 8 drawings per second, manages, instead of the usually animated 12 of 24 frames per second of film.
A juicy little oeuvre in frontal confrontation that we would never have to look real filmed.
Bill Plympton has come to the day exactly 22 years before I was born. It was his 60th in 2006 Birthday celebration.
Swamp *

1991, Gil Alkabetz, Germany, 11 minutes, drawing cartoon, watercolor and ink on paper
Special Jury Prize, the Ottawa International Animation Festival 1992

In a wordless battle two mounted groups fight against each other and against the natural law of gravity.

Late at night on any TV channel I see this film for the first time, but only partially to experience and without the title or the name of the author, but I'm trapped. From the ease of animation, from the bright colors and virtuoso brushwork. Above all, I am seized with the universal validity of this metaphor, so serious and yet so airy implemented. Yes, it has something to do with the relationship between Israelis and Arabs, and yes, film may relate position and shake.
Gil Alkabetz celebrates its 50th in 2007 Birthday. Happy Birthday!

* These three bonus films have not occurred in the SWAMP studio. With the kind permission of their authors, we must present them here as a birthday gift. Thanks a lot, guys!

Sub! *

2000, Jesse Schmal, USA, 9 minutes, with cartoon films
Best Student Film, World Animation Celebration 2001

A film school should not be missing on this DVD, and Jesse narrow sets the bar high for all the animation students. Not only he succeeds masterfully, the set during an exchange year in Italy collected impressions of atmospherically appealing and visually convincing the scene, he knows how to get to even out his fear of too much effort an advantage for his film out and animated with care and many repetitions .
All this in the service of an action that is a whole in the scope at best only opens up when re-watching altogether, making the film along with the catchy soundtrack to an unforgettable experience.
Unfortunately, Jesse has been narrow "Sub!" bring itself to any new film can, but who knows, maybe he also spoiled his waiter job again ... hopefully!
The Rhode School of Design in Iceland, where "sub" arose was, incidentally, also Training location by Rolf Brönnimann, whose film "The Hangover" is also on this DVD.
Stalemate

1990, Jonas Raeber, Switzerland, 5 minutes, animated on paper, 16 mm film
Audience Award, Solothurn 1990; Silver Dove animation, Leipzig, 1990; study award from the Federal Office of Culture 1990

A motley group of young men going through a mechanical process of transformation and ends up as characters with no opponent on the playing field and in a stalemate situation.

1988, my training ends at a primary school teacher in Lucerne. Then I have to perform military service. While Gorbachev umkrempelt perestroika of the Soviet Union from the situation in the GDR and in the world, I spend four months with sandbox games for treatment of an aging guard of officers, their genus by the 1986 that have been made initiative "for a Switzerland without an Army and a comprehensive peace policy "of GSoA (group Switzerland without an Army) in danger of extinction seen. And rightly so, as I have to say during the "recruit school" every day amazed no one has warned me in advance, in what a funny habitat with "school commander" and "Atom-/Chemie-Schutzausbildung" I would spend my first time as a teacher.
A storyboard for an animated film is created in which I tried to keep my experience with the Army established: the transformation of the individual to the cannon fodder, symbolized by chess pieces on a board without opposition.

Because of the chosen technology - with colored pencil colored ink drawings on paper - have all backgrounds to be redrawn on each sheet. So I animate it well in tandem, in the form of several camera movements and zooms at the end of an animated film. For this animation we film specially constructed from cardboard models and then breaks off the image to view Super 8 recordings. This trick is called rotoscoping, but also a hell of a burden.
When coloring the drawings around 2000 my former school-house colleagues to help with almost as great. Dozens of diligent helpers are simultaneously at work. It is the late summer of 1989, and the debates on the abolition of military initiative led so heated that I get to feel the anger of the rector of the seminary teachers. Colonel Suter has given me the recruitment of helpers simply issued a school-house ban, but for the mitmalenden yet-seminar participants we fear nastier consequences would only times known how and where their free time - spend - and not seldom also part of class time. But not just to anonymize called in the credits of "stalemate" with all Swiss surname. There is also a sign that here is a group of young men - some for the first time in their lives to vote - Switzerland's commitment to others.

On 9 November 1989 the Berlin Wall.
On 26 November 1989 vote over a million voters in Switzerland (35.6% of those voting) for the abolition of the army.

After its premiere in January 1990 at the Solothurn Film Festival, gets the same with the audience prize, "stalemate" as a supporting film by Alexander J. Seiler "palaver, palaver" to the movies. This film is a very interesting double chronicle of political debate about the Swiss Army, with Benno Besson, Max Frisch, Ernst Cincera many others.
 
