Aline & Cem
Switzerland, January 2026
FILM,
Experimental,
20 min.
- directed by
- Gitta Gsell
- Written by
- Gitta Gsell
- Status
- In distribution
When two young people from different cultural backgrounds meet, it's not just the awkwardness of a first date that comes into play; their heads are already filled with warning signals about what they should and shouldn't do, what they are and aren't allowed to do. Cem trains at Cross Fit. Aline as a dancer. They both measure how many calories they consume. They also have in common that sex before marriage is frowned upon. And they are under a lot of pressure from their parents. That's where the similarities end and the problems begin.
credits
- World Premiere
- January 2026
- Original Version
- Swiss-German, colour, DCP, 20 min.
- ISAN
- CH8100700110005226483
- Production
- Mirapix GmbH
- Producer
- Gitta Gsell
- directed by
- Gitta Gsell
- Written by
- Gitta Gsell
- Cinematography
- Peter Zwierko, Felix Tanner, Patrick Lindenmaier, Peter Volkart, Caroline Fink, Heidi Hiltebrand
- Editing
- Bernhard Lehner
- Location Sound Mix
- Patrick Becker, Julia Furer
- Sound Design
- Christian Beusch
- Re-Recording Mix
- Peter von Siebenthal
- Music
- Ben Jeger
- Compositing
- Peter Guyer
Cast
Francine Hoenner as Aline
Burak Ates as Cem
Jürg Nutz/Steinhauer as Mystery Man
World Sales / World Rights
- World Rights
- Mirapix GmbH