2025 - 33' – English (Available subtitles: Italian, German)
Amidst the crumbling remnants of the Atlantic Wall a journey unfolds. Echoes of life and death reverberate from shore to shore.
Susanna was born in Tuscania, in the Italian province of Viterbo. Since ever, she has been experimenting with multiple disciplines among theatre, dance, music, writing and filming. A twisted academic path brought her to Bolzano where she graduated in Editing and Sound Recording at ZeLIG School for Documentary Film. Now she is still experimenting, writing and working for the sake of stories.
Jonathan Bugiel is a curious human being and media scientist turned documentary filmmaker. Born and raised in Berlin he quickly ran away into the world living in Jerusalem, Rome and… Bayreuth where he then studied media science and ethnology. Bugiel started out as a filmmaker in factual entertainment and as a festival producer at the DOK.fest Munich, where he works ever since. In 2025 he graduated as a director from the ZeLIG School for Documentary, Television and New Media, in the Italian Alps. Since then he has been teaching in workshops and working as a freelance director and author.
Annieke Boer, born in the Netherlands, began her visual journey studying Communication and Design. With this base and led by her curiosity, she took off across borders to study fiction film in Belgium, journalism and psychology in New Zealand and worked in Prague. Recently, she graduated in cinematography at the ZeLIG school for documentary, in Bolzano. Being based in Italy, she is starting to work as assistant and camera person in short films and documentaries.
Echoing the still used Nazi propaganda term “Fortress Europe” the Atlantic Wall serves as reminders of war, while also testifying to the liberation of Europe from facism - a cause that remains utterly vital today. Eternal concrete structures encounter an ever changing landscape, memorials of war are opposed to practical everyday use. How do we treat remains of conflict, how should we? Memento Muri is a journey without definite answers, but the start of an archive of what can be done.
Country of production: Italy
Shooting Format(s): HD 1080@25p
Original Master Format: HD 1080@25p
Aspect ratio: 1.37:1
Screening Format: DCP, Apple ProRes or any on request
Audio Format: Stereo (2.0)
Running time: 33’
Subtitles available: Italian / German
Director: Jonathan Bugiel
Cinematographer: Annieke Boer
Editor: Susanna Laruccia
Soundrecordist: Susanna Laruccia
Sound Design / Mix: Leonardo Arneis Metz
ZeLIG is located in Bolzano, Italy, a multilingual city where different cultures live together. The school is a place of exchange for students, teachers and film professionals from all over the world.
At ZeLIG the spoken languages are German, Italian and English. This creative approach to linguistic variety opens the gates to the international markets and to future opportunities.
