Movies: Zurcher Hochschule Der Kunste

15-year-old Mia faces an overwhelming transformation which puts her entire existence into question. Her body is changing radically, and despite desperate attempts to halt the process, Mia is soon forced to accept that nature is far more powerful than...

David's and Jessy's love is put to the test when Jessy unintentionally gets pregnant. The thought of becoming a father causes David to panic. Later, when they are attacked in the train and David is unable to protect his girlfriend, David's fear of no...

A summer walk through Zurich ends in a police control. Prison ruins are turned into parks, old buildings give way to new ones. On the first of May, rubber bullets are fired. A person goes blind....

Onboard the Panerai container ship, the young sailor Rudmer dreams of becoming a captain himself one day....

A chance encounter backstage: Broken glass and a shared cigarette bring two strangers together. Three nights in which they learn to overcome social hierarchies and unrequited love. A short film inspired by Fyodor Dostoevsky's novel “White Nights”....

The young political movement Operation Libero wants to stir up Switzerland's National elections with cross-party issues, progressive candidates and a targeted campaign. Will the movement succeed in asserting itself against the established forces and ...

Exhausted from decades of living, an elderly man sets foot aboard a streetcar for a journey that will prove to be very unusual. He does not understand where he is. He does not understand how he has come to this place. But music surrounds him and melo...

Young migrants from Afghanistan, Cameroon, Serbia and Venezuela attend a Swiss integration class where they learn a new language and prepare for employment....

In a single humiliating day, Silvia is fired from her job despite being a few years away from retirement, a policeman fines her during a traffic check, and the director of the church choir takes away her solo part. During the Ave Maria rehearsal, Sil...

August 1st in Zurich. An unbearably hot day. While many are celebrating the Swiss national holiday, five individual fates take their course: 1. As a symbol against capitalism in Switzerland, Vinc is planning an attack in the city centre. 2. Tibetan d...

Cows graze atop rolling hills, the Säntis cable car glides towards the mountain station, and behind it, 2.5 million light years away, the Andromeda Nebula shimmers. In Urnäsch, winter is drawing in: the local butcher cutting the last geraniums from t...

Manuela spends an unforgettable night with her friend Vanessa and has a threesome with her. As Vanessas pregnancy brings Manuela back, both uncover a dark secret which complicates the upbringing of the unborn child....

Filmmaking in the silent film era. Stuntman Tom is tired of falling into the dirt for other people and now takes it into his own hands to be promoted to star of the film....

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PUSHING BOUNDARIES was one of the slogans of the Paralympics in Russian Sochi. During the games, this slogan was applied militarily by the Russian army towards the neighboring Ukraine. Overnight the Ukrainian National Team lost access to their traini...

An 80-year-old woman spends her time at a bus station. She’s waiting for the right moment to leave this place forever....

Young cook Jeanne wants to prevail in the world of the Haute Cuisine; but in this kitchen, blood and sweat are part of every meal....

Gerda’s date with her neighbor does not go as planned when her mother – a narcissistic but humorous grande dame of the theater – shows up at the door. During dinner, both the accusations and the theatrical eccentricity of the visitor escalate to fren...

Isabell can't get over her dog's death. Unable to overcome her grief and surrounded by happy dog owners, she decides that no one else should have a dog....

People go through life with forgotten dreams. They bravely contend another day when something goes off the rails. A man disappears into the woods. A season is lost. Lovers overcome time. Hardly noticeably, the rules of the world shift. And suddenly n...