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.

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.

Passagères

Camille Briffod | 2024 | Documentary, Drama, Experimental | 16 min

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

Under the Ice

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

A researcher finds her own past in glacial ice.

Freight

Max Carlo Kohal | 2024 | Documentary | 80 min

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

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.

Lux Carne

Gabriel Grosclaude | 2024 | Science Fiction | 18 min

Anyone who wants to eat meat must pass a test.

Syncope

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

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

1:10

Sinan Taner | 2024 | Drama, Comedy | 18 min

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

Going on holiday

Stella Mach | 2024 | Drama, Experimental | 8 min

A train journey disrupts the family’s idyll.

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.

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 2022

Time Stranger

Lara Jacobs | 2022 | Drama | 9.5 min

An easily distracted young woman loses her grip on time.

Heart Fruit

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

5 episodes about imperfection in relationships.

Utopia

Michael Schwendinger | 2022 | Documentary, Experimental | 18 min

A visual study of the ambivalence of human needs.

The true face

Emanuel Hänsenberger | 2022 | Drama | 16.5 min

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

get up and go

Aurelio Ghirardelli | 2022 | Road Movie | 14 min

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

Der Molchkongress

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

Stop feeding the salamanders!

Half Conversations

Valentin Raeber | 2022 | Comedy | 8 min

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

Motër

Dorentina Imeri | 2022 | Drama, Mobile | 12 min

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

Burning Fire

Michael Karrer | 2023 | Coming of Age | 74 min

A film about groups, their moods and dynamics that can emerge throughout a day.

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.

Chagrin Valley

Nathalie Berger | 2022 | Documentary | 62 min

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

Bird's nest

Julie Olympia Cahannes | 2022 | Comedy | 13 min

A flat search through death notices

Belcanto

Ian Oggenfuss | 2022 | Drama | 17.5 min

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

Sorry No Vacancy

Lars Wicki | 2022 | Comedy | 10 min

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

Motherland

Stefania Burla | 2022 | Drama | 15 min

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

Thing

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

Is love more than just a projection?

Degree Films 2021

The Evil Witch

Valentin Räber | 2021 | Adventure | 11 min

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

Domiz 2

Shafa Semo | 2021 | Documentary | 22 min

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

Forget me not

Lea Gygli | 2021 | Fiction | 22 min

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

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.

Onur Calling

Annik Faivre | 2021 | Documentary, LGBTQIA | 37 min

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

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.

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.

So far, so good

Leon Schwitter | 2021 | Experimental, Comedy | 13.5

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

Phlegm

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

Crush. Crush. Crash.

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?

Supernova

Rapahel Schulze-Schilddorf | 2021 | Essay | 18.5 min

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

It must

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

Silvia is going through a day of defeat.

Fishfingers

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

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

Degree Films 2020

Arada

Jonas Schaffter | 2020 | Documentary | 83 min

Arada – displaced to a foreign homeland.

Oh my dear child

Seraina Scherini | 2020 | Drama | 18 min

Mother, daughter and cat are looking for love.

Jesus loves you

Urs Berlinger | 2020 | Drama | 15.5

A father-son story about faith and heavy metal.

Bićemo Najbolji

Jelena Vujovic | 2020 | Drama | 20 min

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

Café Zentrum

Fabienne Steiner | 2020 | Documentary | 20.5 min

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

The Nitwits

Jan Linhart | 2020 | Comedy, Serie | 19 min

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

Milk

Florian Hinder | 2020 | Drama | 29 min

A peasant couple loses everything, but they discover love.

Next

Beryl Guhl | 2020 | Drama | 16 min

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

The train station

Elias Jutzet | 2020 | Comedy, Fantasy | 13 min

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

we are fine.

Lukas Bösch | 2020 | Direct Cinema | 15 min

A digital shopping experience.

Gaia

Flurina Gutmann | 2019 | Children | 9.5 min

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

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 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.

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.

Mother

Daniel Grabherr | 2020 | Drama | 21 min

A mother is confronted with her son’s suicide.

Degree Films 2019

Things Falling Apart

Daniel Loepfe | 2019 | Science Fiction | 25.5 min

In the future everyone has a brain implant from TEL that gives people telepathic abilities

Scherbenmosaik

Jonathan Hug | 2019 | Drama | 20 min

Fabrice is getting abused by his girlfriend, what is he going to do?

I see you

Luca Ribler | 2019 | Drama | 20.5 min

Christina lets Joel take nude photographs of her. Can she trust him with them?

Therese

Fabiana Serpa | 2019 | Adventure | 29 min

Princess Therese of Bavaria, travels incognito to Brazil in 1888.

No Promised Land

Raphael Bondy | 2019 | Documentary | 52 min

Four young Ethiopian Jews struggle with racism against their community in Israel.

Fomo

Noah van Dok | 2019 | Experimental, Drama | 6 min

In search of a stranger, a young woman goes into her deepest dream world.

