Projects

Andrea mulls over their being racists in a stream of consciousness, visually supported by an ordinary day in their lives, from turning off the alarm clock to lying down again at night. Does a racist live a life like ours?

Amelia, the sole survivor on a damaged spaceship, struggles with her grief and isolation. As a mysterious presence appears in the ships garden, Amelia faces a difficult decision.

A young woman must deal with physical and emotional distance in her relationship and detach from technology in order to find solace.

A Tapir mother reveals the story of her tragedy in an embroidery. She experienced a violent attack, the loss of her home and the disappearance of her son. Will she find him?

One child is pulled up by a ski lift bar, another time he can't open the door after going to the toilet and yet another time he is too slow getting off the bus and drives away without his mother. A short episodic film about fears that we suffer from as children and that we can smile about as adults.

Three insects follow their instincts, on earth, in the air and underwater. On its short journey, the matted pill hawk loses its droppings ball and unexpectedly gets into trouble. The evening primrose hawk moth is always attracted to the light and the rain comes much too late for the larva of the Spear-billed Azure Damselfly. The stories show the life of insects disrupted by human intervention in the ecosystem.

Diversity makes the difference! A strong team gets ahead when it consists of different people who complement each other instead of excluding each other because of differences.

Simon runs through a forest that he has digitised. Within an autobiographical narrative whose images were shot entirely in the Chaney forest in Switzerland, running embodies the intimate connection between the protagonist and the forest, a forest that is now being destroyed by a gravel pit. Immersed in a fragmented world, Simon wonders why he scanned his forest in 3D.

It is the height of summer in Kyoto and the Obon festival is just around the corner. People are giddy with anticipation; after all, wishes are known to be fulfilled during the festival. Many ask for riches, beauty and health. Unlike Nashi, whose only wish is to be able to wash himself properly. To him, the greatest fortune is a bathtub.
“O-bon” talks about humanity expressed in small gestures every day. The film was developed based on real people in Kyoto.

Eugene and his daughter Lavey are on the run and move from place to place. Eugene loves his daughter, but he has a problem with her appearance. One evening, mysterious pursuers approach. Eugene, in a panic, shoots one of them. Lavey realises that she looks just like these creatures and flees from her father. But Eugene follows to get his daughter back.

An introvert lorry driver collides with his parallel self and his world is thrown out of joint. Swissfilms

Where people encounter each other, the courageous will discover that, with enough trust, pupils can turn into door handles and open worlds where horizons dissolve into nothingness. Eight delicately interlaced stories talk about friendship. More about Patricia Wenger

An animation film based on an interview about alcoholism in the family. Excess drinking and addiction are often deliberately ignored and not talked about. Based on childhood memories, this short film shows the effects and consequences of alcoholism on the families of addicts. The work is an appeal to pay more attention to this topic and to stop looking away. More about Remo Scherrer: Oscar-Shortlist für Remo Scherrer 2017 / Swissfilms

“Eisnasen” is a puppet animation film about the necessity of living together, looking out and making sacrifices for each other, of living in a state of symbiosis. The small family of Bo and the ice fleas live according to these principles. They are confronted with a character who inadvertently violates these rules as he pursues his own well-being. His selfishness sets off destructive activities in the ice world. A humorous parable for children and grown-ups about the necessity of working together to reach common goals. More about Joel Hofmann und Veronica L. Montaño / Studio Eisprung

A coyote loses his wife and children in a wolf attack. Stricken with emotion, he tries to cope with the experience. In addition to grief and delusions, he is increasingly consumed with evil. More about Lorenz Wunderle- nzz-feuilleton / YK Animation Studio

Olga, the kiosk lady, is always cheerful. She knows the desires and problems of her daily customers and she attends to them with affection. However, when she is on her own - and that she is frequently - she wishes herself far away, out of this monotonous life in which she is quite literally stuck. One day, a series of absurd events flush her out of her city and straight into the place of her dreams... More about Anete Melece - short of the week

The little bird and the leaf live together in the big forest. Winter arrives and it is time for the leaf to fly away. The little bird follows his friend until their ways part. Now, the bird must face the dangers of the forest all by himself. More about Lena von Döhren / Swissfilms

A little girl and a dragon become friends in the forest. They start to make music together, which is somewhat perilous: the wayward king only allows march music... More about Camille Müller / Swissfilms

A soldier is on guard on a watchtower. Everything seems peaceful, if it weren’t for the voices from the radio and the annoying bugs. More about Omid Khoshnazar

To the moon and back on foot. In “Moonstruck”, a hike from Lucerne over the St. Gotthard pass to Genoa turns into a fantastical journey through a surreal world. A poetic film about being on the road and the relative nature of arriving. More about Christoph Gabathuler - Christoph Gabathuler auf vimeo

“Oskar” is a museum communication project for the Swiss Museum of Transport in Lucerne. More about Tristan Fischer

An animated composition in three acts, “flow” is an exploration of rhythm through a nature landscape. The observer experiences the subjective perception of various natural phenomena between reality and fiction. While the work is entered through a picturesque landscape, the film repeatedly drifts of into peculiar, abstract worlds. The film’s structure follows that of the music with a prologue and three acts.