Zürcher Hochschule der Künste

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.

A young filmmaker is researching the subject of paid sex. In a café in Zurich, she meets a woman her age who tells her about everyday life in the apartment brothels. Undistorted realities from Swiss online sex forums echo like a shiver across the building facades and seep into the waters of the city.

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.

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.

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.

At the age of 47, Stefan is diagnosed with dementia. At home, he continues to keep his things tidy, until it becomes impossible for him to live alone. In the care facility, Stefan meets the warm-hearted Monika, who gives him new strength. Stefan’s condition worsens when Monika leaves for a world trip. Shortly afterward, Stefan also loses his job and sinks ever deeper into the fog of his illness.

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

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.

A young man visits his grandmother in Belgrade, as he thinks she’s not well. A summer day spent in her vibrant neighborhood among food, beverages, and old acquaintances triggers in him a sense of not belonging.

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

People go through life with forgotten dreams. They bravely contend another day when something goes off the rails. A man disappears into the woods. A season is lost. Lovers overcome time. Hardly noticeably, the rules of the world shift. And suddenly new paths open up in people's minds.

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.

An 80-year-old woman spends her time at a bus station. She’s waiting for the right moment to leave this place forever.

A chance encounter backstage. Broken glass and a shared cigarette bring two strangers together. Three nights in which they learn to overcome social hierarchies and unrequited love. A short film inspired by Fyodor Dostoevsky's novella White Nights.

15-year-old Mia faces an overwhelming transformation which puts her entire existence into question. Her body is changing radically, and despite desperate attempts to halt the process, Mia is soon forced to accept that nature is far more powerful than she is.

A summer walk through Zurich ends in a police control. Prison ruins are turned into parks, old buildings give way to new ones. On the first of May, rubber bullets are fired. A person goes blind.

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.

The sports day of a primary school spirals out of control. A harmless argument between two children escalates into death threats between their fathers.

An art student, a real estate agent and two lovers cling to their carefully crafted facades – or fail to do so.

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.