No Name by Selam Tesfu-Michael (CH, 2026, 23’)

Synopsis
Every night, just before dawn, a woman walks to the sea and lies down on the shore, allowing the waves to wash over her body. At 6:00 a.m., an alarm rings. She gets up and resumes the routines of ordinary life. But something lingers. One night, she slips into another realm. Her husband is there. It is their last night before his departure. Their farewell unfolds in silence, through a fragile dance. Between migration and crossings of the Mediterranean, between promise and disappearance, the film follows a body that has survived while a part of it remains lost at sea.

Type
Diploma BA
Runtime
22 min
Year
2026
Country
Switzerland
Production
HEAD – Geneva
Director(s)
Selam Tesfu-Michael
Photography
Selam Tesfu-Michael
Editing
Tristan Hell Tristan Hell
Sound editing
Maya Baur
Asssitant Director
Clément Regina
Sound
Ellia Nonini
Assistant.e caméra/Camera Asssitant
Gaetan Carron & Naila Ebinger
Chef électricien/gaffer
Benjamin Martin
Electriciens/Best Boy Electric
Fabio De Toro & Eden Chow-Yuen
Scripte/Script
Ricky Rysler
Costume et Maquillage/ Costumes and Makeup
Celeste Hay
Scénographes/Set Design
Yosan Tesfu-Michael, Yonatan Tesfu-Michael & Saba Berhane
Colorgrading
Raphael Dubach
Sound mix
Maya Baur

No Name by Selam Tesfu-Michael (CH, 2026, 23’)

Synopsis
Every night, just before dawn, a woman walks to the sea and lies down on the shore, allowing the waves to wash over her body. At 6:00 a.m., an alarm rings. She gets up and resumes the routines of ordinary life. But something lingers. One night, she slips into another realm. Her husband is there. It is their last night before his departure. Their farewell unfolds in silence, through a fragile dance. Between migration and crossings of the Mediterranean, between promise and disappearance, the film follows a body that has survived while a part of it remains lost at sea.

Type
Diploma BA
Runtime
22 min
Year
2026
Country
Switzerland

Production
HEAD – Geneva
Director(s)
Selam Tesfu-Michael
Photography
Selam Tesfu-Michael
Editing
Tristan Hell Tristan Hell
Sound editing
Maya Baur
Asssitant Director
Clément Regina
Sound
Ellia Nonini
Assistant.e caméra/Camera Asssitant
Gaetan Carron & Naila Ebinger
Chef électricien/gaffer
Benjamin Martin
Electriciens/Best Boy Electric
Fabio De Toro & Eden Chow-Yuen
Scripte/Script
Ricky Rysler
Costume et Maquillage/ Costumes and Makeup
Celeste Hay
Scénographes/Set Design
Yosan Tesfu-Michael, Yonatan Tesfu-Michael & Saba Berhane
Colorgrading
Raphael Dubach
Sound mix
Maya Baur

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