SWI swissinfo.ch offers a selection of Swiss films chosen from the Swiss streaming platform Play Suisse to our international audience. These films are subtitled in English and are productions or co-productions of the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation (SBC), to which SWI swissinfo.ch also belongs.
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Echoes from the Indian Ocean: Swiss stories of the 2004 tsunami
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This Swiss docufiction tells the stories of people whose lives were devastated by the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami.
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Swiss true crimes: the child serial killer Werner Ferrari (part 2/2)
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This two-part documentary film looks back at the police investigation into the shocking story of Switzerland’s infamous child serial killer.
Swiss true crimes: the child serial killer Werner Ferrari (part 1/2)
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This two-part documentary film looks back at the police investigation into the shocking story of Switzerland’s infamous child serial killer.
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A documentary film about the dramatic double murder case involving the married couple Peter and Ursula Breitschmid, instigated by their adopted son.
Swiss true crimes: the car park murderer who shocked Switzerland
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A documentary film about Caroline H, a serial pyromaniac who violently murdered two women, and almost killed a third, in Switzerland in the 1990s.
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The story of a Geneva family with four kids who gave up everything to open a patisserie in Tokyo without knowing the industry or the language.
Rebels in the snow: a history of Swiss snowboarding
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A journey through 40 years of Swiss snowboarding culture, with the pioneers, punks and pop stars who triggered a revolution in winter sports.
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Rita Christen is exceptional. The first female president of the Swiss Mountain Guide Association is one of only 40 or so female guides in Switzerland.
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The Eiger, situated in the Bernese Oberland, is one of the most famous mountains in the Swiss Alps. This spectacular video takes you on a climb to the top.
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A documentary by Swiss public television RSI retells the story of Günther Tschanun, an architect who brutally killed four colleagues in Zurich.
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How will three Swiss families who are leaving Switzerland for Canada, Uruguay and northern Germany cope in their new lives?
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In the last of an eight-part series on Swiss identity, we take a light-hearted look at attitudes in Switzerland towards money.
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A documentary film crew goes on a breath-taking journey deep inside the Plaine-Morte glacier to better understand the meltwater flows.
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Heard of Cenovis or Malakoffs? A surplus of milk and a penchant for experimentation have given birth to unique delicacies.
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How did the small mountainous country become one of the wealthiest in the world? This SRF documentary examines some of the possible factors.
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A documentary by Swiss public television, SRF, on a fatal runaway train accident in 2006 in the central Bernese Oberland.
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On September 27, 2001, a gunman carried out a deadly attack on the Zug regional parliament, shooting dead 14 politicians before killing himself.
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In 1997, a gang of amateur crooks made off with CHF53 million ($54.8 million) after holding up Zurich’s Fraumünster post office.
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The bad news: global warming means the glaciers in canton Ticino will have pretty much vanished in about ten years. Is there any good news?
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The dizzying south face of Poncione d’Alnasca, a mountain in southern Switzerland, attracts the best climbers in the world.
How I survived the Bol d’Or boat race on Lake Geneva
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The 2019 edition of the Bol d’Or Mirabaud race will go down as one of the most dramatic, after a ferocious storm wreaked havoc on Lake Geneva.
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A documentary by Swiss public television, RTS, looks at how China has been infiltrating Switzerland and exerting its power on Swiss territory.
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After the war Switzerland was desperate to improve its image. Taking in children who had survived Nazi concentration camps seemed a good idea.
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The annual amateur ski race on the mountain above the village of Evionnaz in southwest Switzerland is a moment of local pride and joy.
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Former Olympic ski champion Bernhard Russi seems to have had a dream life, but he has experienced many personal tragedies.
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Swiss biathlete Selina Gasparin recounts her long, difficult route to Olympic glory and the challenges of staying at the top as an elite athlete.
Train vs plane: would you take a direct train between London and Geneva?
Eurostar is planning to run direct trains from Britain to Germany and Switzerland from the early 2030s. Would you favour the train over the plane? If not, why not?
