I Think You Should be Here
TITLE
I Think You Should be Here
DIRECTOR
Anna-Marija Adomaitytė, Élie Grappe
COUNTRY
France, Switzerland
YEAR
2026
DURATION
12′
GENRE
Experimental
I Think You Should be Here
Near Geneva, seven girls on the verge of adulthood recall in their rooms the words and dances of TikTok that shaped their youth. Between intimate and collective memory, they drift from room to room, dancing through a final suspended night as they search for connection and identity, pushing their gestures to the edge.
DIRECTOR BIOGRAPHY - Anna-Marija Adomaitytė, Élie Grappe
Anna-Marija Adomaitytė Born in 1995 in Lithuania, she studied contemporary dance at La Manufacture and visual arts at ECAL. She then founded the contemporary dance company A M A and, with Gautier Teuscher, created WORKPIECE, PAS DE DEUX and TIKTOK-READY CHOREOGRAPHIES, presented internationally. Her work has been co- produced by Pavillon ADC and Théâtre Vidy-Lausanne. She received the Leenaards Foundation cultural grant and the June Johnson Prize. Élie Grappe French-Swiss writer and director, born in Lyon in 1994. He studied classical music before attending ECAL. His debut feature OLGA (2021) won the SACD Prize at Cannes Critics’ Week. In 2022, it was Switzerland’s Oscar submission. The film won three Swiss Film Awards and was released in 38 countries. He is teaching at ECAL and developing his next feature, adapted from a novel by Lola Lafon. — OLGA (2021, fiction feature, 85") — SUSPENDU (2015, fiction short, 15") — RÉPÉTITION (2014, documentary short, 12")
- DirectorAnna-Marija Adomaitytė, Élie Grappe
- Screenplay
- CinematographyLUCIE BAUDINAUD
- Cast
- Editing SUZANA PEDRO
- Producer/s Lionel David Baier
- Production Company
- Distributor/s Lights On Film
- Project TitleI Think You Should be Here
- Project Type Experimental
- Completion Date17 May 2026
- Country of originFrance, Switzerland
- Country of filmingFrance, Switzerland
- LanguageEnglish, French
- First-time Filmmaker No
- Student ProjectNo
Anna-Marija Adomaitytė, Élie Grappe
Anna-Marija Adomaitytė Born in 1995 in Lithuania, she studied contemporary dance at La Manufacture and visual arts at ECAL. She then founded the contemporary dance company A M A and, with Gautier Teuscher, created WORKPIECE, PAS DE DEUX and TIKTOK-READY CHOREOGRAPHIES, presented internationally. Her work has been co- produced by Pavillon ADC and Théâtre Vidy-Lausanne. She received the Leenaards Foundation cultural grant and the June Johnson Prize. Élie Grappe French-Swiss writer and director, born in Lyon in 1994. He studied classical music before attending ECAL. His debut feature OLGA (2021) won the SACD Prize at Cannes Critics’ Week. In 2022, it was Switzerland’s Oscar submission. The film won three Swiss Film Awards and was released in 38 countries. He is teaching at ECAL and developing his next feature, adapted from a novel by Lola Lafon. — OLGA (2021, fiction feature, 85") — SUSPENDU (2015, fiction short, 15") — RÉPÉTITION (2014, documentary short, 12")
World Premiere Semaine de la Critique – Cannes 2026
