Swiss Films

The Siege of Paradise Gar O'Rourke

The Siege of Paradise

TOURISM: Follow the residents of Cinque Terre as they navigate a tourist economy that both sustains and slowly erodes the villages they call home.

The Roots of Madness

GEOPOLITICS: Veteran Middle East correspondent Ulrich Tilgner traverses the ruins of Western intervention, arguing that the refugee crisis cannot be understood apart from the wars, alliances, and hypocrisies that produced it.

Heat Jacqueline Zünd

Heat

CLIMATE: In Heat, Jacqueline Zünd gracefully explores the extreme weather conditions in the Persian Gulf, among the hottest inhabited regions on the planet

Dentro Elsa Amiel

Dentro

ARTS: Set inside Tuscany’s Volterra Penitentiary, Dentro is a quiet, powerful portrait of incarcerated men discovering creativity, discipline, and emotional range through theatre.

Arctic Link Ian Purnell

Arctic Link

NATURE: The arrival of broadband to remote Alaskan islands unfolds here as a meditation on civilisation itself, where maritime craft, industrial process, and post-industrial connectivity are woven into one fragile but far-reaching chain.

Open My Mind Marcel Wyss

Open My Mind

DRUGS: Set against Switzerland’s unusually progressive therapeutic framework, a personal account of psychedelic treatment unfolds as both self-exposure and self-repair.

Tristan Forever Tobias Nölle, Loran Bonnardot

Tristan Forever

ESCAPE: A piano on a cargo ship opens Tristan Forever, a film about Tristan da Cunha and a doctor’s longing for distance, belonging, and a simpler life.

Didy Gaël Kamilindi, François-Xavier Destors

Didy

MEMORY: A son’s journey to rediscover his mother unearths buried memories and reveals the silenced strength of Rwandan women.

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