Matta and Matto
In a dystopian world where touch is forbidden, Matto and Matta offer a refuge for the lonely in their traveling Hotel Vaip. In the deceptive labyrinth of its mind-bending rooms, one’s deepest desires are fulfilled and surpassed – but at a price.
- Switzerland
- 2023, 10 min
- Director: Bianca Caderas, Kerstin Zemp
- Director of photography: Bianca Caderas, Kerstin Zemp
- Editor: Bianca Caderas, Kerstin Zemp
- Screenplay: Bianca Caderas, Kerstin Zemp
- Music: Philipp Schlotter
- Sound: Etienne Kompis
- Art Director: Bianca Caderas, Kerstin Zemp
- Producer: Joder von Rotz
- Production: YK Animation Studio GmbH
Bianca Caderas, Kerstin Zemp
Bianca Caderas from Basel and Kerstin Zemp from Lucerne earned their bachelor’s degree in 2D animation from the Lucerne School of Art and Design in 2017 with their short film Living Like Heta (co-directed with Isabella Luu). The film was shown at numerous animation festivals around the world, including Premiers Plans in 2018. In 2020, Caderas wrote and directed Jeroboam, which was made in collaboration with Zemp. Matta and Matto is the second short film they have directed together.