Vanja Victor Kabir Tognola
Directing
Biography
Born in 1994 in Mendrisio (Switzerland). In 1998, after being exposed to high doses of film and TV, he falls in love with the cinematic language. Being an idiom intuitive to understand, but quite hard to speak, in 2016 he decides to study Film to improve his fluency, getting in 2021 the Bachelor of Arts in Film at the Zurich University of Arts. His shorts have been screened at important film festivals across the world including Tallinn Black Nights, Fantasia Film Festival, Tampere Film Festival, and Seattle International Film Festival.
Known For
Franco, an elderly man, lives his life in serenity together with his wife Margherita. The arrival of his brother Vittorio, with whom he hasn’t talked in years, breaks the calm. Vittorio wants to reconcile, but Franco still bears a grudge against him. Only a sad discovery manages to touch Franco’s heart. At dinner, peace has been made. The rediscovered brotherhood is so wonderful, it seems like a dream. It takes nothing though to turn a dream into a nightmare..
Brothers Again
Maurizio is a young university student living in Zürich, with a passion for diseases. Unlike many others, he can see an inherent beauty in them. Afterall, what difference can exist between a flower and an infection, if they are both a gift of nature?
In the Eye of the Beholder
A philosophy student starts filming his life and compares the videos with his memories to explore the limits of human perception. The videos seem very reliable at first, but he soon realizes their flaws as he is constantly aware of being watched and judged by an unseen entity: his future self.
Into the Light
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I Biasca
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Asragordom
The morning after a wild party, David and Oscar discover that their roommate Robin is still dancing. What the heck is going on?
Danzamatta
7 Stories of true love and friendship between animal and human. Tatiana Schneider and her wolf pack in Germany. Sholeh and Mulan the tiger in Indonesia. The orangutans of Borneo and their babysitters of the BOS Foundation. Stefanie Stöcker and and her two horses Björn and Menor in Germany. Fadjen the corrida bull and his savior Christophe in France. The enchantment of Herbert and his groundhog friend Moritz on the highest mountain of Austria. Animals will help man to become human. There are no barriers , only ones that we have invented for ourselves and those ones that we will invent next. If we will ever survive.
Samadhi: We Are One
Anna, Francesco and the eight years old Giorgio can't afford a fancy holiday. Afraid of losing their reputation, they decide to fake the vacation. They hide in their own house and they post on social medias photoshopped pictures of the family at the Bahamas. Inebriated by likes and folowers, the parents forget their son's needs.