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- The coming-of-age story about a Canadian First Nations girl who triumphs over obstacles in her young life. Her new teacher discovers her extraordinary gifts as a violinist. When Shana goes on a spiritual journey, she befriends a wild wolf who guides her and she reconnects with her ancestors, including her mother. Finally, she is able to make peace with her mother's death and, absorbed by nature and the spiritual world, Shana finds a unique way of musical expression, which will allow her to have a career as a violinist. Filmed with the People of the Creeks, the Lower Nicola Indian Band near Merritt, BC. The entire cast is local and first time film performers. The Swiss director Nino Jacusso who spent seven months with them calls them 'real actors' as they are the real people. A moving, magical, and yet authentic inter-cultural motion picture.
- They stand for wildness and domestication at the same time, symbolize eroticism, power or even loyalty and friendship. Even as supporting actors, cats and dogs play an important role in art and reveal a lot about the relationship between humans and nature. With a new perspective at the work of famous and forgotten artists, the film shows the historical transformation of the four-legged friends from farm animal to prestige object and today's domestic companion.
- Mulhapar is a village in the wide expanses of the Punjab in Pakistan. A country associated with violence and intolerance. Beyond this sombre prejudice, the film plunges into the brimming life of a community of poor and rich people, Muslims and Christians, the young and the old, women and men. In Mulhapar, their family and individual destinies, as well as their stories and anecdotes are condensed into a vivid mosaic.
- A photo that you hold in your hand immediately after clicking? 70 years ago this was an almost magical innovation. The story begins in the post-war period with the brilliant American inventor Dr. Edwin Land.
- The examination of objects from everyday culture is a trademark of Peter Volkart, in his art objects as well as in his films. Volkart stages mysterious journeys that venture into uncharted territory and wanderingly penetrate consciousness, as in "Terra incognita." His short films have a magical appeal: they have been shown at numerous film festivals in Germany and abroad and have won numerous awards.
- "Namibia Crossings" takes a trip through a country of archaic beauty and bizarre contradictions - like an echo on the polyphonic soul-landscapes made up of each individual's highs and lows.
- A discreet, respectful and multifaceted portrait of four remarkable Ethiopian women, coping with life in a city marked by uncertainty and poverty.
- A long-term documentation of three teenage mothers in Switzerland. During four years the film documents their transition from teenager to womanhood, which they simultaneously experienced with motherhood. A film chronicle with an open end.
- Beginning and end, farewell and reunion: for some it represents home, for others the start of an adventure. At train stations all over the world, people are setting off on their journeys while others return. Or wait. For the next connection, or perhaps for better times. Whether in Cairo or Zurich. Railway stations are like islands, suspended between space and time, cosmopolitan meeting points and crossroads. Mahatah - Side Stories from Main Stations delves into this universe where, almost unnoticed, people scrub stairs, make up train compositions, provide security, and sell tickets - or kebabs. Their names are Wala, Marina, Raimundo, and they work with dedication to keep alive a place that so many only register in passing. In the heat of Cairo, keeping calm helps, in Zurich, air conditioning or dancing. In both places, people are passionately living out their lives at the train station, their little cosmos. Encounters that fade into everyday life find space in Mahatah, the Arabic word for station. Episode by episode, the film consolidates into the collective rhythm of everyday life, uncovering stories from two countries whose shared poetry develops into universal human energy. Until the next reunion or the next goodbye, until the next train pulls into or out of the station, the world is united in Mahatah.
- Portrait of the Zürich jazz pianist Irène Schweizer.
- "NOT ME - A Journey with Not Vital" takes us on an intriguing foray into the eventful life and creative artistic expressions of contemporary Swiss artist Not Vital. This film essay sheds light on the work of the internationally renowned Grisons artist who for a long time remained the "well-known unknown" inside his home country. Director Pascal Hofmann traces the driving force of this restless cosmopolitan, and establishes a dialogue between the motifs in Vital's work, his childhood dreams, and the influences of his most important places of stay such as Beijing, Patagonia, Niger, "his" village of Sent in the Grisons, and New York. "NOT ME - A Journey with Not Vital" opens up idiosyncratic insights into Vital's perception of reality and its artistic transformation. From beginning to end, this film tells the author's enraptured exploration of the longings of an artist who came from the mountains.
- Animal tamers from various continents shine in the spotlight and struggle for their existence behind the scenes. Between toiling and smiling, the female circus artists disclose their passion for their 'wild' animals and extraordinary profession: a daily life full of dedication and discipline in the midst of mortal danger.
- A portrait of Diether Roth through interviews with his son, his ex-wives and his friends, showcasing his multiple facets as pop artist, activist, poet, filmmaker and admirer of women.
- 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.
- The creator attempts to uncover the dark secrets of her family's past and answer unanswered questions about her mother.
- Darío Aguirre moved from Ecuador to Germany to be with Stephanie, but from the very first day there was a third party in their relationship:the government. They issued him ten visas in fifteen years. A long trail of papers, stamps, permits, and restrictions connected Darío to Germany while also keeping him at a distance. Then one fine day the mayor of Hamburg invites Darío to become a German citizen. A confession of love? Darío responds with a tender, ironic road movie that traces his intertwined journey from the country of his fathers to the country of his children.
- My doctor, Stephan von Arx, MD, is retiring. After the initial shock, I get to talk to him. In the course of his practice, "Il Dottore" has evolved from a doctor of school medicine to a doctor of complementary medicine. As a family doctor, he has cared for his patients from the working class over generations. He was a factory doctor in the middle of the industrial district of Zuchwil. What will happen without him?