Join us as we celebrate Switzerland’s outstanding short filmmaking talent. Enjoy this double dose of Swiss treats, which explore the ideas of near and far and offer a broad range of recent works. A big thank you to Swiss Films for their support of this initiative. Running time: 90 minutes.
Isabel Bader Theatre: Sunday June 10, 5:30 pm
| Bon Voyage
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| For one eager immigrant, the promise of a bright future in Europe is crushed upon arrival. Paperwork is brutal!
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| It's Me. Helmut
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| Helmut's surprise 60th birthday party goes off the rails. It's not even his 60th! He's brutally reminded by loved ones that life has gotten away from him. What's a man to do? Why, reclaim the past, of course!
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| On The Line
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| A security guard in a department store is secretly enamoured with a colleague. When he makes a jealous snap decision on the train one night, his neatly ordered world is shaken to the core.
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| Objection VI
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| In 2010, a Nigerian asylum-seeker died tragically while being deported from Switzerland. This is his powerful story, told in first-person POV.
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| Ashbrothers
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| Two brothers set out on a journey to fulfill their recently deceased father's final request. Along the way they deal with a broken car, smelly sandwiches, a general dislike for each other and the Chinese mafia!
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| Station
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| Switzerland can lay claim to quite a few things, foremost among them: decadent treats and trains that run on schedule. Enjoy this whimsical ode to Swiss railways and chocolate - simply delicious!
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