Don't Let The Sun
Switzerland / Italy, August 2025
FILM,
Fiction,
100 min.
- directed by
- Jacqueline Zünd
- Written by
- Jacqueline Zünd, Arne Kohlweyer
- Status
- In distribution
The heat keeps rising. People grow distant, in curious kinds of solitude. This is where Jonah (28) provides comfort for strangers. But when he finds himself in the role of the father for 9-year-old Nika, his life starts to unravel. A delicate drama about the fragility of human relations.
credits
- World Premiere
- August 2025
- Original Version
- English (italian/french/german subtitles), colour, DCP, 100 min.
- ISAN
- 0000-0005-A876-0000-6-0000-0000-J
- Production
- Lomotion AG, CDV Casa delle Visioni, SRF Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen
- Producer
- Louis Mataré, David Fonjallaz
- directed by
- Jacqueline Zünd
- Written by
- Jacqueline Zünd, Arne Kohlweyer
- Cinematography
- Nikolai von Graevenitz
- Editing
- Gion-Reto Killias
- Location Sound Mix
- Balthasar Jucker
- Music
- Marcel Vaid
- Production Design
- Nicole Hoesli
- Costumes
- Sophie Reble
- Casting
- Chiara Polizzi
Cast
Levan Gelbakhiani as Jonah
Maria Pia Pepe as Nika
Agnese Claisse as Cleo
Karidja Touré as Ana
World Sales / World Rights
- World Sales
- Sideral
Worldwide Distribution
- Switzerland
-
Filmcoopi Zürich AG
Distribution
Release date: 19.03.2026
Festivals
(a selection)
-
Locarno, 78° Locarno Film Festival
06.08.2025 - 16.08.2025