Facing Mecca
2017 | Drama | 27 min | MA Film
Directed by Jan-Eric Mack
Produced by Dschoint Ventschr | ZHdK
Collection: Degree Films 2017
Pensioner Roli comes to Fareed’s assistance when the Syrian refugee is faced with the burial of his Muslim wife. Together they stumble into a bewildering forest of Swiss bureaucracy to which Roli finds a beautifully simple answer
| Runtime | 27 min |
| Year of Production | 2017 |
| Country of Production | Switzerland |
| Distribution Format | DCP, QT |
| Aspect Ratio | 16:9 |
| Audio Format | Stereo, 5.1 |
| Shot on | ARRI ALEXA |
| Shooting Format | ProRes |
| Spoken Language | Swiss German, English, Arabisch |
| Available Subtitles | German, English, French, Spanish, Japanisch, Arabisch |
| Director | Jan-Eric Mack |
| Cinematography | Jan Mettler |
| Production Design | Fabian Lüscher, Noemi Lüscher |
| Music | Dimitri Käch |
| Editor | Simon Gutknecht |
| Screenplay | Anna Schinz Jan-Eric Mack |
| Produced by | Dschoint Ventschr | ZHdK |
| Leading Actors | Peter Freiburghaus |
| Jay Abdo | |
| Nicolas Rosat | |
| Ruth Schwegler |
| Supporting Actors | Ali Alfatlawi |
| Enver Fazliji | |
| Saya Ibrahim | |
| Merav Ibrahim | |
| Maria Sigrist |
| Casting | Nora Leibundgut – Glaus Casting Anna Schinz |
| Costume Design | Irene Schweizer |
| Makeup Artist | Madleina von Reding |
| Location Sound Engineer | Lisa Ricar |
| Sound Design | Christian Schäppi |
| Sound Mixing | Gregg Skerman |
| Digital Colorist | Ramón Königshausen |
| Compositing | Valentin Karl Huber Jan-Eric Mack |
| Technical Support Equipment | Gian Courtin |
| Technical Support Postproduction | Norbert Kottmann |
| Producer | Joël Louis Jent |
| Executive Producer | Franziska Sonder |
| Executive Producer ZHdK | Filippo Bonacci |
| Production Manager | Gilles Germann |
| Production Company | Dschoint Ventschr Filmproduktion |
| Co-Production Company | Zürcher Hochschule der Künste Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen |
| Project Mentoring | Samir Michael Schärrer |
| Financial Support | BAK, Zürcher Filmstiftung, SRF, Kanton Glarus |
| Head of Programme MA Film | Markus Imboden |