Circles

Noah Frey | 2019 | Drama | 21 min

Are we shaped by our memories or are we shaping our memories?

Midnight

Giorgi Sakhelashvili | 2017 | Drama, Fantasy | 7 min

During a night’s drive, Luca is caught up in his past and loses his sense of reality.

Isola

Aurelio Buchwalder | 2019 | Documentary | 70 min

Dialogue with a penal colony.

Make My Day

Kirstin Reppas | 2019 | Road Movie, Coming of Age, Comedy | 23 min

Reto, who decidedly has enough troubles of his own, drives a teenage runaway home to Italy

Comrade Anna

Hae-Sup Sin | 2019 | Coming of Age, Fantasy, Children | 18.5 min

A Swiss-Korean girl meets a mysterious North Korean man, who appears in her wardrobe.

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.

Hand in Hand

Ennio Ruschetti | 2019 | Fantasy, Comedy, Animation | 3 min

Two politicians shake hands. The situation gets out of hand.

Cru

David Oesch | 2019 | Drama | 10 min

Sweat, blood and tears go into making every dish.

Mama

Marlene Maggi | 2019 | Drama | 6.5 min

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

Degree Films 2018

Elephant in the room

Chanelle Eidenbenz | 2018 | Drama | 20 min

Irna seeks comfort in her own world, where rubber doll Elias makes up her reality.

Echo

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

A journey into the depths of the subconscious.

Riese Mamma

Sarah Rathgeb | 2018 | Drama | 15 min

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

Don't make a fuss

Natascha Vavrina | 2018 | Drama | 18 min

Leon finally wants to leave everything behind him and start a new life.

All Good

Luisa Ricar | 2018 | Drama | 18.5 min

With friends, sex at an afterhour, an unspoken No. All good?

Idiotikon

Gianni Keller | 2018 | Road Movie | 16 min

Dimi visits his hometown in Italy, which he regrets right at the start of the journey.

Fragments of a Farewell

Michael Karrer | 2017 | Drama | 15.5

A little girl is immersed in the grieving process of her father‘s death.

Degree Films 2017

Cloud Rider

Manuela Rüegg | 2016 | Children, Drama | 18 min

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

The Blackdyer

Christina Welter | 2016 | Horror, Children | 17 min

Together with his mother Finn moves into an old house.

Blue My Mind

Lisa Brühlmann | 2017 | Coming of Age, Drama, Fantasy | 97 min

15-year-old Mia is facing an overwhelming transformation.

Stopover

Cosima Frei | 2017 | Drama, Road Movie | 17 min

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

Almost everything

Lisa Gertsch | 2017 | Drama, Road Movie | 24 min

Leandra has to bring her husband Paul into a retirement home. But he would rather go to th

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.

Mask of Sanity

Oliver Rogers | 2016 | Drama | 7 min

An intimate play about dark and hidden desires.

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..

The Children of Babel

Lena Mäder | 2016 | Documentary, Children | 50 min

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

Nightglow

Fabienne Andreoli | 2017 | Coming of Age | 15 min

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

Sono Pippa

Yasmin Joerg | 2017 | Drama | 28 min

Pippa looses herself in dreams of becoming a famous actress.

Black Hours

Wendy Pillonel | 2016 | Drama | 29 min

What is the consequence of an immolation by fire? Can radical action really change things?

Intervention in einer Bank

Matthias Sahli | 2017 | Experimental, Comedy | 13.5 min

A man tries to safe the employees of a Swiss bank by the use of interventions.

Afterhour

Luca van Grinsven | 2015 | Horror | 13 min

Two friends are partying with an unexpected visitor.

Scherben

Emanuel Hohl | 2016 | Drama | 9 min

The view of a child of a family breaking apart

Children of the night

Kim Allamand | 2017 | Drama | 23 min

Anna has doubts but she must decide and go down a painful path.

Goliath

Dominik Locher | 2017 | Drama | 85 min

David is not ready for fatherhood. He starts using steroids.

Degree Films 2016

Dead Love

Lia Dellers | 2016 | Drama, Horror | 9 min

Tim falls in love with a corpse, which he should deliver to a necrophiliac brothel.

Driven

Johannes Bachmann | 2015 | Horror, Thriller | 9 min

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

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.

Millimeterle

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

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

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.

Paradox

Moris Freiburghaus | 2013 | Drama | 17 min

A portrait of an manic-depressive teenager

Toprak

Isil Demircan | 2016 | Drama, Comedy | 13 min

A girl with Turkish heritage who discovers that she has none and many home countries.

Labyrinth

Diego Hauenstein | 2016 | Drama | 19 min

Carnival

Raving Iran

Susanne Regina Meures | 2016 | Documentary | 84 min

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

Cabaret

Scherwin Amini | 2016 | Comedy | 12 min

Rafael invites you to a "Celebrity Advent Dinner"

Invincible

Anna Furrer | 2015 | Drama | 9 min

Shortly before a fight, boxer Tom hast lost his courage to win.

