SYNOPSIS

Sam is bipolar and lives alone in his apartment. When he falls into a manic phase, he loses everything. Suddenly he finds himself on the street, the only question left unanswered is, what does his future look like?

STATEMENT:

Everyone knows someone who, even if only slightly, suffers from a mental illness. It is easy to forget or suppress how such an illness can feel. "Sams Mania" reminds viewers that health is a gift and not everyone is lucky enough to have been given it. It is very important to stand up for the sick and weaker people as a healthy person, only in this way can our society improve.

My vision with this film is to put healthy people in a situation they don't know and to inspire the viewers to be more open towards other people.

CREDITS

CAST:

Sam - Saladin Dellers
Mia - Sina Schwery
youth in antique store - Ali Kandas
youth in antique store - Richie Ojanga
youth in antique store - David Oberholzer
police officer - Nicola Graf
police officer - Tina Kümpel
mother - Susanne Odermatt
father - Marco Canadea
brother - Julian Kobler
bar visitor 1 - Brian Ochsner
bar visitor 2 - Nara Florence Fogel
bar visitor 3 - Vivane Saner
waitress - Laura Sophia Becker
bar manager - Elena Mpintsis
grandmother - Charlotte Heinimann
psychiatrist - Samuel Tobias Klauser

CREW:

concept by Fabio Stecher
directed by Fabio Stecher
1st AD - Loris Erdin
2nd AD - Eileen Küng
producer - Flavio Speglitz, Fabio Stecher
produktion manager - Nicola Burger
production coordinator - Alex Niederhäusler
Director of Photography - Ben Zäch
1st AC - Jan Schär
2nd AC - Myronymos Baikouzis
gaffer - Yoro Tobler
electrician - Samuel Röösli, Jan Harder, Flurin Lansel
sound - Raimond Anderegg, Alex Genas, Thomas Lanker
driver - Flurina Schenk, Muriel Schenk, Florian Schmidtjansen
production design by Rebekka Bohni
production design assistant - Josua Visani, Patrick Ciccone, Martina Buse, Flurin Lansel, Sarah Willi, Annahit Pourezza, Tsering Dokartsang
key makeup artist - Beatrice Mendelin
makeup artist - Georg Bächtler
costumer - Anita Budliger
catering - Pho Doloma

written by Stefan Millius, Sven Schnyder, Fabio Stecher
edited by Daniel Reich
colorist - Mustafa Sert
sounddesign by Alex Stratigenas
composed by Silvio Buchmeier
subtitled by Jennifer Schultz