CONTRACTION | SHORT DOC | 2022

SYNOPSIS

It’s 10:35 p.m., the night shift at the University Hospital Zurich begins. We accompany a midwife who, in the intense and long nightly routine, always sensitively and empathically encounters a wide variety of life stories, mothers and babies. This cautious film shows the side of the midwife in this intimate moment and also portrays what the shift outside the birthing room looks like for her.

FESTIVALS

2022 | Upcoming Filmmakers Festival Luzern

2023 | In The Palace International Short Film Festival Sofia

2023 | Zuger Filmtage

CREW

Director & Cinematography & Editing: Christof Bruggmann

Location Sound: Tenzin Yangdon Nesar

Production: HSLU (Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts)