Spotlight
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Degree Films 2024
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
Anyone who wants to eat meat must pass a test.
Motel Molotov
Mina Tomic | 2024 | Drama | 13 min
A woman and a married man meet in a motel room for their secret affair.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Freight
Max Carlo Kohal | 2024 | Documentary | 80 min
Between thousands of tonnes of container steel, Rudmer is on his way to becoming a captain
Passagères
Camille Briffod | 2024 | Documentary, Drama, Experimental | 16 min
The airport, the melting-pot of different symptoms of our times.
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.
Showcase
Supernova
Bettina Oberli | 2000 | Coming of Age | 14 min
Today is his best day, today is the supernova.
Hylas und die Nymphen
Lisa Brühlmann | 2013 | Fantasy, Thriller | 11 min
Lolita goes anarchy.
Lothar
Luca Zuberbühler | 2013 | Comedy, Fantasy | 13 min
Forced to be alone: Whenever Lothar sneezes, nearby objects explode. To
Fascht e Dokfilm
Marco Arrigoni | 2016 | Comedy | 26 min
Millimeterle
Pascal Reinmann | 2016 | Drama, Coming of Age | 15 min
Swimming. Night. Adolescents. A dangerous balancing act between game and reality.
Blush
Barbara Kulcsar | 1999 | Drama | 11 min
Zurich Central Station. She is from Berlin, he is from New York. Their eyes meet...
Schonzeit
Irene Ledermann | 2009 | Drama | 20 min
The brothers Oli and Jan are confronted with the absence of their parents.
Eddy
Matthias Frey | 2011 | Children, Commercial | 5.5 min
Eddy just wants to throw some baskets at his favorite basketball court.
Where are we going
Cosima Frei | 2012 | Coming of Age | 20 min
Cem runs away from his family who want to ship him back to Turkey.
Die roten Schuhe
Aurora Vögeli | 2013 | Fantasy, Dance | 10 min
Oscar
Roberto Martinez | 2003 | Comedy | 10 min
Oscar and his father watch Oscar's son play a football match.
Paloma
Fanny Bräuning | 2001 | Documentary, Dance | 30 min
Choreographer Barbara Cleff places an advertisement and wakens many dreams.
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.
Bei Parish
Yaël Parish | 2003 | Documentary | 30 min
This film should have been about the former nannies of the director.
Cafe Gilberte
Maria Sigrist | 2010 | Drama | 5 min
It’s a normal day in a coffee shop of a small American town. Suddenly the oxygen runs out.
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.
Blue blue sky
Bigna Tomschin | 2014 | Children | 8 min
"In summer everyone goes on vacation, to the beach I guess."
The Kids are alright
Rafael Kistler | 2014 | Coming of Age, Road Movie | 9.5 min
Luka is clattering through the night with his Piaggio Ciao until he met a little boy..
Männer
Stefan Künzler | 2014 | Comedy | 15 min
The quest for happiness between hotdogs, free parking spaces, and self-assembly furniture.
Letzte Spuren
Norbert Kottmann and Oliver Rogers | 2013 | Doku-Animation | 7 min
Was passiert, wenn ein Leichnam über Tage oder Wochen unentdeckt bleibt?
Warum Kurt sich in den Schrank sperrt...
Patrick Karpiczenko | 2008 | Comedy | 9 min
Kurt locked himself in the closet and refuses to come out.
Floh!
Christine Wiederkehr | 2005 | Comedy | 16 min
The child prodigy Floh has a wild story to tel.
Driven
Johannes Bachmann | 2015 | Horror, Thriller | 9 min
A women, in a car, in the woods, at night. She hits something with her car.
Grüne Weihnacht
Thomas Hess | 1998 | Comedy | 7 min
A man goes into the forest to steal a Christmas tree to decorate his living room.
Balazher
Lesia Kordonets | 2013 | Documentary, Road Movie | 29.5 min
A Ukrainian bus, old in years and kilometers.
Paradox
Moris Freiburghaus | 2013 | Drama | 17 min
A portrait of an manic-depressive teenager
Labyrinth
Diego Hauenstein | 2016 | Drama | 19 min
Carnival
Nightglow
Fabienne Andreoli | 2017 | Coming of Age | 15 min
Lea is in the middle of her preparation for an important figure skating competition.
Sonnenhalb
Martina Fischbacher | 2006 | Documentary | 29 min
Toggenburg. Since the day I left the valley, I have missed it.
Journey to Jerusalem
Monica Amgwerd | 2012 | Comedy | 10 min
Emma and Gloria are having coffee before work.
Dark Black Eyes
Franziska Schlienger | 2010 | Documentary | 51 min
Paul Haller led a life of yearning for the absolute truth.
