Degree Films 2025

Load

Simone Tschirren | 2025 | Experimental, Fantasy, LGBTQIA | 11 min

A not quite traditional fairy tale about care work.

Eggshells

Beth Barnes | 2025 | Drama | 17 min

A waitress can no longer ignore her grief when a cake appears made by her dead mother.

living well

Zoé Kugler | 2025 | Documentary, Drama | 16.5 min

Women are raising their voices against the oil extraction in the Amazon region.

Rum Punch

Balazs Gyenes | 2025 | Comedy | 18 min

At a rum punch-fueled dinner party, chaos and secrets spark unlikely bonds.

Solo Show

Julius Weigel | 2025 | Drama, Comedy | 94 min

An art student, a real estate agent, and two lovers - and their carefully crafted facades.

Operation Pythagoras

Till Marti | 2025 | Comedy, Coming of Age | 19 min

A group of high school students has to break into the principal's office.

Forum

Simona Volpe | 2025 | Drama | 24 min

A filmmaker is researching the subject of paid sex in Switzerland.

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Lena Marie Rheinländer | 2025 | Experimental, Dance, Comedy | 23.5 min

Surrounded by voices, person C tries to bring order to their chaos.

How was your day?

Kim Gabbi | 2025 | Drama | 29 min

Unemployed and adrift, Selma strives to reclaim control over her life.

A Simple Drama

Wero Rodowicz | 2025 | Drama, Coming of Age | 84 min

After her grandpa’s burial, Terri faces grief, love, and her narcissistic mother.

Fireline

Francis Meier | 2025 | Drama | 15 min

Between volcanoes and fairs: Matilda wrestles with origin, distance, and change.

Ban Dal (Half Moon)

Hae-Sup Sin | 2025 | Drama | 22 min

Annette travels to Korea with her adopted son and meets his birth mother.

Stefi

Dejan Barac | 2025 | Documentary | 27 min

Stefan is diagnosed with dementia and must learn to live with this challenge.

The black cat

Yves-Bernard Larboulette | 2025 | Drama, Experimental, Thriller | 30 min

During her cure stay Charlotte F. detects a shift in her husband's character.

Anna and the Sudden Grandpa

Elias Koller | 2025 | Comedy, Fantasy, Coming of Age | 14.5 min

Everything’s wrong — then a grandpa shows up.

Fitting in

Fabienne Steiner | 2025 | Documentary, Coming of Age | 84 min

South African students from all walks of life deal with an unforgotten past.

Flying scents

Antshi von Moos | 2025 | Documentary | 66 min

A research team embarks on a quest to uncover the secret that makes plants bloom.

Mary

Nevin George | 2025 | Coming of Age, Drama | 22 min

The Indian migrant worker Mary is torn between budding emotions and her distant homeland.

Shorts

Mama

Marlene Maggi | 2019 | Drama | 6.5 min

13-year-old Emil fearfully awaits his mother’s arrival.

Anna

Anne-Catherine Kunz | 2000 | Fiction | 12.5 min

A fleeting lighting mood brings a painful memory of the surface.

Endsieg

Niccolò Castelli and Daniel Casparis | 2008 | Shortfilm | 12 min

The last days of World War II.

Diebe Vol 1-3

Anna Luif | 1998 | Fiction | 15 min

Three thefts on an afternoon…

Aschenbrüder

Steve Walker | 2006 | 22 min

Endo and Andre are two bothers who haven't spoken to one another for years.

De letscht Fall

Luca Ribler | 2015 | Fiction | 19 min

Kurt Früh Reloadet: Studenten interpretieren Kurt Frühs wichtigste Werke filmisch neu.

Juanita

Bettina Schwarzenbach | 2004 | Fiction | 11 min

12 year old Florian is in love with the much older Juanita.

What is love?

Thomas Kuratli | 2015 | Drama | 23 min

What is love?

Stopover

Cosima Frei | 2017 | Drama | 17 min

Maren is a tourguide. Her motto: keep smiling & retain composure, until Max is in her bus.

Facing Mecca

Jan-Eric Mack | 2017 | Drama | 27 min

Roli comes to Fareed’s assistance when he is faced with the burial of his Muslim wife.

