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Healthy Number of Newcomers and Search for Identity in a Diasporic World at the Center of New Crop of Swiss Docs
New Swiss docs in the pipeline signal a healthy number of newcomers, expose interest in search for identity at a time of displacement.
“We hope to arouse the interest of festivals and distributors in Nyon, to whom we will then send the final cut version, and are keen to see how the project is received, which will also be helpful for the editing process.” Palmyre Lumina, producer of “The Beauty of the Donkey,” is also hopeful that the Preview will facilitate fruitful meetings, calling the market “a wonderful opportunity to share a glimpse of Dea’s hybrid approach on a personal and deeply emotional journey.” Zünd’s film sets out to explore heat cinematically as an extreme condition, focusing on the Persian Gulf, one of the hottest regions on the planet, to paint a panorama of human stories and survival strategies.
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