The latter may also be involved, as will be filed against the Swiss television appeal after he had been "stalemate" is sent in February 1990. A bizarre group of unnamed complainant leads to the retarded field, with the airing of "stalemate" the transmission license has been breached, since this requires political issues in a balanced reporting. In addition, we wanted to find out how much public money into making this film was paid for.
The replica of the Independent Complaints Authority (ICA), composed of eight legal experts and experts on nine A4 pages is one of the best things I have in all these years, get a feedback on my films. The text of the paper is highly entertaining read for the next 8 pages, selected passages of which are also found as a second audio track on the film on this DVD.

The 16mm "stalemate" original negatives and tape recordings from 1990 are missing, unfortunately. Sabina Gauch and Silas Kreienbühl therefore have scanned all the original drawings and "stalemate" sixteen years later made again. Rebecca Siegfried and Urs Häberli my heartfelt thanks for their efforts in the reconstruction of the very poor recording of traditional plans.

"Stalemate"
Idea, animation, directed by Jonas Raeber
Ink: Farida Bezzina, Jasmin Hofmann, Lisa Wu, Mark Sasvàry, regulators Heller, Ruth Gauch, Sibylle Burkart

Color: Albin, Anaïs Bucher, Andi Friedli, Andrea Huber, Andreas Bossard, Andreas Hertach, Carlos Rodriguez, Christian Jozsa, Christina Dahinden, Claudia Neidhardt, Clemens Dubler, Daniel Buhler, Dominik Hertach, Doris Gauch, Evelyne Niederberger, Franco Camporesi, Franziska Hengartner, Gaby Eiserle, Hari Koechli, Herbert Imbach, Irene Grüter, Judith Schnyder, Kathrin Brülhardt, Lajos Jozsa, Lukas Faessler, Magali Bucher, Martin Soom, Megi Burri, Michaela Stutz, Natalia pepper, Natalie Raeber, Nicole Birch Meier, Nicole Hruza, Pauli Keller, Peter Humm, Peter Burri, Raphael Hauser, Rene Worni, Sandro Barmettler, Simone Faessler, Simon Heller, Simone Püller, Stefan Emmenegger, Susan Vonarburg, Till Walsh, Yvonne Humm

Music: (.. Comp / sax) regulators Heller, Andreas Hertach (Persian), Ruth Gauch (tb.), Simon Heller (cello), Sound: Daniel Buhler

Hoping for better times

1993, Jonas Raeber, Switzerland, 11 minutes, animated films on 16mm film
Audience Award, Solothurn 1993; Golden Mikeldi in animation, Bilbao 1993; Quality Award of the Federal Office of Culture 1993

In one factory, the machines are silent, because the supply has dried up to the turbines. The busy director may bring the matter of a few phone calls and the sending of commercial samples back on track.

The Iraq War in 1990/91 was was still far away: the surreal, greenish colored TV pictures of nocturnal air battles that CNN brought us into the house, barely able to convey the horror.
In contrast, when another conflict this time discharges directly outside our door. The disintegration of Yugoslavia shocked me and makes me concerned. But what to do? I collect random newspaper articles on the army and arms and thrust of a report on the munitions factory Altdorf titled "munitions factory is optimistic and hopes for better times."
There it was, the reason why NEVER better times when there began: because "our" better times, the bad times of the "other", and therefore also for this "better" seek times, but it is theirs.
"Hoping for better times" is the first SWAMP-production with a serious preparation, a real budget and major funding partners such as the Federal Office of Culture and Swiss television. This allows to employ freelancers. By the end of production, it is their 15th
What happened to the "Chief artist" when behind him waiting so many employees on material? He works day and night, eats nothing Clever, do not get more vitamins, but scurvy. The doctor was amazed.
The symptoms are resolved quickly, fortunately, and now carry all - whether visitors and staff - to several pounds daily vitamins in the form of oranges to resolve even the cause of the deficiency. Wash hands before peeling louder, followed by food and hands (oranges and croissants have no place in animation studios nothing!) We are no longer working for almost ...

Despite the great work and thanks to the whole team this classic film animation will still be ready in time for the Solothurn Film Festival 1993rd
Here we must take another audience award and shortly thereafter received a quality award from the Federal Office of Culture. Film festivals in Ireland and the Basque Country distinguish "Hoping for better times", ie in areas where we know what it means when you look for the "better times" kill each other.
The most beautiful trophy but that was with this movie on the fireplace ledge SWAMP-entry comes from the New York Film Festival. There I can set up in 1993 by the giant stage of Lincoln Center a few words at the 3000 festival guests (rarely felt so small ...), and then take one of the legendary festival shirts to take home, where the names of all directors represented by a film are listed, so in addition to Altman, Egoyan, Kaurismäki, Pennebaker and others just too Raeber (rarely felt so great!).

