Hochschule Luzern (HSLU)

Wally's life is increasingly turned upside down by her mother's alcohol addiction. Helplessness, excessive demands and desperation shape her childhood - a daily struggle for survival.

A little bird leaves its nest in pursuit of a leaf — but when a famished fox follows, the bird learns that sometimes you need to think on the fly!

A lone truck driver drives his load, a ferris wheel, through a remote desert landscape. Trapped in his fears and habits, he hardly dares to step out of the sheltered driver's cabin. His pastime of silhouettes accompanies him on his journey through no-man's-land and beyond the edge of his universe.

When Mika sits down on the toilet, she is shocked to discover that there is something slimy and "cottage cheese"-like in her underpants. In search of answers, she then embarks on a bizarre journey into her own vagina.

Anita has been suffering under the tyranny of the scientists at an animal research clinic for years. When she meets the pig Sirius, she realizes that she has to take her fate into her own hands.

Squirrel and bat. The convergence of different worlds and times of day. Forces in the underground govern night and day – and much more. By accident, this regulated everyday life has ground to a halt. And thus begins the mutual journey of two solitary figures.

The bourgeoisie is having a celebration in a round room where eating, sipping, and dancing is followed by dancing, sipping and eating. This could go round and round forever.

A collage of five people from different cultures living in Switzerland. They reflect on life by looking at their origins. The liveliness and diversity of life can be divined.

Three kids are trying to stand strong. In a world where you don’t know for what you want to stay strong. Full of sexuality and the need to define their identity. “We are the children with no obligations, the most possibilities, with the most liberated freedom. We are children who build words. Children who give birth to children. We are children of our time, free from guilt.”

Everybody aspires to be a citizen of Perfect Town – but display a deficiency or a flaw and you will be stripped of your superior status and forced to the rear of the interminable line of those clamouring to get in.

A young woman living in a bustling metropolis has recently started a long-distance relationship. She feels lost and alone in her new situation, her emotions swinging between melancholy, frustration, hope and excitement.

A piñata experiences the same fateful day over and over again, on which it is bought by a girl and finds death at her garden party. Shocked, the piñata tries to break out of this eternal cycle.

A story about a building with an inner courtyard an its inhabitants. While the different character follow their everyday routines, trash slowly begins to pile up in the courtyard.

Rosa is sunbathing in her garden while the gardener is working next door. Rosa is watching the gardener, increasingly intoxicated by the tender way he handles the flowers.

A grieving mother orders a robotic replica of her deceased son, who soon realizes the limits of his existence.

In an insect food farm, millions of crickets are being bred, frozen, packaged, and fried. The ordinary, everyday process in the farm is a one-time catastrophe for the crickets and usually ends with their certain death. Nevertheless, one cricket survives and escapes.

Rosa is from Croatia and lives in Switzerland, with her husband who depends on her care. She takes care of everything. Her children have grown up and want to leave home. Rosa stays behind alone.

The love story begins when a young prince hunting in the forest chases a squirrel to a beautiful princess.

Julian lived as a harpsichord maker in a warehouse in Zurich for twelve years. Forced to move out of his live-in studio, he is confronted with his own neglect, with questions about his life so far, his future, and his purpose in life.