Claws (2025) · 18:27 · no dialogue · single-channel · DCP · 5.1 surround · edition: 5 + 1 AP

Claws concludes the Human-made Landscapes Trilogy (2014–2025).

A moving-image essay tracing trajectories through rapidly expanding cities, the film moves from steppe and desert terrain through urban peripheries, interiors, and construction sites into dense urban structures before opening back onto the horizon. Human figures remain largely outside the frame, while architecture, materials, and sound form a perceptual field where geometry persists, intentions become fragile, and the land remembers.

Presentations:
2026 Swiss Focus: Aurèle Ferrier, Videoex — International Experimental Film & Video Festival, Zurich
2026 Rencontres Internationales Paris/Berlin — New Cinema and Contemporary Art, Berlin
2026 33rd Chicago Underground Film Festival, Chicago
2026 Aesthetica Short Film Festival — Experimental, York
2026 Video Party, Kyoto
2025 Rencontres Internationales Paris/Berlin — New Cinema and Contemporary Art, Paris

The complete Human-made Landscapes Trilogy has been presented, across different programmes and editions, at each of Rencontres Internationales Paris/Berlin, Videoex and Chicago Underground Film Festival.

Credits:
Concept and Camera: Aurèle Ferrier
Sound Design: Peter Bräker
Editing: Aurèle Ferrier, Sandra Bühler
Outside Eye Editing: Eman Hussein, Felix Hergert
Colour Grading: 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 in Beijing
Consulate General of Switzerland in Guangzhou
Consulate General of Switzerland in Shanghai
City of Zurich, Cultural Affairs, Covid Work Grant
Erna and Curt Burgauer Stiftung
Stiftung Anne-Marie Schindler
Stanley Thomas Johnson Stiftung
Gwaertler Stiftung
Else v. Sick Stiftung

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

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