Project: neuland
Work: Experimental/Essay Film, 10’
Location: CH
Date: 2025
Currently in post-production.
*upcoming release; buy your tickets now*
Zurich Design Week
Stadtgärtnerei, Zürich
Tickets
Wednesday, 10/09/2025
Thursday, 11/09/2025
Friday, 12/09/2025
Saturday, 13/09/2025
Wetlands are among the most productive ecosystems for storing and regulating water and nutrients – and are considered living archives preserving thousands of years of plant remains, pollen, and traces of former landscapes. Despite their importance, around 80% of these habitats in Switzerland have disappeared since 1900 – today, only about 1% of the original area remains intact. What happens if we begin to see these forgotten landscapes as part of our future?
neuland is a two-part work consisting of an essay film and live performance that explores the future of wetlands. What does it mean when city, nature, and infrastructure are newly intertwined – and how can humans, technology, and landscape find new ways to connect? At its core is an engagement with wetlands as sponge-like spaces: landscapes that store and filter water – gaining new importance in the face of climate change. The performance venue – the Stadtgärtnerei of Zurich – is located on a former wetland. neuland asks what role such water-bound spaces could play in future urban design, ecological resilience, and care for the urban environment.
If you are curious about the project, or would like to receive a press kit, please get in touch.
Screenwriting / Direction Film
Zana Selimi
Screenwriting / Art Direction / Production
Eva Schneuwly
Direction of Photography
Justus Briese
Sounddesign
Mike Utiger
Choreografie
Lisa Kilthau-Merscher
Production Design
Maëlle Leonie Odermatt
Nina Dettwiler
Eva Schneuwly
Costume
Simona Schlegel
Make-Up
Andy Lörtscher
Gaffer
Lea Studer
Line De Kaenel
Runner
Paul Grieguszies
Leah Spirk
Performance
Cathrin Merscher
Lisa Kilthau-Merscher
Edit
Anton Krebs
Scientific Expertise Biodiversity
Leah Spirk
Fragment of «Hybridlandschaft» by
Ansgar Stadler
Eva Schneuwly
supported by
Grünstadt Zürich
Work: Experimental/Essay Film, 10’
Location: CH
Date: 2025
Currently in post-production.
*upcoming release; buy your tickets now*
Zurich Design Week
Stadtgärtnerei, Zürich
Tickets
Wednesday, 10/09/2025
Thursday, 11/09/2025
Friday, 12/09/2025
Saturday, 13/09/2025
Wetlands are among the most productive ecosystems for storing and regulating water and nutrients – and are considered living archives preserving thousands of years of plant remains, pollen, and traces of former landscapes. Despite their importance, around 80% of these habitats in Switzerland have disappeared since 1900 – today, only about 1% of the original area remains intact. What happens if we begin to see these forgotten landscapes as part of our future?
neuland is a two-part work consisting of an essay film and live performance that explores the future of wetlands. What does it mean when city, nature, and infrastructure are newly intertwined – and how can humans, technology, and landscape find new ways to connect? At its core is an engagement with wetlands as sponge-like spaces: landscapes that store and filter water – gaining new importance in the face of climate change. The performance venue – the Stadtgärtnerei of Zurich – is located on a former wetland. neuland asks what role such water-bound spaces could play in future urban design, ecological resilience, and care for the urban environment.
If you are curious about the project, or would like to receive a press kit, please get in touch.
Screenwriting / Direction Film
Zana Selimi
Screenwriting / Art Direction / Production
Eva Schneuwly
Direction of Photography
Justus Briese
Sounddesign
Mike Utiger
Choreografie
Lisa Kilthau-Merscher
Production Design
Maëlle Leonie Odermatt
Nina Dettwiler
Eva Schneuwly
Costume
Simona Schlegel
Make-Up
Andy Lörtscher
Gaffer
Lea Studer
Line De Kaenel
Runner
Paul Grieguszies
Leah Spirk
Performance
Cathrin Merscher
Lisa Kilthau-Merscher
Edit
Anton Krebs
Scientific Expertise Biodiversity
Leah Spirk
Fragment of «Hybridlandschaft» by
Ansgar Stadler
Eva Schneuwly
supported by
Grünstadt Zürich
