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Winners new_releases Release: 01-24-2025
After an intimate night with a teammate, a young footballer struggles with the expectations of those around him and himself.

Galaxy Urnäsch 3000 new_releases Release: 01-24-2025
Cows graze atop rolling hills, the Säntis cable car glides towards the mountain station, and behind it, 2.5 million light years away, the Andromeda Nebula shimmers. In Urnäsch, winter is drawing in: the local butcher cutting the last geraniums from their window boxes and the men’s choir is rehearsing. But when the streetlights go out, leaving only the stars twinkling above, the village youth gather and dreams of other worlds are discussed.

Freight 2024
Onboard the Panerai container ship, the young sailor Rudmer dreams of becoming a captain himself one day.

La Joie de Vivre 2024
Gerda’s date with her neighbor does not go as planned when her mother – a narcissistic but humorous grande dame of the theater – shows up at the door. During dinner, both the accusations and the theatrical eccentricity of the visitor escalate to frenzied heights.

Territory 2024
A summer walk through Zurich ends in a police control. Prison ruins are turned into parks, old buildings give way to new ones. On the first of May, rubber bullets are fired. A person goes blind.

Electric Fields 2024
People go through life with forgotten dreams. They bravely contend another day when something goes off the rails. A man disappears into the woods. A season is lost. Lovers overcome time. Hardly noticeably, the rules of the world shift. And suddenly new paths open up in people's minds.

Where the Wild Bees Are 2023
Wild bees live solitary lives and coexist with one plant for which they are morphologically equipped. When humans introduce domesticated honeybees into this ecosystem, they threaten to displace the wild bees.

Chagrin Valley 2023
The Chagrin Valley assisted living facility for dementia sufferers is home to a fragile and ageing population. Punctuated by fleeting conflicts, confusion and long-awaited family visits, the day-to-day life of the residents drags on.

Theory of Change 2023
The young political movement Operation Libero wants to stir up Switzerland's National elections with cross-party issues, progressive candidates and a targeted campaign. Will the movement succeed in asserting itself against the established forces and bring about change?

Marion 2023
A man loses track of finding his father's murderer after meeting a woman who is different than all the others.

Rooted 2023
A young man visits his grandmother in Belgrade, as he thinks she’s not well. A summer day spent in her vibrant neighborhood among food, beverages, and old acquaintances triggers in him a sense of not belonging.

Darkness surrounds him. 2022
Exhausted from decades of living, an elderly man sets foot aboard a streetcar for a journey that will prove to be very unusual. He does not understand where he is. He does not understand how he has come to this place. But music surrounds him and melodies lead the way.

Time Stranger 2022

Utopia 2022
Humans shape, change, and dominate nature. Uniting pleasure and respect remains a utopian dream. A visual study of the ambivalence of human needs.

Heart Fruit 2022 star_border 6
City people set off into a warm late summer night. Glances meet in a library. At a workout, two men discuss where to buy love. A couple kisses intimately. She bites him. No sooner has he bought a match than a better offer calls. Doubts arise. A couple explains themselves in therapy. At breakfast, his match chews her egg so loud that he freezes in disgust. The electrifying looks in the library lose their power. Full of hope they wander into the unknown. Only the dance makes them temporarily forget who they are and what will happen.

Reverie 2022
Dancers dream of free and fluid motion to escape from their rigorous rehearsal.

Moles 2021 star_border 7.5
Anna, Francesco and the eight years old Giorgio can't afford a fancy holiday. Afraid of losing their reputation, they decide to fake the vacation. They hide in their own house and they post on social medias photoshopped pictures of the family at the Bahamas. Inebriated by likes and folowers, the parents forget their son's needs.

So Far So Good 2021 star_border 6
On a hot summer day four groups sweat without realizing that the world is slowly ending.

Love Will Come Later 2021
Samir longs for love and struggles to find prospects in a land of limited opportunities. He believes in a better future far away.

Thing 2021 star_border 8
The ways of love are strange indeed. Sometimes they lead to the neighbours’ patio roof or to the music stand of a piano in the university basement. Both Valentina and Sonnili are in an intimate relationship with an object. Even if the hurdles might look incomparable to those encountered by more traditional love stories, the core topics remain the same: intimacy, comfort and the idea that the world is a nicer place if you share it.

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