Huere Müehsam

Anja Habermehl | 2013 | Fiction | 15 min

Aus dem Master-Projekt "Käufliche Liebe in Zürich"

Cushion

Ninian Green | 2013 | Drama | 12 min

Do fat girls fuck better?

Aquarium

Cosima Frei | 2015 | Fiction | 16 min

Kurt Früh Reloadet: Studenten interpretieren Kurt Frühs wichtigste Werke filmisch neu.

Go after her

Patricia Frei | 2010 | Drama | 7 min

A young man is waiting for her to give him a sign, that may never come.

Bianca

Anita Blumer | 2013 | Fiction | 10 min

Aus dem Master-Projekt "Käufliche Liebe in Zürich"

Tiger erdolchen

Moritz Gerber | 2004 | Shortfilm | 22 min

It’s easy to believe in love – if you live 697 kilometers away from it.

La danse des nymphes

Riccardo Bernasconi | 2010 | Fiction | 10 min

Twenties. A young and solitary alchemist. His dedication: Botanical species and nymphs.

Storm

Noëmi Schneider | 2013 | Drama | 30 min

Girl meets boy on the moon.

Riese Mamma

Sarah Rathgeb | 2018 | Fiction, Drama | 15 min

Sarah is pregnant and has to tell her divorced parents the big news.

Soufflé

Elena Rutmann | 2002 | Fiction | 8.5

A couple prepares to receive their guests.

Paradox

Moris Freiburghaus | 2013 | Drama | 17 min

A portrait of an manic-depressive teenager

Isä äiti lumi

Suvi Westerberg | 2005 | Fiction | 32 min

On the shore of a forsaken island Hannu digs in the snow, attempting to relocate a place.

Wöfle in B.

Jonas Projer | 2007 | Thriller, Drama | 18 min

A village in Switzerland. Every friday, Muslims come to pray in the old schoolhouse.

Zwischen Fischen

Ninetta Roggli | 2007 | Kurzspielfilm | 15 min

Claudia is always trying to lead a movie-like life with thrilling storys.

Quiet Land Good People

Johannes Bachmann | 2018 | Fiction, Drama | 25 min

Sybille, a headmistress and politician and is in the middle of an election campaign.

Ungefiltert

Alexander Szombath | 2002 | Fiction | 17 min

One morning, Siegfried discovers something strange in his toilet cistern.

Wrak

Michael Werder | 2008 | Fiction | 13 min

Fredy is a photographer. He is afraid of getting blind through an upcoming eye surgery.

Leyla means night

Tirza Bosshardt | 2011 | 19 min

Leyla (15) is caught in an unhealthy relationship with "Big", an unpredictable man.

Hotel Belgrad

Andrea Štaka | 1998 | Drama | 13 min

Ein Paar liebt sich in einem Hotel.

Grüne Weihnacht

Thomas Hess | 1998 | Kurzspielfilm | 7 min

A man goes into the forest to steal a Christmas tree to decorate his living room.

Frühlingsliebe

Toan Nguyen | 2010 | Hostage Drama | 13 min

The ransom keeps waiting. The kidnappers are getting nervous.

Red Light District

Sarah Bellin | 2013 | Fiction | 12 min

Aus dem Master-Projekt "Käufliche Liebe in Zürich"

Schnäbi

Luzius Wespe | 2006 | 12 min

Fourteen-year-old Leander thinks his willy is too small.

Things Falling Apart

2019 | Science Fiction | 25.5 min

In the future everyone has a brain implant from TEL that gives people telepathy.

Documentary Films

Der Komplex

Fabienne Boesch | 2002 | Documentation | 30 min

More than 800 people inhabit Lochergut, a tower block in the heart of Zurich.

Pofonok

Men Lareida | 1998 | Documentation | 22 min

Pofonok tells the story of victory and defeat and life in Budapest.

Sarah Sheeba

Andrina Schneller | 2011 | Documentary | 32 min

Sarah Sheeba was born in India and left behind in a home by her sick mother.

Conversation over the fence

Lisa Gerig | 2014 | Documentary, Essay | 13.5 min

A documentary essay-like film about the deportation center in Zürich.

Bei Parish

Yaël Parish | 2003 | Documentation | 30 min

This film should have been about the former nannies of the director.

