Matta and Matto

Directors: Bianca Cederas, Kerstin Zemp
Producer: Joder von Rotz
Switzerland, 2023, 10 min.

In a time when all interpersonal closeness is forbidden, the hourly hotel Vaip offers wondrous rooms where guests snuggle up to devices built with great skill and let themselves fall into the perfect illusion of human touch.

MATTA and MATTO was Grand Jury Nominee at both the Sundance and SXSW Film Festivals in 2024.


Bianca Cederas completed her studies in fine arts (film) at the HSLU in 2017 with her graduation film, Living Like Heta. In 2018, she began studying film at the University of Fine Arts in Hamburg. Her second short film, Jeroboam, won the High Swiss Risk Award at Fantoche 2021. .

Kerstin Zemp completed her bachelor's in 2D animation at HSLU with Living Like Heta. The film was shown and received awards at numerous international festivals. From 2017 to 2019 she lived and worked in Ireland.