About

Otherlands makes documentary films, music, writing, and photography about people living closely with particular places.

We work through place-specific bodies of work — each named for where it's rooted, each moving at its own pace.

Serra came first, following people living remotely in the mountains of Portugal. Grischun is the current work, based in the Swiss canton of the same name.

The question underneath all of it: what does it mean to live closely with a particular place?

Otherlands is the thread that connects them.


Otherlands is a registered non-profit association based in Graubünden.

Films and writing are shared through festivals, local screenings, publications, and archives. The work is funded through foundations, regional institutions, and individuals.

Follow us on Substack and Instagram to follow the work as it develops.

Close-up of a dark, cracked, textured wall.