Stories shaped by landscape.
Current project
Our pilot project, Grischun, is a series of five films exploring Romansh culture and identity in the mountains of south-east Switzerland.
“A cinematic portrait of the region and its people, Grischun explores how Romansh identity, craft, and landscape intertwine — capturing a culture at a turning point, held between deep tradition and a rapidly changing world.”
Through intimate portraits of individuals whose lives remain intertwined with the land, the film reveals a culture that speaks not only through words, but through gesture, craft, and rhythm.
By preserving the voices, faces, and landscapes that define this region, Grischun becomes a living record — a bridge between generations, languages, and ways of seeing.
Fexer
The first film of the Grischun series. A valley the world comes to see. A man who never left.
In the remote Val Fex, a blacksmith shapes knives from the same mountains that shaped his family over generations — as the valley around him is quietly transformed.
A film by Adrian Howell. Original score by Lorenz Weber. Featuring Roger Rominger.
Fexer is developed & produced with support from: Lia Rumantscha, Gemeinde Sils/Segl, Pro Fex, GKB, Forum Engadin, Kulturstiftung St. Moritz, Repower & Biblioteca Engiadinaisa.
Traunter Ovas
The second film of the Grischun series. Three generations built it. One will carry it.
A young farmer in Sils Maria prepares to inherit the land his family built over three generations. As the seasons turn, the inheritance reveals itself through work, risk, and relationship to place.
A film by Adrian Howell. Original score by Lorenz Weber. Featuring Adriano Coretti.
Traunter Ovas is developed with support from: GKB, Forum Engadin.
Support
Otherlands is a registered non-profit association based in Graubünden, Switzerland.
We rely on the support of aligned individuals and institutions who believe in independent, place-based storytelling to facilitate these projects.
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