Fledermäuse im Bauch
Thomas Gerber | 2004 | Comedy, Fantasy | 18 min
Viktor is a vampire who feels like a failure because he has not managed to bite anyone.
Ölmeye Yatmak
Esen Isik | 1997 | Drama | 23.5 min
Zeynep, a turkish women, is about to be deported
Apprentice
Aurelio Buchwalder | 2013 | Coming of Age | 11 min
The film is about a carpentry apprentice who is confronted with his craft and himself.
Echo
Jelena Pavlovic | 2018 | Experimental, Coming of Age | 18 min
A journey into the depths of the subconscious.
Sjeki Vatcsh!
Thomas Ott | 2001 | Fantasy, Horror | 15 min
An accountant dies and finds himself on the train that is supposed to take him to paradise
Degree Films 2023
Remeber, broken crayons colour too
Urša Kastelic and Shannet Clemmings | 2023 | Documentary, LGBTQIA | 13.5 min
Shannet shares her journey of healing the wounds caused by transphobia.
Eyes Shut
Angela Kuhn | 2023 | Drama, Coming of Age | 11 min
The bond between two siblings suffers the burden of domestic violence.
A Monster called Love
Sophia Lara Nimue Schweizer | 2023 | Experimental, Fantasy, Horror, LGBTQIA, Dance | 13 min
Once upon a time O. wakes up from a nightmare...
Klemens - For the love of things
Tobias Wanner | 2023 | Documentary | 20 min
The restless collector Klemens is alone with his vision, he has to clear his storerooms.
Heimisch
Zoë Bayer | 2023 | Experimental, Drama | 7.5 min
A night on an empty campsite turns into a nightmare for three young camp leaders.
And the wind weeps
Aulona Selmani | 2023 | 24.5 min
An untold war story
To The Sun
Ivan Avramović | 2023 | Comedy | 21 min
Can homeless Nia escape her predicament?
Nowrooz
M. Reza Jafari | 2023 | Experimental, Drama | 17.5 min
Thorns turn into flowers through love.
Hemmli
Achille Lietha | 2019 | Fantasy | 9 min
A lonely artist is called by a disembodied voice.
Without Reason
Vanessa Blättler | 2023 | Drama | 25 min
Frida goes through a rollercoaster of emotions, told in a surprising and multilayered way.
Where the Wild Bees Are
Pascal Kohler | 2023 | Documentary | 9.5 min
Wild Bees are being displaced from their habitat by farmed honey bees.
Electric Fields
Lisa Gertsch | 2023 | Drama | 80 min
An inexplicable shift in the rules of the world brings to light people’s forgotten dreams.
Of Animals and Humans
Lisa Jödicke | 2023 | Documentary | 23.5 min
Petting mice, styling dogs, killing cows.
On my Way Home
Konstantin Shishkin | 2023 | Coming of Age, Drama | 14.5 min
I’m on my way. It leads me through my memories. All the way to home.
Mr. Karlsen
Basil Burger | 2023 | Drama, Coming of Age | 15 min
Book antiquarian Karlsen can not get away from his store.
Theory of Change
Dennis Stauffer | 2023 | Documentary | 72 min
A political hero's journey without a happy ending
The Value of Things
Tobias Luchsinger | 2023 | 69 min
Three people, a film crew, one goal. They want to make a sustainable change in society.
Degree Films 2022
Sorry No Vacancy
Lars Wicki | 2022 | Comedy | 10 min
Mrs. Bünzli does not want to take in a refugee.
Ukopan
Andrea Popović | 2022 | Drama | 28 min
A story of belonging, melancholia and ripped roses.
Motherland
Stefania Burla | 2022 | Drama | 15 min
Due to the current political state, a Polish grandma is asked to emigrate to her family.
get up and go
Aurelio Ghirardelli | 2022 | Road Movie | 14 min
To feel the wall you are running against, it is necessary to move.
Utopia
Michael Schwendinger | 2022 | Documentary, Experimental | 18 min
A visual study of the ambivalence of human needs.
Chagrin Valley
Nathalie Berger | 2022 | Documentary | 62 min
A journey to a crystallized past through the residents and workers of an elderly home.
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.
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.
Der Molchkongress
Matthias Sahli | 2022 | Experimental, Fantasy, Science Fiction | 15 min
Stop feeding the salamanders!
Belcanto
Ian Oggenfuss | 2022 | Drama | 17.5 min
The opera singer Enrico is confronted with his mothers death on the premiere night.
