Documentary, Directed by Christine Hürzeler
(in Postproduction)
HANNA (42) and MICHAEL (46) desperately long for a baby and spare no effort in fulfilling their dream. Surro- gacy is their last hope. Since it is prohibited in Switzerland, they have their child carried out by a surrogate in Georgia while pretending to be pregnant at home. Excitedly, Hanna and Michael travel to Tbilisi for the second ultrasound examination, visiting their surrogate mother, MARIAM (23), at a clinic on the city’s outskirts. She is five months pregnant.
During the ultrasound, they learn that they are expecting a girl. However, their joy is quickly overshadowed. The doctor discovers a heart defect in the fetus. Subsequent examinations reveal that the unborn child has a rare heart condition. Hanna and Michael are deeply shaken by the news. The agency director confronts them with the difficult decision of whether or not to abort the child in the surrogate’s womb. Michael cannot imagine raising a child with a heart condition. However, Mariam desperately appeals to Hanna to keep the child.
Fiction 22’, directed by Samuel Flückiger, Filmgerberei GmbH
Awards and Festivals (a Selection)
Best of Fest Award 2024 28th LA Shorts International Film Festival
Rolf, a hemiplegic, spends his days dozing on a sofa bed in his dusty apartment. On TV, he learns of a deadly pandemic sweeping around the globe. When his nurse fails to visit him, Rolf realizes that his survival is anything but certain.
Fiction 23’, directed by Joël Jent and Ali Al-Fatlawi, Aaron Film
It has been 35 years since Maria left her newborn in a baby window. With the help of the authorities, she tracks down her daughter and meets Caroline for the first time. A DNA test is to prove their kinship. An increasingly close relationship develops between Maria and Caroline. However, unfulfilled expectations and quiet accusations threaten to break it time and again.
Fiction 27’, Directed by Samuel Flückiger, Aaron Film
Festivals (a selection)
Shnit International Short Film Festival 2019 in Bern - Switzerland / Drama International Short Film Festival 2019 - Greece / ALCINE Festival Internacional de Cine 2019 in Madrid - Spain / Solothurner Filmtage 2020 - Switzerland / Festival Internacional de Cine de Cartagena de Indias 2020 - Colombia
Maria, widow of a fisherman who disappeared on the ocean years ago, cannot find peace. But then, after a storm, she pulls her husband out of the sea - alive. Her burning desire for love, makes her believe the impossible. But in the sky circles a helicopter, in the harbor people are loaded into vans and white plastic covers the faces of dead bodies. This night will show, if Maria will manage to put an end to her loneliness and her distorted perception of reality.
Fiction 29’, Directed by Julian M. Grünthal, Emilia Productions
Festivals (a selection)
Internationale Kurzfilmtage Winterthur 2019 / Madrid, Alcine Festival International de Cine Madrid 2019 / Max Ophüls Preis Saarbrücken 2020 / Solothurner Filmtage 2020
A park in the fog. Crows flap and caw in the sky. A homeless man sleeps between the trees. A woman disappears. Now and then a crow is shot: as a deterrent. The crows rally after every shot. The police gather evidence. What is really going on? Are reality and imagination slowly blurring?
Documentary 20’, Directed by Christine Hürzeler, chfilm
Awards and Festivals (a selection)
Film House Award for Visionary Filmmaking - Athens International Film + Video Festival 2020 / Best Documentary Short Film - Toronto Arthouse Film Festival 2019 / Best Glocal Propose Award- Seoul International New Media Festival 2019 / Best Documentary Short Award - Hong Kong arthouse Film Festival 2019 / Winner - Zürich, Videoex Experimentalfilm & Video Festival (Swiss Competition) 2019 / Special Mention - Documenta Madrid Festival Internacional de Documentales de Madrid (Fugas Competition) 2019
Festival Internacional de Cine de Autor, Guadalajara 2019 / Istanbul International Experimental Film Festival 2019 / Huesca International Film Festival 2019 / Zürich, Videoex - Internationales Experimental-Film & Video Festival 2019 / Documenta Madrid 2019 / Go Short - International Short Film Festival Nijmegen 2019 / Solothurner Filmtage 2019 / DOK Leipzig 2018 / Visions du Réel Festival international de cinéma Nyon 2018
After two years of waiting, Adam and Ellas first part of the application for a „licence to procreate“ has been successfully reviewed. To complete the process, the request is followed up with an obligatory and final interview in the intimacy of their home. Their fate is now in the hands of the government clerk Gudrun Paschke.
