Srf Movies

Jackie Brutsche tries to unravel the dark secrets of her family and answer unanswered questions about her mother.

Lucienne Schnegg is an energetic little woman. At eighty, she is still at the helm of the "Capitole" cinema. Hired as a secretary in 1949, she became...

After 30 years of chain smoking, Swiss filmmaker Peter Liechti sets out on a journey - three times! - to wean himself off cigarettes. He departs from...

When I came of age, my father gave me a film about my life. It infuriated me, because I had attempted to get away from his camera all my childhood. My...

Christian Frei's documentary traces the tragic tale of the giant Buddhas of Afghanistan's Bamiyan Valley, which stood as monumental landmarks for 1,50...

Children of alcoholic parents have been fighting for a precarious normality within their family since early childhood. They look after the addicted mo...

Two women and a man suffering from severe depression are accompanied by a camera for a year and a half. The acute phase of their depression is the sta...

In the 1970s, an idealistic young social worker is confronted with Switzerland's archaic mental health institutions.

Returning home to his native Emmental after travelling around the world, Jürg Neuenschwander comes across peoble who are skilled in the art of healing...

The camera accompanies Lukas Bärfuss for five years to various theatre productions, readings and research trips. On the road and at his home, it becom...

As the seasons change, so too do the fortunes of the forest creatures.

From the son of an immigrant to a billionaire building contractor: Bruno Stefanini has a crazy biography. This documentary chronicles Stefanini's conf...

Documenting Remo Forrer's journey to the Eurovision stage.

She is a lesbian. She is a believer. And maybe soon a priest: Stefanie Arnold from Uri is on her way into the church ministry with her ordination as a...

This documentary follows Swiss improvisation musicians and tells their stories.

An animated documentary about sex between people who are not in love. This film centres on Judith, who recalls experiences with disabled clients and t...

Every Sunday, Stämpfli receives a visit from his daughter Julia and son-in-law Peter. And every Sunday, the grandfather is told that this is an exhaus...

How do you cope if things turn out differently than you'd imagined? Helena (19) and Jonas (11) are people in great need of support, putting their pare...