La Traversée

At the far end of the Alaskan peninsula, for filmmaker Roman Droux a childhood dream comes true. He discovers together with the bear researcher David...

She was a muse, model and performer – a star, dazzling and intense. Lady Shiva managed to rise from street prostitution to the top. She lived...

An intimate portrayal of the everyday lives of Carthusian monks of the Grande Chartreuse, high in the French Alps (Chartreuse Mountains). The idea...

Tracing the emigrations of his family over more than half a century, this riveting documentary epic from acclaimed expatriate Iraqi filmmaker Samir...

A documentary film about Tibetan traditional medicine.

The real place where the penguin congress takes place is also the most fictional place on this planet where you can stand on your own two legs. Here,...

The story of three Turkish men. They all grew up in Switzerland and all got deported after various criminal offenses.

Dieter Roth was an artist who combined art and life in a unique way. He painted, drew, printed, wrote, filmed and made music. He created his own...

This documentary follows Swiss improvisation musicians and tells their stories.

The huge tar sands in Alberta are a potentially profitable resource, but the environmental impact could be heavy and long-term.

Filmmaker Peter Mettler embarks on a mission that takes him around the world. He is determined to record the diverse modes of transcendence that...