"Hoping for better times"
Animation: Jonas Raeber
Technology: Daniel Buhler
Assistant animator: Sarah Long
Clean-up & color: Michaela Stutz, Brigit Fischer, René Gisler, Mark Sasvàry, Sergio Losego
Color: Anaïs booking (Lead) Marlis Keller, Catherine Egger, Simon Heller, Esmeralda Schürch, Shirin Gadea Gadea, Ivo; control: Andy Kamber, Camera Assistant: Alexandra Nadig
Music: regulators Heller (. Comp / sax), Ruth Gauch (trombone), Fabienne Plüss (sax), Timo Keys (sax), Leo Bachmann (tuba), Marcel von Arx (congas), Pit Furrer (drums)
Produced with financial support from: Federal Office of Culture, Swiss Television DRS, Canton Lucerne, Rosemarie & Andy Raeber, Zug Cultural Foundation Landis & Gyr, Lucerne
Grüezi

1995, Jonas Raeber, Switzerland, 2 minutes, animated on paper, 35 mm film
Audience Award, Solothurn 1995, Special Mention of the Jury of the FIPRESCI international film press, Annecy, 1995, Special Jury Mention, Bludenz 1995; second Price Category Short Animated Film, Zagreb 1996

A brief encounter with a fairly nice gentleman who told us of his love for the South, but whose speech is fast becoming intolerable.

This idea is suddenly there. Could embark on this: After two films on the topics of military weapons and violence, Solothurn, after two audience awards, suddenly this idea. A tingling sensation and the certainty that I must make this film.
Yet another movie with a message? Maybe it's my time on that definitely hung on a nail teaching profession, which makes the background always noticeable. Or is it just because of the desire to look even more about the brevity of the work out and want to trigger something. The effect of social and socially critical films reinforced by the fact that they are usually shown in thematic context unloaded. About in a very different mix of short films, animation or a film competition in Solothurn.
Within the climax of a film also depends very much on the surrounding action. "Grüezi" is because at the beginning of the realization of an ordeal to animate: hundreds of drawings, drags the ordinary monologue of the protagonist, a little before finally driving the whole thing.
"Grüezi" turns out to be a remarkable combination of CH-grossing movie of its short-term economic and diver first class.

It starts with the decision, given the brevity of the film to a lengthy fundraising with call waiting (and waiting) at the Federal Office of Culture and Swiss television to give, and instead the film from its own resources and within a few weeks to produce. The goal is to start production on 1.10.1994, the film in time for the 30th Solothurn Film Festival to be completed. This part of the plan unfolded: "Grüezi" arrives on the 25th January 1995 in Solothurn premiered.
Approximately two hours later, the film is integral to the news program "10 vor 10" shown on Swiss television. This beautiful but huge coup brings many viewers at one go (including my grandmother ... she commented: "I do not know how you always make films against Switzerland."), But by the early TV broadcasting is interested in the following not a single theatrical, "Grüezi" as a supporting film to bring to the cinema ... stupid.

Unfortunately, the TV also gives a non-interest properly. Because it is not a co-production with SF (then DRS) acted, the many beautiful emanations from the later introduction of automatic promotion TV "antenna Succès Passage" are not included in the calculation of the funding. I've worked in animation for years association suggests that this persistence of discrimination against private involvement will be eliminated in general - so far unsuccessfully. Maybe some day will increase the purchase price paid by the Swiss television of today at the 250 francs (per minute! Cost between 10,000 and 60,000 francs!) Something. But until then remains gelackmeiert twice, his films who "makes himself".

"Grüezi" is a great popular success. I hope for a new quality premium by the Federal Office of Culture. But the jury charge destroys my hope. It can be announced, "Grüezi" is "formulated to just" and "crude propaganda", but probably the experts encounter in mind that the lack of previous pre-financing expertise were missing, and worse, I think this third film is made shorter than all previous ones. Such a thing does not it, when everybody seems to try to short films only after the first full-length movie!

No bonus, no money. But it must be her some. So we bring in two exhibitions in Lucerne and Solothurn all 1111 drawings from "Grüezi" on the wall ... and in the sale. It still has what, and who is such a unique piece would hang on the wall, acquires one for only 100 francs. Yes, and there are quantity discounts!

Almost that soon after "Grüezi" a sequel called "Grüezi 2":
A western Swiss newspaper reader makes their anger in the summer of 1995 with a letter to the air. Their is an article in "Le Nouveau Quotidien" sour pushed open, in the detail about the two films, "Grüezi" and "hope for better times" had been reported.
Because the author of the rather nasty letter to the editor obviously has not seen any of my films, I offer to send her a video tape.
Your answer comes in the form of a letter:
"I am your letter was well received. I myself am an artist, I paint geometric abstractions. I lived a long life in New York and am glad to be back in Switzerland. In New York, I've found that a multicultural society does not work for social chaos, leads result of violence!
We have too many foreigners in Switzerland and also a lot in our prisons, which cost us a fortune. The media want einblössen and that a patriot is ridiculous, so we obliterate ourselves. We have not worked 700 years for Europe and other parasites. The majority of Swiss citizens have had enough and can not be manipulated.
Moreover, politics and racism have no place in the art, it's a lack of creativity, freedom for an artist.
Sincerely, Mme S.N. "

This neatly written on one side of A4 hand, if the original is not for a new movie! He also still waiting for its realization.

