April 10 - 19, 2026
ingl., ted., vedda Englisch, Fidschi, Deutsch, [sottotit. ital. ted., ingl.]
Gregor Braendli
Elephants & Squirrels
CH 2025, 115'
Thur
16.04.
Bolzano, Capitol 2
Fri
17.04.
Bolzano, Club 3
Credits
Director Gregor Braendli
Script Gregor Brändli
DOP Jonas Jäggy
Editing Gregor Brändli
Score Yanik Soland
Sound Jonas Jäggy, Kathleen Moser, Wendelin Schmidt-Ott, Silvio Anania, Victor Moser
Sound Design Thomas Rechberger, Lara Wedekind
Production soap factory
Produzent*in Frank Matter
Distribution Filmotor
Premiere DOK Leipzig

A dialogue on memory, restitution, and colonial responsibility: artist Deneth Piumakshi Veda Arachchige discovers ancestral remains and artifacts of the Wanniyala-Aetto in a Swiss museum. Together with the community’s chief, Deneth pursues their repatriation after colonial removal.

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Credits
Director Gregor Braendli
Script Gregor Brändli
DOP Jonas Jäggy
Editing Gregor Brändli
Score Yanik Soland
Sound Jonas Jäggy, Kathleen Moser, Wendelin Schmidt-Ott, Silvio Anania, Victor Moser
Sound Design Thomas Rechberger, Lara Wedekind
Production soap factory
Produzent*in Frank Matter
Distribution Filmotor
Premiere DOK Leipzig

Director

Gregor Braendli - 1986 CH
Gregor Braendli - 1986 CH

Gregor Braendli, born in 1986, is a filmmaker and photographer based in Basel, Switzerland. Since 2011, he has worked as an independent director and cinematographer on documentary and narrative films, as well as interdisciplinary theater projects. He is co-founder, writer, and performer with Theater Kollektiv Glück and co-founder of the design studio Tristesse. Elephants & Squirrels is his debut feature documentary.