Yesterday's Rebels

Marcello Pirrone | 2006 | Fiction | 25 min

A musician, a physicist and a man with a disability pension.

Die Taxifahrt

2001 | Documentary | 20 min

In 1970 Nico G. was adopted. 30 years later he wants to find his birth mother.

Im Abseits

Maurizius Staerkle - Drux | 2014 | Essay | 15 min

A.R.U. Die Türsteher

Stefan Meichtry | 1993 | Documentation | 22 min

Portraits of nightclub bouncers at Flamingo Club Zurich 1993

Heidi goes Alfa

Heidi Hiltebrand | 2012 | Documentary | 53 min

«Heidi goes Alfa» is a 10 year project about my car and myself.

Be free

Camille Budin | 2008 | Shortfilm, Fiction | 27 min

Three men living on a camping site between a highway, a river and two cliffs.

Unknown Territory

Anna Thommen | 2013 | Documentary | 92 min

UNKNOWN TERRITORY accompanies young migrants during school in the integration class Basel.

Little Water

Angela Spörri | 1999 | Documentary | 27 min

An island owner and his life between dream fulfillment and everyday life.

Sonnenhalb

Martina Fischbacher | 2006 | Documentary | 29 min

Toggenburg. Since the day I left the valley, I have missed it.

Klara & Alfred

Bettina Oberli | 1999 | Documentation | 16 min

Klara loves Alfred. Alfred loves Klara.

Die Überflüssigen

Andrea Buergi | 2006 | Documentary | 25 min

Just enough money for cigarettes and to have their own apartment, an unattainable dream.

Abi means papa

Armin Tobler and Simon Gutknecht | 2014 | Documentary | 78 min

Armin travels to Indonesia with two friends to find his birth father.

Ma Na Sapna

Valerie Gudenus | 2013 | Documentary | 86 min

Surrogacy in a clinic in the Northwest of India.

Daydreams

Anabel Castro and Aurora Vögeli | 2011 | Documentary | 48 min

An intimate Portrait of two brazilian immigrants.

Raving Iran

Susanne Regina Meures | 2016 | Documentary | 84 min

Anoosh and Arash are at the centre of Tehran’s underground techno scene.

The Children of Babel

Lena Mäder | 2016 | Documentary | 50 min

Children with an immigration background find a common language in classical music.

Hüllen

Maria Müller | 2010 | Documentary | 73 min

Three muslim women, three generations, one family.

Japanessay

Caroline Sipos | 2007 | Documentary, Essay | 27 min

Ein Essay über geträumte Bilder und der Suche nach Wirklichkeit.

Dark Black Eyes

Franziska Schlienger | 2010 | Documentary | 51 min

Paul Haller led a life of yearning for the absolute truth.

My Life as a Film

Eva Vitija | 2015 | Documentary | 77 min

When I came of age, my father gave me a film about my life.

Digital Immigrants

Dennis Stauffer and Norbert Kottmann | 2016 | Documentary | 21 min

A group of seniors is trying to find their place in the digital age.

Schneetreiben

Nicole Wangler | 2000 | Documentary | 14.5 min

Man and the power of nature in the mountains.

Between the Islands

Maurizius Staerkle - Drux | 2011 | Documentary | 63 min

A musical journey with Pippo Pollina.

No hands, no chocolate

Susanna Hübscher | 2002 | Documentation | 26 min

The author sends her alterego “Susi” on a search to find the prince of here dreams.

Le Dimanche en famille

Annie Gisler | 2013 | Documentary | 25 min

"Sunday with the familiy" is an intimate portrait of a family observed from the kitchen.

Degree Films 2024

Winter monologues

Manuel Karel Seiler | 2024 | Drama, Comedy | 18.5 min

As Hanka and her grandfather Bobek open preserved jars, they delve into the past.

Going on holiday

Stella Mach | 2024 | Drama, Experimental | 8 min

A train journey disrupts the family’s idyll.

Freight

Max Carlo Kohal | 2024 | Documentary | 80 min

Between thousands of tonnes of container steel, Rudmer is on his way to becoming a captain

Under the Ice

David Oesch | 2024 | Adventure, Experimental, Science Fiction | 23 min

A researcher finds her own past in glacial ice.

