I’M NOT SURE (ICH BIN NICHT SICHER)
Dir. by Luisa Zürcher
SYNOPSIS:
Insight into the filmmaker’s stay in hospital, where she repeatedly experiences absurd, funny moments between pain, homesickness and disgust of her own body. Meanwhile, she tries to come to terms with the hospital’s own procedures and hierarchies. An emotional trip through the long underground corridors of the hospital with lots of small talk and tubes.
DIRECTOR
Luisa Zürcher
ORIGINAL LANGUAGE
Swiss-German
LENGTH
10'
YEAR
2025
COUNTRY
Switzerland
GENRE
Animation, Biographical,
Documentary, Drama, Comedy
PRODUCER
Luisa Zürcher
“THIS FILM MADE US AWARE OF HOW FRAGILE WE ARE, OF THE REALITY OF A DECLINING BODY WE WILL ALL HAVE TO FACE AT SOME POINT AND THAT THE DIRECTOR WAS UNFORTUNATE TO DEAL WITH. THIS FILM USES HUMOUR AS A SURVIVAL MECHANISM TO COPE WITH PAIN, CHANGE, AND THE WEIGHT OF IT ALL. THE CHARMING AND TRULY INDEPENDENT SPIRIT OF THE ANIMATION STYLE CREATED A PECULIAR AND ENDEARING EXPERIENCE FOR US. ANIMATION TELLS THIS STORY IN A MORE EFFECTIVE WAY THAN ANY OTHER MEDIUM COULD.”
– Jury Statement for High Swiss Risk Award at Fantoche International Animation Film Festival
“ZÜRCHER’S GREATEST STRENGTH IS HER COMMITMENT TO LIMPID SIMPLICITY AND HER REFUSAL TO DISTILL HER EXPERIENCE INTO PALATABLE PARABLES. BY MAINTAINING SUCH A LIGHTHEARTED TONE AND AVOIDING CYNICISM, ZÜRCHER CREATES A PICTURE OF DISABILITY AS A NAVIGABLE FACT OF ADULT HUMAN LIFE, RATHER THAN A DAMNATION.”
– Locarno 2025 | When the Sick Rule the Fest – MUBI Notebook
