A Memory of Something That Never Existed
Switzerland, 3rd quarter 2025
FILM,
Fiction, Documentary, Experimental,
29 min.
- directed by
- Elias Bötticher
- Written by
- Elias Bötticher
- Status
- In distribution
Migrating birds fly above the rooftops of Rome. Longing for a city of lights, Fadri wanders through distant memory spaces. The lights of a Sicilian oil refinery cast dark shadows over people’s homes, while fleeting moments offer hope – even when the water seems to be growing murky everywhere else.
credits
- World Premiere
- 3rd quarter 2025
- Original Version
- Italian, Swiss-German (english/german subtitles), colour, DCP, 29 min.
- Production
- Zürcher Hochschule der Künste ZHdK - Departement Darstellende Künste und Film
- Producer
- Simona Volpe, Yves-Bernard Larboulette
- directed by
- Elias Bötticher
- Written by
- Elias Bötticher
- Cinematography
- Elias Bötticher
- Editing
- Elias Bötticher
- Location Sound Mix
- Frédéric Kämpfer
- Sound Design
- Elias Bötticher
- Re-Recording Mix
- Martin Scheuter
- Lighting Design
- Jelin Nichele
- Casting
- Yves-Bernard Larboulette
Cast
Joanna Lin Seiben
Domenico Chianese as Enzo
Sebastian Baumgarten as Fadri
World Sales / World Rights
- World Rights
- Elias Bötticher