Where the Magic Happens

by Sara Furrer / doc / 15’ / 2026 / German English, Swiss-German

A wedding where the couple never appears on screen: WHERE THE MAGIC HAPPENS follows the staff of a luxury hotel through “the happiest day of their lives.” What feels unique and intimate on one side is routine on the other. Romantic love as a carefully staged, endlessly reproducible construct.

An unromantic film about romantic love.

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CREDITS
Director: Sara Furrer
Cinematography: Andi Widmer & Sara Furrer
Editing: Marlen Schmid
Sound: Fabian Lütolf & Anna Bühlmann
Music: Dominik Zihlmann
Sound Design: Annaka Minsch
Graphic Design: Leonie Felber & Benjamin Hermann
Production: Studio Sara Furrer
Co-Production: Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen, Urs Augstburger

With the support of:
Bundesamt für Kultur, Kanton Luzern, Stadt Luzern FUKA Fonds, Albert Koechlin Stiftung, SRF