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Elephants & Squirrels

STATUS: Released

Elephants & Squirrels

  • 2025
  • Switzerland
  • Documentary
  • English, Sinhala, Swiss German, German, Vedda
  • English, German
  • 114 mins
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A Sri Lankan artist and the chief of the indigenous Wanniyala-Aetto demand the return of ancestral remains and artifacts from Swiss museums - confronting the country with its hidden colonial past.

Credits

Director
Gregor Brändli
Writer
Gregor Brändli
Producer
Frank Matter

Tags

Documentary Colonialism Heritage Repatriation Indigenous

Playlists

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