MAD HEIDI
Headline
Best Feature - Screamfest New Orleans Best Director - Johannes Hartmann, Sandro Klopfstein - Screamfest New Orleans
Q & A with Casper Van Dien, Alice Lucy and director Sandro Klopfstein and Johannes Hartmann
Synopsis
In a dystopian Switzerland that has fallen under the fascist rule of an evil cheese tyrant (Casper Van Dien), Heidi (Alice Lucy) lives the pure and simple life in the Swiss Alps. Grandfather Alpöhi (David Schofield) does his best to protect Heidi, but her yearning for freedom soon gets her into trouble with the dictator’s henchmen. The innocent girl transforms herself into a kick-ass female fighting force who sets out to liberate the country from the insane cheese fascists.
MAD HEIDI is an action-adventure exploitation spoof based on the popular children‘s book character Heidi and the very first Swissploitation film.
MAD HEIDI is an action-adventure exploitation spoof based on the popular children‘s book character Heidi and the very first Swissploitation film.
Meet the Filmmaker
Meet the Filmmaker
Johannes Hartmann
& Sandro Klopfstein
Director & Co-Director
The two childhood friends have been realizing various film and video projects together since 2007, including award-winning short films and music videos. „Mad Heidi“ is the first feature film of the two. They live in Bern, Switzerland.
Filmography
2022 Mad Heidi | fiction 93 min....Read more
The two childhood friends have been realizing various film and video projects together since 2007, including award-winning short films and music videos. „Mad Heidi“ is the first feature film of the two. They live in Bern, Switzerland.
Filmography
2022 Mad Heidi | fiction 93 min.
2014 A Trip, Not A Tour | doc 80 min.
2012 Deadlocked | fiction 13 min.
2010 Half Sleep | fiction 8 min.
Awards:
"Best International Film" at YoungCuts Intl. Film Festival (Canada) 2011
"Best Short Short" at Festivus Film Festival (USA) 2011
"Award of Merit" at Los Angeles Cinema Festival of Hollywood (USA) 2012
3rd prize at Swiss Youth Film Festival (Switzerland) 2011 Read less