Back to Your Nature is a narrative commercial for Valais Tourism. The film follows a digital avatar escaping a cold, artificial world and stepping into the landscapes of Valais for the first time. As she crosses a mysterious portal into the Swiss Alps, her senses slowly awaken through nature, mountain air, water, and light.
Rather than showcasing landmarks or activities, the film stays close to one character and her transformation. Moving through alpine meadows, forests, thermal waters, and traditional villages, she shifts from a synthetic presence into a fully human being, each encounter reconnecting her with the elements and the people who inhabit this landscape.
This is a narrative commercial that trades the standard tourism shot list for emotional transformation, blending poetic imagery, abstract storytelling, and cinematic nature photography to let viewers feel the place rather than tour through it.
Back to Your Nature was directed by StyleWar (Oskar Holmedal & Martin Sjöström) and produced by TUNA production for Valais/Wallis Promotion. Samuel Laprand served as producer on the film under the supervision of executive producers Tufan Tuna and Derya Tuna, contributing to production planning, on-set coordination, and delivery.
Filming across Valais meant moving between distinct elemental environments: alpine meadows, forests, thermal waters, and traditional villages. Each location carried its own approach to light, blocking, and logistics, which the production had to absorb without losing the quiet, atmospheric register the story required.
Client
Valais/Wallis Promotion
Production
Agency
VWP CEO
Damian Constantin
Head of Communications
Madeleine Savioz
Marketing Director
Alessandro Marcolin
Contexta CEO
Nadine Borter
Strategist
Thomas Frésard
Project Manager
Sandro Grossrieder
Director (StyleWar)
Oskar Holmedal
Martin Sjöström
Director of Photography
Antonio Paladino
Leading Actor
Janine Heini
Managing Director
Tufan Tuna
Executive Producer
Derya Tuna
Producer
1st Assistant Director
Fabian Niklaus
2nd AD / Set Manager
Max Wild
Office PA
Silvan Walker
Unit Manager / Runner
Thomas Hermann
Hospitality PA / Runner
Steadicam Operator
Badra Haidra
1st Assistant Camera
Micky Schärer
2nd Assistant Camera
Tamara Castagnoli
DIT / VTR
Gaffer
Raphael Toel
Electrician
Yoro Tobler
Oriel Steinmann
Best Boy Electric
Romain Schär
Helper Electrician
Kévin Guillot
Intern Electric
Joël Bruchez
Key Grip
Grégoire Tomat
Best Boy Grip
Marco Bauer
Set Designer
Guillaume Daret
Key Hair & Make-Up Artist
Nina Tatovitto
Stylist
Conny Fiseli
Post Supervisor
Jordi (Jorge) Bares
Josh King
Key Cast
Janine Heini
Lisa "Old Woman"
Extras
Marine
Melina
Carmen
Géraldine
Matthieu
Cora
Armando
Anthony
Gaëlle
Imma
Nicolas
Pierre-Alp
Brigitte
Anaé
Théo
VFX Studio
Online Editor