Label: SWISS FILMS

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.

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.

After playing a sexually charged game with her best friend, below the cliffs of Dubrovnik, a teenage girl doesn't return home.

An unconventional portrait of a man whose life motto reminds us of the poets of romanticism: The genius writes its own rules.

A banker smuggling black money catapults himself out of his old life with a dip in the cold lake water.

A touching documentary about the everyday life of Zurich's forgotten youth.

Lena (16) is in love with her brother and would rather indulge in this fantasy than face reality.

A raw, honest look at the relationship between filmmakers, actors, and the characters they jointly create.

A 35mm camera films from a window, with messages from the answering machine in the background. Slowly an imaginary biography unfolds.

An intimate look at three headstrong women who come from different parts of a country that no longer exists.

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.

Three players in the free market economy accept responsibility for society and future generations: They do business sustainably.

Rudolf Elmer has had a remarkable career at a Swiss private bank until he became a whistleblower of the offshore banking business.

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.

A man’s head is bursting with thoughts and decisions. A gardener is about to explode – somebody has trampled on her flowerbeds.

Explore the contemporary queer arts scene in Berlin and how perceptions of femininity and masculinity are constructed.

Can good cause evil? This documentary investigates the effect of Swiss development assistance in Rwanda before the genocide against the Tutsi.

Siblings Emilie and Jacob cannot help feeling a deep love for each other. After being apart for many years, they meet in the mountains.

A circus gives the street children of St. Petersburg hope and a chance for a better life.

Dog fights and other blood sports are banned in most countries, but they still are practiced widely in alleyways and backyards around the world.

Against the breathtaking backdrop of the Swiss mountains, 3 extraordinary vocal artists develop traditional yodelling into their own musical language.

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.

This short film dares a slightly different view of life in a psychiatric clinic. Screened at Cannes Short Film Corner and Interfilm Berlin.

Join the fantastical musical journey of a student group preparing for a concert on a cruise ship.

The rise and fall of Swiss cycling legend Hugo Koblet still fascinates today - with a comb tucked in his jersey, groupies, vanilla ice cream.

"Dying. What's so brave about it? It's a feat pulled off by everyone".

Ten years ago, Kurt saved an outdated chairlift from demolition. Since then, he has been operating it himself - stubbornly and in any weather.

The friendship of two boys is at stake when one falls in love with the other's sister.

On the right-wing fringes of the political landscape, ever-louder anti-European, anti-Islamic and nationalist voices can be heard.

Two men, who loved the same woman, meet in the mountains and then starts a inscrutable game.

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.

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.

A portrait of a teen tennis pro in the making - a sports documentary as dramatic as fiction films such as “Jerry Maguire”.

Naima, a doctor, Amina, a graduate, and Leila, a young student, are pursuing their individual routes to an independent life when their paths cross.