Switzerland Movies

In a hidden place, the daily routine of a retirement home unfolds as time seems to stand still. The penciled residents come to life on paper. Some...

Ottavio is a family man who is experiencing conflict with his teenage daughter Jessica, who is struggling with the typical problems of that age....

The two friends Solange and Marina lead lifestyles that couldn't be more different. Solange, an introverted psychology student, clings to an...

This film is made up several sketches in which certain actors play several real or fictional roles to a background of rock music. The lead character,...

The Salecine meeting place, founded near Maloja in 1971 by Zurich communist bookseller Theo Pinkus, quickly became a socio-cultural and political...

Snow, sweat, testosterone and the sound of chainsaws. Every four years, over a period of three months in winter, wood is being cut in a steep...

An isolated farm in a remote part of the Jura region: this is where Pauline and Alex are living in complete self-sufficient harmony with nature....

A sunny Saturday afternoon in Zurich. In the middle of a crowded square a businessman is lying on a bench, seemingly asleep. Someplace else, a...

A film about two young women, trying to decide how to go on with their lives and loves: Marie just dumped her boyfriend, who's married and can see...

A short dance film by Gitta Gsell.

30 years ago, Switzerland was shaken by a scandal that seems to have already been forgotten: more than 900,000 people were surveilled because of...

In a world almost like ours, Jonah works for an agency that offers human relationships. When he's hired to serve as Nika's father, he begins to lose...

Plagued by feelings of guilt, the meeting of two brothers confronts them with feelings that should not be experienced.

Antonin pays a visit to his father whom he hasn’t seen for fifteen years. He asks a friend and cameraman to accompany him because he wants to...

Apulia, 1959: Women in white dresses dance ecstatically in a small chapel. They jump around, roll on the ground, some even climb the altar. They are...

A boy dreams of being a great football star. One morning he leaves the grey of his housing estate to step into the bright light of the stadium. There...

In 1902 Switzerland, child laborer Emma is expected to thread needles, but just like children today, she desperately tries to live her dream of...

In between 1984--1985, Distel worked on Die Reise (The Trip), a stunning train and railroad field recording montage. Location recordings were made in...

Faced with the death of her sister, a young woman must honour the pact they made.