Salem

Gabriela Kvet | 2015 | Horror, Comedy | 11 min

A flat full of cameras and a cat with hurt feelings are going to be Monas’ worst nightmare

Degree Films 2015

Fragil

Rebecca Panian | 2015 | Drama | 25 min

NATALIE (35) has a first date with SASCHA (40), a guy from a dating website,

What if..

Olga Dinnikova | 2015 | Drama, Road Movie, Coming of Age | 18.5 min

When Lena is fed up with her drunk father she escapes from home.

Conversation over the fence

Lisa Gerig | 2014 | Documentary | 13.5 min

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

Opposite

Sarah Bellin | 2015 | Drama | 16 min

EUGENE (50) lives alone in his small apartment at the edge of a city.

Inland

Piet Baumgartner | 2015 | Drama | 20 min

Alina is fifteen when her stepfather, a stately Nigerian, is arrested for dealing drugs

Familienbruchstück

Natalie Pfister | 2015 | Documentary | 60 min

FAMILY FRAGMENTS reconstructs the memories of a divorced family.

Please no dancing

Moritz Willenegger | 2015 | Coming of Age | 24 min

Katharinas decision to leave the band is more sweeping than it seems.

Taking The Dog Out

Felix Hergert | 2015 | Experimental | 10 min

A glimpse of a city at night. Humans appear, stand still, stumble and disappear.

Procedere:

Delia Schiltknecht | 2015 | Experimental | 6 min

Bad images should disappear suddenly! Since negative images mustn’t been thought.

Aber I - IV

Freunde der Serengetis: Florian Bachmann, Thomas Kuratli, Cyrill Daepp and Jörg Hurschler | 2014 | Experimental | 34 min

A cinematographic experiment in four episodes.

Paläontologie

Pablo Callisaya | 2015 | Comedy | 13 min

Rafi and Alex decide to focus on a new science: Paleontology.

Stoneage

Mirjam Zimmermann | 2015 | Road Movie | 8.5 min

While Elin is doing a geological expedition she gets disturbed by an unexpected incident.

Leonardo

Ilir Hasanaj | 2015 | Adventure | 19 min

The old fashioned young inventor called Leonardo dreams of flying.

Degree Films 2014

The breath

Fabian Kaiser | 2015 | Documentary, Experimental | 11 min

In the vacuum of depth delusion is pulsating.

Suki und Besjan

Nicole Boner | 2013 | Road Movie | 8 min

Besjan, a young Kosovo Albanian boy receives from his uncle a job.

Heiligabend

Remie Blaser | 2014 | Drama | 12 min

Family reunion on christmas eve. Secrets are being disclosed, nerves are on edge.

Abi means papa

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

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

Half of the world

Jérôme Furrer | 2014 | Drama | 18 min

Nadir realizes that his son has had a change of heart he never thought was possible.

Parents

Luca Ribler | 2015 | Drama | 15.5 min

Mathias and Nina are prospective parents. But their relationship is on shaky ground.

Anna

Leandro Russo | 2014 | Drama | 14 min

Anna (20) steals things. Pieces of luggage is what she likes best.

Padrone e Sotto

Michele Cirigliano | 2014 | Documentary | 72 min

In the deep south of Italy a group of men play a drinking game named: Padrone e Sotto.

Eternal Love

Yasmin Joerg | 2015 | Drama, Comedy, Horror | 16.5 min

Hanna almost came to terms as a permanent guest at the campsite.

Mirages

Wendy Pillonel | 2014 | Science Fiction | 14.5 min

One day, Riham finds his father dying in the desert.

Männer

Stefan Künzler | 2014 | Comedy | 15 min

The quest for happiness between hotdogs, free parking spaces, and self-assembly furniture.

Good Right

Anita Blumer | 2014 | Drama | 16 min

The long-serving head of a prison hospital ward suddenly looses control.

Suche nach Liebe

Hans Kaufmann | 2014 | Drama, Thriller | 13 min

A serial killer terrorizes Zurich.

Cushion

Ninian Green | 2013 | Drama | 12 min

Do fat girls fuck better?

The simple life

Titus Bütler | 2013 | Documentary | 40 min

In the midst of the steep slopes of the Maggia Valley they live.

The Masterpiece

Caroline Feder | 2015 | Comedy | 16 min

A little work of art can have a big impact.

Blue blue sky

Bigna Tomschin | 2014 | Children | 8 min

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

Degree Films 2013

Apprentice

Aurelio Buchwalder | 2013 | Coming of Age | 11 min

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

Weiss bleibt

Rebekka Friedli | 2013 | Fantasy | 13 min

After his own death Ibrahim finds himself in an endless white plane.

Unknown Territory

Anna Thommen | 2013 | Documentary, Coming of Age | 92 min

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

The Wolf

Milena Colla | 2012 | Experimental | 11 min

To be able to finish the school, i have to deliver something now.

