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An anthology series that follows the work of homicide detectives in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.

Adolf Hitler, despotic and untalented, visits Vienna to study art, befriends Jew Schlomo Herzl, and works on "Mein Kampf." Rejecting Academy, Herzl's concern leads to disastrous world history.

Sigmund Freud's newest patient is a vampire fed up with his undying relationship with his wife.

A twelve-year-old piano prodigy who suffocates from his parent's big dreams for him decides to make his escape--and with the aid of his grandfather--chase his own dreams instead.

Harry Dean Stanton: Partly Fiction is a mesmerizing, impressionistic portrait of the iconic actor comprised of intimate moments, film clips from some of his 250 films and his own heart-breaking renditions of American folk songs. Stunningly lensed in color and b/w by Seamus McGarvey, the film explores the actor's enigmatic outlook on his life, his unexploited talents as a musician, and includes candid scenes with David Lynch, Wim Wenders, Sam Shepard, Kris Kristofferson and Debbie Harry. The fragile soul of an actor emerges from the poignant collage.

A lonely private investigator is contacted by a mysterious woman who pulls him into a mind game known as 'telephone walking'. Fascinated by her voice, Aloys discovers an imaginary universe that allows him to break out of his isolation.

On a remote farm an entire family is murdered.

The world is against Fifteen-year-old Matteo. He has no friends and his parents seem to live in a different universe. One night two men carry him off: sent to a remote alp, where he is forced to spend the summer working hard.

The story of three men in search for meaning and happiness in the autumn of their lives.

A nameless man receives phone calls intended for someone else and ends up pretending to be that person, while a female character rebels against her author.

André, 55, lives with his mother Louise, 80, and leads an unspectacular life. He works as a taxi driver while the elderly diva dreams of bygone days as an actress in Hollywood. One day the charismatic Bill, 50, an American, turns up on their doorstep - a stranger who will soon turn their quiet life upside down.

Pepperminta is trying to live without fear, just as her beloved grandmother told her and that's whats making her different to other children at her age.

The elephant has awoken. Bombay, India's gateway to the West, has reinvented itself - and emerged as Mumbai, a modern, self-confident commercial metropolis. A magnet for the hopes of the rich and poor. But with thousands of migrants pouring in every day, half of its almost 20 million inhabitants is forced to live in slums, between the cracks of the official city. The biggest of these slums is called Dharavi. With an estimated 800,000 inhabitants, it is one of the most densely populated areas in the world. Once Dharavi was outside the city limits. Nowadays it's at the heart of a constantly growing metropolis, flanked by traffic arteries and right next door to Mumbai's new financial hub. The former marsh has turned into prime real estate - a playground for ambitious urban planning. Ten years ago, US-trained architect Mukesh Mehta has come back to India to usher in a new turn in Mumbai's slum rehabilitation policies. His formula is Public Private Partnership. Billions of Dollars could be made - if the responsibility for a radical makeover of Dharavi were to be put into the hands of private investors. The government has been persuaded by Mehta's vision and has appointed him as the consultant for the Dharavi Redevelopment Project. While thousands of families living and working in the slum are facing the threat of being evicted, Dharavi is becoming a test case. Not only for Mumbai or India, but for the future of the underprivileged of the entire world. "Dharavi - Slum for Sale" follows the struggle on both the planner's and the slum dwellers' side to achieve their respective goals. While exploring differing perceptions of what development should focus on, it gives a first hand insight into the living conditions in one of the most surprising places in human society.

In 1971 50,000 people mourned in the streets of Fribourg, Switzerland: Jo "Seppi" Siffert had died in a crash at Brands Hatch (GB). Until today, Jo Siffert is considered to be one of the ten best racing drivers ever.

A romantic drama set in a stunning village in Italian Switzerland. Alice is a beautiful and troubled twenty-something who is on the run from a life that is out of control. When her estranged father dies she returns to the village of her childhood to execute his will. Here she meets the grandmother she never knew, a man who may hold the key to her heart and a young epileptic boy. We watch to see if Alice can mend the damage inflicted by warring parents. Ultimately Jump is an uplifting story about the power of friendship and love.

Young wannabe novelist Dominique Piepermann sets out with a lively kebab vendor through a forgotten valley in the Swiss Alps where she comes face to face with love, loss and a Fiat Panda obsessed pimp.

"Everything is in motion - inertia doesn't exist!" Jean Tinguely cast a spell over the public with his works his entire life. His poetic machines and moving sculptures have fascinated people all over the world.

Annegret, is a mentally handicapped woman in her mid-thirties who falls in love with Res, an oldish slightly peculiar rocker. Annegret's family however is not happy with the relationship and they want to stop her seeing her lover. Annegreth fights back.

Documentary on the rise and fall of Swiss hardrock legends "Krokus".

Is it possible to contact our lost loved-ones in the hereafter? With this question at the back of her mind and her mute sorrow for her recently deceased father, the filmmaker embarks on a journey to open up the doors to the unknown world beyond. Guided by the humorous Scottish medium Bill Coller and in ongoing discussions with her mother she produces impressive images and sounds, and so manages to give an enriching insight: death is livelier and more talkative than it might seem.

A personal film about strong women in Iran.

Zurich at the beginning of the 90s in the 20th century: the worlds media focuses on the blot on Switzerland's clean image: the «Needle Park», the open drug scene at the Platzspitz, just behind the Swiss National Museum. Right under the eyes of passers-by - tourists, business people, women with children - hundreds of mainly young people were shooting up drugs into their bloody, festering veins and openly dealing drugs in front of the police. Stephan was one of them. He shot up everything - the more the better. To him heroin was like a mother, who hugged him and cocaine was like a father who gave him the courage. A substitute for something he had never experienced. Ten years later: Gaby Schädler gets to know the 32 year old Stephan, who now is an accountant, as a cheerful, charming and responsible young man. By chance she discovers old video footage which shows Stephan as a junkie in a deplorable state. The filmmaker decides to tell his story. For a whole year, she accompanies the ex-junkie with her camera. Stephan openly talks about drugs, highs and withdrawal as well as the difficulties of his life after drugs and his fear of normality. He still thinks that taking drugs is one of the most exciting experiences you can have - 'better than sex' - and promptly succumbs to his old habit: the camera becomes the witness of a temporary relapse and his subsequent remorse. Fortunately, this happens in Zurich, a city that has learned to deal with its addicts. The result is a sensitive, lively and, at times, funny portrait of a young man who managed to escape from hell. A film which, last but not least, has a preventive effect, as it simply tells the naked truth.