Swiss Finalists 2023
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- DirectorLaurent NègreStarsMichael NeuenschwanderManuela BiedermannYann PhiliponaMay 1945: After the surrender of Nazi Germany, Heinrich Zwygart, Swiss ambassador in Berlin, is ordered back home. Soon he gets caught up in past decisions. He got through the war, will he survive the peace?
- DirectorLaura KaehrStarsGiulia TonelliJust four months after giving birth, Giulia Tonelli, prima ballerina of the Zurich Opera, is coming back to the stage. An uneasy task not only for her body, but because of the conservative environment she's in. In a field where it is necessary to live, and to breathe only for art, Giulia is now torn between her role as a mother and her choice of career and the sacrifices it requires. Shot over three years, Becoming Giulia follows her at this pivotal moment of her life between representations, rehearsals and family life fighting to reconcile her professional and personal goals.
- DirectorElene NaverianiStarsEka ChavleishviliTemiko ChichinadzeLia AbuladzeEtero, 48, single in a Georgian village, encounters gossip. She unexpectedly falls for a man, caught between a relationship or independence. She navigates her emotions while grappling with societal norms, searching for happiness.
- DirectorCarmen JaquierStarsLilith GrasmugMermoz MelchiorBenjamin PythonIn a Swiss village, Elisabeth, 17, returns home from the convent after learning of her sister's mysterious death. Reunited with her three childhood friends, she discovers that faith and desire can sometimes be intertwined.
- DirectorMaxime RappazStarsJeanne BalibarThomas SarbacherPierre-Antoine DubeyA woman finds an unexpected romantic connection.
- DirectorDelphine LehericeyStarsFrançois BerléandKacey Mottet KleinLa RibotAfter his wife dies, a 75 year old retiree has to put up with the intrusion into his idle life of other family members.
- DirectorChristian LabhartHeidi SchmidRöbi has lung cancer and only a few months to live. He does not want chemotherapy or radiation. The film accompanies Röbi on the last meters of his life. In everyday life, in the cellar archive where his life passes him by, when friends visit him on the sofa, on his last holidays with his grandchildren. A film about doubts, hopes, crises of a courageous person who looks "brother death" in the eye and celebrates life in the process.