Projects 

1. IN PRODUCTION

Director Fabian Biasio is stuck in a dilemma: as an urban cyclist, he has a latent hatred of cars. He compensates for his vulnerability with a generous interpretation of the traffic rules. But as soon as he sits behind the wheel of a car, he becomes a driver with heart and soul. He asks himself where this desire comes from and discovers worlds previously hidden from him: "Automania" deals with these worlds - on this side and on the other side of the windscreen. The inner conflict drives the director to search for strategies for safer and more sustainable traffic participation for all.

Format: 16mm, b&w and/or color
Length: max. 20 minutes
Camera: Arriflex 16s, Bolex H16 Rex 5
Sound: mono, recorded on 1/4" tape w/NAGRA

As the new radical right is gaining acting power in Italy, Antonio Gramsci’s Theory of Cultural Hegemony is offering us a possible explanation and solution.

For the first time since World War II, a post-fascist party has acting and policy-making power in Italy. To find a possible explanation on how conservative narratives -- constantly triggered by societal, cultural, and economic events: such as a possible economic crisis (Frank 2012; Hochschild 2016), the fear of the other (Stichweh 2010), and the threat of losing the identity of our imagined community (Anderson 2006) -- keep on reproducing, Antonio Gramsci’s Theory of Cultural Hegemony (1971) is offering us a way to understand how social movements come to be and how a hegemonial class tries to keep its power. It does so through the establishment of a common sense, making the lower, subaltern class believe to find itself in the best possible of worlds. Gramsci’s fragmented theory explains us, how narratives get created, where to find them, and how they’ll end up into such a common sense, that will continue to repeat them. But Gramsci also offers a way out, by telling how this common sense can be changed through the emergence of new, organic intellectuals and by creating new forms of knowledge. Populist right-wing parties often like to describe themselves as such: as outsider social grassroots movements, like the American Tea Party -- or like Giorgia Meloni from Fratelli d’Italia, who calls herself an underdog. But very often they are orchestrated from neoliberal and big business friendly parties, and are therefore doing nothing else than just repeating the same kind of conservative narratives (Crehan 2016) -- through tax cuts; dismantling of the welfare state; privatizations,...

This is a reflexive and essayistic documentary film about Gramsci’s theory and the emergence of the new Radical Right in Italy. 

Jolanda, called Joli by friends, a strong, emancipated woman from the Dominican Republic, has lived in Switzerland for almost 30 years. She works seven days a week as a cleaner to support her two sons and her husband in her home country. Her desire to live together as a family in Switzerland could not be realized and Joli often feels she has failed, especially as a mother. Over the past twelve years, she has carried out her work in various places. Despite her tireless efforts, she lives at subsistence level. Joli is content with two weeks of vacation per year to visit her family. With several employers and substitutes, she can't manage to get more than that. Every day she struggles with pain in her leg, but she is never absent from work. Among her employers, Joli is considered a good soul and a loyal worker. Early in the morning, music and news from her country of origin accompany her to feel a piece of home, otherwise the working days would be even longer than they already are. Despite her rigorous work schedule, Jolanda takes great pride in her work. During breaks and at the end of the working day, she treats herself to a few cans of beer and talks to relatives on the phone. One of her big dreams is to travel to an Arab country.In order to be able to fulfill this wish, she regularly plays the lottery.

She plans to return to her home country for ever in December 2023. This date has been postponed several times. Most of the time due to money issues. Once reunited with her family she wants to finally learn how to play the guitar and get a driver’s license. 

2. GRADUATION PROJECTS

The homelessness crisis in Ireland is the worst in the history of the state. At the same time Ireland has evolved to become one of the most powerful economies in the world per capita. 
Known to Services started out as a documentary short exploring homelessness on the streets of Dublin City. However, getting to know the the people and the situation it became a documentation of my personal struggle with what I saw. More about the series

A carpet of dark, spheric sounds in a nocturnal forest. Abstract projections turn it into a shining universe. This piece shows an experimental live music video with Swiss duo mischgewebe and an insider’s view of director Noemi Müller’s intensely personal and emotional journey. “stuckinmymind” delves into an entangled dream world full of melodies, shining structures and internal conflict. More about Noemi Müller 

The project is a cooperation between artist Aramis Navarro and filmmaker Marco Egger. Their respective works come together in an exhibition on dataism (big data). The exhibition “Manifest: Dataismus WIP” can be viewed both in-person and digitally. Each (analogous) exhibit comes with a commentary that explores the artefact on a virtual plane. More about Marco Egger

Layer after Layer after Layer is the result of an artistic exploration of materials and a reflection about how we humans handle them. Vaseline: this transparent material appears as a substance in the installation, but also forms the basis of the sound track that features computer-generated voices reading fragments of texts on the subject of provenance and history found on the internet. Vaseline covers the body, protects it without concealing it. Vaseline makes the skin soft while at the same time suffocating it. More about Victoria Holdt

Carl Karton, the unexpected witness of an incredible story, has a truly unique experience in the Bad Bonn music club. He is playing cards when his fellow player Patron is suddenly interrupted by the barmaid Olivia on account of a mysterious object. Thanks to his spiderlike eyes, Carl can record everything in 360º vision and 3D sound. The viewer has a choice of viewing the chaotic proceedings from one of the seven angles provided by the seven eyes and ears of Carl Karton. More about Christophe Merkle - «Voll im Film» - «Virtuelle Welten im Bourbaki» - «Filmemacher Christophe Merkle produziert 360-Grad Filme»

Artificial light turns night into day. The electric light bulb transformed our society’s sense of time. The webdoc Schlafwandel takes a look at nights in which people work instead of sleep and examines the biological, economic and social aspects of night work. Short documentary films portray people who live at odds with their internal clock and are nocturnally active. Besides these personal portraits, supplementary components of the webdoc allow users to take a closer look at individual aspects of night work. More about Sarah Bühler / Schlafwandel

IOA is about a desperate speaking machine living a miserable life under a despotic singing teacher.

While being hung up to dry, a shirt and a dress start to take an interest in each other, pushing the shirt’s owner on a path to happiness. Zeitraumfilm