Tosca’s Kiss
Meet the inhabitants of the "Casa di Riposa" in Milan, the world's first nursing home for retired opera singers, founded by composer Giuseppe Verdi in 1896. In his documentary film…
The Boat Is Full
During World War II, Switzerland severely limited refugees: "Our boat is full." A train from Germany halts briefly in an isolated corner of Switzerland. Six people jump off seeking asylum:…
Wintergast
It's been seven years since film academy graduate Stefan Keller released his celebrated short film. Ever since, Keller has been in a creative crisis. Although he already filled 2000 pages…
Love Me Tender
A 30 years old suffering from agoraphobia wants to acquire her freedom but is unable to leave her home. When she finally succeeds she must face new challenges pushing her…
Pietra Tenera
In the mountains of Valtellina, a man and his family are working the stone, seemingly born with the universe and what inhabits it.
Family Practice
Simon has a love-hate relationship with his father, a polyamorous Jewish psychiatrist. When his parents go on holiday, Simon initiates a seductive game of cat-and-mouse with his father's mistress and…
Delphine and Carole
In the 70s and 80s, activist Carole Roussopoulos and actress Delphine Seyrig made use of new video technologies to fight for the women's movement. Archive material documents their interventions into…
Yes No Maybe
The Day the Sun Fell
Tracing the past of her deceased grandfather who worked as a young doctor in the Red Cross hospital of HirSwiss-Japanese filmmaker Aya Domenig, the granddaughter of a doctor on duty…
Detective
In a Paris hotel, two detectives are investigating a two-year-old murder. Emile and Francoise Chenal are putting pressure on Jim Fox Warner, a boxing manager, who owes them a huge…
Falciani’s Tax Bomb: The Man Behind the Swiss Leaks
Over the last ten years, a series of leaks of financial data have made politicians and public opinion in many Western democracies increasingly concerned about the tax optimisation practices of…
Tranquillo
As a twenty-something youngster Peter is living a routined urban life and organizes parties. He's charming but acts egoistically. A chronic tinnitus is leading to self-destructive impulses, in which he…
For the Time Being
Summer in Sierra Morena. The hill slopes are faded by the sun. Sand roads cross the land. Fences mark the borders of property. A dry water reservoir lays in the…
Cern and the Sense of Beauty
An exploration of the link between science and beauty through the work of scientists at CERN, in Geneva.
Hoselupf
A tribute to the number one national sport in Switzerland: Swiss wrestling. Tongue-in-cheek, urbanite and Swiss wrestling novice Beat Schlatter guides the viewer through the film.
Stop-Over
In the course of living long months with a group of Iranian illegals in Athens, the director examines this radical choice of pursuing a better life through the most perilous…
Winter Nomads
Pascal, 53, and Carole, 28, are shepherds. In the month of November 2010, they embark on their long winter transhumance: four months during which they will have to cover 600…
Die 6 Kummer-Buben
In his last feature film, "The 6 Kummerbuben", Franz Schnyder tells of difficult days and meager joy in the life of a day laborer family.
What You Don’t Know About Me
Patricia and Ikendu meet in a town in Italian-speaking Switzerland. He comes from Mali, she's employed and the single mother of two daughters. He keeps silent about the reasons for…
Madame
MADAME takes us onto an intimate journey where Caroline, a flamboyant 90-year-old grandmother and her filmmaker grandson Stéphane explore the development and transmission of gender identity in a patriarchal environment….
Just Kids
Jack 19, Lisa 17, and Mathis 10, become suddenly orphans. Each of them reacts in his own way to the family catastrophe.
The Smartest Kids in the World
Based on Amanda Ripley's New York Times Bestseller, THE SMARTEST KIDS IN THE WORLD is the story of four teenagers studying abroad in countries that dramatically outperform the United States…
The Brussels Business
THE BRUSSELS BUSINESS is a docu-thriller that dives into the grey zone underneath European democracy. An expedition into the world of the 15,000 lobbyists in the EU-capital, of the PR-conglomerates,…
Mosquito the Rapist
A young deaf and mute man is constantly excluded from his environment. He is not taken seriously by anyone. This changes his behavior, the roots of which lie in a…
Maggie
After a couple of weeks seeking out his teenage daughter Maggie, Wade finds her in the quarantine wing of a hospital. Maggie has been infected by a lethal outbreak that…
Phenomena
Jennifer Corvino, the daughter of a famous actor, has had trouble with sleepwalking for some time. Her doctor said that it can develop a split personality. She discovers her alternate…