Fiction 10’, Directed by Nora Fingscheidt, Filmakademie Baden Württemberg / La Fémis
Festivals (a selection)
SHORTS AT MOONLIGHT FRANKFURT 2017 / OPENEYES FILMFEST MARBURG 2017 / KRALJEVSKI FILMSKI FESTIVAL 2017 / PORTOBELLO FILM FESTIVAL LONDON 2017 / CALGARY INT'L FILM FESTIVAL 2017 / CYBORG FILM FESTIVAL 2017 / ANATOMY:CRIME-HORROR INT'L FILM FESTIVAL ATHEN 2017 / EARLY BIRD INT'L STUDENT FILM FESTIVAL SOFIA 2017 / BREST EUROPEAN SHORT FILM FESTIVAL 2017/ FENÊTRES SUR COURTS SHORT-FILM FESTIVAL 2017 / FLENSBURGER KURZFILMTAGE / 2017 / MANCHESTER INT'L SHORT FILM & ANIMATION FESTIVAL 2017 / LA PELLICULE ENSORCELÈE 2018
During a holiday cruise a Swiss sailing yacht encounters a sinking refugee boat. Inspired by the current events in the Mediterranean sea.
Fiction 20’, Directed by Marc Wilkins, Dschoint Ventschr Filmproduktion
Awards and Festivals (a selection)
The golden knight international short film festival - Golden knight award 2016 / San Diego International Film Festival - Best Narrative Short Award 2016 / 24fps International Short Film Festival - Red Citation Humanitarian Award 2016 / Jozi Film Festival - Jury Award 2016 / Bern, shnit Worldwide Shortfilmfestival - Jurypreis 2016 / Palm Springs International ShortFest - Best Live Action Short Over 15 Minutes 2016 / Swiss Film Award - Best Short Film 2017
China International New Media Short Film Festival 2018 / Busan International Short Film Festival 2018 / Festival de Cinéma Européen des Arcs 2017 / Festival Internacional de Cortometrajes de México 2017 / Short Shorts Film Festival and Asia Tokyo 2017 / Festival du court métrage de Bruxelles 2017 / Vilnius International Film Festival 2017 / Regard sur le court métrage au Saguenay 2017 / Genève, Festival International du film sur les droits humains 2017 / Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival 2017 / Bamberger Kurzfilmtage 2017 / Solothurner Filmtage 2017 / Sydney, Flickerfest International Short Film Festival 2017 / Festival Paris Courts Devant 2016 / Internationales Kurzfilmfestival Berlin 2016 / 24fps International Short Film Festival 2016 / Savannah Film Festival 2016 / Festival de Cine de Bogota 2016 / Bern, Internationales Kurzfilmfestival Shnit 2016 / Zurich Film Festival 2016 / Calgary International Film Festival 2016 / Jozi Film Festival 2016 / Festival des films du monde Montréal 2016 / Palm Springs International ShortFest 2016
Betti is toying with the idea of cheating on her boyfriend. Without a word having been said, her long-time boyfriend Sascha senses something’s up. Before anything has happened, he moves out of their common bedroom. He withdraws yet at the same time still wants to be near his girlfriend. But Betti wants to be selfish and make love with a different man. A desire that doesn’t prove to be easy – and, when it finally happens, turns out to be a fiasco.
Betti yearns to be back together with Sascha, but now he is the one questioning their relationship. And when he unexpectedly meets Mila, the tide begins to turn. Now Betti is the one who has to fight for her love, she doesn’t want to lose him. She dares to take the bull by the horns …
Fiction 44’, Directed by Tatjana Moutchnik, Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg
Festivals (a selection)
Internationale Filmtage Hof 2013 / Festival du cinéma du Brive 2013
