Crushed

Generation 14plus 2023

Doesn’t crush also mean “to smash”? Dealing with their own obsessive crushes, Ella Rocca researches what to do about it. During the quest for a representation of their feelings, texts, images and sounds are layered on top of each other on the computer screen and become the expression of intense contemplation. Internet discoveries and a moment of intimate directness merge to provide a sense of the inner workings of infatuation.

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by Ella Rocca Switzerland 2022 English, Swiss German 8’ Colour International premiere | Documentary Form recommendation: 14 years and up

Crew

Director	Ella Rocca
Screenplay	Ella Rocca
Cinematography	Samira de Mena Fernández, Ella Rocca
Editing	Ella Rocca
Music	Beni Mosele
Sound	Pascal Bolzern
Sound Design	Maya Baur, Hans Peter Gutjahr
Production Manager	Edith Flückiger
Executive Producer	Volko Kamensky

Produced by

Hochschule Luzern, Design & Kunst, BA Video

http://hslu.ch http://hslu.ch

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Ella Rocca

Ella Rocca was born in 1999, grew up near Zurich, Switzerland and attended the foundation course in art and design at the F+F School for Art and Design in Zurich. Since 2020, Ella Rocca has been taking a BA with a focus on video at the Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts.

Filmography

2022 Crushed; short documentary