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Pipe, farmhand for 30 years, buys a moped with his old-age insurance allowances. Despite a difficult start, Pipe sets out to discover a reality he did not know.

A 17-year-old high school student, Jenny Kern, is found dead from cold and exhaustion in the suburbs of Lausanne, Switzerland.

San Gottardo is first and foremost a film about emigration, the exodus brought about by the construction of the two tunnels - the railway tunnel (1872-1882) and the road tunnel (1969-1976). People migrated from one country to another, from one civilization to another, and different social mores and customs were confronted with one another. The film takes place between the unveiling of two monuments: it begins with the unveiling of the monument dedicated to the tunnel workers in Airolo, and it ends with the unveiling of the Escher monument on the Zurich Bahnhofstrasse. In between the two unveiling, the film depicts the essence of that which lay behind the veiling cloth.

A ramshackle group of actors struggle to resurrect a Voltaire play about conquistadors.

The documentary retraces the steps of Bruno Manser, a man from Switzerland who went to live with the indigenous tribe of the Penan in the Jungle of Borneo and ended up helping to defend their rainforest against greedy logging companies. The movie features original film footage, photo and voice recordings by Bruno Manser made in the 1980s, as well as new recordings showing how the life of the Penan has changed in just a few decades.

This documentary tells the story of Maurice Bavaud, who tried to assassinate Hitler in 1941.

Bedlam in a classroom: a foot on a desk, someone making a face, a voice-obviously the teacher's-trying to get things under control, two kids fighting in the corner. In a word: Ghetto. We accompany a handful of teenagers from "The worst ****ing ghetto room in the entire school."

A Swiss guitar player and a female saxophonist from Berlin live and work together. They perpetually discuss about staying together or separating and look up to couples who live together permanently.

This is a portrait of a man and of a country, as he travels through it. He is a travelling salesman, and travels through Switzerland selling cosmetics to beauty parlors.

1989 marked an unprecedented event in modern history, it was the first time a country put to the vote whether or not it wanted an army. While celebrations for the 50-year commemoration of the outbreak of World War II are well under way, a more liberal Swiss element collects thousands of signatures to support the motion to disband the Swiss army. Stirring speeches thanking halls of old veterans for their efforts to safeguard Switzerland from Hitler are juxtaposed with youth rallies and arguments from the left about the glorification of war and the social and financial burdens of an army. The film, documenting the intense debate that raged amongst the Swiss public in the months leading up to the referendum, asks the question: Is an army the precondition of freedom?

During World War II 17 men were put to death by Swiss bureaucracy. The reconstruction of the case of Ernst S. fueled a controversy about collective guilt, double standards and the role of Switzerland in the war.

Anthroposophy - a spiritual world view that Rudolf Steiner developed more than 100 years ago, today affects many fields of practice worldwide such as education, medicine, agriculture and art. Is it an alien, esoteric training path, a fundamentalist ideology or even a radical alternative to the mainstream of capitalism?

On the eve of their last school day, just before they face the serious side of life, a class of hundred teens is going to perform W. A. Mozart's "Requiem" in public on stage. During six weeks of strong rehearsals the young men and women start to struggle on the edge of their discipline, caught on the seesaw from public spirit to forwardness and backwards.