Programs - Filmmaker in Focus: Ramon Zürcher
The Strange Little Cat
11/22（Sat）21:10 -Human Trust Cinema Yurakucho
Guest
Ramon ZÜRCHER (Director)
Photo by ©Alex Hasskerl
Switzerland / 2021 / 98min
Director：Ramon ZÜRCHER
An ensemble drama depicting the events of a family’s ordinary day in Berlin. One weekend, the relatives gathered to have dinner with their grandmother. Each of them spends their time as they please - the mother cooking frantically while the children play innocently. With fragmentary episodes and unique points of view, the film brings to light the disturbing side of this ordinary family story. Casual exchanges, subtle movements, household noise, and a cat wandering around the house. The camera stands inside the collective called family, and along with its intimacy, it shows their disconnection and changes in balance. The film world premiered in the 2013 Berlin International Film Festival’s Forum Program.
This film will be screened with Japanese subtitles only.
Director：Ramon ZÜRCHER
Born in Aarberg, Switzerland in 1982, he studied visual arts at the Bern Academy of the Arts (HKB) and film directing at the German Film and Television Academy Berlin (DFFB). His graduation feature, The Strange Little Cat (2013), premiered in the Berlinale Forum and screened at Toronto, Cannes, and other international festivals, earning the New Talent Grand PIX at CPH:PIX, the Special Jury Award for Best First Film at Minsk, and the Audience Jury Award at Viennale. In 2017, he co-founded Zürcher Film with his twin brother Silvan Zürcher and co-directed The Girl and the Spider (2021), winning Best Director and the FIPRESCI Prize at Berlinale Encounters. His third feature, The Sparrow in the Chimney (2024), premiered at Locarno and received the Rossellini Award at Pingyao. He is currently developing a new project with Silvan, marking a departure from their acclaimed Animal trilogy.
Schedule
11/22（Sat）21:10 -
Human Trust Cinema Yurakucho
Guest
Ramon ZÜRCHER (Director)