Every year, at 11:59pm on December 31st, my mother would write a wish on a piece of paper and then burn it. She poured the ashes into a glass of champagne and, before the last second, finished her glass. Today, I know that in my mother’s stomach burn dozens of leaves with my name written on them. On a New Year’s Eve trip to a foreign city, Laura, 29, is delighted to find a friend from her student days. But in the midst of the festivities that light up the city, she soon feels lonely and questions her sense of belonging.

Type
Diploma BA
Runtime
21 min
Year
2024
Country
Switzerland
Aspect ratio
1.1:66
Sound
5.1
Shooting format
XDCAMEX
Language
FrenchEnglishRomanian
Subtitles
French
Direction
Tatiana Culcitchi
Production
HEAD – Geneva
Screenplay
Tatiana Culcitchi
Asssitant Director
Moïra Pitteloud
Photography
Quitterie Huchet
Light
Ilona Chesanovska Laura Melot, Salomé Brocard, Naïla Ebinger
Editing
Océannie Henry Llyne Mengue
Sound
Alberto Gonzalez Morales, Léa Célestine Bernasconi
Set design
Collectif Contremarche
Costums
Sherian Mohammed
Sound editing
Süleyman Karaaslan, Julian Mauricio Egger
Sound mix
François Wolf
Graphism
Gaël Goy
Soundtrack
Jean-Loup Bernet
Colorgrading
Zoë Candido

Every year, at 11:59pm on December 31st, my mother would write a wish on a piece of paper and then burn it. She poured the ashes into a glass of champagne and, before the last second, finished her glass. Today, I know that in my mother’s stomach burn dozens of leaves with my name written on them. On a New Year’s Eve trip to a foreign city, Laura, 29, is delighted to find a friend from her student days. But in the midst of the festivities that light up the city, she soon feels lonely and questions her sense of belonging.

Type
Diploma BA
Runtime
21 min
Year
2024
Country
Switzerland
Aspect ratio
1.1:66
Sound
5.1
Shooting format
XDCAMEX
Language
FrenchEnglishRomanian
Subtitles
French

Direction
Tatiana Culcitchi
Production
HEAD – Geneva
Screenplay
Tatiana Culcitchi
Asssitant Director
Moïra Pitteloud
Photography
Quitterie Huchet
Light
Ilona Chesanovska Laura Melot, Salomé Brocard, Naïla Ebinger
Editing
Océannie Henry Llyne Mengue
Sound
Alberto Gonzalez Morales, Léa Célestine Bernasconi
Set design
Collectif Contremarche
Costums
Sherian Mohammed
Sound editing
Süleyman Karaaslan, Julian Mauricio Egger
Sound mix
François Wolf
Graphism
Gaël Goy
Soundtrack
Jean-Loup Bernet
Colorgrading
Zoë Candido