At this year's Locarno Film Festival, the films "Lux Carne" and "Revier" will celebrate their world premieres. At the same time, the films have been selected for the "Pardi di domani" section in the national competition and are in the running for the "Best Swiss Newcomer Award," which is endowed with CHF 15,000.
In "Lux Carne" a strict examination process regulates the population's meat consumption: anyone who wants to eat meat must kill an animal. The young reporter Elie sets out to document the process in the slaughterhouse. However, only those who participate are allowed inside. Elie must face the act of killing. When she stands before the animal, her convictions are put to the test.
In the short film "Revier" Felix Scherrer narrates a documentary about a summer walk through Zurich that ends in a police check. Parks emerge from prison ruins, old buildings give way to new ones. On the first of May, rubber bullets fly, and a person is blinded.
Further ZHdK Involvement at the Film Festival:
The documentary film "The Miraculous Transformation of the Working Class into Foreigners" by Film Director Samir is also celebrating its world premiere in Locarno. The film was produced by Master Creative Producing alumnus Levin Vieth under the roof of Dschoint Ventschr. The Director of Photography was Film alumna Natascha Vavrina, and the editing was done by Master Film student Enrico Frรถhlich.
Additionally, the feature film "Electric Child" by Simon Jaquemet will have its world premiere on the Piazza Grande. Jaquemet completed his film studies at ZHdK in 2005 and achieved great success with "Chrieg" and "The Innocent". Film alumnus Gabriel Sandru contributed as the Director of Photography on "Electric Child".
During the festival, the film school event "FILM FOUNDRY: Young Swiss Cinema" will take place. Six Swiss film school will have the opportunity to present their films to a broad international audience. From ZHdK, the films "Stuta la Luucia" by Simona Volpe, "Capital Pains" by Balazs Gyenes and "Dโailleurs" by Camille Briffod will be shown.
The Locarno Film Festival is taking place from 7. - 17. August.