Annina Butterworth

Semret a single mom works at a local Zurich hospital, she does everything to ensure a better life for her daughter Joe. When Semret was wrongfully accused at the hospital she stand up for her rights, so as not to lose everything she loves.

The story of the life, loves and work of US writer Patricia Highsmith (1921-95), told through her unpublished diaries, her own voice and that of those who knew her, both family and close friends.

The musically highly gifted maid Elsie, who longs for a career as a musician, is forced into marriage with Jacob, a young stable boy who dreams of owning his own horse. Both have to learn that they can only escape their lack of opportunities if they team up.

A mysterious concierge guides us through stories that unfold in the same room over a century. A Jewish businessman celebrates a lonely family festivity with his daughter. A planned suicide leads to a life-changing encounter. An ageing rock band struggles with their image, and a young woman sees a callboy as her big chance for financial independence.

Thirteen-year-old Lia is newly in love with fourteen-year-old Adam and everything is actually just perfect. When Adam's parents give her tickets to the opera, Lia is faced with a problem: she has to bring her parents with her, but they are real monsters... And so is Lia...

A relationship, two women standing in front of an abyss. Only one of them will succeed to free herself from dependence.

For years, Martin has been working on his great play about cloud castles, flying pirates and a feisty princess. His secret role model for the leading character is his good friend Isabel, a cheeky young woman who is waging war on genetically modified seeds around the world. And she is leaving tomorrow to go to the middle of Africa for the next three years.

In the 1970s, an idealistic young social worker is confronted with Switzerland's archaic mental health institutions.