Treehouse

Simon Gutknecht | 2012 | Drama | 14 min

Two siblings, a brother and a sister, meet in an empty house.

What is love?

Thomas Kuratli | 2015 | Drama | 23 min

What is love?

Daydreams

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

An intimate Portrait of two brazilian immigrants.

Alfonso

Jan-Eric Mack | 2013 | Drama, Comedy | 18.5 min

Alfonso is a stage hypnotist, gruff and shrewd.

Lothar

Luca Zuberbühler | 2013 | Comedy, Fantasy | 13 min

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

Balazher

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

A Ukrainian bus, old in years and kilometers.

Storm

Noëmi Schneider | 2013 | Drama | 30 min

Girl meets boy on the moon.

Ma Na Sapna

Valerie Gudenus | 2013 | Documentary | 86 min

Surrogacy in a clinic in the Northwest of India.

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 2012

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.

Lamina

Christian Tschanz | 2012 | Experimental | 7 min

A figure, made of lumps of earth overgrown by something.

Heidi goes Alfa

Heidi Hiltebrand | 2012 | Documentary | 53 min

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

Incubo

Ari Zehnder | 2012 | Drama | 20 min

A nightmare awakes Luca out of his wedding night.

Captain

Mathias Truniger and Inti Zehnder | 2012 | Drama | 11.5 min

Boris surprises his 10 year old son Frederik with a fishing trip.

Parachutes

Wendy Pillonel | 2012 | Science Fiction, Children | 5 min

Parachutes takes place in a future where the sea doesn’t exist anymore.

Journey to Jerusalem

Monica Amgwerd | 2012 | Comedy | 10 min

Emma and Gloria are having coffee before work.

Finnland Helsinki

Pascal Griesshammer and Robin Wenger | 2012 | Drama | 25 min

When his mother discovers the hiding place, Manuel loses his last refuge.

Teneriffa

Hannes Baumgartner | 2012 | Drama, Adventure | 21 min

A story from the swiss backcountry.

Between the Islands

Maurizius Staerkle - Drux | 2011 | Documentary, Children | 63 min

A musical journey with Pippo Pollina.

Back Home

Janos Menberg | 2012 | Drama | 18 min

Vincent wants to go home to persuade his wife to come back to him.

Parvaneh

Talkhon Hamzavi | 2012 | Coming of Age, Drama | 24 min

Parvaneh, a young, Afghan migrant is living in a transit centre for asylum.

Heidi

Ronja Oki | 2012 | Comedy | 17 min

Mak

Géraldine Zosso | 2010 | Drama | 18 min

In a photo booth, a baby is crying.

Nomads

Rea Televantos | 2015 | Road Movie, Drama | 24 min

Anna travels around to find locations for a movie production.

Das Vorspiel

Amaury Berger | 2012 | Drama | 16 min

To rekindle their sex life, a young married couple decides to resort to role-play.

Degree Films 2011

Hüllen

Maria Müller | 2010 | Documentary | 73 min

Three muslim women, three generations, one family.

Little Fighters

Ivana Lalovic | 2010 | Drama, Children | 15 min

Three siblings are growing up in the war.

Frühlingsliebe

Toan Nguyen | 2010 | Thriller | 13 min

The ransom keeps waiting. The kidnappers are getting nervous.

Was meinsch?

Fabian Niklaus | 2009 | Comedy | 12 min

A young man thinks about where he might be today, if certain things had been different.

Dark Black Eyes

Franziska Schlienger | 2010 | Documentary | 51 min

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

Tiger's Nose

Lobsang Tashi Sotrug | 2010 | Documentary | 52 min

Tiger`s Nose is an 80-year-old Tibetan. He was imprisoned for over 30 years.

Korpus

Florian Baumann | 2011 | Drama | 25 min

With all his energy Paul tries to take care of his wife at home.

Streifen

Moïra Himmelsbach | 2010 | Experimental | 7 min

She´s on a train. He sits down opposite her.

Familiensache

Sarah Horst | 2010 | Documentary, LGBTQIA | 27 min

A tragicomic portrait of a family living beyond the usual conventions.

Leyla means night

Tirza Bosshardt | 2011 | Drama | 19 min

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

29 30

Perihan Bilgic | 2011 | Experimental | 5 min

An inward journey through a distant country

Nachkriegszeit

Valentin Kemmner and Sophie Reinhard | 2010 | Animation | 10 min

The War ends. An old soldier returns to the ruins of his hometown.

Sarah Sheeba

Andrina Schneller | 2011 | Documentary | 32 min

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

Sweet Home

Armin Nussbaumer | 2011 | Thriller, Drama | 9.5 min

Who said that at home you can feel save?

Prémices

Pao Paixao | 2010 | Coming of Age, Drama | 30 min

3 adolescents, 7 days, an egg, an eye, an unlimited horizon, the loss of innocence.

