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