BALZ AUF DER MAUR
CINEMATOGRAPHER

NEST
BY STEFANIA BURLA

2025
FIC | 19’ | CH



WORLD PREMIERE
78. LOCARNO FILM FESTIVAL (PARDI DI DOMANI)

DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY
BALZ AUF DER MAUR

CREATIVE PRODUCERS
FABIANA SEITZ

PRODUCTION
ZURICH UNIVERSITY OF THE ARTS

SYNOPSIS

FIFTEEN-YEAR-OLD SELMA FEELS CRUSHED BY HER MOTHER'S EXPECTATIONS, BY THOSE OF THE CATHOLIC VILLAGE IN THE SWISS MOUNTAINS WHERE SHE LIVES, AND ULTIMATELY BY HER OWN. ON THE NIGHT BEFORE A RELIGIOUS PROCESSION, SHE ENCOUNTERS A GROUP OF TEENAGERS HIDDEN IN THE DARK OF THE LOCAL SPORTS HALL.





CREW

LINE PRODUCER FILIPPO BONACCI WRITERS JOHANNES JORDAN, STEFANIA BURLA & FABIANA SEITZ FIRST ASSISTANT DIRECTOR & INTIMACY COORDINATOR AIYANA DE VREE FIRST ASSISTANT CAMERA YANNIC KRAYSS SECOND ASSISTANT CAMERA & DIT LAURA RODRÍGUEZ PÉREZ LIGHTING DESIGNER SAMUEL RÖÖSLI ASSISTANT LIGHTING DESIGNER ANNAKA MINSCH PRODUCTION DESIGNER NURA EISSA ASSISTANT PRODUCTION DESIGNER JACOPO GIULINI LOCATION SOUND MIXER ANNA MARIA BÜHLMANN COSTUMES SARAH BIGLER HAIR & MAKEUP KSENIA IGNATENKO PRODUCTION MANAGER RAMONA BETTLER PRODUCTION ASSISTANTS LIVIA KNEUBÜHLER & LOLA SCURLOCK CATERING HAE-SUP SIN, FELIX SCHERER, LIVIA KNEUBÜHLER, LOLA SCURLOCK & RAMONA BETTLER UNIT STILL PHOTOGRAPHER MARKUS BURLA EDITOR LAURA RODRÍGUEZ PÉREZ COLORIST VALENTIN SCHÜRCH COMPOSERS KSENIA IGNATENKO & YANICK HERZOG SOUND DESIGNERS MARA MICCICHÈ & MARCO PERON RE-RECORDING MIXER MARTIN SCHEUTER GRAPHIC DESIGNER CORINA FARKAS  



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