NEST
2025
fiction | in distribution
Fifteen-year-old Selma feels crushed by her mother's expectations, by those of the Catholic village in the Swiss mountains where she lives, and ultimately by her own. On the night before a religious procession, she encounters a group of teenagers hidden in the dark of the local sports hall.
CAST:
Anouk Petri, Sarah Bahmou, Aira Venzi, Keira Jöhr, Ruben Otth, Nicolas De Peri, Barbara Terpoorten
CO-WRITER/DIRECTOR:
Stefania Burla
CO-WRITER/PRODUCER:
Fabiana Seitz
WRITER:
Johannes Jordan
CINEMATOGRAPHER:
Balz Auf der Maur
EDITOR:
Laura Rodríguez Pérez
PRODUCTION COMPANY:
Zurich University of Arts
FESTIVALS:
● Pardi di Domani - Concorso Nazionale | 78th Locarno Film Festival | 6. -16. August 2025 | Switzerland
● Teens Competition | Tirana International Film Festival | 21.-27. September 2025 | Albania
● Swiss Focus | Reykjavik International Film Festival | 25. September - 5. Oktober 2025 | Island
● Panorama Section | Izmir Short Film Festival | 3. - 9. November 2025 | Turkey
● Competition Shorts | Seville European Film Festival | 7. - 15. November 2025 | Spain
● Festivals in the Spotlight | Zagreb Film Festival | 10. - 16. November 2025 | Croatia
Swiss-German, German
19min