Being Azem

Synopsis

Las Vegas, Bellagio: Azem Maksutaj faces the most important minutes of his life. Everything is at stake. If he wins he is the first Swiss athlete after Andy Hug who participates in the K-1 World GP Final in Tokyo, the largest martial arts tournament worldwide. This could be the crowning achievement of his 15-year-career or its sad ending. With images full of tragedy, tension and joy the film tells the story of a boy who comes from a small village in Kosovo and makes a meteoric rise in Switzerland to become one of the most successful Thai boxers of all time and the pride of a whole nation.

Director Biography

Born in 1973 in Thal. Attends HGKZ, Film and Video Department. 2006 Cofounding of Pi-Filme. Works as lecturer at the SAE, Zurich.
Tomislav Mestrovic born in 1979 in Pozega, Croatia. Since 2001 works as self-taught independent filmmaker and screenplay author.