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A 14-year-old video enthusiast obsessed with violent films decides to make one of his own and show it to his parents, with tragic results.

Isolated in the Swiss Alps, a young woman who would have liked to become a teacher teaches her deaf brother arithmetic and writing. An incestuous relationship develops between them.

On the shores of Lake Geneva, teenager Margaux meets a 7-year-old foster child and a young fisherman in his thirties. The trio find themselves torn between attraction, disappointment and the desire to escape.

A long-married couple turns to a therapist for help as they make an attempt to stimulate their love life.

Brunaupark, Zurich: 5 residential complexes, 405 flats. A bank is planning new buildings and has cancelled half of the flats. While many leave, some hold out. The film observes their uncertainty and the transformation of this living space.

Around the time of the fall of the Berlin Wall, hundreds of thousands of people were spied on in Switzerland. Policeman Schuler goes undercover to reveal a possible political coup in the Zurich Schauspielhaus.

Since 1886, there has been a weather-station master at the summit of the mountain. He telegraphs his daily measurements into the valley from where they are transmitted to Rome, Paris, Berlin and Vienna.

An authentically political, theatrical and cinematic New Gospel for the 21st century.

'You can get it if you really want.' If this sentence applies to anyone, then it most definitely applies to Florian Burkhardt. He achieved nearly everything he wanted. Except the one thing that was most important to him: escaping himself.

20 years of atrocities due to greed claimed the lives of over 6 million people in Congo. Milo Rau collects details from survivors and perpetrators. 3 trials were heard exposing one of the most horrific cases of inhumanity in world history.

Robert (22), a former driver in illegal races, returns to his hometown after a long period of absence. He is determined to put his past behind him and starts an apprenticeship in a repair shop. When he meets teacher Alice, his life starts to unravel. The strong bond of a dark past connects them. He follows her every move and spies on her. In order to get closer to her, he pretends to be someone else and takes an English class with her. But for how long can he hide his true identity?

Eli tries to escape the narrowness and agitation of the city, while her rage starts to build up.

Gertrud (89) has only one thing in mind when she smiles at the man online, even though she has no memory of doing so: to determine the final stages of her life herself before winding up in the dementia ward. But neither her end-of-life therapist or her family nor her suitor can be coaxed into honouring her request.

1969, the first winter after the violent end of the Spring of Prague: 13-year-old Hannah and her crazy young parents land as though on a completely different planet in the German economic wonderland.

Jonas, once a successful writer, is stuck. A separation involving a child has left him depressed and wallowing in self-pity. To survive, he has to give writing courses for beginners. But his mood turns abruptly when the charming Gina shows up in his course. Jonas falls in love with her energy and spontaneity and wants to help her write a book. But in doing so he saddles himself with even bigger problems... "Der Frosch" is a both funny and sad, self-mocking and warm-hearted movie about overcoming life's crises.

Driven by strange desire a loner is fatally attracted to two sisters. A Neo Noir.

In reality Emil (Philippe Graber) and Larissa (Emilie Welti) would never have been a couple she is an idolized singer, he is a shy outsider. Ironically, Emil is just getting to know Larissa when she dies unexpectedly. He pretends to have been her boyfriend and finally gets the recognition he has always yearned for, with the added bonus of a surrogate family in the form of Larissas. Things would be just great if Emil didnt fall in love - with Larissas sister Nora (Johanna Bantzer). The more he gets to know her, the harder it becomes for him to pretend

Rahel Hubli is employed as a civil registrar. She hasn't believed in the so-called "love of her life" in ages. But when a childhood friend, Ben, suddenly turns up, Rahel recalls again what it felt like to be in love. And that leads to even more problems, because Rahel is already married. And Ben would like to get married: by Rahel.

What happens when suddenly everyone falls asleep and you are the only one staying awake? Ten-year-old Nicki made this experience completely involuntarily

True story about George Mandel, a high-profile minister in the pre-war 3rd French republic. As a wealthy member of the bourgeoisie, he is treated with disdain by the left, while he is held in even lower esteem by the right because he is Jewish. Once the Germans march into France in 1940, his position becomes even more precarious.

A 12 year old girl regularly writes letters to Brad Pitt telling him about the boring life in the province, her unnerving sister and her clumsy father.

After thirty years of living abroad, Franz Engi returns to his hometown. A lot of things have changed over the years. There are only very few families with children left in the village and that is why the school is about to be closed down. Franz decides to save the school and teacher Eva's job in a very unusual way: He maintains he never had the time to go to school when he was a child and is claiming his "right to education" now. Franz, the "new kid in town", sets the ball rolling in Sternenberg. Apart from saving the school , Franz's relationship with Eva has another, completely different purpose, because Franz has a secret...