Fri 26.05.2017 | 17:10Vitus (2006)
Section: Welcome to Switzerland
Directed by: Fredi M. Murer
Germany, Switzerland, 2006, 1 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 2
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Vitus is a boy who almost seems to be from another planet: He has hearing like a bat, he plays piano like a virtuoso and studies encyclopaedias at the age of five. No wonder his parents begin to anticipate a brilliant future for him. They want Vitus to become a pianist. However, the little genius prefers to play in his eccentric grandfather’s workshop. He dreams of flying and of a normal childhood. Ultimately, with one dramatic leap, Vitus takes control of his own life…
Sat 27.05.2017 | 19:00Vigia (2013)
Section: Welcome to Switzerland
Switzerland, France, 2013, 8 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 6
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In the heart of a group of birds, the indignant Moann feels her body changing. In a society where the greatest concern is the size and ambition of one's wings, how can one survive in a land, populated by imprisoned-mind people?
Sat 27.05.2017 | 19:00Package - Nadasdy Films presents...
Section: Welcome to Switzerland
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Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 6
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Sat 27.05.2017 | 19:00Air-Mail (2015)
Section: Welcome to Switzerland
Switzerland, France, 2015, 6 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 6
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A girl falls in love with a boxer she can never hope to meet, but the letter-birds will change her destiny forever. Will the messages in the air make her dreams come true?
Sat 27.05.2017 | 19:00 Sat 27.05.2017 | 19:00Little Dragon (2009)
Section: Welcome to Switzerland
France, 2009, 8 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 6
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Thirty-five years after Bruce Lee’s death, his soul réincarnates in a little doll. With self-confidence, the rubber-made toy sets off to discover the great-scaled world all around him.
Sat 27.05.2017 | 19:00Of Shadows and Wings (2015)
Section: Welcome to Switzerland
France, Switzerland, 2015, 13 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 6
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My grandfather asks me to make a film out of a story he’s told. Because of pollution, pesticides, and other toxic substances, a bee decides to leave her hive, looking for a more comfortable place for her to live in.
Sat 27.05.2017 | 19:00Gypaetus Helveticus (2011)
Section: Welcome to Switzerland
Directed by: Nadasdy film
Switzerland, 2011, 7 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 6
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Because of its false reputation, the greatest bird of prey in Europe was completely annihilated in Switzerland. But this short movie tells us another story...
Sat 27.05.2017 | 19:00Hasta Santiago (2013)
Section: Welcome to Switzerland
Directed by: Mauro Carraro
Switzerland, France, 2013, 12 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 6
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There’s a pilgrimage train across Europe traversed by a variety of people for different reasons. On this legendary route Mapo will cross cities and will meet other walkers.
Sat 27.05.2017 | 19:00Shaman Bazar (2013)
Section: Welcome to Switzerland
Directed by: Zoltan Horvath
Switzerland, Belgium, 2013, 9 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 6
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When the old shaman goes away for the day, his young apprentice defies his instructions. He goes into his yurt and tries to imitate the magical rituals of his master… to disastrous effect.
Sat 27.05.2017 | 19:00Aubade (2014)
Section: Welcome to Switzerland
Directed by: Mauro Carraro
Switzerland, 2014, 5 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 6
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A black sun rises on Leman Lake. In a surrealist backlit scene, swimmers and birds witness the spectacle of the dawn, hypnotized by the music of a cellist.
Sat 27.05.2017 | 19:00Ugly Pretty Heart (2014)
Section: Welcome to Switzerland
Switzerland, 2014, 12 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 6
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Rosie is a little girl marginalized and victimized because she’s ugly. One day she meets a witch who makes her wish come true. Now there’s no one prettier than Rosie. But nothing is more empty than the fleeting mask of beauty.
Sun 28.05.2017 | 16:30Clara and the Secret of the Bears (2012)
Section: Welcome to Switzerland
Directed by: Tobias Ineichen
Switzerland, 2012, 93 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 6
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Clara (13) lives with her mother and her stepfather on a remote farm in the Swiss Alps. Clara’s sensitivity and her strong connection with nature enable her to see and feel things others cannot perceive. Only in Thomas (12), does Clara find a confidant. Through the discovery of an ancient girl’s shoe, Clara gets in touch with Susanna, a girl who lived on the farm two centuries ago. Susanna is deeply troubled: her father has captured a bear cub and – according to an age-old legend – a curse falls upon those who do wrong against bears. Past and present are more closely linked than one might think. Clara senses that there is a curse on the old farm. And she knows that she is the only one who can lift it.