"Grüezi"
Idea, animation, voice, Jonas Raeber
Sound: Daniel Buhler
Artwork by Michaela Stutz
Crayon: Ivo Gadea Gadea Shirin, Urs Lehni regulators Heller, Martin Stutz, Yvonne Leupi,
Outpatient Use: Grace Sagaert, Theres Joerger, Thomas Lustenberger
Traduction française: Anna Hohler
English translation: Bob Gault
The hunter

2000, John Ruesch, CH, 1 minute animated film on paper, 2D computer.

A hunter should shoot. But what? Or who? And when?

When John takes up an internship in 1999 Ruesch SWAMP-knit film studio, he brings a super-8 film projector to show off his private cartoon experiments. Even with the luggage are sketches for a film idea, which he translates into the result in this wonderfully oblique cartoon.
John Ruesch then completed the Illustration Department at the University of Art and Design Lucerne. "The Hunter" remains his only film to date.

"The Hunter". Idea, animation, production: John Ruesch.

Credo

2000, Jonas Raeber, CH, 6 min 30 sec animation on paper, 2D computer
Services fee of Canton and City of Lucerne 1999 Audience Award, CinéF'estival Lausanne 2000, Audience Award, Solothurn Film Festival 2001, Prize of the students of Cracow, Cracow Film Festival 2001, Golden Unicorn in animation, Bludenz European Film Festival Alpinale 2001 Honorable mention, Espinho Cinanima 2001 .

On an idyllic Alpine is home to a herd of sheep peacefully and happily under the care of Paula shepherdess. One day, sends the rich farmer who has leased the mountain, the shepherd, Hans: It is intended to ensure discipline and order.
In a supporting role: Pope John Paul II

1995 will be the movies' hope for better times "and" Grüezi "at the Annecy Animated Film Festival in France - the largest of its kind - showed in the competition. To such honor also belongs Fall in front of the assembled press. The wonders abroad again, why my films are usually so explicitly by Switzerland. What I can only answer that criticism requires legitimation. I could hardly express satisfaction with the EU, with Germany or the United States. However, rather be where I am a member or was just in Switzerland or the army.
The question of the next film returns again and again. A journalist for drills on my hesitation, which I otherwise am still a member?
I think for a moment. Men? There's hundreds of these movies. Roman Catholic Church? A murmur goes through the hall, dozens of journalists eyes light up in joyful anticipation of a film on the subject.
"Credo" of this film is to be via a member of the Roman Catholic Church, my creed (Lat. credo) and also my exit letter.
Bye Vatican, here's my motto ...

It is probably the most expensive ever leaving the church.
31 women and men working in some 20,000 hours between October 1999 and August 2000 at the 54 settings of more than 14,000 drawings. The animation is created in places up to 14 levels. Previously it had been practically impossible to use more than five films over the other. For the coloring of "Credo" we use for the first time in Switzerland, the CTP software with which, up to the limits of computing power images are composed. Then they are exposed directly onto 35mm film.
But until that happens: Sheep, Sheep, Sheep. The film will be only six minutes. Thanks to the well-known portrait of the shepherd and his flock not to be explained at first as to who plays what role. But by the end of production, the critters are hanging out the neck. In addition, we will be screened during this period sheep in every imaginable shape, plush, as a cup, on a tie. At the start of production, we still go to winter cold in the sheep pen by Godi Hirschi root in order to bring us closer to these animals draw a manner. In the end, we bring more than ten horses out there.
"Credo" is the first SWAMP-production, which has not in January at the Solothurn Film Festival premiere. Instead, a contact to the Locarno Film Festival. The former director is then reportedly looking at the pre-tape, "Credo" losing in the second half of his audience, and therefore does not lend itself as a supporting film on the Piazza Grande. A right decision. Who could answer go that 7,000 people are starting to get bored after three minutes and plunge quickly a Boccalino red wine, just three minutes later to the main movie to be back: Massengetrampel! Panic! Chaos!
Instead, get "Credo" then two days after the opening of the Locarno festival on 14 August 2000 in Lucerne Open Air Cinema for the premiere. Nobody gets out early.

From the episode of Locarno are a small sign bears witness to one of the last scenes, where ikebana comes to the village square. The words "Piazza Grande".
Who watches the film with his finger on the pause button, countless other small finds puns with "sheep" and "Sheep". The film is a collection of metaphors and hidden extras. Even the reading of the credits can be recommended ...
 
No SWAMP-movie "Credo" was anywhere near as big reverberation: the theme of "leaving the church" is burning. I am invited to panel discussions and find myself suddenly surrounded by applauding seniors who are also interfere in the politics of the Vatican and play at the end of their lives insecure with the thought of an exit. Seven years later, I still get letters by e-mail from strangers, and they ask how to proceed was to the Roman Catholic Church to withdraw, or tell me thanks, my film and the associated web page have encouraged them in their decision to finally, to dare the step.
But much more still needs to employ this church, that by far the most - to the theme addressed leaving the church - disclosures, laughing, to have this done at most, and is doing so on reaching the age of 18 years.
Some critical spirit remains, however, to help renew the Roman Catholic Church from within. Good luck! Even Calvin, Luther, Zwingli and Kung did not make it.

