- Director: Ivana Lalović
- Screenplay: Stefanie Veith, Ivana Lalović
- Cinematography: Filip Zumbrunn
- Editing: Myriam Flury
- Cast: Runa Greiner, Lea Bloch, Charlie Gustafsson, Bettina Stucky, Siir Eloglu, Roeland Wiesnekker, Adnan Maral
- Producer: Anne-Catherine Lang, Olivier Zobris
- Production: Bernard Lang AG, SRF, Teleclub AG
- Distributor: Vinca Film c/o Langfilm
- Contact:
- Festivals: Solothurner Filmtage, Filmfestival Max Ophüls, Rom int. Filmfestival
- Homepage: sittingnexttozoe.ch/
Ivana Lalović
Born 1982 in Sarajevo (Bosnia and Herzegovina). Double citizenship Switzerland and Bosnia and Herzegovina
2002-03 studied politics and Russian language at Zürich University
2004-08 studied Film/Video at ZHdK (Zürcher Academy of Fine Art, Zurich)
2008 Design Diploma ZHdK
2010 Master in Film ZHdK.
Filmography
2005 Milane (co-director, short film)
2006 Jusqu‘au dernier grain de café (doc)
2007 Nirgendwo (short)
2008 Ich träume nicht auf Deutsch (short)
2009 Zahn um Zahn (short)
2010 Little Fighters (short)
2013 Sitting Next to Zoe (debut feature)
Swiss German, German, English, with English subtitles
Asal and Zoe are best friends and spend their last summer together before their lives begin in earnest. Asal wants nothing more than to have a boyfriend and Zoe dreams of becoming a make-up artist. But in reality things are very different: Zoe has to work in a grocery store for the summer, Asal will go to secondary school in fall. The goal for their summer break is soon set: Asal has to lose her virginity, and when the 18-year-old Swede Kai shows up in town, she knows to whom. The three of them decide to take a trip to a remote lake. What begins as a romantic hike soon becomes a real test for the girls’ friendship ...