Zürcher Hochschule der Künste

Manuela spends an unforgettable night with her friend Vanessa and has a threesome with her. As Vanessas pregnancy brings Manuela back, both uncover a dark secret which complicates the upbringing of the unborn child.

A group of high school students must break into their principal's office to destroy evidence before the devastating parent-teacher conference that same evening.

During the usual drinking-out evening 2 friends are having a hard time remembering what their chat is about.

On a young waitress’s birthday, the perplexing appearance of one of her deceased mother’s homemade cakes deeply troubles her. Over her shift that evening, surrounded by happy families in the little restaurant where she works, memories of her mother crowd in, and her attempts to repress her emotions grow ever more difficult.

A young woman and a married man become close. They realize that in order to find each other, they have to let go.

On their way to a remote vacation spot, a young couple witnesses a fatal hunting accident. Far from civilization and cut off from any help, they start to question the hunters' intentions.

On a full moon night in a center for werewolves in Switzerland, the language barrier might cause some problems...

Crushed by the voices and opinions from their surroundings, Person C tries to bring order to their chaotic head.

Thurgau, present day: For the anniversary of the Catholic convent of Tobel, the local TV station follows a community on the brink. Only two elderly nuns remain behind its walls, while overwhelmed civil servant Toni keeps things running. Secretly he hides Lee , a wanted hacktivist – rude, nerdy, and queer as fuck – beneath the convent walls. When Sister Hildegard dies and church and political authorities plan to turn the convent into a luxury yoga retreat, Scholastika fights back against patriarchal structures.

15-year-old Selma feels crushed – by her mother's expectations, by those of her Catholic Swiss village, and ultimately by her own. On the night before a religious procession, she meets a group of teenagers hidden in the dark of the local gymnasium.

At his first practice with the new football team, Jonas meets his teammate Niklas. After a party, they end up at Niklas' house. Cuddled up together, the two friends fall asleep. Their closeness does not go unnoticed by their team. The comments from his teammates unsettle Jonas. His relationship with his girlfriend Lara is also in question. He is unable to explain to her what is going on inside him. He encounters Niklas on the football field. An argument erupts. Their team wins the next game, but their distance seems insurmountable.

Louis, "The Special One", abandoned by his mother, disturbed by his father, has long since lost faith in love and tells us his somewhat different love story.

After her father's death, Lilo wanders through Zurich's Allmend, a common public space on the edge of the city. It is there that her father spent most of his time during the last years of his life. In her search for his traces, she listens to the landscape, sketches nature and meets the regular walkers.

Young migrants from Afghanistan, Cameroon, Serbia and Venezuela attend a Swiss integration class where they learn a new language and prepare for employment.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

A woman is chained to a factory rooftop. A man offers to rescue her. Things are not always what they seem.