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People go through life with forgotten dreams. Something goes off the rails. A man disappears into the woods. A season is lost. Lovers overcome time. The rules of the world shift. And suddenly new paths open up in people's minds.

The research team led by Consuelo De Moraes is on the verge of discovering florigen - a substance that could make plants bloom instantly. While Florianne Koechlin uncovers that plants "speak" through scents, the artist duo Gerda Steiner and Jörg Lenzlinger question the boundaries between nature and artificiality. United by their passion for the plant world, the protagonists illuminate the complex interactions between plants, insects and humans.

Spending time with her narcissistic mother and long-distance boyfriend who's visits overlap right after the her grandpa's burial - Terri finds her way to heal and forgive.

Daut, a survivor of a massacre where his son was killed, has been rehearsing a letter for 20 years on what he will say if Hague ever calls him to testify for the horrors he has seen that day. The burden of memories gets heavier when he gets the news that his brother died of an illness, making Daut the only last survivor to remember the event. His mind starts to fail him on important details of the testimony. He might never bring justice for his son. For his brother. For his friends. Will the dead forgive him for giving up and being handed over to oblivion?

Maya carries someone else's memories and has to face her own past.

They know the woods like the back of their hands. A small group from Basel grazes the forest floor for mushrooms. To share their fascination with the rest of the world, they create a piece of nature within the boundaries of civilization.

Girl meets boy on the moon. Frida isn't really over the death of her friend. For a few days she wants to be on her own and stays at a hotel on the Saint Gotthard. On the way she meets Alexander who has a breakdown of his car and is stuck. During these days they get closer.

As a restaurant owner gets sick, the cook must step in and serve the only guest on that evening. However, communication problems lead to a misunderstanding until everything escalates.

The opera singer Enrico is confronted with his mothers death on the premiere night, when the difference between true and acted emotions slowly fade.

A young Polish-French woman is on a road trip to the nostalgic underworld, where she can meet her father for the last time and do all she'd need to in order to let go or even what she regrets not having done while he was still alive.

The pursuit of happiness amidst hotdogs, free parking spaces and ready-to-assemble furniture. A story about reality and appearances, about a father who is open to learning, and about wives who play dumb - dumber than they really are - to gain more control over their husbands.

The planet Novgor. Everybody works in the coal-mining industry, ruled by Cendrars Mining Company. There, Guillaume and Chloé are in love, nothing can separate them. Every third year, the company organizes a raffle. Only five lucky ones will be able to leave Novgor for the planet of their dreams: Eldorado. They will leave the dark dust for a new, golden life. Every Novgor citizen gets an assigned number and hopes to be among the chosen few. At the day of the draw, Guillaume realizes Chloé could win and leave without him.

In a future where the sea doesn't exist anymore and where adults imitate things from the past, dozens of children are building sand pies on an artificial beach. Only Estelle (12) looks at a wall on which the sea is painted. Thibaud (12) approaches the girl and pretends he could see the things that no longer exist. He takes her to his hiding place and tries to convince her to take a pill that would allow her to see the real sea.

17 year old Tobi shaves his hair off in order to become a member of a neonazi gang. But unfortunately he then rescues a little black girl, who starts following him.

The men hunt in the barren sweet waters of the suburbs for fish. But between concrete pillars and evening traffic, the fishermen's hearts find no peace and so they set off in search of the distant and dreamy murmur of the sea.

A summer walk through Zurich ends in a police check. Prison ruins are turned into parks. On 1 May, rubber bullets are fired. A person goes blind.

Most people play it for fun, to them it's a deadly serious matter. A small group of professional players from all over the country gather in Amriswil to crown the Swiss Minigolf Champion.

Within Adalbert, this ordinary nobody, slumbers a deep longing for higher meaning, a purpose of his existence. For him, being a human is too narrow, too caging and dull. He understands himself as a being that breaks the boundaries of perception between humans, animals and other species. In Adalbert's mind palace, this place of thought where he has full control over how he is perceived, we follow his desires to the bitter end. We witness the exhilarating experience he has when he kills his pet, a black cat of which he is very fond of, that rearranges the molecules that make him up and shape him towards this higher being. Hungry for a similar experience, he tries to recreate the feeling with other cats but it does not work anymore. The thrill is over until it comes to his mind that he can kill a human. This second act completes Adalbert and gives him the confidence to try to convince us as viewers that there is a naturalness in perversion. As an unreliable narrator he tries to lure us in and make us understand, but he clearly does not see that he is alone.