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Stella Goldschlag grows up in Berlin during the Nazi regime. She dreams of a career as a jazz singer, but is forced to go into hiding with her parents in 1944, and her life turns into an hopeless tragedy.

Set in the World War I, a young nurse at Davos is recruited by a female master in a high-stakes power play deciding war or peace.

Switzerland, 1942: Hoping to make a career as a singer in Germany, poor vagabond Ernst Schrämli sells Swiss military information to a Nazi spy. But then his offense is discovered.

Ten directors of a new generation of filmmakers tell how differently people in Switzerland cope with the worst imaginable disaster; the fact of being dependent on other countries.

Credit Suisse, the major Swiss bank classified as globally systemically important, no longer exists, despite being "too big to fail". How could this happen?

A young teacher in Zurich in the 1950s falls in love with a transvestite star but is torn between his bourgeois existence and his commitment to homosexuality.

The most successful German duo in swing and film music that has shaped popular culture for five decades.

Barbara Hug is a young lawyer fighting Switzerland's antiquated prison system in the 1980s. Walter Stürm is in and often escaping out of jail, becoming known as the Jailbreak King. When the two meet, an unlikely alliance is formed.

A journey across Europe to question each person's rights to bodily autonomy.

One of the best runners in Switzerland tries to overcome the loss of his brother by robbing innocent women at night. Based on a true story.

BOYS ON FILM 14 features 9 new, powerful, and dramatic short films that will make you laugh and cry, question your inner self and give life to your darkest fantasies. Worlds collide in more ways than one in this stunning collection of award winning short films. Confidence is violated, classes clash and desire is concealed, yet love still triumphs regardless of the consequences. Showcasing talent from around the world let WORLDS COLLIDE shake you from your very seat.

When thirteen-year-old Raul is asked to entertain the local landowner's son, a game of power and pride starts between the two boys.

Merit, Eva, Lion, Rose, and David circumnavigate their tense relationships with caution. They converse, yet their words do not converge. They simulate their lifestyles while performing in plays.

Elisabeth's husband commits suicide. His last wish was to travel to Montauk where the couple met years ago. So Elisabeth embarks on a last journey from Switzerland to the US together with the ashes of her late husband. A journey synonymous with anger, acceptance and reconciliation. .

Friday afternoon: A couple wading in the river. They blame each other, apologize and then hate each other again. But the weekly walk in the river keeps their love running.

For 24-year-old short-statured Sam, the search for his biological mother becomes a journey to himself.

Two young top bankers quit their promising careers and found an aid organization for underprivileged children in South East Asia. A reflection on the meaning and happiness of life.

Sculptor Filippo Dobrilla considers art as a rebellion. For over 30 years he sculpted a giant marble nude into the most impervious nature, in an inaccessible cave. But nature itself was fatally opposed to his crazy undertaking.

David and Lea have aborted their child. Now they are facing their act of desperation. Their worries overshadow their relationship. Silent monologues reveal what they are suppressing. Truths that will change their lives forever - if they exchanged them.

12-year-old Rodney embarks on a journey across New York in order to reclaim the love of his struggling, wayward father in the wake of a family tragedy that has blown them apart.

In an abandoned factory building, cosmetic surgeon Beat Gessner came across the corpse of his son Max, wrapped as if in a cocoon. Tessa Ott and Isabelle Grandjean discovered that the corpse not only had tattoos on the face, but also on the cornea of the eyes. The shocked father reports that he has not had any contact with his son for a long time. Initial investigations lead the inspectors to a sectarian artists' commune. This is led by the charismatic Kyomi. Her "disciples" are exactly like the deceased Max: shaved head, tattoos on the face and cornea - an incredibly painful process. A second trail leads via Kyomi to the gallery owner Bruno Escher. He markets Kyomi's art and could capitalize on Max's death. Would Escher go that far? While Isabelle puts the unscrupulous gallerist through the wringer, Tessa deals with Kyomi's way of thinking and working: like art objects, her followers should wear the pain of her past on their skin and reflect it in their eyes. Did this philosophy lead to Max's death as the ultima ratio of the mind game? Isabelle Grandjean observes Tessa Ott's apparent fascination with Kyomi with great concern: does her colleague run the risk of being exploited by the artist? Is the bright-eyed Kyomi trying to play cat and mouse with the police herself? Or did Beat Gessner not tell the whole truth?

Top lawyer Corinne Perrault knows no mercy when her clients' interests are at stake. One morning she floats dead in Lake Zurich. What appears to be a suicide turns out to be an insidious murder. As a lawyer for the law firm Clement and Widmer, she represented the up-and-coming pharmaceutical company Argon. Allegedly, their drug Volmelia caused devastating damage during the test phase - for example with Klara Canetti. The girl is in a wheelchair because of a rare disease. After taking Volmelia, Klara's condition has now worsened. Now her mother has sued Argon. There is a lot at stake for the group, because the outrageously expensive drug is about to be approved. In the event of a ban, the company with its shooting star Dr. Regula Arnold misses many millions, which makes the pharmaceutical woman the main suspect in the murder of Corinne Perrault, especially in the eyes of Tessa. Perrault's death causes dismay in the firm. The noble company loses a qualified colleague. For lawyer Matteo Riva, Corinne was more than that, and boss Martina Widmer also had a lot in common with the dead. But Isabelle and Tessa do not trust the demonstrative dismay of the two. Then the commissioners find out that Corinne had given up the Volmelia mandate and was on sick leave for a longer period of time. The investigators are still pursuing a third lead - mainly at the instigation of Isabell. In her eyes, Klara's mother Dorit has a double motive for murder. The hatred of Corinne Perrault, who aggressively attacked her daughter in a survey, as well as the prospect of high financial compensation. Isabelle tries to gain Klara's trust. Then Klara collapses while being questioned by her and has to be put into an artificial coma. Isabelle blames herself because she feels guilty about Klara's condition. In addition, the girl is missing an important witness who could shed light on the death of Corinne Perrault.