"Switzerlanders"
Switzerlanders
A cinematic time capsule with over 1,400 hours of submitted material from all regions of Switzerland gives unknown insights about the life of Swiss people in the politically and socially turbulent summer of 2019.
La petite Suisse
La découverte de la tombe du fils de Guillaume Tell dans un coin perdu du Pays basque incite des habitants chagrins à demander l'annexion de leur village par la Suisse.
Back to Switzerland
Madrid, 1974. Six years have passed since Martin and his family have returned to Spain from Switzerland. A visit to their adopted country will bring complications.
Motu Patlu Dangerous Road Trip in Switzerland
Motu-Patlu, Dr. Jhatka, Ghaseetaram and Inspector Chingum are on a road trip to Switzerland. Meanwhile, A Polar bear promises his cubs that he will give them a special cake for their birthday. He starts searching when he comes across Motu. Will Motu fall for this trap?
Ciao-Ciao Bourbine
Walter Egli est un policier. Au moment de déplier son bulletin de vote, il ne prend que quelques secondes avant d’inscrire le « JA » qui officialiserait le Suisse allemand comme unique langue nationale. À la grande surprise, c’est le français qui l’a emporté. Toutes les structures financées par l’état devront impérativement communi..
Laveuses
Derrière deux caisses portant les inscriptions “Sunlight Soap” et “Sunlight Seife”, trois lavandières aidées par deux enfants lavent du linge dans un baquet. La présence d'une jeune fille participant à la lessive aux côté de deux femmes adultes évoque le scénario d'une affiche publicitaire de l'exposition nationale suisse de Genè..
Attention Switzerland!
Due to a bureaucratic error, a five-person multicultural student flat share is classified as a family. In order to be able to keep their apartment and flat share in the social housing estate, the Lebanese Tarik (Rolf Sommer), the French Virginie (Julienne Pfeil), the Italian Enzo (Edward Piccin) and Viennese Rudi (Franz Frickel) as a Swiss family, ..
A Souvenir from Switzerland
Director Sorayos Prapapan is invited to present his penultimate short film at the Winterthur Festival. He runs into an Afghan director friend, who has become a political refugee in Switzerland. Over subtle still shots of the Swiss landscape, his voice resonates and transports us between humor and the reality of political facts in an exciting and ri..
Peppino Di Capri: Live in Switzerland
Performing live in Switzerland in 1980, Peppino Di Capri sings some of his best songs, including the hits "Roberta" and "Champagne".
Cheese. Travel from Switzerland to Russia
In Nikolskoye village of Ruzsky district, farmers decided to restore the production of the first natural cheese of the Russian Empire. The tradition of making baked cheese dates back to 1795. The first cheese, named "Meschersky", was made in the home of Prince Meschersky in his estate of Lotochino. The sign of the village of Lotochina represents un..
The Italian Switzerland
A documentary set in Italian-speaking Switzerland, whose beauties are revealed through “phantom rides” on the Brunate Cremagliera railway, through sunsets in backlight on Lake Como and footage of the Bernina railway climbing up through snowbound mountains.
From the Verbano to Switzerland Through the Gotthard
A travel documentary on landscapes, which utilizes the phantom ride technique and which makes use of the momentum of shots taken with the camera mounted on moving vehicles. Each means of transport answers to differing rules in perceiving the scenario.
Un voyage en Suisse - Legende
This short film from the Corrick Collection by the Corrick Family Entertainers features shots taken from the front of a train travelling through the snowy Swiss Alps.
La Suisse s'interroge
In 1964, Switzerland presented and looked at itself in a great national Exposition in Lausanne. One of the main attractions was this critical self-portrait in five short movements that deals as much with the nation’s beloved clichés as with its problems.
Gekleurde kijkjes uit de geheele wereld - Chamonix, Crimea, Split, Switzerland
Coloured nature shots from all over the world.
The Rhône in Switzerland
Travelogue, following the river upstream by train, from Lake Geneva to the Rhône Glacier.