Der ewige Tourist

Lorenz Suter | 2011 | Comedy | 24 min

In a Spanish hotel Sven is looking for love.

Eddy

Matthias Frey | 2011 | Children, Commercial | 5.5 min

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

Alle Werden

Piet Baumgartner | 2011 | Drama, LGBTQIA | 18.5 min

Samuel meets Philippe, one highly admired collegue of his best friend Andreas.

The Party

Mica Agustoni | 2011 | Drama | 17 min

Right in the middle of.

La danse des nymphes

Riccardo Bernasconi | 2010 | Fantasy | 10 min

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

One Thousand Cranes

Yun Long Song | 2010 | Drama | 23 min

Two patients meet each other in a hospital.

wacked..!

Quinn Reimann and Rolf Lang | 2010 | Drama | 29 min

Three atients in a psychiatric institution with the same goal: they want out!

Degree Films 2010

Happy

Stefan Künzler | 2010 | Mobile, Coming of Age | 9 min

Out of boredom a group of young girls gets carried away with frays on the playground.

May

Natascha Beller | 2010 | Drama | 23 min

May, a young Chinese girl secretly works at a flower shop.

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.

Standby

Fabian Gamper | 2010 | Drama, Comedy | 8 min

STANDBY is a little story about a young man’s uncertainties.

Sonntagnachmittag

Susanne Steffen | 2009 | Drama, Experimental | 13 min

The story of a young woman and the longing for her deseased mother.

I shot the Sheriff

Linda Landolt and Gabriel Möhring | 2010 | Drama | 7 min

Fabienne is in the forest to finish her Photography-Project for School.

Taub

Talkhon Hamzavi | 2009 | Drama | 16 min

Parents of two children, they try to avoid their problems in their own way.

Scribbling & tingling

Amaury Berger | 2010 | Drama | 13 min

The shy sales girl Anna passes the crêperie each day on her way to work.

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.

Grayday

Ari Zehnder and Janos Menberg | 2010 | Science Fiction | 27 min

Everyday life is a gray prision, one that gradually wears down the variety of life.

Ronaldo

Jan Mettler and Jan-Eric Mack | 2009 | Children | 13 min

A boy dreams of being a great soccerstar.

Degree Films 2009

No I will

Rolf Hellat | 2009 | Documentary | 15 min

An Indian family searching for the proper formula for “love” and “marriage”.

Connie

Judith Kurmann | 2009 | Coming of Age, Comedy, Children | 8 min

Connie (14) is new to the village.

Vom Ankommen und Aufbrechen

Nico Lypitkas | 2009 | Documentary | 12 min

Immer wieder zieht es den Autor in sein griechisches Heimatdorf zurück.

Barsch

Lorenz Bohler | 2009 | Comedy | 6 min

A perch is caught, left lying, then stolen, only to be found again.

Nr.1 / Nr.2

Andreas Arnheiter | 2009 | Experimental | 6 min

A Game with the convergence of nature and urban space.

Sadisfiction

Daniel Steuri | 2007 | Horror | 3 min

Es gibt viele unterschiedliche Ansätze, Fiktion zu erklären.

Schonzeit

Irene Ledermann | 2009 | Drama | 20 min

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

Zweiter Anlauf

Hannah Lichtenstein | 2009 | Coming of Age | 17 min

Since the death of his grandmother, Leo (15) has to do housekeeping for his grandfather.

Jestrab - Habicht

Miriam Elias | 2009 | Experimental | 8 min

A experimental portrait of a exil scout.

Lost or Found

Iliana Estañol | 2009 | Road Movie, Adventure | 22 min

Degree Films 2008

Charmeur

Adrian Aeschbacher | 2008 | Drama | 15 min

Life is expensive.

Eine Geschichte mit Hummer

Simon Nagel | 2008 | Comedy | 16 min

Bruno, an unsuccessful sales rep, doesn’t have the heart to cook a lobster.

Easy Tiger

Alkmini Boura | 2008 | LGBTQIA | 12 min

Elena is almost thirty but her life still doesn’t seem to have started.

Alice - Paris

Stefan Muggli | 2008 | Drama, Coming of Age | 22 min

Alice is waiting for her acceptance letter from the arts college.

510 meters above sea level

Kerstin Polte | 2008 | LGBTQIA | 16.5 min

Simone has to attend her father's funeral. But she misses her connecting flight.

Missio Canonica

Sarah Horst | 2008 | Drama | 11 min

In a sleepy mountain village in the Bunderland, Father Ernst Vial celebrates Mass.

Ich träume nicht auf Deutsch

Ivana Lalovic | 2008 | Drama | 17 min

Lejla works with her friend Anci in a noble hotel restaurant on the top of Sarajevo.

Kenan

Eric Andreae | 2008 | Drama | 18 min

Lisa starts her new part-time job at a canteen.

Boxer

Matthias Vollmer | 2008 | Drama | 6 min

A Boxer is visited by his brother.

