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A family adopts the Romanian street dog Cody to Switzer land. They rapidly grow fond of Cody, changing their lives and opening up a new world. In search of the traces of his past, the family learns more about the life that Cody has left behind. He was there with the stray dog Blanche in freedom. What happens when he is confronted with his past? Cody’s fate leads to important issues: How do people deal with their environment, especially with animals – and are they willing to grant them rights? WORLD SALES: SWITZERLAND CAT&Docs, Paris Documentary, 90 min., 2019 www.catndocs.com ORIGINAL LANGUAGE: WORLD PREMIERE: Swiss-German Zurich Film Festival 2019 PRODUCTION: MORE INFORMATION: Buzzinho Codestar www.cody-thefilm.com Productions GmbH, Zurich / Playground Media Productions AG, Zurich PRODUCERS: Martin Skalsky, Rudolf Isler
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MARTIN SKALSKY * 1977. Martin Skalsky is a film composer and director of Czech and Swiss origin. He holds an MA in Compo sition from Zurich University of the Arts (ZHdK). Skalsky cofounded Triplet Studios with Christian Schlumpf and Michael Duss in Zurich and Berlin. For over a decade he has been working as a com poser for documentaries and feature films for cinema and television. CODY is his first feature-length film and cele brated its world premiere at the ZFF.
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written & directed by Martin Skalsky