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GLOW by Gabriel Baur
SWITZERLAND Documentary, 100 min., 2017 ORIGINAL LANGUAGES: Swiss-German, German, English PRODUCTION: ONIX Film GmbH, Zurich
WORLD RIGHTS: ONIX Film GmbH, Zurich T +41 44 272 38 00 www.onixfilms.com WORLD PREMIERE: Zurich Film Festival 2017 MORE INFORMATION: www.glow.film
Documentary
GABRIEL BAUR Obtained an MA in Cultural Anthropology, Psychology and Mass Communications and studied film at New York University. In 1983 she cofounded Onix Film. Baur is especially known for her documentary film VENUS BOYZ (2001), a festival hit, which was selected for the Locarno Festival, the Berlinale and for the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival among others. It was awarded in Locarno and nominated for a Swiss Film Award.
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She was a muse, model and performer – a star, dazzling and intense. Lady Shiva managed to rise from streetwalking to the top. She lived in the fast lane and died tragi cally young. Her dream was to become a singer. With her companions, we trace her life during a vibrant time that kindles a yearning and provokes until today. The film takes us on a rebel’s odyssey in search of identity, telling of an irrepressible desire for freedom in all its beauty and destructive force – and a stirring friendship and love.