Wrak

Michael Werder | 2008 | Drama | 13 min

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

Tour Retour

Jan Sulzer | 2008 | Drama | 23 min

A father and his little daughter are at the supermarket, suddenly the cellphone rings.

Nachglühen

Lisa Blatter | 2008 | Drama | 13 min

A story about love and death

Wo ist Max?

Juri Steinhart | 2008 | Drama, Comedy | 30 min

Three couples who are close friends get together for a leaving party.

Endsieg

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

The last days of World War II.

Un dia y nada

Lorenz Merz | 2008 | Drama | 21 min

An abandoned tourist resort at the end of the world.

Dance to Happyness

Barbara Seiler | 2008 | Comedy, LGBTQIA, Dance | 16 min

A lesbian fairytale depicting the possibility of overcoming social borders.

Be free

Camille Budin | 2008 | Documentary | 27 min

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

Rolling Home

Florian Siegrist | 2008 | Documentary | 16 min

Lisa and Michael travel around the world as Swiss seamen.

Happy Tobikomaki

Rahel Grunder | 2008 | Comedy | 12 min

An evening at the Crazy Fish Sushi Bar.

Degree Films 2007

Landleben

Lukas Egger | 2007 | Comedy, LGBTQIA | 16 min

Julian, a simple farmer's son from the country side, loves his home in the mountains.

Japanessay

Caroline Sipos | 2007 | Documentary, Experimental | 27 min

Ein Essay über geträumte Bilder und der Suche nach Wirklichkeit.

Vom Himmel her

Veronica Pache | 2007 | Children | 13 min

Antoine glaubt fest an eine Sache: Seine Mutter komme sie ihn besuchen – als Engel.

If I would be a flower

Barbara Burger | 2007 | Documentary | 50 min

Shenthuya, Jana, Joana, Haris and Renad attend school receiving special tuition.

Wöfle in B.

Jonas Projer | 2007 | Drama, Thriller | 18 min

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

Ferien

Memi Beltrame | 2007 | Drama | 16 min

Alphons is on the way to his suicide

Aprilwetter

Jeannine Hegelbach | 2007 | Drama | 14 min

Ralph is secretly in love with his flatmate.

Degree Films 2006

Zwischen 2 und 6

Mélanie Huber | 2006 | Drama | 12 min

A hospital waiting room at two o’clock in the morning. Two strangers meet.

Die Einweicher

Romana Lanfranconi | 2006 | Documentary | 30 min

The film accompanies four mentally handicapped musicians in their everyday lives.

Sonnenhalb

Martina Fischbacher | 2006 | Documentary | 29 min

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

Die Überflüssigen

Andrea Buergi | 2006 | Documentary, Coming of Age | 25 min

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

Schnäbi

Luzius Wespe | 2006 | Coming of Age, Children | 12 min

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

Big Size

Thomas Waidelich | 2006 | Drama, Road Movie | 12 min

Mannu and Flo are broke. But they have a plan: Canada.

The Magic Cut

Jackie Brutsche | 2006 | Drama, Horror | 13 min

Dolores has had enough.

Nachtflattern

Carmen Stadler | 2006 | Comedy, Drama | 12 min

A couple have been living together in a long relationship.

Aschenbrüder

Steve Walker | 2006 | Road Movie, Comedy | 22 min

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

Glasstunden

Giordano Canova | 2006 | Experimental | 7 min

The film is a remarkable journey through the rooms of a hotel.

Yesterday's Rebels

Marcello Pirrone | 2006 | Documentary | 25 min

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

Degree Films 2005

Zwingerlins Ende

Adrian Kelterborn | 2005 | Drama | 11 min

Zwingerlin is stuck in a seaport.

Floh!

Christine Wiederkehr | 2005 | Comedy | 16 min

The child prodigy Floh has a wild story to tel.

Sehnsucht nach Meer

Juliette Forster | 2005 | Coming of Age | 18 min

Iuna is spending her spring vacation in canton Jura with her friend Svetlana.

Die Burg

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

Antoine and Meier were best friends as teenagers.

Isä äiti lumi

Suvi Westerberg | 2005 | Drama | 32 min

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

Staila crudanta

Pascal Bergamin | 2005 | Drama | 20 min

Two key monents in the lives of Curdin and Lea: their meeting and their later separation.

Riza Kaptan

Tolga Dilsiz | 2005 | Drama | 10 min

Istanbul, Bosphorus. The old ferryman Captain Riza is the last one in his business.

Concluzie

Gabriel Sandru | 2005 | Drama | 15 min

Due to their mother's illness, a brother and sister have to make concessions

Frohe Ostern

Ulrich Schaffner | 2005 | Drama, Comedy | 12 min

Tom visits his parents with his girlfriend to break important news.

Haru Ichiban

Aya Domenig | 2005 | Drama | 22 min

Die junge Japanerin Kimiko steht kurz davor, ihre Heimat zu verlassen.

