Artfilm Movies
- 2012
Like Stone Lions in the Gateway into Night
Like Stone Lions in the Gateway into Night02012HD
Between 1947 and 1951, more than 80 000 Greek men, women and children were deported to the isle of Makronissos (Greece) in reeducation camps created...
- 2005
Monte Grande: What is Life?
Monte Grande: What is Life?92005HD
Documentary account of a man’s life in the face of imminent death – Francisco Varela's story told affectionately and gently, touchingly...
- 1994
Picture of Light
Picture of Light6.71994HD
A documentary of an expedition to Churchill, Manitoba to film the Northern Lights.
- 2010
Daniel Schmid: Le Chat Qui Pense
Daniel Schmid: Le Chat Qui Pense5.82010HD
When director Daniel Schmid grew up, his parents ran a hotel in the Alps, and this singular setting was to influence his film. Rather by coincidence...
- 2013
Once I Entered in a Garden
Once I Entered in a Garden62013HD
Fantasizes an 'Old' Middle East, wherein communities were not divided along ethnic and religious lines; a Middle East in which even metaphorical...
- 2006
Exit: The Right to Die
Exit: The Right to Die6.32006HD
Switzerland is presently the only country in the world where suicide assistance is legal. Exit: The Right to Die profiles that nation's EXIT...
- 1995
The Written Face
The Written Face01995HD
In Japanese theater, women's roles are traditionally played by men. The man playing the woman's role, the Onnagata, does not imitate the woman, as in...
- 2008
Max Frisch, Citoyen
Max Frisch, Citoyen02008HD
Max Frisch was the last big Swiss intellectual widely respected as a “voice” in its own right – a character hardly found today. The...
- 1979
Story of Night
Story of Night6.81979HD
It’s a black-and-white record of European cities in the dark (2-5am), from Basle to Belfast. Quiet, and meditative, what emerges most strongly...
- 2007
Lucie et Maintenant
Lucie et Maintenant02007HD
In May of 1982 Julio Cortázar, the Argentinean writer and his companion in life, Carol Dunlop set out in their VW bus on a journey along the...
- 2019
I Am Mariam Binladen
I Am Mariam Binladen02019HD
- 2009
Petropolis: Aerial Perspectives on the Alberta Tar Sands
Petropolis: Aerial Perspectives on the Alberta Tar Sands7.72009HD
The huge tar sands in Alberta are a potentially profitable resource, but the environmental impact could be heavy and long-term.
- 2017
The Making of a Dream
The Making of a Dream02017HD
The Making of a Dream is a cinematic essay on stories of dancers. It shows joys and pains from the first steps in an amateur school to the goal to...
- 2008
Max Bill: The Master's Vision
Max Bill: The Master's Vision62008HD
The film about Max Bill (1908-1994) moves between the dynamic fields of art, aesthetics and politics. Max Bill was probably the most important swiss...
- 2000
Delphine Seyrig, portrait d'une comète
Delphine Seyrig, portrait d'une comète02000HD
Delphine Seyrig, an extraordinary woman and actress, died on October 15, 1990. From "Last Year at Marienbad" by Alain Resnais to "India Song" by...
- 2015
Brother's Body
Brother's Body6.22015HD
(Re)immersing himself in body building, David Nicolas Parel endeavours to follow his younger brother as he trains for the Arnold Classic –...
- 2014
La Terre Promise
La Terre Promise02014HD
Philippe Savoy head of the choir at Saint Michael's College in Fribourg is preparing to take his fifty-five students to Palestine for a series of...
- 2010
In My Father's House are Many Mansions
In My Father's House are Many Mansions82010HD
In the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, in the heart of Jerusalem, six different Christian denominations, Greek Orthodox, Armenian, Syrian, Roman...
- 2017
The Paris Opera
The Paris Opera7.22017HD
A behind-the-scenes look at the of how the Paris Opera is run under the direction of Stephane Lissner.
- 2009
Sounds and Silence - Travels with Manfred Eicher
Sounds and Silence - Travels with Manfred Eicher6.62009HD
On the way through a world of sounds and noise – with Manfred Eicher, the oustanding discoverer and mediator of contemporary music and founder...