Claws (2025) · 18:23 · no dialogue · single-channel · DCP 5.1 surround · edition: 5 + 1 AP

Claws concludes a trilogy on human-made landscapes. A moving-image essay of gliding trajectories through rapidly expanding cities, drifting from peripheral terrains into dense cores before opening back to the horizon. In largely unpopulated frames, architecture, materials and sound turn urban expansion into a field of perception—where geometry persists, intentions become fragile, and the land remembers.

Credits:
Concept and Camera: Aurèle Ferrier
Sound Design: Peter Bräker
Editing: Sandra Bühler, Aurèle Ferrier
Outside Eye Editing: Eman Hussein, Felix Hergert
Colorgrading: Dominik Zietlow
VFX: Gregg Langlois
Consulting: Wade Shepard, Andreas Müller, Yunlong Song
Production: Aurèle Ferrier

Support:
Swiss Arts Council Pro Helvetia
Canton of St.Gallen, Arts Council / Swisslos
Embassy of Switzerland Beijing
Consulates of Switzerland Guangzhou and Shanghai
City of Zurich, Cultural Affairs, Covid Work Grant
Erna and Curt Burgauer Foundation
Foundation Anne-Marie Schindler
Stanley Thomas Johnson Foundattion
Gwärtler Foundation
Else v. Sick Foundation

Technical details for presentation
— DCP available for cinema screening (1.85:1, colour, 5.1 surround)
— Single-channel HD projection; minimum image width: 3.5 m; audio: 5.1 or stereo

ISAN: 0000-0007-5118-0000-U-0000-0000-L
SWISS FILMS short films