Storytelling

Storytelling 2024

1

From cave drawings to echo chambers: the history of humankind is a history of storytelling.

2024

99 Moons

99 Moons 2023

4.30

Everything is under control, she thinks. Everything is lost, he thinks. And then they meet. And fall.

2023

Heidi

Heidi 2015

7.17

Heidi, is an eight-year-old Swiss orphan who is given by her aunt to her mountain-dwelling grandfather. She is then stolen back by her aunt from her grandfather to live in the wealthy Sesemann household in Frankfurt, Germany as a companion to Klara, a sheltered, disabled girl in a wheelchair. Heidi is unhappy but makes the best of the situation, always longing for her grandfather.

2015

The Colony

The Colony 2021

5.70

In the not-too-distant future: after a global catastrophe has wiped out nearly all of humanity on Earth, an elite astronaut from Space Colony Kepler must make a decision that will seal the fate of the people on both planets.

2021

The Little Witch

The Little Witch 2018

7.00

The little witch is only 127 years old – too young for the annual coven of witches. Although she is not yet old enough to be a real witch she wants to become a really good one. This decision causes trouble inside her magic world.

2018

Cargo

Cargo 2009

5.90

The story of CARGO takes place on rusty space-freighter KASSANDRA on its way to Station 42. The young medic LAURA is the only one awake on board while the rest of the crew lies frozen in hibernation sleep. In 4 months will Laura's shift be over.

2009

Sisi & I

Sisi & I 2023

6.60

After an elaborate application process, Empress Elisabeth of Austria hires Countess Irma as her new lady-in-waiting and takes her to her summer residence on Corfu. As the two women become closer there, this soon leads to tensions back in Vienna.

2023

The Suspended Step of the Stork

The Suspended Step of the Stork 1991

6.71

A reporter notices an old man in a border town who may be an important Greek politician who disappeared mysteriously years ago.

1991

Polish Prayers

Polish Prayers 2022

6.30

The tenth edition of Polish Pride parades a colorful trail of rainbow flags through the streets of Warsaw. Along the route, Antek and his friends line up to warn of the “pink threat” in prayer and edifying hymns. As traditional Catholics, he and his Brotherhood hold deeply conservative views: sex before marriage is out of the question, homosexuality can be cured, abortion is a great evil and Poland is for the Poles. His sister thinks his homophobic ranting is pointless, because in a few years the planet will be destroyed anyway as nobody is doing anything about climate change.

2022

The Road

The Road 1982

7.20

When five Kurdish prisoners are granted one week's home leave, they find to their dismay that they face continued oppression outside of prison from their families, the culture, and the government.

1982

The Universal Theory

The Universal Theory 2023

6.02

Johannes, a doctor of physics, travels with his doctoral supervisor to a scientific congress in the Alps. A series of mysterious incidents occur on site. He meets Karin, a mysterious jazz pianist who seems to know more about him than she can know. Suddenly, mysterious deaths begin to pile up and Johannes tries to uncover the secret under the mountain.

2023

The Evening of all Days

The Evening of all Days 2022

1

Irma and Henry live the dream of eternal love, which might end badly. A whimsical tale about old age.

2022

Becoming Giulia

Becoming Giulia 2024

1

Giulia Tonelli, principal dancer at the Zurich Opera House, returns from maternity leave. She has to fight to find her place and a new balance, between the competitive and extremely demanding world of an elite ballet company and her new family life.

2024

Dark Star: H. R. Giger's World

Dark Star: H. R. Giger's World 2014

6.80

An account of the life and work of Swiss painter, sculptor, architect and designer H. R. Giger (1940-2014), tormented father of creatures as fearsome as they are fascinating, inhabitants of nightmarish biomechanical worlds.

2014

The Awakening of Motti Wolkenbruch

The Awakening of Motti Wolkenbruch 2018

6.00

The young Orthodox Jew, Motti Wolkenbruch, finds himself at a turning point. His beloved mother wants him to get married and presents one marriage candidate after the other. Unfortunately none of the woman pleases him, because they all look just like her. The situation gets even more complicated, when Motti secretly falls in love with the non-Jewish girl Laura, a so-called Shiksa.

2018

Mario

Mario 2018

7.22

Two young gay soccer players get caught up between the politics of the game and the politics of love.

2018

Eternal You

Eternal You 2024

6.20

Startups are using AI to create avatars that allow relatives to talk with their loved ones after they have died. An exploration of a profound human desire and the consequences of turning the dream of immortality into a product.

2024

Amnesia

Amnesia 2015

5.50

A young composer moves from Berlin to the island of Ibiza and begins a friendship with an elderly woman whose painful past has caused her to reject everything to do with Germany, including her native language.

2015