Sinn sieht sich Filmproduktion



Auf eigene Faust – By One’s Own Fist (2025)



Two veteran and one young film electrician step in front of the camera to reenact the labor of their 18th-century ancestors: 
boiling water enriched by earth and urine to create potassium nitrate, the primary ingredient of gunpowder. As they work, 
the historical performance is pierced by modern grievances. They talk about their own lives on film sets—the stagnant pay 
and their own sense of powerlessness. Their labor, past and present, is a form of servitude. The film draws a direct parallel 
between the two worlds. The slow, careful process of producing an explosive substance mirrors the technicians’ own condition. 
It is not a search for missing ingredients, but a quiet contemplation of what to do with a power they already possess.




(Planned for 3rd quarter 2025)

A Film by Flavio Luca Marano & Jumana Issa
Starring:
Roman Brändli
Urs Schmid
Aurelio Ghirardelli
Ronja Varonier
Jessica Müller
Juna Seun Reden 

Crew: Flavio Luca Marano
Jumana Issa 
Anita Denysiuk 
Tillo Spreng 
Linus Cart 
Simon Mauchle
Gianna Marano
Sarah Tomasini
Jacobo Giulini
Daniel Grabherr 







Kharita خريطة
(2026)



Part of the colonial strategy is to erase, to uproot the indigenous people, is to erase their memory and their roots, their cultural and national identity. The conservation of oral history and audiovisual testimony to this history is a way to fight against this colonial warfare. Kharita is a poem, a testament of resistance and simply a document of the Palestinian existence. 




    (Planned for 1rd quarter 2026)

    A Film by Jumana Issa  & Flavio Luca Marano 




    Es muss – It must (2021)



    During the course of the same humiliating day, Silvia is fired from her job even though she is just a couple 
    of years away from retirement, the police fine her in the course of a traffic check, and the director of her 
    church choir takes away the solo part from her. During the rehearsal of the Ave Maria, Silvia decides to 
    just let go in an act of silent resistance.





    FESTIVALS / SCREENINGS (a selection)

    AWARDS (a selection)

      2021 – Locarno Film Festival (Switzerland),  Best Swiss Newcomer Award
      Pardi di domani - Concorso nazionale (Winner) for Es muss (It must)

      2022 – Beirut International Women Film Festival (Lebanon) – Winner Best Short for Es muss 
      (It must)

      2023 – Arctic Film Festival (Norway) – Winner Best Short for Es muss (It must)



    Info

    In 2022 Jumana Isabella Issa and Flavio Luca Marano founded their production company Sinn sieht sich Filmproduktion GmbH. 
    Both work there as producers and directors. Issa and Marano work and live in Zurich, Switzerland.

    Es muss (It must) celebrated its world premiere at the 74th Locarno Film Festival were they won the "Best Swiss Newcomer Award". 
    As a team they directed several short films screened in international film festivals such as Locarno Film Festival, 
    Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival, Show Me Shorts Film Festival, Brest European Short Film Festival, 
    Brussels Short Film Festival, International Short Film Festival 2025 Dresden, Internationale Kurzfilmtage Winterthur or 
    Festival International du Film de Fribourg. 



     

    Photo credits: Thomas Delley
    Photo credits: Locarno Film Festival  





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