The film portrays people with different time consciousness. A computer scientist works non-stop. Only when she gets home can she relax. A young employee suffers from sleep disorders and stress at work, and sinks into a state of decompensation. Ski trainer Didier Plaschy looks at the effects of slowing down and speeding up. Time historian Karlheinz Geissler takes a piquantly humorous look at our fast-paced society.

They came to Switzerland in the hope of a better life when they returned home. Thirty or forty years...

Max Frisch was the last big Swiss intellectual widely respected as a “voice” in its own right – a ch...

An intimate portrayal of the everyday lives of Carthusian monks of the Grande Chartreuse, high in th...

It's there, it's been Irène Schweizer's faithful companion for over 40 years, sharing her joys and s...

This documentary follows Swiss improvisation musicians and tells their stories.

It is winter at an emergency shelter for the homeless in Lausanne. Every night at the door of this l...

Dieter Roth was an artist who combined art and life in a unique way. He painted, drew, printed, wrot...

The Jean Tinguely Museum in Basel, Switzerland, designed by Mario Botta, opened in 1996, five years ...

Thirty female prisoners share the convicts’ ward of Tuilière Prison at Lonay. More than half of them...

The film interweaves the stories of two generations of Palestinians. It tells the story of Elias Jub...