Interesting Things
Switzerland, September 2025
FILM,
Experimental,
11 min.
- directed by
- Salome Erni
- Written by
- Salome Erni
- Status
- In distribution
- Website
- https://www.salomeerni.com/interesting-things
Fifty-nine archival photographs that were shot in Palestine show appropriating gazes cast upon the so-called Holy Land. At the same time, the images from the Frank Scholten collection depict scenes of Palestinian life in the 1920s, preserving what is continually threatened with erasure, expulsion, oppression and denial. The filmmaker decides to be present in the video essay herself while handling the negatives and reciting the voice-over. By inverting the video footage – and thereby turning the negatives into positives – the video essay deals with notions of power and the gaze. It thereby emphasises that we are not mere spectators; everyone is involved in imperialist projects that continue to intersect in Palestine.
credits
- World Premiere
- September 2025
- Original Version
- English (english subtitles), colour and b/w, DCP, 11 min.
- Production
- Salome Erni
- Producer
- Salome Erni
- directed by
- Salome Erni
- Written by
- Salome Erni
- Cinematography
- Salome Erni, Krystian Furman
- Editing
- Salome Erni
- Location Sound Mix
- Salome Erni, Krystian Furman
- Sound Editing
- Salome Erni
- Sound Design
- Salome Erni
- Re-Recording Mix
- Salome Erni
World Sales / World Rights
- World Rights
- Salome Erni