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Degree Films 2024

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.

1:10

Sinan Taner | 2024 | Drama, Comedy | 18 min

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

Freight

Max Carlo Kohal | 2024 | Documentary | 80 min

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

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.

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.

Going on holiday

Stella Mach | 2024 | Drama, Experimental | 8 min

A train journey disrupts the family’s idyll.

Motel Molotov

Mina Tomic | 2024 | Drama | 13 min

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

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.

Lux Carne

Gabriel Grosclaude | 2024 | Science Fiction | 18 min

Anyone who wants to eat meat must pass a test.

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.

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.

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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.

Eddy

Matthias Frey | 2011 | Children, Commercial | 5.5 min

Eddy just wants to throw some baskets at his favorite basketball court.

Bei Parish

Yaël Parish | 2003 | Documentary | 30 min

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

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.

Dark Black Eyes

Franziska Schlienger | 2010 | Documentary | 51 min

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

Sonnenhalb

Martina Fischbacher | 2006 | Documentary | 29 min

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

Lothar

Luca Zuberbühler | 2013 | Comedy, Fantasy | 13 min

Forced to be alone: Whenever Lothar sneezes, nearby objects explode. To

Tauchä

Dominik Locher | 2013 | Drama | 14 min

Aus dem Master-Projekt "Käufliche Liebe in Zürich"

Cloud Rider

Manuela Rüegg | 2016 | Children, Drama | 18 min

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

Schonzeit

Irene Ledermann | 2009 | Drama | 20 min

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

Blush

Barbara Kulcsar | 1999 | Drama | 11 min

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

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..

Balazher

Lesia Kordonets | 2013 | Documentary, Road Movie | 29.5 min

A Ukrainian bus, old in years and kilometers.

Gran Canaria

Samuel Ammann | 2001 | Drama | 25 min

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

Nightglow

Fabienne Andreoli | 2017 | Coming of Age | 15 min

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

Grüne Weihnacht

Thomas Hess | 1998 | Comedy | 7 min

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

Millimeterle

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

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

Echo

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

A journey into the depths of the subconscious.

Letzte Spuren

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

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

Driven

Johannes Bachmann | 2015 | Horror, Thriller | 9 min

A women, in a car, in the woods, at night. She hits something with her car.

Meyers

Steven Hayes | 2003 | Comedy | 12 min

Married for 30 years, Ernst and Edna lead the usual life of couples their age.

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.

Floh!

Christine Wiederkehr | 2005 | Comedy | 16 min

The child prodigy Floh has a wild story to tel.

Teneriffa

Hannes Baumgartner | 2012 | Drama, Adventure | 21 min

A story from the swiss backcountry.

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.

Apprentice

Aurelio Buchwalder | 2013 | Coming of Age | 11 min

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

Blue blue sky

Bigna Tomschin | 2014 | Children | 8 min

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

Journey to Jerusalem

Monica Amgwerd | 2012 | Comedy | 10 min

Emma and Gloria are having coffee before work.

King

Jan-Eric Mack | 2015 | Drama | 24 min

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

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.

Hemmli

Achille Lietha | 2019 | Fantasy | 9 min

A lonely artist is called by a disembodied voice.

Eyes Shut

Angela Kuhn | 2023 | Drama, Coming of Age | 11 min

The bond between two siblings suffers the burden of domestic violence.

Where the Wild Bees Are

Pascal Kohler | 2023 | Documentary | 9.5 min

Wild Bees are being displaced from their habitat by farmed honey bees.

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.

Nowrooz

M. Reza Jafari | 2023 | Experimental, Drama | 17.5 min

Thorns turn into flowers through love.

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.

To The Sun

Ivan Avramović | 2023 | Comedy | 21 min

Can homeless Nia escape her predicament?

Theory of Change

Dennis Stauffer | 2023 | Documentary | 72 min

A political hero's journey without a happy ending

Heimisch

Zoë Bayer | 2023 | Experimental, Drama | 7.5 min

A night on an empty campsite turns into a nightmare for three young camp leaders.

