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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...

Sweeping Addis (2007)
0 / 10

Documentary

Step Across the Border (1990)
8 / 10

Documentary, Music

An avant-garde documentary film on English guitarist, composer and improviser Fred Frith.

Jan (2013)
0 / 10

Documentary

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...

Cymatic Cocoon (2007)
6 / 10

Animation

This film explores cymatics and telepathy among twins

The Shelter (2014)
6 / 10

Documentary

It is winter at an emergency shelter for the homeless in Lausanne. Every night at the door of this little-known basement facility the same entry...

Kill Hitler (1981)
0 / 10

Documentary

This 140-minute documentary takes a close look at the story and historical context of a young Swiss man who was beheaded during WW II for supposedly...

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?

The Written Face (1995)
0 / 10

Documentary

In Japanese theater, women's roles are traditionally played by men. The man playing the woman's role, the Onnagata, does not imitate the woman, as in...

Gambling, Gods and LSD (2002)
6.3 / 10

Documentary

Filmmaker Peter Mettler embarks on a mission that takes him around the world. He is determined to record the diverse modes of transcendence that...

Grimsel (1990)
0 / 10

Documentary

Grimsel-West was the name of a project for the expansion of the hydroelectric plant in the Hasli Valley. Submitted on 30 June 1988, its realization...

GLOW (2023)
0 / 10

Documentary

She was a muse, model and performer – a star, dazzling and intense. Lady Shiva managed to rise from street prostitution to the top. She lived in...

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...

Arada (2021)
7 / 10

Documentary

The story of three Turkish men. They all grew up in Switzerland and all got deported after various criminal offenses.

The Top of His Head (1989)
3 / 10

Romance, Drama

Satellite dish salesman Gus experiences some life-altering changes when he meets performance artist Lucy in this visually poetic fantasy. After Lucy...

Offshore: Elmer and the Swiss Bank Secrecy (2016)
0 / 10

Documentary

While managers of Swiss banks in the USA ruefully apologize for their tax evasions practices and customer data is disclosed to the American...

Debra Milke (2011)
0 / 10

Documentary, Drama

Melodias (2005)
0 / 10

Documentary

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...