SHIFTING GROUNDSShifting Grounds is an essay film told from the perspective of peat, a landscape formed by water, time and slow decay. The film follows the story of wetlands from the last Ice Age to the present and shows how they have changed through human activity.
It looks at how people drained wetlands, built infrastructure on them and turned carbon-rich soils into sources of emissions. At the same time, it reflects on how these damaged landscapes are now being cared for again. As nature and technology, city and wetland become more connected, the film asks what can still grow in places that are no longer untouched, but not yet lost.
Shifting Grounds is part of the production Neuland and acts as the starting point for the live performance.
an essayfilm introducing the performance neuland
Directed by
Zana Selimi
Produced by
Eva Schneuwly
Creative Concept by
Zana Selimi
Justus Briese
Eva Schneuwly
Screenplay
Eva Schneuwly
Zana Selimi
Direction of Photography
Justus Briese
Edited by
Zana Selimi
Justus Briese
Anton Krebs
Sounddesign and Composition by
Mike Utiger
Production Design by
Eva Schneuwly
Art Direction
by
Maëlle Leonie Odermatt
Costumes by
Simona Schlegel
Hair and Make-Up by
Paul Grieguszies
Andy Lörtscher
Lighting Design by
Lea Studer
Line De Kaenel
Color Grading
Raphael Stäger
Cast
Cathrin Merscher
Voice-Over
Zana Selimi
Extras
Hannah Affentranger
Jonatan Bischof
Lisa Kilthau-Merscher
Paul Grieguszies
Felix von Niederhäusern
Leah Spirk
Production
Kollektiv Chroma
supported by
Grünstadt Zürich
Distribution in process
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