"Credo"
Idea, direction, animation: Jonas Raeber
Executive Producer: Silja Muller
Animation: Rolf Baechler, Felix Betschart, Tomas Frey, Miriam Fritz, Myungja Kroth,
Michaela Müller, Jesus Perez
Intermediate phases: Christoph Fischer Christoph Schweizer
Artwork: Jacinta Candinas, Christoph Fischer, Jacqueline Haas, Michael Haefliger,
Elisabeth Hermann, Frédéric Keller, Myungja Kroth, Ana Maria Labin, Christoph Schweizer
Control: Astrid Bättig, Silja Muller
Coordination digital processing: Eva Baumberger, Urs Häberli
Color: Eva Baumberger, Neil Bieri, Goran Galic, Urs Häberli
Brigitte Hanggi, Nico Krebs, Ueli Müller, Muriel Utinger, Liliane Zumkemi
Background: Tomas Frey, Shpend Gashi, Karin Schneider
Additional Background: Elizabeth Hermann, Andy Kamber
Administration: Astrid Bättig, Claudia Biondo
Technical Director: Daniel Buhler
Sound: Ueli Thalmann, synchro studio, Lucerne
Speaker: Ernst Süss
Music: Milking Them. Chorus: The Epstein Sisters.
The singers: Christoph Brander, Thomas Buchmann (arrangement), Jonas Raeber
A production of the SWAMP GmbH,
in coproduction with Swiss Television DRS, Editor: Susan guard Rózsa

AVE

2003, Raphael Gschwind, CH, 3 minutes, animation on paper, 2D computer

Heinz P. of F. is in love. Soon it will pick up his new acquaintance at home. He soon became a little fresh ...

Raphael Gschwinds companion piece created for the completion of his internship with SWAMP. A refreshing movie that he makes himself from AZ, and brings him thanks to an invitation from the film festival Molodist to the Ukraine.
Raphael Gschwind then studied scientific illustration at HGK Zurich and animation for a while in Prague. He is still working for SWAMP, especially as a draftsman for the TV cartoon satire WOW He also provided the rapper Kurtli-MC, in the "WOW - Pimp my ..." to see and hear on this DVD is.

"Ave". Idea, animation, production:
Raphael Gschwind.

Poldek

2004, Claudius Gentinetta, CH, 11 minutes, animated film on paper, 2D computer

Poldek dog lives with a poor woman in a small room. The house is in a gray city, the prosperity forgot. Every day the old woman leaves her small home, to look around for something to eat. The dog remains trapped in the back yard, where he was heart-rending howls of hunger. An unsavory little horror story with a lot of "action".

1995/96 Claudius Gentinetta bored thanks to a grant 13 months in Krakow, Poland. His home studio is located in a house in the middle of a courtyard, surrounded by an ancient monastery high wall. In summer, the backyard is a haven for children, and their Autoreparateure festivals. In winter, it serves as a dark, icy dog ​​toilet.
Gentinetta does not speak Polish. As a silent observer, he finds himself amidst quaint stories that take place in the backyard and on the streets. What he sees is not a lack of language skills, pictured in his imagination all the more colorful.
One of these stories is that of the neighbor dog Poldek (it really does exist!). For each opera he heard, he sings and howls with laughter. His singing Gentinetta fascinated so much that he takes the dog into a recording studio. Thus obtained to be considered Claudius soundtrack a suitable story.
Almost remains the poor little dog, but denied the leap to the big screen.

Attention real satire!
Decision of 6 July 1990 concerning the broadcast of television DRS "Zeitgeist" is the short film "shell" of 25 February 1990.

The files will be taken:

A. "Zeitgeist" is a regular television broadcast program of the DRS. It consists of various articles dealing with current issues.
The 25th Februar 1990 from 18.00 - 18.45 clock broadcast program included five posts. The last of them was "stalemate", a few minutes lasting animated film about the "miraculous transformation from a Swiss citizen a soldier".
Introduction, the moderator mentioned that the current zeitgeist is dominated by the "subversive activities of official and private informers" or the "sniffers of Big Brother." In the transition to the last post "stalemate" led the presenter continued:
"... For the EMD memory - and yes, the work with more modern technology, I am told - is particularly recommended the filing of the following cartoon, if you do not see it as too dangerous idea virus - for the computer to the day! exactly almost three months after the vote on the army now shows the Swiss premiere of the television as a miraculous transformation from a Swiss citizen a soldier. "
The animated film "stalemate", which is accompanied by slow music, but does not need spoken word shows, the automated process of integration of civilians into the army.
Input packs a robot gripper hand the lingering male and throws them onto a conveyor belt. Washed, shaved and flattened the sheets remains to be combined into one package, stamped and pressed again. Inflated with air, the shape of a muscular athlete with a large top width and a small head. With the appropriate templates and color of the figure's face, boots and uniforms will be sprayed. Decorating them with rifle and helmet can be slow to recognize the soldiers who stands as one of several identical chess pieces on a chessboard. Above the board, which turns into the shape of Switzerland, a sardonically smiling person is sitting in military uniform. An opponent has not. Gradually, she lets her head fall sweating on the chessboard.
The few-minute animated film ends with the insertion of the phrase "stalemate" and its definition in the chess game.

