Switzerland Movies

In 1877, in a watch factory in a valley in north-western Switzerland, Josephine produces balance spindles, tiny parts that ensure the agitation...

Sidonie Perceval, an established French writer, is mourning her deceased husband. Invited to Japan for the reedition of her first book, she is...

Giulia Tonelli, principal dancer at the Zurich Opera House, returns from maternity leave. She has to fight to find her place and a new balance,...

Summer 1900, Switzerland. Elisabeth, 17, is about to take her vows when the sudden death of her older sister forces her to leave the convent and...

An anxious woman navigates the bustle of modern day Cairo to find her missing lover, a young adult strives for an authentic connection in a future...

Drama from the Grisons mountains in Rhaeto-Romanic. When farmer Toni goes into the mountains with his son Meltger (Bruno Cathomas) to dig for gentian...

A look at the sexual and professional lives of three people — a television director, his ex-girlfriend, and a sex worker.

Stricken with a mysterious contagious disease, a young scientist is quarantined and subjected to inhumane conditions by a government seeking to keep...

Young South Africans from all walks of life begin their student experience at the elite University of Stellenbosch. They try to navigate between...

Karen and Markus live with their children in Karen’s parents’ house. Karen’s sister Jule travels with her family to Markus’...

A Roma boy living in Sweden dreams of building a spaceship to escape the reality of his family's pending asylum request, and the mysterious coma-like...

Swiss artist Markus Raetz has a sixth sense for apprehending the extraordinary. His works are as astonishing as a magician's sleight of hand: they...

Luisa, a 40-year-old singer, is in a relationship with Julien, who is a guitarist and composer. They have been in a band together for many years. One...

Johnny Suede (Brad Pitt) longs to be a teen-age idol like Ricky Nelson. He has a pair of black suede shoes, an impressive pompadour, a guitar, and...

The story of a blind dervish named Bab'Aziz and his spirited granddaughter, Ishtar. Together they wander the desert in search of a great reunion of...

Two housewives discuss philosophical themes (actually an updated dialogue between Plato and Socrates) while doing the house work. The husband of one...

What Swiss director Stefan Schweitert did for accordion music and for yodeling (Accordion Tribe, Cinequest, 2005; Echoes of Home, Cinequest 2008) he...

The 18th-century Indian painter Nainsukh of Guler receives a poetic, visually stunning tribute from a young Indian filmmaker employing an arresting...

Every night, in danger of being beheaded, Scheherazade tells King Shahryar unfinished tales to continue them the following night, hence defying his...