Syncope

Linus von Stumberg | 2024 | Dance, Thriller | 21 min

Whim and the Ensemble have to dance for their lives in the piece SYNCOPE.

Passagères

Camille Briffod | 2024 | Drama, Experimental | 16 min

The airport, the melting-pot of different symptoms of our times.

Maya and the Present Tense

Dominic Curseri | 2024 | Drama, Experimental, Science Fiction | 19 min

Maya carries memories of someone else in her head and has to face her own past.

Who Runs The World

Aiyana de Vree | 2024 | Coming of Age, Drama, Fantasy | 13 min

Three friends, their “safe space”, the impending end of the world and colorful milkshakes.

1:10

Sinan Taner | 2024 | Drama, Comedy | 18 min

A harmless argument between two children ends in death threats between the two fathers.

Lux Carne

Gabriel Grosclaude | 2024 | Science Fiction | 18 min

If you want to eat meat, you must kill an animal.

Winners

Edgar Gomes Ferreira | 2024 | Drama, Coming of Age | 19.5 min

A young soccer player is overwhelmed by the closeness of his friendship with a teammate.

Motel Molotov

Mina Tomic | 2024 | Drama | 13 min

A woman and a married man meet in a motel room for their secret affair.

Three nights until tomorrow

Flavio Araujo | 2024 | Documentary, Experimental | 20 min

A chemical plant transforms a beach into a white paradise - a whale becomes stranded.

Degree Films 2023

Hemmli

Achille Lietha | 2019 | Fantasy | 9 min

A lonely artist is called by a disembodied voice.

Theory of Change

Dennis Stauffer | 2023 | Documentary | 72 min

A political hero's journey without a happy ending

Electric Fields

Lisa Gertsch | 2023 | Drama | 80 min

An inexplicable shift in the rules of the world brings to light people’s forgotten dreams.

Without Reason

Vanessa Blättler | 2023 | Drama | 25 min

Frida goes through a rollercoaster of emotions, told in a surprising and multilayered way.

Degree Films 2022

Motër

2022 | Drama, Mobile | 12 min

So that the silken thread does not tear, the firstborn takes over the parental tasks.

Ukopan

Andrea Popović | 2022 | Drama | 28 min

A story of belonging, melancholia and ripped roses.

Chagrin Valley

Nathalie Berger | 2022 | Documentary | 62 min

A journey to a crystallized past through the residents and workers of an elderly home.

get up and go

Aurelio Ghirardelli | 2022 | Road Movie | 14 min

To feel the wall you are running against, it is necessary to move.

Thing

Pascale Egli and Aurelio Ghirardelli | 2022 | Documentary | 23 min

Is love more than just a projection?

Time Stranger

Lara Jacobs | 2022 | Drama | 9.5 min

An easily distracted young woman loses her grip on time.

Utopia

Michael Schwendinger | 2022 | Documentary, Experimental | 18 min

A visual study of the ambivalence of human needs.

The Glasbox

Lena Imboden | 2022 | Drama | 19 min

Play becomes serious: a journey into the depths of repressed memories.

Belcanto

Ian Oggenfuss | 2022 | Drama | 17.5 min

The opera singer Enrico is confronted with his mothers death on the premiere night.

The true face

Emanuel Hänsenberger | 2022 | Drama | 16.5 min

A stormy concert. A winemaker. And her blind father who won't listen.

Half Conversations

Valentin Raeber | 2022 | Comedy | 8 min

A listless young man suffers from the expectations of those around him.

Der Molchkongress

Matthias Sahli | 2022 | Experimental, Fantasy, Science Fiction | 15 min

Stop feeding the salamanders!

Motherland

Stephanie Burla | 2022 | Drama | 15 min

Due to the current political state, a Polish grandma is asked to emigrate to her family.

Heart Fruit

Kim Allamand | 2022 | Drama, Comedy, LGBTQIA, Dance | 20 min

5 episodes about imperfection in relationships.

Degree Films 2021

Love will come later

Julia Furer | 2021 | Documentary | 81 min

A young Maroccan in search for love and a brighter future. What price will he pay for it?

Forget me not

Lea Gygli | 2021 | Fiction | 22 min

In the care of the forest Yuna finds acceptance for the cycle of life.

