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The Argentinean directing duo Luciana Acuña and Alejo Moguillansky (La Edad Media) provides insights into their cinematic working methods, including practical exercises. A workshop for ...

Sixteen-year-old, introvert Masha is about to graduate from high school, but her mind is somewhere else entirely. What’s it like to be in love for the first time? A radical, authentic and sensitive insight into the unsettling feeling of being young, and an homage to Ukrainian youth before the war.

Sixteen-year-old, introvert Masha is about to graduate from high school, but her mind is somewhere else entirely. What’s it like to be in love for the first time? A radical, authentic and sensitive insight into the unsettling feeling of being young, and an homage to Ukrainian youth before the war.

The father, an artist, shoots a film via the Internet, while the mother, a dancer, teaches via Zoom. Meanwhile, daughter Cleo is determined to fulfill her dream – by selling things online. An ambiguous slapstick comedy about a family coming to terms with the pandemic.

DJ KA-RABA (BE/BS) from the young Basel underground plays selections from Afrohouse and Afrobeats and gives the opening night a strong twist with diversity, groove and good underground ...

Paris, 1969. Shortly before the end of his European tour, Thelonious Monk appeared on the French television program Jazz Portrait – just him, a grand piano and two cameras. Cut and counter-cut: Using rare original footage, Alain Gomis exposes the mechanisms of the media stereotype factory.

Letters exchanged between two ill-fated young lovers reveal the ugly face of the ethno-nationalist Hindu regime. In this virtuoso debut feature, the passion for moving images and art goes hand in hand with the fight for political freedom in Narendra Modi’s India.

Peru, early 1990s. Inflation, corruption and the terrorism of the Shining Path are shaking the foundations of the state. Those who can, earn extra money in Lima by offering cab rides in their own ...

“Wanted: men between 16 and 99.” On a pink (casting) couch, Ruth Beckermann (winner of the 2016 Bildrausch Ring of Film Art) confronts men with what is probably the best-known pornographic text of fin-de-siècle Vienna. A sensual contribution to desire in morally charged times.

Young-tae and Jeong-hee are well educated but still can’t find a steady job. When trading stamps and credit cards can no longer bridge the financial abyss and the couple’s integrity erodes, the bone-dry question arises of what comes first: food or morality?

Rarely has the term Gesamtkunstwerk been more fitting than for this futuristic punk musical from the Burundian mountains, where a hacker collective is up to extremely sensual and highly political mischief – against capitalism with cosmic poetry and a fluorescent lust for life!

Calorie-counting, doping and a relationship of convenience – for Edina, no sacrifice is too great to win the most prestigious title in bodybuilding. But beneath the shiny, athletic surface of her armored body, a need for tenderness is stirring. Unconventional, naturalistic and powerful.

Summer, sun. Beatrix is looking after a house. The young woman eats, bathes, and lies in the garden, indulging in solitude and everyday idleness. The camera zooms in closer and closer until her lascivious ennui literally becomes tangible. The boundaries between the outside and inside world begin to blur.

Ceiling installation by Salomé Jashi. Salomé Jashi is one of the great talents of Georgian cinema. Her gracefully poetic documentary Taming the Garden tells of trees and of our moral dilemma in dealing with nature and with ourselves. In the Stadtkino Basel bar we will encounter her cinematic raw material. The trees are passing by. It’s up to us whether we linger or not.

At the after party, DJ Mukuna from the Somatic Rituals Crew (BS) extends the evening into the night. His internationally acclaimed DJ sets are deeply rooted in the culture of Afro-Futurism, making ...

  1. Patchwork Switzerland 2021. 3 Min. Color. French/e Regie: Raphaël Probst   2. Concrete Flower Switzerland 2021. 7 Min. Color. Without ...

Once again, Andrew drives home through rush-hour traffic. While Melbourne’s suburbs pass by, he talks to his wife on the phone, chats with his passenger, or is lost in thought. We sit in the back seat, taking a break and joining him in his musings.

Elena takes the ferry to Kefalonia, just like Antonis. The wintry, yet undiscovered island turns into a landscape of the soul, while the improvised road movie becomes a free journey, as close to life as it is to death. Here, a woman and a man truly meet for the first time.

In the middle of the Atlantic lies a paradise where wild horses gallop over sandy dunes. For over 40 years, Zoe Lucas has lived and worked on Sable Island in complete harmony with nature, interrupted only by the plastic waste that washes ashore. A grainy portrait of a distant place of longing.

Balimage and CinEuro invite visitors to a shortfilm aperitif. During networking in the Bildrausch Salon, a film project by the Luxembourg production company a_BAHN will be presented.

