“Hilde’s Journey” is a drama that centers on the consequences of a gay man’s last wishes and their impact on the people who loved him.
Director: Christof Vorster
Yael, a teenager struggling to figure himself out, finds things complicated when his best friend Aaron openly expresses affection. After rejecting Aaron, Yael’s realization comes through witnessing his older brother’s emotional struggles, prompting him to rethink his actions and mend their friendship.
Director: Michèle Flury
Elisabeth catches her son James kissing a young man. She now faces a life struggle. She decides to fight for what she believes to be sickness and cure her only son from his presumed homosexuality. During the process of the conversion therapy, what she believes to be the cure, things get clearer. She begins to realize that appearances can be deceiving.
Written and Directed by Michael Guillod
Fifteen-year-old Beni falls in love with Fögi, a singer in a Rock band. As Fögi seduces him, Beni is willing to follow him where ever he takes him. But Fögi is a drug addict and pulls Beni deeper and deeper into his addiction.
Director: Marcel Gisler
Prora, on the Baltic Sea. Mysterious, endless. In this deserted former Nazi holiday camp and communist military complex, teenagers Jan and Matthieu embark on an adventure that puts their friendship at risk.
Director: Stephane Riethauser
Thomas and Manni meet after a long time in a backyard. The long-awaited reunion brings back common memories and lets them revel in the past. Suddenly both are confronted with their different expectations and hopes for the future.
Director: Kim Culetto
Talented swimmer, motivated apprentice– Beyto is in the midst of life, with a bright future ahead of him. But when the only son of a Turkish migrant family falls in love with his coach Mike, an ideal world falls to pieces.
Director: Gitta Gsell
Rosie is a feisty old bird and unlike Lorenz and his perpetually unhappy sibling Sophie, she seems to be the one member of this family … And his lovers were in fact men.
Two young football players get caught up between the politics of the game and the politics of love.
Director: Marcel Gisler
Stars: Max Hubacher, Aaron Altaras, Jessy Moravec
Julian, a simple farmer’s son from the country side, loves his home in the mountains. He is gay and just recently outed himself to his best friend Simone. Although Simone has a hard time believing that he’s gay, she arranges a meeting with Adi from Zurich. Adi lives a very urban life and frequently goes to gay clubs. Two worlds collide…
Director: Lukas Egger
The rapturous debut feature from Moroccan writer Abdellah Taïa offers a charged, semi-autobiographical tale about a young graduate who must navigate the sexual, racial, and political intrigue surrounding his arrival in Geneva.
Directed by Abdellah Taïa
The Circle (2014) “Der Kreis” (original title) Director: Stefan Haupt Writers: Stefan Haupt (screenplay), Christian Felix (screenplay), Urs Frey, Ivan Madeo, Sabine Pochhammer Genres:
While shy teenager Jérémie trying to find his way between his classmate and sexual fantasy Damien and his very generous but protective mother Gina, his life is about to change.
Director: Tamer Ruggli
Two male graffiti artists are partners in their work, but they are also having a sexual relationship with each other which they haven’t disclosed to others. In the midst of planning a big job with some of their graffiti artist colleagues, that work to be painted on the side of a commuter train car, the two are having problems with each other based on what seems to be different things that they want from their personal relationship. The first man is more animalistic in that he wants their relationship to be purely sexual, whereas the second man has more romantic thoughts on his mind. Added to their obstacles is one of their females colleagues who seems to be attracted to the first man, who does not dissuade her. While each evaluates their relationship, one may come to the realization that what they want may be more similar than they had originally envisioned, but has to convince the other for their relationship to survive.
A man who don’t like gay people – affraid to be gay himself – live a strange experience of intim proximity…
Dir.: Blake Eduardo Carreno DOP: Cédric Russo
Cast: Baptiste Coustenoble, Stéphane Rentznik
This coming-of-age drama deals with a young man, realizing who he really is and which things he will never do. Loic, 18 years old, being annoyed by his work in a chocolate factory, cruises in the internet by night to have sex with older men. His life is turned upside down by a row of events such as his friendship to a man who is not just interested in his body and the suicide of his best friend…
The beautifully shot think-piece 14h05 follows a couple as they anticipate the arrival of their new adopted baby. But maybe Julien isn’t as ready as he would let Alex believe.