B. Against this mission arose on 16 March 1990 XXXXX (hereinafter: applicant), together with 23 co-signatories complaint with the Independent Complaints Authority for Radio and Television (hereinafter: Appeals).
The complaint alleges that the cartoon was contrary to the program aims to serve the interests of the country, to strengthen national unity and togetherness. He reports not appropriate to be destructive and disparaging our militia army. The applicant justifies his action so that the change was portrayed by Swiss citizen into a soldier as a brutal, inhuman act that corresponds in any way to the understanding of our nation's militia army. In Switzerland, will the system of militia, which will of citizens and soldiers carried in a person, supported by a large majority of the voters. The young Swiss, who einrücke in the recruit school will, in no way transformed in such a way of thinking and trimmed as uniformed puppet treated like this would make the film believable. Even the satirical representation not mistaken over the fact that the film was researched fact-retardant, unsachgerecht, untrue and careless. Therefore be recognized by the UBI of infringing its license and to prohibit the further transmission of "stalemate". The author would also like information about the financial cost of the SRG for this post.

C. Pursuant to Article 19 of the Federal Decree on the Independent Complaints Authority for Radio and Television (7 October 1983, SR 784.45: hereafter: BB), the Swiss Radio and Television Corporation (hereinafter: SRG) were invited to comment.

In its opinion of 28 May 1990 requesting the SRG, whether the complaint be dismissed. Objected to the film, she takes the following position: The cartoon is terms of people, process and machinery of the plot clearly fictional. Form and presentation made it clear that it is a reality handle on rising, caricaturing statement that reproduces a genuine and objective facts. The equation of satirical representation with the representation of objective facts is absurd. The army as a state institution is not exempt from criticism, representation and expression, not of satire. The army also was subject to state political opinion. "Stalemate" is not a SRG-production, but had been purchased. The "Concours Cinégram" at the 25th Solothurn Film Festival has "stalemate" the prize as the most popular animated film won. The fundamental ethical question of the film, it follows from the basic tension in the army, which put every citizen: the tension between individual and state community, state of adaptation and resistance, freedom and necessity. In this respect stand in the movie "stalemate" the army for many other adaptive processes. "Stalemate" draw from a contribution of the set task manageable aesthetically convincing.
Where necessary, will be discussed in more detail on the types of SRG in the recitals.

D. The Appeals Board has the opinion of the SRG sent to the complainant for information and renounces the implementation of one-, second correspondence.

The Independent Appeal Board shall consider:

First The entry of 16 March 1990 to comply with the 30-day appeal period pursuant to Article 15 paragraph 1 BB.

Second The complaint was lit in the form of popular appeal in accordance with Article 14. drafted a BB. The complainant has the complaint a list of 23 names and addresses submitted to the co-signer, but without their signature. The Independent Complaints Authority has, by letter dated 18th March 1990 the complainant requested to procure the signatures by the end of the 30-day appeal period. The complainant has filed later date within 23 signatures.

From the complainant submitted signature sheet on which the relevant signatures are affixed individually or in groups, could not be determined conclusively whether the signatures of the Erstunterzeichners attention having regard to the complaint been the subject were made. The co-signatories were from the Board of Appeals by letter 22nd June 1990 requesting confirmation, which should make it clear whether the signature was made having regard to the complaint item. 22 of 23 are signed complaints co-signer who submitted the confirmation deadline, setting the stage of popular appeal in accordance with article 14 lit a BB are met.

Third The applicant has described the offending consignment and demonstrated, which he terms the SRG program dated 5 October 1987 (FF 1 987 IR 877; hereinafter: concession) as deemed violated (Article 15 paragraph 2 BB).

In a supplementary letter to the complainant on 19 March 1990 for another program on television DRS (Sunday magazine of 18 March) and at a general meeting of the Society for a Switzerland without an Army (GSoA) of 18 March noted. The Appeals Board has subsequently informed the complainant by letter dated 23 Requested in March 1990 whether he would run against the aforementioned broadcast appeal. The complainant responded by letter dated 26 March 1990, that it is not a question of a new complaint.

