Claws, 2025, DCP 4K/2K/HD projection, surround 5.1 (no dialogues), 18 min., edition of 5 + 1AP

A cinematic journey through architecturally charged terrains — where dust, structure, and nature collide.
Claws moves through rapidly expanding urban environments: from peripheries into dense centers, through interiors and construction sites, before the horizon opens once more.
Without dialogue and moving in a slow, contemplative rhythm, the film traces human drive and greed inscribed in space.
Through reduction and duration, it explores perception itself — letting architecture and transient presences perform within the spatial rhythm of the city.
Still terrains, shaped by geometry and human intent, appear in long, gliding takes — leaving a visual afterimage of intervention and expectation.
As the final part of a trilogy on human-shaped environments, CLAWS reflects on the aesthetic and political dimensions of transformation — how landscapes become sites of desire, memory, and uncertainty.

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 data for cinema sreening (4K/2K, 1 : 1.85, colour, surround 5.1)
— Museum installation: 4K projection, horizontal line min. 4m, surround 5.1 (stereo available)

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