OUTLAND on streaming platform Play Suisse
Broadcast of our documentary film about long-term migrants from Ticino, past and present, on RSI, the Italian Swiss TV Aug 7, 22.25.
Since Aug 19 the film is available on the streaming platform Play Suisse:
Watch the trailer here:
“People will never stop leaving their homes, by force or by choice, despite closing borders and lockdowns.
This film takes place in Ticino, the Swiss canton in the South, a place I came to call home fifteen years ago. I first discovered the place in books written by Hermann Hesse, when I was a teenager living in old communist Germany.
During the time of war and persecution, many migrants came to Ticino from all over Europe seeking refuge. Hesse had been among them. And so were his dear friends Emmy Hennings and Hugo Ball, bohemian artists and founders of the modernist Dada movement. They lived just around the corner from my place up till the end of their lives. Few remember this today.
Since then generations of migrants have unknowingly followed in their footsteps, in hopes of finding a better future in Ticino. While some have succeeded, others live in virtual limbo between identities, countries, languages, by a bridge, on a border. To them, Ticino is their new home. An Outland.
CREDITS
Jürg Kienberger
Maria Vlasova
Jamal Zandi
Morgan Powell
Marianne Niculescu-Powell
Angela Lyn
Al Fadhil
Filippo Armati
Mozhgan Zandi
Julian Powell
Sandu Powell
Thomas Gyr
Davide Macullo
A Film by Michael Schindhelm
Camera
Yawen Yeo
Sound
Marco Viale
Organisation
Nicola Mancanetti
Set Assistant
Georgy Goncharov
Editor
Stefano Cravero
Music
Claudio Bucher
Jürg Kienberger
Co-Producer RSI
Silvana Bezzola
Co-Producer SRG SSR
Sven Wälti
Ventura film Assistant
Thania Micheli
Production Consultant
Francesco Jost
Production ventura film
Andres Pfaeffli & Elda Guidinetti