The promotion agency for Swiss filmmaking furthers the visibility and positive awareness at home and abroad.
Initiated approximately forty years ago by the film industry, SWISS FILMS offers film directors and producers promotional services and facilitates international distribution of their film productions. The foundation works together with its national and international network and organizes retrospectives and film programmes all over the world.
Who's Afraid of Alice Miller?
Documentary
2021
1h.41min
16+
What sounds like a case study from "The Drama of the Gifted Child" is the true story of the son of famed psychologist Alice Miller.
Happiness Is a Warm Gun
Classics
2001
1h.30min
16+
Green Party icon Petra Kelly is shot in her sleep by her partner Gert Bastian, an ex-Federal Armed Forces general, before he kills himself.
Cure - The Life of Another
Drama, Thriller
2014
1h.23min
16+
After playing a sexually charged game with her best friend, below the cliffs of Dubrovnik, a teenage girl doesn't return home.
Lenz
Drama, Independent
2006
1h.36min
16+
An unconventional portrait of a man whose life motto reminds us of the poets of romanticism: The genius writes its own rules.
I Was a Swiss Banker
Romance
2007
1h.15min
16+
A banker smuggling black money catapults himself out of his old life with a dip in the cold lake water.
Ghetto
Classics
1997
1h.56min
16+
A touching documentary about the everyday life of Zurich's forgotten youth.
My Brother, My Love
Drama, Love & Sex
2018
1h.54min
16+
Lena (16) is in love with her brother and would rather indulge in this fantasy than face reality.
Happy Too
Documentary
2002
1h.1min
16+
A raw, honest look at the relationship between filmmakers, actors, and the characters they jointly create.
Day Is Done
Documentary
2011
1h.51min
16+
A 35mm camera films from a window, with messages from the answering machine in the background. Slowly an imaginary biography unfolds.
Fraulein
Drama
2006
1h.21min
16+
An intimate look at three headstrong women who come from different parts of a country that no longer exists.
Well Done
Classics
1994
1h.13min
16+
The world we have just entered resembles a futurist machine. It is a colossus of concrete and glass, with a computer heart heart deep inside.
Fair Traders
Documentary
2018
1h.30min
16+
Three players in the free market economy accept responsibility for society and future generations: They do business sustainably.
Offshore - Elmer and the Swiss Bank Secrecy
Documentary, Independent
2016
1h.42min
16+
Rudolf Elmer has had a remarkable career at a Swiss private bank until he became a whistleblower of the offshore banking business.
Calabria
Documentary
2016
1h.57min
16+
A road movie in a hearse. After the death of an Italian man, two undertakers, Jovan and José - themselves emigrants - drive the body to Italy.
Analysis Paralysis
Shorts
2016
9min
16+
A man’s head is bursting with thoughts and decisions. A gardener is about to explode – somebody has trampled on her flowerbeds.
Working On It
Music, Dance, Theater, Queer
2008
50min
16+
Explore the contemporary queer arts scene in Berlin and how perceptions of femininity and masculinity are constructed.
Black Panther – The Story of Emilie and Jacob
Independent, Love & Sex
2013
1h.19min
16+
Siblings Emilie and Jacob cannot help feeling a deep love for each other. After being apart for many years, they meet in the mountains.
We Came To Help
Documentary, Independent
2013
1h.27min
16+
Can good cause evil? This documentary investigates the effect of Swiss development assistance in Rwanda before the genocide against the Tutsi.
Lucky Devils
Music, Dance, Theater, Documentary
2013
1h.35min
16+
A circus gives the street children of St. Petersburg hope and a chance for a better life.
The Beast Within
Documentary, Independent
2008
1h.12min
16+
Dog fights and other blood sports are banned in most countries, but they still are practiced widely in alleyways and backyards around the world.
Echoes of Home
Independent, Music, Dance, Theater
2007
1h.21min
16+
Against the breathtaking backdrop of the Swiss mountains, 3 extraordinary vocal artists develop traditional yodelling into their own musical language.
My Father, the Revolution and Me
Biography, Documentary
2013
1h.22min
16+
A personal take on Turkish history by director Ufuk Emiroğlu. It's a mosaic of a film, which moves freely between documentary, fiction and animation.
Grimm’s Cuckoo
Shorts
2012
15min
16+
This short film dares a slightly different view of life in a psychiatric clinic. Screened at Cannes Short Film Corner and Interfilm Berlin.
MARE NOSTRUM - A Concert. A Journey.
Documentary, Music, Dance, Theater
2015
57min
16+
Join the fantastical musical journey of a student group preparing for a concert on a cruise ship.
Hugo Koblet - The Charming Cyclist
Documentary, Independent
2014
1h.37min
16+
The rise and fall of Swiss cycling legend Hugo Koblet still fascinates today - with a comb tucked in his jersey, groupies, vanilla ice cream.
Last Round
Drama
2012
21min
16+
"Dying. What's so brave about it? It's a feat pulled off by everyone".
Kurt and the Chairlift
Documentary, Independent
2012
20min
16+
Ten years ago, Kurt saved an outdated chairlift from demolition. Since then, he has been operating it himself - stubbornly and in any weather.
Best Buddies
Drama, Queer
2015
31min
16+
The friendship of two boys is at stake when one falls in love with the other's sister.
Democracy Is On!
Documentary, Independent
2015
1h.22min
16+
On the right-wing fringes of the political landscape, ever-louder anti-European, anti-Islamic and nationalist voices can be heard.
On The Edge
Romance, Drama
2013
1h.31min
16+
Two men, who loved the same woman, meet in the mountains and then starts a inscrutable game.
Someone Beside You
Documentary, Independent
2006
1h.38min
16+
Along with several courageous psychiatrists and their clients, the author sets out to film a doc road movie that takes him to Europe and the U.S.
Little Girl Blue
Drama, Love & Sex
2014
1h.21min
16+
Sandra is new in town and does not fit into the cool clique around Nadja and Isa. Then she falls in love with Mike, who also caught Nadja's attention.
Jan - Challenge at the Net
Documentary, Independent
2013
1h.34min
16+
A portrait of a teen tennis pro in the making - a sports documentary as dramatic as fiction films such as “Jerry Maguire”.
Honey and Ashes
Classics
1996
1h.16min
16+
Naima, a doctor, Amina, a graduate, and Leila, a young student, are pursuing their individual routes to an independent life when their paths cross.