Electric Fields

Lisa Gertsch | 2023 | Drama | 80 min

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

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.

Without Reason

Vanessa Blättler | 2023 | Drama | 25 min

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

Mr. Karlsen

Basil Burger | 2023 | Drama, Coming of Age | 15 min

Book antiquarian Karlsen can not get away from his store.

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...

Degree Films 2022

The Glasbox

Lena Imboden | 2022 | Drama | 19 min

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

Ukopan

Andrea Popović | 2022 | Drama | 28 min

A story of belonging, melancholia and ripped roses.

Thing

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

Is love more than just a projection?

Motër

Dorentina Imeri | 2022 | Drama, Mobile | 12 min

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

The true face

Emanuel Hänsenberger | 2022 | Drama | 16.5 min

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

Der Molchkongress

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

Stop feeding the salamanders!

Time Stranger

Lara Jacobs | 2022 | Drama | 9.5 min

An easily distracted young woman loses her grip on time.

get up and go

Aurelio Ghirardelli | 2022 | Road Movie | 14 min

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

Chagrin Valley

Nathalie Berger | 2022 | Documentary | 62 min

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

Motherland

Stefania Burla | 2022 | Drama | 15 min

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

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

Utopia

Michael Schwendinger | 2022 | Documentary, Experimental | 18 min

A visual study of the ambivalence of human needs.

Sorry No Vacancy

Lars Wicki | 2022 | Comedy | 10 min

Mrs. Bünzli does not want to take in a refugee.

Half Conversations

Valentin Raeber | 2022 | Comedy | 8 min

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

Heart Fruit

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

5 episodes about imperfection in relationships.

Degree Films 2021

Antes de Cenar

Manolo Zacate Lizárraga | 2017 | Fiction | 17 min

A portrait of a family is revealed through their dreams.

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?

Smoke Break

Alan Sahin | 2021 | Documentary | 9.5 min

Seven places where people are on a cigarette break.

So far, so good

Leon Schwitter | 2021 | Experimental, Comedy | 13.5

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

Supernova

Rapahel Schulze-Schilddorf | 2021 | Essay | 18.5 min

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

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.

The Evil Witch

Valentin Räber | 2021 | Adventure | 11 min

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

It must

Jumana Issa and Flavio Luca Marano | 2021 | Drama | 18.5 min

Silvia is going through a day of defeat.

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.

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.

Folly for Two

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

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

Forget me not

Lea Gygli | 2021 | Fiction | 22 min

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

Phlegm

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

Crush. Crush. Crash.

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.

Domiz 2

Shafa Semo | 2021 | Documentary | 22 min

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

Degree Films 2020

Gaia

Flurina Gutmann | 2019 | Children | 9.5 min

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

Bićemo Najbolji

Jelena Vujovic | 2020 | Drama | 20 min

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

The Nitwits

Jan Linhart | 2020 | Comedy, Serie | 19 min

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

Das Ende der Unschuld

Daniel Best Arias | 2020 | Fiction | 69 min

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

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 train station

Elias Jutzet | 2020 | Comedy, Fantasy | 13 min

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

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.

Jesus loves you

Urs Berlinger | 2020 | Drama | 15.5

A father-son story about faith and heavy metal.

Mother

Daniel Grabherr | 2020 | Drama | 21 min

A mother is confronted with her son’s suicide.

Arada

Jonas Schaffter | 2020 | Documentary | 83 min

Arada – displaced to a foreign homeland.

Pushing Boundaries

Lesia Kordonets | 2020 | Documentary | 100 min

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

Milk

Florian Hinder | 2020 | Drama | 29 min

A peasant couple loses everything, but they discover love.

we are fine.

Lukas Bösch | 2020 | Direct Cinema | 15 min

A digital shopping experience.

Oh my dear child

Seraina Scherini | 2020 | Drama | 18 min

Mother, daughter and cat are looking for love.

Next

Beryl Guhl | 2020 | Drama | 16 min

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

Café Zentrum

Fabienne Steiner | 2020 | Documentary | 20.5 min

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

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