Swiss Short Film Competition
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15 films · 1h 15m
Sprache ist Leben
by Joel De Giovanni
5m
A deaf boy flees from Syria to Switzerland and faces the challenges ahead
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Geheimtipp
by Pascal Hochstrasser
5m
Two farmers on a breathtaking Swiss Alp need to adapt after going viral
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Feige
by Arno Thöni
4m
A worker reads tarot, reflecting how work devoured him
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Stray Dog
by Stefan Djokic
11m
A Swiss street drama where loneliness, crime, and drugs tighten their grip
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Tudescends
by Fabio Stecher
5m
A woman is offered a choice that could make her rich
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Wo Milch und Honig fliesst
by Riu Lohri
1m
A father is a real superhero for his little girls
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Workaholic Anonymous
by Manuel Held
5m
Nathanaël the Great shares his struggles in a workaholics support group
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Abgestempelt – Die Paragraphenreiter
by Damian Brülhart
5m
When bureaucracy becomes so devoted that nothing will stop them
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My Journey to Switzerland
by Gianluca Sarbu
4m
A doc about a search that led a young Spaniard to Switzerland
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The Afghan Plasterer
by Christina Ruloff
5m
A short doc about an Afghan finding work and goals in Switzerland
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The Intern
by Lysiane Gaudin
4m
An intern pours everything into a make or break pitch
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Vivere per lavorare
by Alfonso Gordillo
7m
Taking a supplement for an important meeting is not always a great idea
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Freelance
by Kilian Perret
4m
A driver ponders if he has made the right decision to freelance
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K.Y.R.A.
by Zoé Rodoreda
5m
An AI robot replaces an employee in a library
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Schicht um Schicht
by Caroline Wloka
5m
Despite a nurse's empathy for patients, one of them gets to her
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Fifteen films, four languages, one very small country.
Switzerland makes short films the way it makes most things: precisely, quietly, and with more going on under the surface than anyone admits. These competition winners run from one-minute punchlines to slow-burning portraits of work, migration and belonging.
The theme of the 2025 competition was Work in Switzerland. What unites them isn’t a style. It’s a stubborn attention to the particular. A plasterer from Afghanistan. A village railway station. An office worker who cannot stop. Small subjects, treated as if they mattered. Because they do.
Frequently asked
What is the Swiss Short Film Competition?
An annual competition for the best new emerging Swiss filmmakers, organised by Schweizer AG, all winners streamed on Klipist. Watch the impressions of the 2025 event.
Are the films in English?
The films are in Swiss German, French, Italian and English, all with English subtitles available.
Can I participate in the 2026 competition?
Yes! All info can be found here
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