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The story of a Turkish Alevi family trying to illegally emigrate to Switzerland, a country they know only from a postcard.

Two happy families, a quiet beach and a house above the Sea. It could be so perfect. But when teenager Finn has a breakdown it brings turmoil not only to the friendship between the families but also to the relationship between his parents.

A high school teacher's double life begins to come apart at the seams when well-hidden secrets gradually emerge.

School of Champions tells the story of a freshman class at Austria's most renowned and prestigious ski-academy. There is only a thin line between love and jealousy, loyalty and betrayal, ambition and frustration....

Over the course of five years THE DRIVEN ONES follows tomorrow's business elite: from their studies in the best master's program worldwide through to the first years of their careers.

The Bubble examines often-surreal senior citizen life within The Villages, America's largest retirement community. Retired life beneath the Floridian sunshine however, is not perhaps as idyllic, or as welcomed, as one may imagine.

The summerly adventures of Kurt (Tucholsky) and girl friend staying in a Swedish castle whilst the political changes in Germany in the thirties.

Centers around four older ladies from the Emmental region. When four older women decide to turn the local corner shop into a chic lingerie store, the whole community is thrown into disarray.

When Jessy tells David she's pregnant, his fears of inadequacy as a man take hold. Frantic, he resorts to steroids. Within a short time, David becomes a threat to Jessy and the unborn child.

A fish gets lost in a tidal pool and must win over the sea creatures that dwell there. A fart creates goodwill, and a strong community quickly develops. An underwater adventure painted with the colors and sounds of the sea.

To Make a Comedy Is No Fun: Jirí Menzel.

An Indian filmmaker returns to his homeland during the national elections. With voting spread over a period of six long weeks, he starts travelling the country, turning the camera towards his family.

This tragicomedy is the story of a marriage of many years that is actually nothing but routine. It is the story of a mother-daughter relationship and it is the story of a new beginning.

A tragic yet humorous depiction of several miners as they search for a new self-image, set against the background of our epoch's social transformations.

Rival families of farmers disagree about which is the most suitable crop to plant.

In Tibet's Changtang region, nomads harvest salt to buy barley. A clan prepares four of its men for an annual trek to Lake Tsento, where they rake salt from shoals into piles, then into bags, and onto their yaks to return, 90-days in all. After picking an auspicious day to depart, they feast, sing, tell stories, and race horses. Women are forbidden on this sacred trip. All is ritualized: Margen cooks, Pargen prepares burnt offerings and distributes meat, Zopon cares for the caravan of 160 yaks, Bopsa bends his strong back to arduous work. To each other they speak the secret language of saltmen; they pray and observe exemplary behavior. The goddess of the lake smiles upon them.

With an IQ of 149+, 13-year old Maximilian Janisch is Switzerlands most famous highly gifted child. After passing the final secondary-school examinations in Mathematics at just 9 years old, Maximilian has jumped forward 3 grades and is now attending Mathematical courses at University level. The film follows Maximilian and his parents through their high energy daily life and reflects on what it means to be a child prodigy.

Most women in prison are mothers. When a mother is imprisoned, her newborn or her young child can remain with her in prison or they can be separated and taken in by a family member or by the State. These situations aren't without risk for the child. The film takes the child's point of view and its goal is to cast a light on them: too often they are forgotten, invisible and bare scars for their entire life. The filmmaker follows the daily lives of some of these kids in Bolivia, Nepal, New York and Montreal.

ANOTHER REALITY tells the story of young people who live in Germany in so-called parallel societies and criminal family clans and questions themselves and their reality of life.

A retiree's instrument inexplicably goes mute in the days leading up to a long-awaited performance.

An intimate documentary about the life and work of swiss poet and liedermacher Mani Matter (1936-1972).

Biography of the artist Willy Guggenheim, also known as Varlin.

Residents of a shared apartment discuss buying a new vacuum cleaner. A real film about group dynamics and everyday life in common, where banality, poetry and humor mingle.

Alberto and Susana, married for 60 years, have lived their daily lives in Tepoztlán. There seems to be no trace of love any more. One last project unites the two: on their anniversary they want to climb "their" mountain once again.