Sun 28.05.2017 | 19:00Jimmie (2008)
Section: Welcome to Switzerland
Directed by: Tobias Ineichen
Switzerland, 2008, 90 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 6
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Kathy is a single mother who is reluctant to have her 17-year-old autistic son Jimmie return to a home. After he completes school, she takes him in, even though everyone dissuades her from doing so. Painful though it is, she is forced to accept that her proximity to Jimmie does not have the desired effect for his progress. On the contrary, his reactions to the unfamiliar situation are fierce, taking her to her limits time and again. The only thing that makes Jimmie feel comfortable is swimming: his greatest passion. When the swim coach discovers his talent, new prospects seem to open for him.
Mon 29.05.2017 | 15:00Rascals on the Road (2006)
Section: Welcome to Switzerland
Directed by: Michael Steiner
Switzerland, 2006, 100 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 2
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Set in the 1960s, we follow 12-year-olds Eugen and Wrigley on their last summer of adventure. When Wrigley's parents announce their intention to pack him off to boarding school, the boys run away, hoping to find Fritzli Bühler, the "King of Rascals" in Zurich. But then Eugen and Wrigley bump into their Scouts group on the train and feel forced to join them to Ticino. From there they escape again and attempt to cycle back to Zurich, but the boys' disappearance is noticed and their parents get on their trail. As the boys continue their precarious journey over their Alps, they begin to doubt whether Fritzli Bühler really lives in Zurich and whether he actually exists at all.
Mon 29.05.2017 | 20:00Sister (2012)
Section: Welcome to Switzerland
Directed by: Ursula Meier
Switzerland, France, 2012, 97 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 3
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Simon lives with his older sister in a housing complex below a luxury Swiss ski resort. With his sister drifting in and out of jobs and relationships, 12-year-old Simon takes on the responsibility of providing for the two of them. Every day, he takes the lift up to the opulent ski world above, stealing equipment from rich tourists to resell to the local kids down in the valley. He is able to keep their little family afloat with his small-time hustles and his sister is thankful for the money he brings in. But, when Simon partners with a crooked British seasonal worker, he begins to lose his boundaries, which affects his relationship with his sister and plummets him into dangerous territory.
Tue 30.05.2017 | 08:20My Life as a Zucchini (2016)
Section: Welcome to Switzerland
Directed by: Claude Barras
Switzerland, France, 2016, 66 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 2
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Zucchini is a rather unusual nickname for a 9-year-old boy and his unique story is surprisingly universal. After his mother’s sudden death, Zucchini is befriended by a kind police officer Raymond, who accompanies Zucchini to his new foster home, which is filled with other orphans his age. At first Zucchini struggles to find his place in this strange, at times, hostile environment. Yet with Raymond’s help and his new found friends, he eventually learns to trust, finds true love and at last a new family of his own.
Tue 30.05.2017 | 08:30The Black Brothers (2013)
Section: Welcome to Switzerland
Directed by: Xavier Koller
Germany, Switzerland, 2013, 98 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 3
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Up until the middle of the 19th century, poverty stricken mountain farmers from the Ticino area of Switzerland frequently sold their children to Milan as chimney sweeps. That is also young Giorgio’s fate. He is forced to climb through pitch black chimneys, flinging down soot with his bare hands. But he doesn’t lose heart. Together with his fellow sweeps, he establishes the association of Black Brothers. They stick together, struggling against their penury and get involved in fights with the street gangs of Milan. The film tells of the gripping adventures of the chimney sweep boys and their spectacular escape back to their native land.
Tue 30.05.2017 | 10:40Heidi (2015)
Section: Welcome to Switzerland
Directed by: Alain Gsponer
Switzerland, Germany, 2015, 105 min
Projection place: Aula
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Heidi is an orphaned girl who spends the happiest days of childhood together with her friend Peter while watching a herd of goats, playing together and enjoying the freedom of the Swiss Alps, where she lives in a simple cabin with her grandfather. This all ends when Heidi is taken by her Aunt Dee to Frankfurt, Germany, where she's to provide company for a sick girl named Klara, who's from a wealthy family. The girls quickly become friends, but Heidi's longing for her grandfather, Peter and the mountains is too great...
Tue 30.05.2017 | 15:20Neuland (2013)
Section: Welcome to Switzerland
Directed by: Anna Thommen
Switzerland, 2013, 93 min
Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 4
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Afghanistan, Cameroon, Serbia, Venezuela – Mr. Zingg’s new students in the Basel integration class have travelled far. Young, and with hopes of a better future, they travelled to Switzerland and now place great hopes in their teacher: he should show them the ways of this new country. The pupils learn the language and culture of Switzerland in just two years. Mr. Zingg, has justy one goal in sight: to help these young traumatized people find a job in their new society. But as the end of their schooling approaches, these young migrants have to ask themselves a harrowing question: is there a place at all for them in this country...?