Movies
IL DOTTORE - A doctor for life
A documentary about a worker's doctor who retires.
Idea, script & direction: Nino Jacusso
Schweiz 2023
MAHATAH - Side Stories from Main Stations
Idea, script & direction: Sandra Gysi & Ahmed Abdel Mohsen
Schweiz 2022
Of Cats, Dogs and Art
A foray to dogs and cats in the museum.
Idea, script & direction: Anka Schmid
Schweiz 2021
NOT ME - A Journey with Not Vital
The film takes us on a foray into the life of Swiss artist Not Vital
Idea, script & direction: Pascal Hofmann
Schweiz 2020
FAIR TRADERS
True Stories of Ethical Business
Idea, script & direction: Nino Jacusso
Schweiz 2018
SUBITO – instant photography
Polaroid - an invention bordering on magic! The fantastic story of a cult object set between technology, art and pop culture.
Idea, script & direction: Peter Volkart
Schweiz 2018
Land of my children
A film about life abroad and reconciliation with one's own past.
Idea, script & direction: Darío Aguirre
Deutschland, Schweiz 2018
Hairy
Audacious, tamed and sensual – Anka Schmid tells of delicate body parts in an artistically playful manner.
Idea, script & direction: Anka Schmid
Schweiz 2017
Anniversary Movie for Zurich Central Library. Commissioned film
Anniversary movie to mark and celebrate the Zentralbibliothek Zürich (Central Library) 100th birthday
Idea, script & direction: Anka Schmid
Schweiz 2017
Subotika
Subotika - a holiday destination that lives up to its promises.
Idea, script & direction: Peter Volkart
Schweiz 2015
Wild Women - Gentle Beasts
Female animal tamers from various continents shine in the spotlight and struggle for their existence behind the scenes.
Idea, script & direction: Anka Schmid
Schweiz 2015
Mulhapar
MULHAPAR shows a multifaceted picture of the life in a small village somewhere in Pakistan.
Idea, script & direction: Paolo Poloni
Schweiz 2014
Shana - The Wolf's Music
A First Nations girl, a wolf and a violin – and the magic of music.
Idea, script & direction: Nino Jacusso
Schweiz, Kanada 2014
Millions Can Walk
Hundreds and thousand of Indian indigenous inhabitants and landless farmers–demand their right to existence by making a 400 km protest march.
Idea, script & direction: Christoph Schaub und Kamal Musale
Schweiz, Indien 2013
Césars Grill
In order to rescue his father’s ramshackle grill restaurant, the film-maker is travelling back to his homeland Ecuador.
Idea, script & direction: Darío Aguirre
Deutschland, Schweiz 2013
5 Shorts
DVD with award-winning movies:
ZIMMER 606; JA JA, NEIN NEIN; MONSIEUR SÉLAVY; TERRA INCOGNITA; SUBURBAN WILDLIFE
Idea, script & direction: Peter Volkart
Schweiz 2013
Christmas in Mulhapar
In a Muslim village in Pakistan the Christian couple Rani and George celebrate Christmas, in spite of hardship and financial difficulties.
Idea, script & direction: Paolo Poloni
Schweiz 2013
Ahimsa
A story about the struggle for land and water of tribal people in India – an insight into the power of non-violence.
Idea, script & direction: Karl Saurer
Schweiz 2012
Actually, we were planning to go back home
Return home or stay here? 3 couples growing old in a foreign country, being torn between here and there and constantly adjusting to new conditions.
Idea, script & direction: Yusuf Yeşilöz
Schweiz 2012
Room 606
The journey of Jonathan Fisch takes him to the edge of the province, where he checks in to a run-down hotel. The attic room no. 606 has its pitfalls...
Idea, script & direction: Peter Volkart
Schweiz 2012
Against all Odds
Women have children. But when you’re not even eighteen and your belly begins to grow, people stare at you and frown.
Idea, script & direction: Anka Schmid
2011
Sira
A film how traditions and modernity struggle in today’s Egypt – and how society is looking for its heroes now and then.
Idea, script & direction: Sandra Gysi & Ahmed Abdel Mohsen
Schweiz 2011
Bödälä
A fast-paced film about people whose feet are their primitive and powerful instrument of artistic expression.
Idea, script & direction: Gitta Gsell
Schweiz 2010
Isa Hesse-Rabinovitch
A fascinating portrait of the Swiss film pioneer Isa Hesse-Rabinovitch and her timeless film and video oeuvre.
Idea, script & direction: Anka Schmid
Schweiz 2009
Monsieur Sélavy
A film diary about the vicissitudes of existence and how to encounter them with dignity.
Idea, script & direction: Peter Volkart
Schweiz 2008
Federica de Cesco
A movie portrait of Federica de Cesco and the essence of writing and reading and good told stories.
Idea, script & direction: Nino Jacusso
Schweiz 2008
The Love of Music
3 musicians re-invent their artistic identity in Switzerland. A film full of hope and melancholy, warm-heartedness and homesickness
Idea, script & direction: Yusuf Yeşilöz
Schweiz 2008
Sweeping Addis
A discreet, respectful portrait of four remarkable women, survival artists in a land marked by political tension.
Idea, script & direction: Corinne Kuenzli
Schweiz 2006
Between the Worlds
A portrait of the Kurdish Turk Güli Dogan, demonstrating that even a successfull integratin has its moments of unfulfilled longing and tears.
Idea, script & direction: Yusuf Yeşilöz
Schweiz 2006
Irène Schweizer
Music is and has always been Irene Schweizer’s whole life, a film portrait of the great Swiss pianist with insights into her life.
Idea, script & direction: Gitta Gsell
Schweiz 2005
Terra Incognita
During the 1920s, a young pataphysician becomes the talk of the town when he declares that gravity does not exist.
Idea, script & direction: Peter Volkart
Schweiz 2005
Namibia Crossings
“The Hambana Sound Company” is a troupe of 12 musicians and singers from Namibia, Zimbabwe, Angola, Switzerland, Russia.
Idea, script & direction: Peter Liechti
Schweiz 2004
Dieter Roth
Dieter Roth lived the life of 20 men and left behind a body of work of titanic proportions.
Idea, script & direction: Edith Jud
Schweiz 2003
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