artfilm movies

The Fortress (2008)
6.8 / 10

Documentary

The personal stories of the people from all around the world waiting for a decision in an asylum-seekers centre in one of most restrictive countries...

Raving Iran (2016)
6.6 / 10

Documentary

Anoosh and Arash are at the center of Tehran’s underground techno scene. Tired of hiding from the police and their stagnating career, they organize...

Into Great Silence (2005)
7 / 10

Documentary

An intimate portrayal of the everyday lives of Carthusian monks of the Grande Chartreuse, high in the French Alps (Chartreuse Mountains). The idea...

Winter Nomads (2012)
7.2 / 10

Documentary, History

Pascal, 53, and Carole, 28, are shepherds. In the month of November 2010, they embark on their long winter transhumance: four months during which...

Magic Matterhorn (1995)
8 / 10

Documentary

A documentary about entertainment and home, filmed in Switzerland and California.

Do It (2000)
6.3 / 10

History, Documentary

Odyssey of the fortune-teller Daniele von Arb who, aged sixteen, joined the revolutionary underground and made the headlines as a top Swiss terrorist.

The Paris Opera (2017)
7.2 / 10

Documentary

A behind-the-scenes look at the of how the Paris Opera is run under the direction of Stephane Lissner.

Ikaria (1989)
0 / 10

Documentary

Chris the Swiss (2018)
6.5 / 10

Animation, Documentary

Croatia, 7th of January 1992: In the middle of the war, a young journalist's body is discovered dressed in the uniform of an international mercenary...

Yugodivas (2000)
5 / 10

Documentary

Five New York divas close up. The thing that in addition to their friendship links these gifted, confident and beautiful women; a painter, an actress...

Babylon 2 (1993)
0 / 10

Documentary

The first film about second-generation Swiss immigrants: A Turkish ice hockey player explains why, in Switzerland, he could only fall in love with an...

Special Flight (2011)
6.1 / 10

Documentary

Switzerland still carries out special flights, where passengers, dressed in diapers and helmets, are chained to their seats for 40 hours at worst....

Shadow Thieves (2018)
6 / 10

Documentary

The film follows five professional photographers in Los Angeles, Latin America, Paris, Berlin and Switzerland in their daily struggle to come by. It...

Namibia Crossings (2004)
0 / 10

Music, Documentary

“Namibia Crossings” takes a trip through a country of archaic beauty and bizarre contradictions. The film creates polyphonies of soulful...

Genesis 2.0 (2018)
6.4 / 10

Documentary

A well-preserved mammoth carcass is found in the remote New Siberian Islands in the Arctic Ocean, opening up the possibility of a world-changing...

Imagine Waking Up Tomorrow and All Music Has Disappeared (2015)
6 / 10

Documentary, Music

Imagine waking up tomorrow and all music has disappeared. Just like that. What will remain when it is all gone: CDs, iPods, instruments?

Iraqi Odyssey (2014)
7 / 10

Documentary

Tracing the emigrations of his family over more than half a century, this riveting documentary epic from acclaimed expatriate Iraqi filmmaker Samir...

Der Imker (2013)
6.2 / 10

Documentary

A documentary about Ibrahim Gezer, who escaped from war in Kurdistan to Switzerland. All is lost, except his love for beekeeping.

Daniel Schmid: Le Chat Qui Pense (2010)
5.8 / 10

Documentary

When director Daniel Schmid grew up, his parents ran a hotel in the Alps, and this singular setting was to influence his film. Rather by coincidence...

Balkan Melody (2012)
8 / 10

Documentary, History

What Swiss director Stefan Schweitert did for accordion music and for yodeling (Accordion Tribe, Cinequest, 2005; Echoes of Home, Cinequest 2008) he...