Fishfingers

Lars Mulle | 2021 | Comedy, Short, Drama | 8.5 min

Summer is over, it's hard to let it go.

Domiz 2

Shafa Semo | 2021 | Dokumentafilm | 22 min

It seems all difficult for the family. But the hope is still there.

Onur Calling

Annik Faivre | 2021 | Documentary, LGBTQIA | 37 min

In the year 2018 Onur leads the filmmaker to the gay prides in lstanbul and Zurich.

Folly for Two

Nicole Doppmann | 2021 | Coming of Age, Drama, Experimental | 8 min

On her magical search for freedom, Mia also finds herself.

Antes de Cenar

Manolo Zacate Lizárraga | 2017 | Fiction | 17 min

A portrait of a family is revealed through their dreams.

Phlegm

Jan-David Bolt | 2021 | Fantasy, Horror, Comedy | 6 min

Crush. Crush. Crash.

Supernova

Rapahel Schulze-Schilddorf | 2021 | Essay | 18.5 min

Destruction is a part of us, we are part of it.

The Evil Witch

Valentin Räber | 2021 | Adventure | 11 min

In a medieval village, Valesquita discovers the sinister machinations of her mother.

So far, so good

Leon Schwitter | 2021 | Experimental, Comedy | 13.5

Four groups sweat without noticing that the water is up to their necks.

Talponi

Vanja Victor Kabir Tognola | 2021 | Fiction, Comedy | 15 min

Unable to afford a fancy holiday, a family hides at home to save their reputation.

Smoke Break

Alan Sahin | 2021 | Documentary | 9.5 min

Seven places where people are on a cigarette break.

A town still standing

Marvin Meckes and Lukas Fuhrimann | 2021 | Documentary | 18.5 min

Everything ticks in Triberg, the birthplace of the cuckoo clock. Only time stands still.

Degree Films 2020

Café Zentrum

Fabienne Steiner | 2020 | Documentary | 20.5 min

The end of an era is near – for a generation as for the Café Zentrum

Next

Beryl Guhl | 2020 | Drama | 16 min

Larissa, a young woman seeks recognition using socialplatforms as guidelines.

we are fine.

Lukas Bösch | 2020 | Direct Cinema | 15 min

A digital shopping experience.

Arada

Jonas Schaffter | 2020 | Documentary | 83 min

Arada – displaced to a foreign homeland.

Mother

Daniel Grabherr | 2020 | Drama | 21 min

A mother is confronted with her son’s suicide.

Gaia

Flurina Gutmann | 2019 | Children | 9.5 min

Gaia lives alone in the forest. To save the planet, she needs to go to town.

Human Resources of Ugago

Ennio Ruschetti and David Oesch | 2019 | Science Fiction, Comedy, Animation | 13.5 min

Dave is the last human in an office full of hip robots.

The sad Ballad of Isabell K.

Carlo Beer | 2020 | Satire, Black Comedy | 20.5 min

Unable to overcome the death of her dog, Isabell decides that no one should have a dog.

Bićemo Najbolji

Jelena Vujovic | 2020 | Drama | 20 min

A Romeo & Juliet story set in the Kosovo War 1998.

Jesus loves you

Urs Berlinger | 2020 | Drama | 15.5

A father-son story about faith and heavy metal.

The Nitwits

Jan Linhart | 2020 | Comedy, Serie | 19 min

Hate your job? Don’t jump! Watch THE NITWITS instead.

The train station

Elias Jutzet | 2020 | Comedy, Fantasy | 13 min

Four strangers are waiting for a train in an remote train station.

Pushing Boundaries

Lesia Kordonets | 2020 | Documentary | 100 min

A portrait of a country, being incapacitated by the war – it had lost its limbs.

Oh my dear child

Seraina Scherini | 2020 | Drama | 18 min

Mother, daughter and cat are looking for love.

Das Ende der Unschuld

Daniel Best Arias | 2020 | Fiction | 69 min

Manuela erlebt auf dem Geburtstag ihrer Freundin Vanessa eine unvergessliche Nacht.

Milk

Florian Hinder | 2020 | Drama | 29 min

A peasant couple loses everything, but they discover love.