Shifting Grounds
Neuland
Switzerland, April 2026
FILM,
Documentary, Experimental,
7 min.
- directed by
- Zana Selimi
- Written by
- Eva Schneuwly, Zana Selimi
- Status
- In distribution
- Website
- https://kollektivchroma.ch
An experimental essay film told from the perspective of peat, a living archive shaped by water, time and slow transformation. Tracing the history of wetlands from the last Ice Age to the present, the film observes how human intervention has drained, built upon and altered these fragile grounds.
Through layered images and a finely composed sound design, the film reflects on care, decay, and resilience. It asks what can emerge in landscapes marked by human intervention, yet still carrying traces of life.
credits
- World Premiere
- April 2026
- Original Version
- English (english subtitles), colour, DCP, 7 min.
- ISAN
- 0000-0007-7E5C-0000-N-0000-0000-5
- Production
- Kollektiv Chroma
- Producer
- Eva Schneuwly
- directed by
- Zana Selimi
- Written by
- Eva Schneuwly, Zana Selimi
- Cinematography
- Justus Briese
- Editing
- Zana Selimi, Justus Briese, Anton Krebs
- Sound Design
- Mike Utiger
- Re-Recording Mix
- Mike Utiger
- Music
- Mike Utiger
- Production Design
- Eva Schneuwly, Maëlle Odermatt
- Lighting Design
- Line De Kaenel, Lea Studer
- Costumes
- Simona Schlegel
- Make up
- Andy Lörtscher, Paul Grieguszies
Cast
World Sales / World Rights
- World Rights
- Kollektiv Chroma