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- 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.
- In the midst of the vibrant medina of Marrakech, Samir longs for love and a better future. But his summer flirtations always end at the airport and he is left behind in a country with limited opportunities. When Samir really falls in love, he is faced with the decision of his life: should he listen to his sister and enter into a traditional marriage in Morocco or follow love and the dream of a better future in Europe?
- When Eva Vitija came of age, her father gave her a feature-length film about her life. It infuriated her, because she had attempted to get away from his camera all her childhood. Her father, filmmaker Joschy Scheidegger, documented his family obsessively. It was only when he died that Eva was impelled to take over not only his extensive film archive, but also his camera. «My Life as a Film» is a personal search for the difficult yet healing truths hidden behind her father's pictures. Through her film Eva Vitija gives her past back that element of intimacy that her father's camera seems to have stolen from her, re-establishes the bond that tied her not only to him but also and above all to herself. A surprising and philosophical family story about filming and the attempt to capture life. A powerful debut film with unexpectedly universal appeal that doesn't shy away from portraying the small and big flaws that make us human.
- Out of boredom and internal power struggles, a group of young girls gets carried away with frays on the playground. Intoxicated by power and the extreme, they become ever more audacious. All of the incidents are documented on a mobile phone. The camera is thus an integral part of the group and tells their story from the inside out.
- The gray rock of Mount Flimserstein. The luminous rectangle of a screen in an old Paris cinema. The glittering skyscrapers of Tokyo. «Daniel Schmid - Le chat qui pense» is a cinematic journey comprising a rich array of images and memories marking an outstanding career. The first feature-length film by Pascal Hofmann and Benny Jaberg documents the eventful life and cineastic legacy of an exceptional Swiss director of both films and operas. It spans his formative childhood in a Belle Epoque hotel in the Grisons mountains, and follows his escape from the peaceful Alps to turbulent 1960s Berlin, his love for the cinema, and his encounters with Rainer Werner Fassbinder. It delves into the worldly nightlife of 1970s Paris, and shows Schmid filming on location in Morocco, Portugal, and his native Grisons. «Daniel Schmid - Le chat qui pense» traces the eventful life of a gifted artist. It is a film about arriving, time and again, and about taking leave, for ever. «Daniel Schmid - Le chat qui pense» lets us hear several of his loyal companions comment on this exceptional artist, among others his muse Ingrid Caven, his cameraman Renato Berta, and close friends like director Werner Schroeter, actress Bulle Ogier, and film scholar Shiguéhiko Hasumi. And we hear Daniel Schmid himself - in a cinematic exploration of his life and work carried by his own voice and view of the world. A world situated between reality and fiction.
- In a future where the sea doesn't exist anymore and where adults imitate things from the past, dozens of children are building sand pies on an artificial beach. Only Estelle (12) looks at a wall on which the sea is painted. Thibaud (12) approaches the girl and pretends he could see the things that no longer exist. He takes her to his hiding place and tries to convince her to take a pill that would allow her to see the real sea.
- An enthusiast of Eastern esotericism welcomes an antisocial, crazy scholar as a roommate. Danger: explosive cocktail ahead!
- May, a young Chinese girl is married to an elder Swiss man. She secretly works at a flower shop, where she meets a young suitor. When May's husband, through the difficult neighbor, finds out about May's job, he forbids her to work.
- Most people play it for fun, to them it's a deadly serious matter. A small group of professional players from all over the country gather in Amriswil to crown the Swiss Minigolf Champion.
- The planet Novgor. Everybody works in the coal-mining industry, ruled by Cendrars Mining Company. There, Guillaume and Chloé are in love, nothing can separate them. Every third year, the company organizes a raffle. Only five lucky ones will be able to leave Novgor for the planet of their dreams: Eldorado. They will leave the dark dust for a new, golden life. Every Novgor citizen gets an assigned number and hopes to be among the chosen few. At the day of the draw, Guillaume realizes Chloé could win and leave without him.
- A boy dreams of being a great soccer star.
- Playing Scrabble can be dangerous.
- All over the world, parks serve the population as recreational areas, as places for fitness and sport. However, the Fuxing Park in Shanghai, China is so much more. It is one of the few public places in China, where the early retirees can get in touch with others, can be examined by doctors for free and have political discussions. "The Fuxing Park is..." like one person says: " - the lungs and heart of Shanghai!"
- A small, shabby bar in the deep south of Italy. A group of men play Padrone e sotto, an archaic drinking game. The film looks into a closed society of residents of a structurally weak region and becomes a sociogram that is exploring universal power mechanisms.
- Ever since Toni chucked his guitar, he lingers through life as a well known grumbler. When a parcel is mistakenly delivered to his door, he gets into his car without further ado, trying to find the right addressee.
- An 80 year old woman spends her time at a bus station. She's waiting for the right moment to leave this place forever.
- They know the woods like the back of their hands. A small group from Basel grazes the forest floor for mushrooms. To share their fascination with the rest of the world, they create a piece of nature within the boundaries of civilization.
- An evening at the Crazy Fish Sushi Bar: A lonely geezer courts the boss, an eye-catching sex blogger draws all the attention, a Japanese-Swiss family chews through a cultural conflict, and a restaurant critic painstakingly ogles each piece of food. Amid these episodes, Tobikomaki, a California roll, silently turns its laps on the conveyor belt. Its highest of existential highs is to be eaten.
- Everything ticks in Triberg, the birthplace of the cuckoo clock. Only time seems to stand still. Between abandoned restaurants and empty souvenir shops, the residents eagerly hope for the return of tourists.
- The men hunt in the barren sweet waters of the suburbs for fish. But between concrete pillars and evening traffic, the fishermen's hearts find no peace and so they set off in search of the distant and dreamy murmur of the sea.