Daughters, sons, mothers and fathers want to break the decades-long silence in their families. They search for files, go to archives, rummage through documents and study photo albums. They come…
They were Tamil Tiger combatants, civil victims of attacks, or displaced persons. Five women from the feuding groups – the Tamils, Sinhalese, and the Muslims – look back. Two of…
Whether in rock, pop, rap or slam: the people of Bern have dominated the dialect music scene in German-speaking Switzerland for many years. Why does Bern rock Switzerland?
In August 2020, the well-known Swiss polar researcher Konrad Steffen died on the Greenland ice. It is suspected that he fell into a crevasse covered in fresh snow while on…
In this dark comedy two exiled angels must document suicides for eternity. One has lost his faith, while the other, knows nothing of his role. Confronted with human suffering, they…
Young South Africans from all walks of life begin their student experience at the elite University of Stellenbosch. They try to navigate between personal growth, cultural differences and a past…
Loosely based on Jörg Steiner’s «DER KOLLEGE» tells the story of the unemployed MAX PLÜSS. He moved to Biel more than 45 years ago. Today, Plüss learns that he has…
There is a store in Palermo unlike any other called Quir, a place of love defying any convention. The owners are Massimo and Gino, who have been together for forty-two…
Over the past 20 years, the Schwörer family has sailed around the world while sharing their expedition examples of nature’s true beauty and inspiring people to live in balance with…
Two young brothers move into a new house with their parents. Very quickly, the younger one notices that something is not right in this seemingly ordinary daily life.
In a small town on the edge of wild country, an eccentric and delinquent mother has had enough of the rules. Crushed by her mistakes and by a society that…
15-year-old Selma feels crushed – by her mother’s expectations, by those of her Catholic Swiss village, and ultimately by her own. On the night before a religious procession, she meets…
A family finds it difficult to talk about feelings, love or intimacy. Hiring, selling and repairing excavators requires the attention of the family. Everyone has to pitch in. When the…
Amelia is the sole survivor on a damaged spaceship. Caught in the gravitational pull of a planet, she struggles with grief and isolation. When a mysterious presence appears, she is…
In 1956, advertising copywriter Emmi Creola invents the fictional character Betty Bossi, who quickly becomes a Swiss culinary icon. But as her creation rises to fame, Emmi finds herself caught…
From his prison cell in Texas, Mabry, sentenced to death, imagines the final journey that will one day take him to Walls Unit, the place of his execution, 60 kilometres…
December 2025: The Young Gods ignite the stage at Fri-Son. More than a concert, this visual experience captures the urgency of the live show while summoning the band’s history. An…
Full of tenderness and love, Selma and Nori look forward to their first child together and a future as a family. But one morning, Nori finds himself confused and injured…
To protect themselves from a mysterious phenomenon that turns women into men, a family retreats to an alpine chalet. Their desire to preserve the female sex within the family leads…
Nicole, 55, and her mother Alberte, 87, live together in a villa on the shores of Lake Geneva. Through their habits, they become trapped in codependency: Nicole seems incapable of…
Joakim, a young, compassionate caregiver working in a dementia Ward, navigates the emotional toll of his work as he learns to accept the limits of his ability to help.
Luana feels trapped; she is frustrated with society, her family, and her job at a crèche. She searches for stability and a sense of belonging, and finds both in the…
As long as Kweku Adoboli is making millions for UBS in London, his future seems golden. But when the young trader takes responsibility for a $2.3 billion loss, the narrative…
Two spirits encounter each other in a limbo – a place between the earthly and the beyond. The two spirits are still trapped in their human shells, but have already…
In a quiet stop-motion studio, a small monkey opens its eyes. Everything around it feels frozen. On a computer screen, a luminous jungle appears, distant, almost alive. With two companions,…
Hoping to launch a career in the luxury world, Charlie enrolls at the last finishing school in Switzerland. Over the course of a summer, women from around the world learn…
11-year-old Pola and her best friend Polly spend all their time at the local outdoor pool, Plitsch Platsch, where Polly’s parents run a café. When the pool is closed due…
Collective singing calls for deep listening and mutual attunement – heard in the voices of the sisters of a historic convent, echoed in traditional male vocal ensembles, carried through football…
Lili’s summer holidays take an unexpected turn when her mother pressures her to ask Dorsday, a family friend, for money to keep her father out of prison. That night she…
15,000 years before our era, during the Pleistocene, just before the great ice age, three saber-toothed tigers are born in a cave. One of them is markedly different from the…
A Sri-Lankan artist discovers the collection of one of her country’s indigenous communities in Switzerland and gets involved with its restitution. An obstacle course through the authorities begins.