Hunde

Matthias Huser | 2005 | Road Movie | 18 min

A car dealer who believes he is a cowboy and a man in a suit.

Degree Films 2004

Pfuuscht im Sack

Bettina Tenchio | 2004 | Documentary | 27 min

I want to know, how someone can learn to tame his/her inner beast.

Hoi Maya

Claudia Lorenz | 2004 | LGBTQIA | 12 min

One day two old ladies meet unexpectedly at a hairdresser’s.

Wackelkontakt

Ralph Etter | 2004 | Drama | 20 min

The story of Sibylle, who has to deal with her grandmother's senility.

Juanita

Bettina Schwarzenbach | 2004 | Coming of Age, Children | 11 min

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

Kopf Hoch!

Irene Balmer | 2004 | Fantasy, Comedy | 12 min

Once upon a time, there were Jonathan and Paul, and both loved Sophia.

Langer Abgang

Prisca Koller | 2004 | Drama | 16 min

The vintner Jean is being replaced by the wine expert Luc.

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.

Tiger erdolchen

Moritz Gerber | 2004 | Drama | 22 min

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

Degree Films 2003

Zurich East

Béla Batthyany | 2003 | Documentary | 40 min

Zurich East is a documentary roadmovie and a tribute to friendship.

Pas de deux

Lawrence Grimm | 2003 | Drama | 20 min

Diana is a respectable woman of 67 who lives an uneventful life.

Meyers

Steven Hayes | 2003 | Comedy | 12 min

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

Belmondo

Annette Carle | 2003 | Children, Fantasy | 10 min

A little boy is standing with his mother in front of the toyshop „Belmondo“.

To the other end of the world

Risa Madörin | 2003 | Documentary | 28 min

Both say that it was the love of their lives. But this love could not be.

Bei Parish

Yaël Parish | 2003 | Documentary | 30 min

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

Scheinheilig

Kornelija Naraks | 2003 | Comedy, Road Movie | 10 min

Mary and Jacques are fleeing from the police with their booty on Christmas Eve.

Alle meine Mütter

Meret Nora Burger | 2003 | Comedy | 12 min

A short story about lonelyness in the midst of a modern-day family.

Oscar

Roberto Martinez | 2003 | Comedy | 10 min

Oscar and his father watch Oscar's son play a football match.

Degree Films 2002

Soufflé

Elena Rutmann | 2002 | Comedy | 8.5

A couple prepares to receive their guests.

Joshua

Andreas Müller | 2002 | mystery, Fantasy, Horror | 29 min

A young man is put to the test as a newly trained customs official.

Pizza Canzone

Jacqueline Falk | 2002 | Dance | 15 min

Laila, 18 delivers pizzas, but she dreams of becoming a musical comedy star.

Yo no tengo miedo de nada

Patricia Stotz | 2002 | Documentary | 20 min

Mari-Carmen and Conchita are playing and talking. They open a fictional dialogue.

Un momento

Tim Geser | 2002 | Drama | 10 min

"Un momento" describes Bellino's brief encounter with love.

Piano Piano

Michael Ryffel | 2002 | Drama | 15 min

Paul works as an employee in a big office.

Ferrari

Nicolò Settegrana | 2002 | Drama | 16 min

A couple takes a car ride in the Alps.

No hands, no chocolate

Susanna Hübscher | 2002 | Experimental | 26 min

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

Auszeit

Angela Rohrer | 2002 | Drama | 17 min

One day Lea ruthlessly runs after a new challenge.

Der Komplex

Fabienne Boesch | 2002 | Documentary | 30 min

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

Fotostar

Michele Andina | 2002 | LGBTQIA | 15 min

Konrad falls in love with a beautiful, unknown man in a photo.

Deepen Flow

2002 | Experimental | 12 Min.

In a letter to a friend, I tell about my thoughts about the flow of life.

Ungefiltert

Alexander Szombath | 2002 | Horror | 17 min

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

Degree Films 2001

Looking for Rita

Andrea Binswanger | 2001 | Experimental | 22 min

Rita was the great role model of my childhood.

Part 2

Azmi Baumann | 2001 | Drama | 10 min

Wesley visits Salome, he had a holiday romance with her in London.

Die Taxifahrt

Nico Gutmann | 2001 | Documentary, Coming of Age | 20 min

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

Paloma

Fanny Bräuning | 2001 | Documentary, Dance | 30 min

Choreographer Barbara Cleff places an advertisement and wakens many dreams.

Gran Canaria

Samuel Ammann | 2001 | Drama | 25 min

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

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

Letzte Hilfe

Gabriela D'Hondt | 2001 | Drama | 17 min

A film about the tangled paths of love.

Degree Films 2000

Wunderland

Michael Hertig | 2000 | Experimental, Animation | 12 min

A postcard. A little holiday story, in a country without borders.

