Private Project

Eutopia

Out of nowhere a strange figure appears in what seems to be a garden and suddenly finds itself in the regulated world of the theme park Europa-Park. Six light years afar, a NASA satellite is observing Jupiter’s moon Europa – its measurements indicate that extraterrestrial life might exist there.

Eutopia bridges the gap between geopolitics and astropolitics and deals with the correlation of identity and territory.

  • Sophie Nadler
    Director
  • Etienne Eisele
    Director
  • Etienne Eisele
    Producer
  • Sophie Nadler
    Producer
  • Yadin Bernauer
    Key Cast
  • Julian Fuchs
    Sound Design
  • Sven Gex
    Costume Design
  • Balz Auf der Maur
    Color Correction
  • Project Type:
    Experimental, Short
  • Runtime:
    18 minutes 50 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    May 10, 2023
  • Production Budget:
    6,000 CHF
  • Country of Origin:
    Switzerland
  • Country of Filming:
    Germany, Serbia
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    Yes
  • Student Project:
    Yes - Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts
  • Digital Cinema Package:
    Unavailable
Director Biography - Sophie Nadler, Etienne Eisele

“Sophie Nadler und Etienne Eisele" is a multimedia art collective based in Zurich and Lucerne, Switzerland. In their artistic practice they challenge the intersections of film, theater and performance.

Nadler and Eisele hold a bachelor’s degree in "Fine Arts and Mediation" from Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts. In 2023, they expanded their studies to the Vienna University of Applied Arts. Both have also worked as assistants for various directors and producers since 2021. The recent production of Eutopia signals their debut in the world of short films.

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Director Statement

Eutopia is about hermetic systems and the speculative moment of entering them. The German theme park Europa-Park merges with Jupiter‘s moon "Europa" - two worlds in which reality is deconstructed, idealised and fictionalised.
With the Europa-Park, the entertainment industry appropriates the complex subject of Europe and attempts to build it into a new context: a commodified miniature Europe. The moon “Europa” on the other hand, changes from a seemingly unlivable space to a territory of new beginnings and triggers humanity‘s desire for exploration.

The short film is not intended to moralise in any way, rather we understand Eutopia as an aesthetic device through which topics such as (Euro)centrism, identity, explorers and utopias are ambiguously projected into one another. Just like placing various small objects into a kaleidoscope in the hope for their interplay.