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- A 14-year-old boy named Leander, who is insecure about his manhood, has a crush on a girl named Martina who helps him with his dilemma. The film explores the themes of puberty, sexuality, and peer pressure.
- A young photo-lab assistant falls in love with a guy in a picture he develops.
- Two older women catch each other's eye at their hairdresser's. It's not Charlotte's usual day, so they've not met before. One is Maya, with a tart tongue and a businesslike air; the softer Charlotte seems to smile more often. After Charlotte leaves the salon that day, both review the encounter, and memories flood them. What will they do with these feelings and remembrances? A trunk of keepsakes, a bingo game, a neighbor bringing tea, and sympathetic hair stylists help with the resolution.
- Life is expensive. Fortunately, Marc knows exactly how to use his fellow man so that they finance his lavish lifestyle. But then he meets Sue and his coolness comes to an end.
- A gentle journey in images and sounds. A search for traces by the author around drawings of his now dead sister Isabelle Lypitkas.
- In this modern-day fairy tale, Susanna Hübscher reverses the traditional roles: instead of waiting for her Prince Charming to find her, she goes looking for him. As part of her quest for the perfect man she appears on a date show on Swiss TV, consults a voodoo wizard in Paris, and interviews various women, including her own mother, about the real or imagined princes in their lives. Inspired by a 1970s Czech film adaption of the Cinderella story, she auditions men for the role of the prince in a remake she plans to shoot, and travels to Prague to interview the original film's star, in front of that city's famous castle. Hübscher's playful approach to the subject of searching for true love finds its aesthetic equivalent in the film's visual style, which includes a lot of "magical" appearances via jump cuts and abrupt transitions between times and places. She freely helps herself to scenes from the Czech movie, whose campy, nostalgic look is well matched by the picture-book compositions shot by her own crew. Hübscher's admitted seriousness about her quest is tempered by the ironic distance she achieves by adding a layer of self-reflection, as the film is not only about the search for the dream prince but is also the story of its own making.
- Alphons is on the way to the suicide cliff of his choice when hitch-hiker Marla forces him to stop and insists on him giving her a lift. As she discovers why he wants to kill himself a curious companionship develops and saves both of them from their abyss and paves the way to happiness.
- Due to their mother's illness, a brother and sister have to make concessions and are caught between a rock and a hard place because of this difficult situation.
- Not having bitten anyone at the age of 25 makes the young vampire Victor feel quite inadequate. New hope blooms, however, when he meets Sophia, a young doctor.
- A high rise complex in Switzerland. When the "Lochergut" was built in the sixties, it was considered the perfect example of modern residential construction. Max Frisch was one of the first prominent dwellers. Today a mix of old Swiss and people from about 25 different nations live in the building with its 21 floors. The film goes on a house visit. The inhabitants talk about life in the "apartment building-machine" or "monkey-rock" as some call it. About the anonymity that is unavoidable when 800 people from different social classes live together in one house. How neighbours with too many children can get too close to one's own living room. About vandalism and the Swiss virtues. The nice way the living space extends onto the balcony.
- Staila Crudanta (Falling Star) tells about two moments in Curdins and Leas life: Encounter and separation. Lea visits her grandparents who celebrate their sixtieth wedding anniversary in a small restaurant in the mountains. There she meets Curdin, a young men from the area. They fall in love. At her grandparents funeral few months later they realize that their love story is coming to an end as well.
- The Magic Cut is set in the world of show people and show business. Once you get a taste of it your infected and there's no turning back. So is it for our hero Dolores, a magician's assistant who would rather get sawed in half every night on stage with a chain saw than be a knitting housewife sitting in front of the TV. But right before the show starts she has to face reality. The magician "Magic Magnus" who is at the end of his career, shows up drunk endangering the show and Dolores's future in show business. It's time to take charge of everything including the magic chainsaw!
- On August 1st, a Swiss national holiday, Karin Weser, a young and ambitious woman, is invited to dinner at her boss's. Her boyfriend, Franz Meinhard, goes along. Karin wants to cause a good impression, since this is important for her career, but the dinner turns out to be a mess...
- engl. Maria (Nina Petri), who works as a cashier and is single, pushes her loneliness away by self-sacrificingly taking care of other people. As she gets involved with Richter, a pensioner looking for attention and warmth, her daily life gets more and more confused. The two of them get caught up in unfulfilled wishes, dreams and misunderstandings and head for a heart-stirring confrontation... Die alleinstehende Kassiererin Maria (Nina Petri)verdrängt ihre Einsamkeit und kümmert sich aufopfernd um die Probleme anderer Menschen. Als sie sich auf den nach Aufmerksamkeit und Zuneigung suchenden Pensionär Richter einlässt, gerät ihr Alltag zusehends aus der Bahn. Verhangen in ihren unerfüllten Wünschen und Träumen verstricken sich die beiden in Missverständnissen und steuern auf eine aufwühlende Konfrontation zu... Maria (Nina Petri), caissière indépendante, noit sa solitude en se sacrifiant aux problèmes des autres. en s'engageant auprès de richter le retraité qui tente de se faire remarquer et apprécier, son quotidien déraille visiblement. À la lumière de rêves et de désirs non assouvis, tous deux -- se perdent et s'entremêlent -- dans l'incompréhension et se dirigent vers une confrontation passionnée.... dutch: De alleenstaande caissière Maria (Nina Petri) verdringt haar eenzaamheid door zich (te veel) om de problemen van andere mensen te bekommeren. Als ze zich inlaat met de aandacht en genegenheid zoekende gepensioneerde Richter, raakt haar dagelijks bestaan danig in de war. Vastgelopen in hun onvervulde dromen en wensen, raken beiden verstrikt in misverstanden. Een pijnlijke confrontatie volgt.
- In a private prison, Dr. Block manipulates the perception of time of a prisoner. When Claire Lobos, a psychologist of the Institute, becomes aware of what's going on, she has to use the same methods to rescue both the prisoner and herself.
- Felizia tries to change her grey reality helpless. Having no friends and a very cold relationship to her parents are pushing her into a situation with no ways out. She wants to leave, but that is not so easy.
- A car dealer who believes he is a cowboy. A man in a suit who has been looking for his dog for years. Two illusions and one rock band - A road movie.