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Degree Films 2025

Solo Show

Julius Weigel | 2025 | Drama, Comedy | 94 min

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

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.

Anna and the Sudden Grandpa

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

Everything’s wrong — then a grandpa shows up.

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.

Fitting in

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

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

living well

Zoé Kugler | 2025 | Documentary, Drama | 16.5 min

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

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.

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.

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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.

Rum Punch

Balazs Gyenes | 2025 | Comedy | 18 min

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

How was your day?

Kim Gabbi | 2025 | Drama | 29 min

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

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.

Forum

Simona Volpe | 2025 | Drama | 24 min

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

Stefi

Dejan Barac | 2025 | Documentary | 27 min

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

Eggshells

Beth Barnes | 2025 | Drama | 17 min

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

Load

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

A not quite traditional fairy tale about care work.

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Paradox

Moris Freiburghaus | 2013 | Drama | 17 min

A portrait of an manic-depressive teenager

Journey to Jerusalem

Monica Amgwerd | 2012 | Comedy | 10 min

Emma and Gloria are having coffee before work.

Gran Canaria

Samuel Ammann | 2001 | Drama | 25 min

Maria represses her loneliness by sacrificingly caring for other people's problems.

Peggys Parade

Bigna Tomschin | 2011 | Documentary | 15 min

Peggy fights for her womens group to be part of the parade called "Sechseläuten".

Grüne Weihnacht

Thomas Hess | 1998 | Comedy | 7 min

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

Un dia y nada

Lorenz Merz | 2008 | Drama | 21 min

An abandoned tourist resort at the end of the world.

Labyrinth

Diego Hauenstein | 2016 | Drama | 19 min

Carnival

Dark Black Eyes

Franziska Schlienger | 2010 | Documentary | 51 min

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

Blush

Barbara Kulcsar | 1999 | Drama | 11 min

Zurich Central Station. She is from Berlin, he is from New York. Their eyes meet...

Blue blue sky

Bigna Tomschin | 2014 | Children | 8 min

"In summer everyone goes on vacation, to the beach I guess."

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.

Die Burg

Simon Jaquemet | 2005 | Drama, Coming of Age | 27 min

Antoine and Meier were best friends as teenagers.

Paloma

Fanny Bräuning | 2001 | Documentary, Dance | 30 min

Choreographer Barbara Cleff places an advertisement and wakens many dreams.

Ölmeye Yatmak

Esen Isik | 1997 | Drama | 23.5 min

Zeynep, a turkish women, is about to be deported

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.

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.

Echo

Jelena Pavlovic | 2018 | Experimental, Coming of Age | 18 min

A journey into the depths of the subconscious.

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.

Apprentice

Aurelio Buchwalder | 2013 | Coming of Age | 11 min

The film is about a carpentry apprentice who is confronted with his craft and himself.

Nightglow

Fabienne Andreoli | 2017 | Coming of Age | 15 min

Lea is in the middle of her preparation for an important figure skating competition.

Cloud Rider

Manuela Rüegg | 2016 | Children, Drama | 18 min

Maximilian loves daydreaming, but his mother won’t let him.

Supernova

Bettina Oberli | 2000 | Coming of Age | 14 min

Today is his best day, today is the supernova.

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

King

Jan-Eric Mack | 2015 | Drama | 24 min

Ein frischer Blick auf Früh: Studenten interpretieren Frühs wichtigste Werke filmisch neu.

Schonzeit

Irene Ledermann | 2009 | Drama | 20 min

The brothers Oli and Jan are confronted with the absence of their parents.

Teneriffa

Hannes Baumgartner | 2012 | Drama, Adventure | 21 min

A story from the swiss backcountry.

Millimeterle

Pascal Reinmann | 2016 | Drama, Coming of Age | 15 min

Swimming. Night. Adolescents. A dangerous balancing act between game and reality.

Letzte Spuren

Norbert Kottmann and Oliver Rogers | 2013 | Doku-Animation | 7 min

Was passiert, wenn ein Leichnam über Tage oder Wochen unentdeckt bleibt?

Sonnenhalb

Martina Fischbacher | 2006 | Documentary | 29 min

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

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