Michael Neuenschwander

Early evening - a big city. Two teenagers shyly flirt with each other, a housewife sits down to watch her daily soap, nurses in a hospital gossip before the nightshift starts, a trendy couple drives through rush hour, so excited they can hardly wait to get home - a man with a rifle enters a building seeking revenge. In the blink of an eye seemingly unrelated events turn upside down what were once secure, happy, 'normal' lives. Behind fear, beyond the unexpected, there is love and hope. (imdb)

In the depths of a mid-life crisis as he hits his forties, Zurich filmmaker Stefan Keller is obliged to take a second job due to financial problems. Sent on a mission to assess youth hostels, anonymously, he travels all over Switzerland just before the Christmas holidays. This journey proves to be an odyssey, during which Stefan is desperately looking for a story, struggles with a failing relationship, and has chance encounters along the way that make him face the meaning of his existence. (Locarno)

Goalie has just been released from prison after spending a year inside for keeping his mouth shut for his best buddy Ueli. He heads for his hometown of Schummertal, a small town where everyone knows you. He's going to start over, without drugs. Meanwhile, Ueli has gotten ever deeper into drugs, can't understand why Goalie suddenly wants to be a square. Although they've been friends since childhood, everything is different now. (imdb)

Leandra aims to bring her husband Paul, who suffers from advanced dementia, to an institution. She cherishes his bright moments with her love, and during the trip she changes plans several times, but also realizes with pain that those moments are occurring fewer and fewer.