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Andaz / 6/8 Fri 19:50-20:50

Facing Mecca

Jan-Eric Mack/15:13/Switzerland/Drama/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…

Student Academy Awards 2017 (USA) - Winner (Narrative Short)
Palm Springs International ShortFest 2017 (USA) Best of Festival Award, Best Student Live Action Shorts Over 15 Minutes

Director : Jan-Eric Mack

Jan-Eric Mack was born in 1983 in Trüllikon ZH, Switzerland. In 2001 he begun an apprenticeship as a graphic designer at Atelier 22 in Winterthur. In 2009 he began studying film at the Zurich University of Arts (ZhdK). Since then he has made several awarded short films, which have been shown at festivals all over the world. In 2014 he founded the society FilmAtelier Zurich with Maria Sigrist and Lorenz Suter, a network for young auteur filmmakers. Jan-Eric Mack lives in Zurich and works as a freelance director and independent graphic designer. In 2017 he received his Master's degree in feature film directing at the Zurich University of Arts.

Andaz / 6/5 Sun 17:00-18:00
Andaz / 6/7 Thu 21:10-22:10
Andaz / 6/8 Fri 19:50-20:50