C PAS FINI
by Lara Schroeter, Documentary, BA Video, 19’ 58”, 2023
Occupiers have been evicted from a hill in Vaud. Five activists relive their memories. How does it feel to face the arbitrary tactics of a police force defending capital and state? Can the resistance be upheld? Diggers strip away the rock layer by layer but the memories remain.
CATCH THE MOUSE!
by Kiryl Hramadka, Animation, Bachelor Animation, 3’ 43”, 2023
A little mouse accidentally scares a peaceful herd of elephants and they’re forced to follow their enraged leader into the thick African jungle, in order to find and kill the elusive creature.
CREVETTE
by Sven Bachmann, Elina Huber, Noémi Knobil, Jill Vágner, Animation, Bachelor Animation, 5’ 13”, 2023
A young woman faces her fear of pregnancy when she can no longer ignore the presence of the embryo in her freezer.
FEET FEAR FREEDOM
by Joris Keller, Documentary, BA Video, 13’ 44”, 2023
Nobody pays much attention to feet. Until they start hurting. Podiatrist Edi takes up their cause with a passion. A bold incision, a well-aimed stab, and hidden foot stories spurt from the deep.
FORZA, REA!
by Isabel Pahud, Isabel Clerici, Laura Zimmermann, Polina Tyrsa, Animation, Bachelor Animation, 3’ 18”, 2022/2023
LONG DISTANCE
by Nadja Tanno, Animation, Master Animation, 6’ 02”, 2023
A young woman living in a modern metropolis has recently entered into a long-distance relationship. She feels lost and alone in her new situation and swings between melancholy, frustration, hope and excitement. As time passes, she attempts to connect with her partner, or rather with her own idea of him, through different means of technology. After an unsuccessful final attempt to arrange a rendezvous, she acknowledges that she must let go and finds solace by being present in the real world.
As our world becomes increasingly interconnected, many people find themselves grappling with the unique challenges posed by long-distance relationships. „Long Distance" explores the emotional transformation that can occur when one is separated from their partner, capturing the underlying atmosphere of uncertainty that accompanies such experiences.
RACIST JOURNAL
by Elena Ottavi, Animation, Master Animation, 4’ 31”, 2024
Andrea’s voice guides us through some thoughts, insinuating that we are all racists, Andrea first. Playing on the erroneous clichés around discrimination, such as the belief that no person of respect can be racist, or that black people are dangerous, the monologue brings us a stream of consciousness that is meant to make us reflect in the narration and consider the perceptions of ourselves and others. While listening to the words, the audience is visually led through an ordinary day in life: Andrea shuts off their alarm clock, then gets up, eats breakfast, and brushes their teeth. They take the bus and go to work, stopping on the way for a coffee to go. Lunch out and back to work in the afternoon. A quick drink with friends, home to have dinner, and finally back to bed. So, a racist leads a life like mine, yours, or anyone else’s?
SAREBBE STATU
by Ella Rocca, Documentary, BA Video, 14’ 18”, 2023
A new flat is being built over the house where the director’s grandparents live in Italy. (If there was a window here, you would see the sea.) How would it have been if the director had grown up here and not in Switzerland? A reflection on roots in Southern Italy, being queer, yearning and loss.
