Shake the Devil Off

Tosca's Kiss

Memoirs of the Italian Opera by the singers and musicians of the Casa Verdi, Milan, the world’s first nursing home for r...

Tibetan Warrior

The true story of one man's fight for freedom. For more than 60 years Tibetans have been fighting Chinese oppression. Bu...

Bear-Like

At the far end of the Alaskan peninsula, for filmmaker Roman Droux a childhood dream comes true. He discovers together w...

Kick That Habit

Kick That Habit is a 1989 film by PETER LIECHTI, an audio-visual portrait of his native country, eastern Switzerland. Th...

Kill Hitler

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

Hugo Koblet - The Charming Cyclist

Zurich-born Hugo Koblet was the first international cycling star of the post-war period. He was a stylist on the bicycle...

Thomas Hirschhorn – Gramsci Monument

Thomas Hirschhorn, one of the few Swiss artists of world renown, often touches on social wounds with his provocative wor...

Gangbé!

The Gangbé Brass Band, a musical group from Benin, sets out to conquer Lagos, capital of Nigeria.

Ho und Überall

L'homme des casernes

This film deals with the issue of mandatory military service in Switzerland. For four months, from February to May 1990,...

Chronique paysanne en Gruyère

The shooting of this peasant chronicle in the Gruyère region of Switzerland lasted a whole year, from July 1989 to July...

Markus Raetz

Swiss artist Markus Raetz has a sixth sense for apprehending the extraordinary. His works are as astonishing as a magici...

Zen for Nothing

Hidden in the wooded mountains on the west coast of Japan lies the small Zen monastery Antaiji. A young woman sets off t...

Exit: The Right to Die

Switzerland is presently the only country in the world where suicide assistance is legal. Exit: The Right to Die profile...

Max Frisch, Citoyen

Max Frisch was the last big Swiss intellectual widely respected as a “voice” in its own right – a character hardly found...

Daniel Schmid: Le Chat Qui Pense

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

Monte Grande: What is Life?

Documentary account of a man’s life in the face of imminent death – Francisco Varela's story told affectionately and ge...

Picture of Light

A documentary of an expedition to Churchill, Manitoba to film the Northern Lights.

Special Flight

Switzerland still carries out special flights, where passengers, dressed in diapers and helmets, are chained to their se...

Bis ans Ende der Träume

Both aspire to remain true to themselves and to build their lives freely. This bold vision in the 1950s is that of Katha...