INTERNATIONAL SHORTS
Always wanted to be God, never wanted to do good
Directors
Marvin Merkel
Noa Epars
Producer
Anita Hugi
Cinematographers
Filippo Delzanno
Marvin Merkel
Editor
Noa Epars
Sound
Louis Lamarche
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Contact
Noa Epars
[email protected]
2025
Switzerland
20 min 7 sec
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At the summits of Swiss mountains, Christian crosses stand tall. In the cities, billboards displaying Bible verses occupy public space. I have never felt comfortable with the presence of these religious symbols. In 2009, mountain guide Patrick Bussard sawed down a cross in the Fribourg Alps; he was severely punished by the courts.
Directors' Biography
Noa Epars is a Swiss filmmaker whose work blends documentary and experimental cinema, screened at Locarno and Cinéma du Réel.
Marvin Merkel is a Lausanne-based artist exploring identity and memory through photography, video, and sculpture.
Other films in INTERNATIONAL SHORTS
A Few Things Happening By a River
A Train Leaves the Station
Ali
Bad Ideas
Couto
Detach
Faux Bjioux
For The Opponents
Fresh Cut
Habibi
I can't think of anything right now
Imagine Me Like a Country of Love
It Lives Under the Snow
Kleptomania
Norheimsund
Pankaja
Robin in the Hood
Scraps
SightNotSeeing
Stallion and a Crystal Ball
Tarik
The Weary Hours Of Two Lab Assistants
Tuesday or Thursday
Venezia Diorama
We Were Here
Whispers of a Burning Scent
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