Thirty female prisoners share the convicts’ ward of Tuilière Prison at Lonay. More than half of them have one or more children being raised elsewhere: with a sister, in a foster family, or – further away still – in their countries of origin. In portraying some of these women, the film sheds light on these mothers and the bond that ties them to their children.
Over 350,000 tons of highly radioactive waste and spent fuel rods are in temporary storage on site a...
A behind-the-scenes look at the of how the Paris Opera is run under the direction of Stephane Lissne...
The film is the story of a musical encounter between drummers Pierre Favre, Fritz Hauser, Daniel Hum...
For a month, filmmaker Dieter Gränicher lives in an institution, in the village community of the dea...
In Protestant Zurich, people with money avoid flaunting it. Wealth fascinates, but it also arouses j...
Amidst the chaos of modern China, where megacities spring up at a dizzying pace, Swiss photographer ...
Max Frisch was the last big Swiss intellectual widely respected as a “voice” in its own right – a ch...
Switzerland is presently the only country in the world where suicide assistance is legal. Exit: The ...
An intimate portrayal of the everyday lives of Carthusian monks of the Grande Chartreuse, high in th...