The Flood

Simon Piniel | 2000 | Animation | 8 min

We have technology on our side. - Will mother nature be with us, too?

Ade

Benjamin Kempf | 2000 | Drama | 10 min

Never has the shy Thomas let his feelings run wild for his father.

Nomina Domini

Ivan Engler | 2000 | Science Fiction, Horror | 22 min

Der Computerspezialist Adam wird in ein abgelegenes Kloster gerufen.

Supernova

Bettina Oberli | 2000 | Coming of Age | 14 min

Today is his best day, today is the supernova.

Anna

Anne-Catherine Kunz | 2000 | Drama | 12.5 min

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

Schneetreiben

Nicole Wangler | 2000 | Documentary | 14.5 min

Man and the power of nature in the mountains.

Degree Films 1999

Einladung auf dem Lande

Thomas Hess | 1999 | Comedy | 17 Min

At a dinner with her boss everything goes wrong for Karin.

Timing

Chris Niemeyer | 1999 | Science Fiction | 15 min

In the private prison CIP manipulates Dr. Block the time perception of a prisoner.

Love

Dominique Margot | 1999 | Drama | 8 min

A young father and pilot takes off for the last flight.

Little Water

Angela Spörri | 1999 | Documentary | 27 min

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

Replay

Isabelle Favez | 1999 | Animation | 4 min

Love is just a projection.

Blush

Barbara Kulcsar | 1999 | Drama | 11 min

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

Walter Tell

Carla Lia Monti | 1999 | Fantasy, Horror | 12 Min.

Wilhelm Tell takes Walter into the mountains, where he abuses him behind a rock.

Degree Films 1998

Pofonok

Men Lareida | 1998 | Experimental | 22 min

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

Les jeux sont faits

Claudia Bach | 1998 | Drama | 16 min

Boredom and unfulfilled longing determine the life of the young casino owner.

Carlas Himmel

Thomas Isler | 1998 | Fantasy | 15 min

Carla loves the vastness of the sky, close to the clouds.

Diebe Vol 1-3

Anna Luif | 1998 | Coming of Age, Children | 15 min

Three thefts on an afternoon…

Hotel Belgrad

Andrea Štaka | 1998 | Drama | 13 min

Ein Paar liebt sich in einem Hotel.

Timeless

Antonia Hersche | 1998 | Drama, Horror, Science Fiction | 15 min

Vanessa gets lost in the timeless labyrinth of her decisions.

Cherry red-lips

Andrea Ehrat | 1998 | Experimental | 9 min

An experimental game with the image of the woman.

Degree Films 1997

Acedia I

Alexandra Papadopoulos | 1997 | Video Installation | 180 min

ACEDIA I ist ein interaktives Video über Langeweile, Überdruss und Betriebsamkeit.

Das Zimmer

Katrin Oettli | 1997 | Comedy | 13 min

Can birds fly in the cage?

Paul

Aurelio Galfetti | 1997 | Drama | 30 min

Childhood experiences can leave their mark. Paul is being followed by them.

Ölmeye Yatmak

Esen Isik | 1997 | Drama | 23.5 min

Zeynep, a turkish women, is about to be deported

Talk about it

Eveline Arnold | 1997 | Comedy | 20 min

One morning we woke up and realized we were ordinary.

Last drop

Claudia Huttenlocher | 1997 | Drama, LGBTQIA | 18

The everyday meanness in life lure Andrea into the sidelines.

Muffensausen

Julia Hintermüller | 1997 | Comedy | 11 min

Life moves in mysterious ways.

Ach, du...

Susanne Hofer | 1997 | Comedy | 16 min

A love story in Vienna.

Degree Films 1995

Nascondiglio

Roberto Di Valentino | 1995 | Drama | 28 min

Moris must be forced into isolation.

Sehnsucht der Prinzessin

Stefan Meichtry | 1995 | Drama | 63 Min.

A film about the proliferation of the unconscious - the longing of the princess.

Orson & Welles

Felix Schaad | 1995 | Science Fiction, Horror | 24 min

Two horror movies in a love movie.

Endspurt

Sabine Boss | 1995 | Drama | 18 min

A couple is fighting until the end becomes a new beginning.

Der Astronaut

Pierre Mennel | 1995 | Science Fiction, Drama | 14 min

16.7.1969. Der erste Mensch betritt den Mond. Malcolm ist der Zweite – oder Dritte.

Casting

Katrin Barben | 1995 | Drama | 20 min

A successful director is looking for a young actress.

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.

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...

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.

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.

Electric Fields

Lisa Gertsch | 2023 | Drama | 80 min

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

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.

Theory of Change

Dennis Stauffer | 2023 | Documentary | 72 min

A political hero's journey without a happy ending

Where the Wild Bees Are

Pascal Kohler | 2023 | Documentary | 9.5 min

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

Heimisch

Zoë Bayer | 2023 | Experimental, Drama | 7.5 min

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

Eyes Shut

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

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

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.