Nowhere does professional boxer Keiko feel more at ease than in the ring; the sports club is her home. But one day the young, hearing-impaired outsider is pushed close to her limit. A precise and touching character study that is captivating in its emotional warmth, humanity and fighting spirit.

A war is never over. From stories told by Dutch UN peacekeepers about the trauma of bloodshed in Korea, Rwanda and the Balkans, from photo albums, letters and musical memories, a haunting manifesto ...

Is it the altitude? After a long journey, the miner Elder arrives in La Paz and develops a strange medical condition. He meets a shaman, encounters a white wolf and the legend of the black panther. Salvation lies hidden in the hypnotic thicket of reality and fiction.

Republic of Silence, 25.6.2022, 14 Uhr

Summer, sun. Beatrix is looking after a house. The young woman eats, bathes, and lies in the garden, indulging in solitude and everyday idleness. The camera zooms in closer and closer until her lascivious ennui literally becomes tangible. The boundaries between the outside and inside world begin to blur.

The father, an artist, shoots a film via the Internet, while the mother, a dancer, teaches via Zoom. Meanwhile, daughter Cleo is determined to fulfill her dream – by selling things online. An ambiguous slapstick comedy about a family coming to terms with the pandemic.

Diana El Jeiroudi got her first camera at the age of seven. Since then, she has been constantly filming. In Damascus, she captured how the city of her childhood descended into war; in exile in Berlin, she finds peace. Her perspective is both personal and political – silent, but never mute. Can cinema save lives?

“A man can love two women, but he can’t have two women,” it says in the film. And, indeed, the amour fou between Laura and the married Jan doesn’t last. But its glow lingers ...

Elena takes the ferry to Kefalonia, just like Antonis. The wintry, yet undiscovered island turns into a landscape of the soul, while the improvised road movie becomes a free journey, as close to life as it is to death. Here, a woman and a man truly meet for the first time.

The Peter Liechti Award and the Short Film Award is presented by two juries, another prize is determined by a lucky draw. Let us surprise you!  Moderator: Mario ...

Rarely has the term Gesamtkunstwerk been more fitting than for this futuristic punk musical from the Burundian mountains, where a hacker collective is up to extremely sensual and highly political mischief – against capitalism with cosmic poetry and a fluorescent lust for life!

“Wanted: men between 16 and 99.” On a pink (casting) couch, Ruth Beckermann (winner of the 2016 Bildrausch Ring of Film Art) confronts men with what is probably the best-known pornographic text of fin-de-siècle Vienna. A sensual contribution to desire in morally charged times.

Paris, 1969. Shortly before the end of his European tour, Thelonious Monk appeared on the French television program Jazz Portrait – just him, a grand piano and two cameras. Cut and counter-cut: Using rare original footage, Alain Gomis exposes the mechanisms of the media stereotype factory.

Once again, Andrew drives home through rush-hour traffic. While Melbourne’s suburbs pass by, he talks to his wife on the phone, chats with his passenger, or is lost in thought. We sit in the back seat, taking a break and joining him in his musings.

  1. Patchwork Switzerland 2021. 3 Min. Color. French/e Regie: Raphaël Probst   2. Concrete Flower Switzerland 2021. 7 Min. Color. Without ...

Letters exchanged between two ill-fated young lovers reveal the ugly face of the ethno-nationalist Hindu regime. In this virtuoso debut feature, the passion for moving images and art goes hand in hand with the fight for political freedom in Narendra Modi’s India.

Is it the altitude? After a long journey, the miner Elder arrives in La Paz and develops a strange medical condition. He meets a shaman, encounters a white wolf and the legend of the black panther. Salvation lies hidden in the hypnotic thicket of reality and fiction.

Nowhere does professional boxer Keiko feel more at ease than in the ring; the sports club is her home. But one day the young, hearing-impaired outsider is pushed close to her limit. A precise and touching character study that is captivating in its emotional warmth, humanity and fighting spirit.

Maarten and Vera Klein live in a remote community in Nova Scotia, Canada. The sea is gray, the snow swirls around the house. It has begun. Whole sentences are forgotten, orientation fades. A ...

In the middle of the Atlantic lies a paradise where wild horses gallop over sandy dunes. For over 40 years, Zoe Lucas has lived and worked on Sable Island in complete harmony with nature, interrupted only by the plastic waste that washes ashore. A grainy portrait of a distant place of longing.

How does a political artist live in an authoritarian regime? Jan Kapr (1914–1988), a highly decorated, progressive composer, was in the good graces of the powerful until his work fell out of favor. Kapr Code orchestrates the turbulent biography of the prominent Czech communist as a cinematic opera.

Once again, Andrew drives home through rush-hour traffic. While Melbourne’s suburbs pass by, he talks to his wife on the phone, chats with his passenger, or is lost in thought. We sit in the back seat, taking a break and joining him in his musings.