Bird's nest
Julie Olympia Cahannes | 2022 | Comedy | 13 min
A flat search through death notices
Heart Fruit
Kim Allamand | 2022 | Drama, Comedy, LGBTQIA, Dance | 20 min
5 episodes about imperfection in relationships.
Motër
Dorentina Imeri | 2022 | Drama, Mobile | 12 min
So that the silken thread does not tear, the firstborn takes over the parental tasks.
The Glasbox
Lena Imboden | 2022 | Drama | 19 min
Play becomes serious: a journey into the depths of repressed memories.
Degree Films 2021
So far, so good
Leon Schwitter | 2021 | Experimental, Comedy | 13.5
Four groups sweat without noticing that the water is up to their necks.
Folly for Two
Nicole Doppmann | 2021 | Coming of Age, Drama, Experimental | 8 min
On her magical search for freedom, Mia also finds herself.
Smoke Break
Alan Sahin | 2021 | Documentary | 9.5 min
Seven places where people are on a cigarette break.
L’autre côté de son âme
Kathrin Schweizer | 2021 | Coming of Age, Drama, Experimental, LGBTQIA | 23.5 min
The twins Lucie and Pierre believe they have switched bodies.
Phlegm
Jan-David Bolt | 2021 | Fantasy, Horror, Comedy | 6 min
Crush. Crush. Crash.
Forget me not
Lea Gygli | 2021 | Fiction | 22 min
In the care of the forest Yuna finds acceptance for the cycle of life.
It must
Jumana Issa and Flavio Luca Marano | 2021 | Drama | 18.5 min
Silvia is going through a day of defeat.
Domiz 2
Shafa Semo | 2021 | Documentary | 22 min
It seems all difficult for the family. But the hope is still there.
Antes de Cenar
Manolo Zacate Lizárraga | 2017 | Fiction | 17 min
A portrait of a family is revealed through their dreams.
The Evil Witch
Valentin Räber | 2021 | Adventure | 11 min
In a medieval village, Valesquita discovers the sinister machinations of her mother.
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.
Supernova
Rapahel Schulze-Schilddorf | 2021 | Essay | 18.5 min
Destruction is a part of us, we are part of it.
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.
Fishfingers
Lars Mulle | 2021 | Comedy, Short, Drama | 8.5 min
Summer is over, it's hard to let it go.
Onur Calling
Annik Faivre | 2021 | Documentary, LGBTQIA | 37 min
Onur leads the filmmaker to the gay prides in lstanbul and Zurich.
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?
Degree Films 2020
Jesus loves you
Urs Berlinger | 2020 | Drama | 15.5
A father-son story about faith and heavy metal.
Deaf Samurai Apocalypse Ultra
Kenneth Gilomen | 2020 | Thriller, Western, Post-Apocalypse | 11.5 min
Only one will leave the inn alive.
Die Kirche im Dorf
Isil Demircan | 2020 | Fiction | 18.5 min
The Nitwits
Jan Linhart | 2020 | Comedy, Serie | 19 min
Hate your job? Don’t jump! Watch THE NITWITS instead.
Gaia
Flurina Gutmann | 2019 | Children | 9.5 min
Gaia lives alone in the forest. To save the planet, she needs to go to town.
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.
Mother
Daniel Grabherr | 2020 | Drama | 21 min
A mother is confronted with her son’s suicide.
Conversation at the end of life
Fabienne Koch | 2020 | Documentary | 17.5 min
How does one stand growing old?
Arada
Jonas Schaffter | 2020 | Documentary | 83 min
Arada – displaced to a foreign homeland.
Das Ende der Unschuld
Daniel Best Arias | 2020 | Fiction | 69 min
Manuela erlebt auf dem Geburtstag ihrer Freundin Vanessa eine unvergessliche Nacht.
Pushing Boundaries
Lesia Kordonets | 2020 | Documentary | 100 min
A portrait of a country, being incapacitated by the war – it had lost its limbs.
The Film About The Propellerman
Johannes Bachmann | 2020 | Comedy, Short Film | 22.5 min
Josef wants to fly and Claudius wants to make his degree film.
Milk
Florian Hinder | 2020 | Drama | 29 min
A peasant couple loses everything, but they discover love.
Oh my dear child
Seraina Scherini | 2020 | Drama | 18 min
Mother, daughter and cat are looking for love.
Café Zentrum
Fabienne Steiner | 2020 | Documentary | 20.5 min
The end of an era is near – for a generation as for the Café Zentrum
Bićemo Najbolji
Jelena Vujovic | 2020 | Drama | 20 min
A Romeo & Juliet story set in the Kosovo War 1998.
The train station
Elias Jutzet | 2020 | Comedy, Fantasy | 13 min
Four strangers are waiting for a train in an remote train station.
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.
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.