Cinefile Switzerland

Beginning with her own poignant family history, the film's director traces our relationship to death and suicide.

Adrien, 70 years old, is living in the Swiss Alps, up in the mountain. He leaves then with a couple of friends on a long train ride until China. One can learn from life at all ages.

A peek behind the scenes show the difficult locations, severe weather cast and crew dealt with, and some amusing moments, while shooting this American television special, utilizing 40 different locations throughout the country.

A look behind the heroic story of a Guatamalan immigrant who became the first U.S. soldier to die in the American-led war in Iraq.

Jamison Newlander and Danielle Pratt count down the hottest hit music videos of the year.

A documentary from and about rural Europe, capturing a timeless cultural event: a series of head-to-head cow fights set in the valley in sunny Southern Switzerland, nestled amongst the Alps. This black and white film tries to capture the balance between fascinating tradition and modernity.

Friends hiking the Appalachian Trail are confronted by 'The Foundation', a community of people who have lived in the mountains for hundreds of years.

Hundreds and thousand of Indian men and women - indigenous inhabitants and landless farmers - demand their right to existence by making a 400 kilometers protest march.

A young man fights for his life after being diagnosed with cancer.

In the forests of the Pacific Northwest, a father devoted to raising his six kids with a rigorous physical and intellectual education is forced to leave his paradise and enter the world, challenging his idea of what it means to be a parent.

History and present of a heretical company.A film about a great publisher,a big Italian publishing house and about the passion for books: to discovery, develop and publish literature. "To change the world with books."

Portrait of a courtyard in Zurich and of its multicultural inhabitants.

Five highly original musicians from different countries form the Accordion Tribe. Together they aim to reinforce the original power of the long disdained instrument.Stefan Schwietert's film follows the energetic soundscapes and their performers on a journey through Europe. An extraordinarily intensive documentary on the communicative, connecting power of music.

An Argentinian biology student falls in love with a Swiss actress.

"Mais im Bundeshuus - le génie helvétique" ("Corn in Parliament") is a vertiginous journey down the corridors of the Federal Parliament building in Bern. Constructed as a feature film, it follows the adventures of a parliamentary committee established to create a bill on genetic engineering (Gen-Lex). This political thriller reveals both sides of the coin, namely that of those who have invested, economic interests and of those who fear the negative effects of this revolutionary technology. Amusing, tender, and humane, all the while clearly illustrating the limits of the system, the film functions as a tale of universal power.

A week in the life of a young singer as he navigates the Greenwich Village folk scene of 1961.

A Jewish-Hungarian concentration camp prisoner sets out to give a child he mistook for his son a proper burial.

A twelve-year-old boy from an abusive, dysfunctional family meets a kindred spirit during a summer holiday by the sea.

1958. Rose is a terrible secretary but a demon typist. Her handsome boss resolves to turn her into the fastest girl in the world.

Two men and two women enjoy a pleasant Sunday at the beach amid the unending toil of the working week.

Twenty years after their notorious tabloid romance gripped the nation, a married couple buckles under pressure when an actress arrives to do research for a film about their past.

In the not too distant future, a drifter travelling through the desert discovers the largest gold nugget ever found. He must guard it from thieves amid harsh conditions and wild dogs while waiting for his partner to return.