Bestattungskultur im Wandel

Burial Rites in Change
Bestattungskultur im Wandel – Woher dieser Trend zum Gemeinschaftsgrab

Switzerland, November 2007
FILM, Documentary, 32 min.

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directed by
Aya Domenig, Mehdi Sahebi
Status
In distribution
Website
https://gobetweenfilms.com/films/burial-rites-2007

Are cemeteries outdated? Are new burial rites needed? Certainly the demand for rectangular graves in straight lines is declining. To slowly decompose in the ground has a growing negative connotation. More and more people seem to ask for communal graves or wish their ashes to be scattered in special places.
The city of Zurich had these tendencies investigated in a scientific study and made the results accessible in a touching TV documentary film. With surprising openness both young and old people discuss their attitude towards dying and how they would want to be buried – and thus develop new burial rites.

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World Premiere
November 2007
Original Version
Swiss-German,  colour, Streaminglink, 32 min.
ISAN
0000-0001-EC3E-0000-R-0000-0000-U
Production
go between films GmbH, SRF Redaktion Sternstunden
Producer
Luc Schaedler
directed by
Aya Domenig, Mehdi Sahebi
Cinemato­graphy
Mehdi Sahebi
Editing
Aya Domenig

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