"Spitfire – Raging Together" is a short documentary that explores the challenges of being a female in the Metalcore and Hardcore scene. This scene portrait features three personal voices: Sofia a singer who shapes the audience from the stage, Reece a merch designer who infuses her trans and queer identity into the scene and bands, and Lorna a guitarist who has found her place in the scene as a safe space to release her energy. The film spans four countries and showcases eleven voices in total, including attendees, musicians, and artists.

Jess Baumgartner - Director, Production, Editor, Photography & Light
Sui Thin Ip - DOP (Sofia), Camera Concerts and Interviews & Light
Timon Flükiger - DOP (Lorna & Reece), Light
Tabea Feuz - Main Editor, Edit, VFX, SoMe

Sofia Blanck - Protagonist
Samara Green - Protagonist
Lorna Ciarla-Flynn - Protagonist

Bennie Hess - Edit, VFX, SoMe
Simon Hardegger - Colour Grading
Ksenia Ignatenko - Make-up Artist, Composition & Sound Design
Jessica Christ - Camcorder, Photography & Runner
Greg Hall - Camcorder, Photography & Runner
Noemie Aeschlimann - Camera Interviews & Concerts
Tereza Topić - Production Coordinator
Michelle Bobst - Predictions Assistance
Tonya Rubb - Predictions Assistance

Mik Dean - Expellow
Ida - Les Muréenes, Spiruline
Camille Contreras - Novelists
Jesse Barnet - Stick to Your Guns
Jay Bacon - Vexed
Al Harper - Vexed
Andreas Bjulver - Cabal
Michael McGough - Being as an Ocean

Currently on the festival circuit.
Feel free to message me for the password if you’d like to watch the film.

Currently on the festival circuit

Awards:
ADC Student of the Year – Gold
Alexis Victor Thalberg Stiftung – Regiepreis
Eyes & Ears Newcomer Award – Silver