small talk
Switzerland, May 2026
FILM,
Fiction,
17 min.
- directed by
- Zana Selimi, Justus Briese
- Written by
- Zana Selimi
- Status
- In distribution
In a world where the social exchange is at an all-time low, the population is forced to talk to strangers in dialogue chambers in order to gain access to public life. In the midst of this, the friends Laya and Emil are confronted with the question of how honest conversations can be in such a system - and what really makes a deep relationship.
credits
- World Premiere
- May 2026
- Original Version
- colour, DCP, 17 min.
- Production
- SRF Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen, Zürcher Hochschule der Künste ZHdK - Departement Darstellende Künste und Film
- Producer
- Zana Selimi, Justus Briese, Jimena Cugat
- directed by
- Zana Selimi, Justus Briese
- Written by
- Zana Selimi
- Cinematography
- Line De Kaenel
- Editing
- Loris Bosco
- Location Sound Mix
- Pino Nessi
- Sound Design
- Andreas Pupato
- Re-Recording Mix
- Martin Scheuter
- Music
- Leonardo Cavalli
- Production Design
- Julia Kraushaar, Selin Samci
- Lighting Design
- Pascal Kohler
- Costumes
- Mariana Munoz
- Make up
- Beatrice Grob
Cast
Flurina Carla Schlegel as Laya
Tim Knieps as Emil
Sandra Moser as Lisbeth
Julia Minuz as Nora