The Appeals Board made in the said letter dated 23 March 1990 also determined that was not apparent whether it is mentioned in the General Assembly of the GSoA a message or information act, which was broadcast in a radio or television program and give cause for complaint. The applicant has within this period, neither a detailed description of any item nor a substantiated complaint concession pursuant to Art 15 para 2 BB filed. It is thus not enter further on this point.

Thus, the present appeal is directed solely against the show "Zeitgeist" of 25 February 1990. On it stand up.

4: If the Appeals Board on a complaint, it is not in accordance with Article 21, Section 2 BB bound to the arguments of the parties. The Commission is therefore in this case the offending program as a whole to be on their conformity with the relevant program regulations, without being bound by the requests and complaints from the complainant.
The Appeals Board is to consider under Article 17 BB only authorized, whether a broadcast program violated provisions of the concession. This constant practice in accordance with the principles of the program organizers are significantly not as such for the Appeals Board. These principles can, however, when necessary, contrived by the Appeals Board as an interpretive aid to the interpretation of licensing requirements (see BGE 114 Ib 334 ff).

5th According to Article 4, paragraph 2 of the concession e.g. portray the events properly, and views must be recognizable as such. The complainant alleges now that the above requirements are violated.

5.1 The animated film "stalemate" is a satirical form of the transformation from citizen to soldier dar.
The satire is a particular means of expression, in which the form of deliberately not congruent with the target acts statement. The form of satire exaggerates reality, alienates them, makes them, will return to it, trivialize it, ironically it, caricaturing them, making them look ridiculous. The animated film "stalemate" is working with these agents. As the Appeal Board did not have to pronounce on the quality of the offending programs are purely artistic, formal aspects of the concession legal judgment is not relevant.

2.5 Importantly, however, whether the viewer or listener can recognize the shape chosen by the producer of satire as satire. It was in the consignment can not be doubted. Latest with the sequence of the roll, in which the male was standing in the conversion process flat-rolled, the fictional character of the representation had to strike every recipient. As in a cartoon sketch Flachwalzung in reality inevitably the death of the flat-rolled result. The Neustanzung of the body, inflating with air, forming the muscular athletes by two gripper arms, and the painting of the unequal relationship rson was incorporated as a pawn on the chessboard of soldiers sitting Pe marked conspicuously unrealistic. Thus, anyone could see that the short film offered no information about the real procedure. Transparency contributed to both the artistic form of expression and the caricatures drawn males. Also emphasized in the introductory moderation twice called subtitle "The miraculous transformation from citizens to soldiers," the adjective "miraculous" the unreality of the film.

5.3 could also work well, the moderator by appropriate evidence of a still higher levels of transparency. This would for example have been possible by pointing out that has "stalemate" is available at the Solothurn Film Festival a prize as the most popular cartoon. The allusion to Fichenaffäre and Army initiative to abolish the other hand, had a rather troubling. Despite such shortcomings, however, be noted that this would not provide playback of the SRG produced short film is not information but in a satirical form a view that was recognizable as such. A violation of the principle of objectivity within the meaning of Article 4, paragraph 2 2 Set of the concession is therefore negative.

6th The complainant further alleges that just this one view and not the diversity of views was expressed, as required by Article 4, paragraph 2 of the concession. If an issue raised on television, demanded the balance of the bid (in the old terminology) in accordance with established practice, the appeal is not that the problem will be discussed at every opportunity presented in its entirety, with all its sub-aspects and possible interpretations, it must. The balance of the bid to be considered rather as a rule only when a majority of comparable programs in the subject adapted period (see VPB 53.49, p 351; VPB 53.51, p 358).

6.1 It is true that had the short film "shell" a one-sided character, as he drew in a satirical form a critical picture of the integration of practice in the Swiss army. Yet it remains to consider: The army, its government and social function have always been a constant topic of national politics and the media. Topics in the army are often broad and locations shown and discussed. Thus, even on television, the army often subject to background reports, discussions and information of any kind also includes regular reports on the engagement fall in recruit school, refresher, and supplementary courses. Even the complainant points out that television has reported in a short time later broadcast edition of "Sunday Magazine" in true nature of the transition from civilian to military life. Due to the wide range of information and opinions about the army and its various facets - including falls and the engagement of the holiday, the dismissal - had (and has) the audience over time always an opportunity to inform themselves about the real representation of the integration of practice . The spectators were readily able to form a personal opinion about the film's expressed view that had not be presented in the consignment against a variety of views.

6.2 The inclusion of the short film "stalemate" in the spirit of the time transmitting vessel was in no way designed to give the appearance of an adversarial confrontation. Rather was readily apparent that the few-minute animated film represented only one view, and thus may would provide impetus for reflection - a - for some unpleasant or misplaced.
Be equitable in the sense of Article 4, paragraph 2 of the concession was therefore not infringed by the broadcast of the disputed fee.

7th Under Article 4, paragraph 1 concession to the programs' true total encourage the cultural values ​​of the country and, as well as spiritual, moral, religious, civic and arts education contribute "among others. The complainant alleges that the short film "stalemate" is contrary to these tasks of television.

