Aletsch

Fiction, CH, 90 Min.

Filmmaker Emma and her cameraman Pawel are planning a historical film against the backdrop of the majestic Aletsch Glacier. But the glacier is rapidly melting away. Despite this, Emma is determined to shoot in the original setting, but her producer insists on a studio shoot with AI.

Sandra and her daughter Elly have also come to the glacier: Elly is blind. Her greatest wish is to touch the glacier ice.

Not only the outer world that starts to slip, but their inner world too:

Until now, filmmaker Emma has been preoccupied with the question of female emancipation and self-determination. On the glacier, she experiences the major upheavals in the world at first hand. This calls everything into question, including the question of the relevance of her new film project, for which she has fought for a long time.

What story does Emma want to tell today in the face of the melting glacier, in the face of farewell and loss ?

The Aletsch Glacier,
in summer 2022

Coincidence or not? The age of the moving image dawned at the same time as the beginning of the fossil age. Parallel to the burning of fossil fuels, the production of images is increasing exponentially. And with the gain of virtual image worlds through AI, the loss of the real world is progressing, as the glacier shows.

That’s me on the Aletsch Glacier,
in the summer of 1978

White plastic cover as melting protection