Artfilm Movies

  • 2015
    Imagine Waking Up Tomorrow and All Music Has Disappeared

    Imagine Waking Up Tomorrow and All Music Has Disappeared

    Imagine Waking Up Tomorrow and All Music Has Disappeared

    62015HD

    Imagine waking up tomorrow and all music has disappeared. Just like that. What will remain when it is all gone: CDs, iPods, instruments?

    Imagine Waking Up Tomorrow and All Music Has Disappeared
  • 2005
    Into Great Silence

    Into Great Silence

    Into Great Silence

    72005HD

    An intimate portrayal of the everyday lives of Carthusian monks of the Grande Chartreuse, high in the French Alps (Chartreuse Mountains). The idea...

    Into Great Silence
  • 1997
    The Knowledge of Healing

    The Knowledge of Healing

    The Knowledge of Healing

    01997HD

    A documentary film about Tibetan traditional medicine.

    The Knowledge of Healing
  • 2014
    The Shelter

    The Shelter

    The Shelter

    6.252014HD

    It is winter at an emergency shelter for the homeless in Lausanne. Every night at the door of this little-known basement facility the same entry...

    The Shelter
  • 2010
    Daniel Schmid: Le Chat Qui Pense

    Daniel Schmid: Le Chat Qui Pense

    Daniel Schmid: Le Chat Qui Pense

    5.82010HD

    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...

    Daniel Schmid: Le Chat Qui Pense
  • 2016
    Zen for Nothing

    Zen for Nothing

    Zen for Nothing

    6.52016HD

    Hidden in the wooded mountains on the west coast of Japan lies the small Zen monastery Antaiji. A young woman sets off to immerse herself through...

    Zen for Nothing
  • 2010
    David Wants to Fly

    David Wants to Fly

    David Wants to Fly

    7.0942010HD

    A documentary. David Sieveking takes the advice of his idol, David Lynch and tries out Maharishi Mahesh Yogi's transcendental meditation technique.

    David Wants to Fly
  • 2017
    The Paris Opera

    The Paris Opera

    The Paris Opera

    7.22017HD

    A behind-the-scenes look at the of how the Paris Opera is run under the direction of Stephane Lissner.

    The Paris Opera
  • 2016
    Anthropic Principle

    Anthropic Principle

    Anthropic Principle

    62016HD

    arc of the natural world’s evolution from the primeval environment to the Anthropocene and back again premiered in program Death is Green at...

    Anthropic Principle
  • 2020
    Zelihas Hütte

    Zelihas Hütte

    Zelihas Hütte

    02020HD

    Zelihas Hütte
  • 2018
    Chris the Swiss

    Chris the Swiss

    Chris the Swiss

    6.5362018HD

    Croatia, 7th of January 1992: In the middle of the war, a young journalist's body is discovered dressed in the uniform of an international mercenary...

    Chris the Swiss
  • 2018
    Genesis 2.0

    Genesis 2.0

    Genesis 2.0

    6.42018HD

    A well-preserved mammoth carcass is found in the remote New Siberian Islands in the Arctic Ocean, opening up the possibility of a world-changing...

    Genesis 2.0
  • 2023
    GLOW

    GLOW

    GLOW

    02023HD

    She was a muse, model and performer – a star, dazzling and intense. Lady Shiva managed to rise from street prostitution to the top. She lived...

    GLOW
  • 2004
    Accordion Tribe: Music Travels

    Accordion Tribe: Music Travels

    Accordion Tribe: Music Travels

    02004HD

    Five highly original musicians from different countries form the Accordion Tribe. Together they aim to reinforce the original power of the long...

    Accordion Tribe: Music Travels
  • 1989
    Kick That Habit

    Kick That Habit

    Kick That Habit

    01989HD

    Kick That Habit is a 1989 film by PETER LIECHTI, an audio-visual portrait of his native country, eastern Switzerland. The film collects samples from...

    Kick That Habit
  • 2010
    Toumast - Entre Guitare et Kalashnikov

    Toumast - Entre Guitare et Kalashnikov

    Toumast - Entre Guitare et Kalashnikov

    02010HD

    Toumast - Entre Guitare et Kalashnikov
  • 2012
    Balkan Melody

    Balkan Melody

    Balkan Melody

    82012HD

    What Swiss director Stefan Schweitert did for accordion music and for yodeling (Accordion Tribe, Cinequest, 2005; Echoes of Home, Cinequest 2008) he...

    Balkan Melody
  • 2009
    Das Summen der Insekten

    Das Summen der Insekten

    Das Summen der Insekten

    72009HD

    The incredible story of how the mummified corpse of a 40-year-old man was discovered by a hunter in one of the most remote parts of the country. The...

    Das Summen der Insekten
  • 2008
    Frau Mercedes

    Frau Mercedes

    Frau Mercedes

    02008HD

    In Bern, Madame Mercedes has been working for 35 years in her car as a prostitute. An intimate and subtle portrait about ageing as a prostitute, a...

    Frau Mercedes
  • 2021
    Urban Amazons

    Urban Amazons

    Urban Amazons

    02021HD

    Modern Amazons are fierce heroines. They are ready to fight for what is important to them. Without explaining, without compromising, always...

    Urban Amazons