ED AWARD for Central European short film
Matta and Matto
6. 9. 2024
10:00
Ještěrka
original title
Matta and Matto
directed by
Bianca Caderas, Kerstin Zemp
produced by
Joder von Rotz (YK Animation Studio)
year
2023
duration
10 minutes
country
Switzerland
language
no dialogue
Synopsis
In a dystopian world where touch is forbidden, Matta and Matto offer refuge to the lonely at Hotel Vaip. In the deceptive labyrinth of mind bending rooms at their transient hotel, deepest desires are fulfilled and surpassed, but this comes at a price.
The film participated in the Sundance Film Festival 2024, Tallinn Black Nights 2023 or the Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival 2024.
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Bianca Caderas (1990) from Basel and Kerstin Zemp (1993) from Lucerne, successfully completed their Bachelor in Animation 2D at the Lucerne School of Art & Design in 2017 with their short film Living Like Heta (co-directed with Isabella Luu). Their graduation film was shown at numerous animation festivals around the world, including SHORTSHORTS (Tokyo), Animafest (Zagreb) and Warsaw Film Festival. Living Like Heta received the High Swiss Risk Award at Fantoche 2017 and was awarded the Innerschweizer Filmpreis in 2019. Both moved abroad for several years after graduating: Bianca to Hamburg for her film studies and Kerstin worked in Ireland as a freelance illustrator and animator. In 2020, Bianca completed her writer-director’s film Jeroboam, which was made in collaboration with Kerstin. Matta and Matto is their second short film, which they directed together.