7.1 This contract, which is already enshrined in Article 55 and Paragraph 2 of the Federal Constitution provides, among other things the political mandate, the "interests of the country" to serve and strengthen the "national unity and togetherness." It is precisely in the description and specification so vague terms, the risk of problematic constriction of freedom of education in society. In the interpretation of the vague legal terms is also borne by the Constitution (Article 55 and Paragraph 3 of the constitution) guaranteed autonomy of the program organizers bill. In this sense, the Appeal Board, in its practice always found that according to the fundamental principles of press freedom and freedom of each operator must be allowed to critically deal with diverse areas of the state, social, cultural and religious life. In particular, even on radio and television criticism and opposition against dominant political opinions, ruling structures, majority views and opinions and established institutions to be possible. It follows, moreover, from the requirement of Article 55 Paragraph 2 of the Constitution and to Article 4, paragraph 2 of the concession, it is the diversity of views to give adequate expression. There is absolutely no conceivable subject, that of a critical discussion is likely to be withdrawn and the electronic media. There can not the topic of Defence and Army be exempted.

7.2 What is the content of public interests, which are required to radio and television on the far circumscribed contract may include be defined in greater detail by the general objectives of the Constitution. Article 2 of the Constitution describes the duties of the Federation as follows: Declaration of Independence, handling of law and order, protection of freedom and the rights and welfare of the allegation. To achieve and protect this constitutional mandate, the Constitution provides even before instruments and institutions. This according to applicable Federal Constitution also includes the Army.
It should always be observed, that the Constitution is not in a democratic state and deprived of political organization is legitimized through this process significantly. In shaping public opinion, in the interplay of agreement and disagreement, criticism, and recognition is taking place and shaping change the Constitution. This process can never find its final conclusion. Also a popular vote, which sometimes is a striking break does not lead to an irrevocable end of the political debate and possibly a final result Constitution. {If there is an inalienable core of the constitution of a democratic state, eg in the field of fundamental rights, giving is not to examine here.

7.3 The Appeals Court, in its constant practice further stated that the program principles of Article 4 paragraph 1 of the concession only in part to individual relating to self-contained statements (or more statements within a contribution, or to one or more items) only and are addressed in the rule of the programs offered as a whole. A license violation can not already be in the affirmative, if a program does not make a positive contribution for the purposes of this program order. Inadmissible, however, is an emanation, which is in direct contrast to this commitment, it actually counteracts
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7.4 It is not to deny that the discrepancy between the actual, respectable by a number of citizens personally experienced transformation from citizens to soldiers and the cinematic fictional representation in the consignment in a critical statement and setting the tension between citizen and soldier, but also to Institution army finds expression. The very title of the film - "stalemate" - and the visualized adequacy of the statement with the motive of the board and one player makes it clear that they are indeed located in a deadlock, the supposedly hopeless, but neither won nor lost, but draw Over thinking and is therefore a chance to, at best provides for the change. To this extent, although in the film decidedly taken a position, expressed an opinion without, however, to some extent in propagandistic fashion an institution of the state, the army, the object of destructive criticism. By caricaturing satirical alienation of the subject, the film ultimately makes different and differentiating subjective interpretations and thus not necessarily give the impression of an objective, apodictic statement, insights and opinions on the subject should be left to the recipient. The movie has to be emitted as neither destructive nor the interests of the country called contradictory. It is therefore not to contribute, which is almost contrary to the requirements formulated in the contract to the overall program. Not to consider a legal concession, the question of whether the film is able to make a positive contribution to the intellectual, moral and civic education.
8th The complainant requests that the SRG would prohibit the further transmission of the short film "stalemate" and that he and the co-signatories also had information to give, what financial burden the SRG for the manufacture, purchase or rental of this movie had.
Under Article 21, Section 1 BB, the Appeals Court noted in its decision whether the disputed broadcast had violated the provisions of the concession program. Is only in the case of a license violation under Article 22 BB to proceed: "If the Appeals Board a legal violation, it shall inform the organizer This applies within a reasonable period, the appropriate provisions adopted to remedy the breach and continue the same or similar offenses. to avoid. He informed the Appeal Board which he has made provisions adopted. If the operator within a reasonable period of no or no adequate provisions adopted concluded, the Appeals Board request the Department to have appropriate measures. " Since in this case a violation of license is no, such an approach is not in question.

Thus, the Appeals Court concludes that the broadcast of the animated film "stalemate" in the show "Zeitgeist", the SRG has not been violated.
Thank you.
Is recognized for these reasons

First The complaint is XXXXXXX, to the extent of it is rejected and it is determined that the show "Zeitgeist" with the article "stalemate" SRG has not violated the concession.

Second To open:
- XXXXXXXXXXX
- General of the Swiss Radio and Television Corporation, 3000 Berne 15
On behalf of the
INDEPENDENT APPEALS FOR INSTANCE RADIO AND TELEVISION