Erik Bernasconi

Senior Bernardin chases after an unknown man but is unable to complete the task at the crucial moment. He finally saves him although Berndandin had reason enough to kill him. The film was made during a workshop organized by Béla Tarr.

SINESTESIA chronicles the vicissitudes of four young adults in two moments of their lives which are in turn linked to two dramatic episodes three years apart. The intervening years see the characters confronted by the usual joys and difficulties of everyday life. However, they also find themselves having to react to a destiny which, every now and again, places a crossroads in our way. The main character is Alan (Alessio Boni). Around him are his wife, Françoise (Giorgia Wurth), his young lover Michela (Melanie Winiger), and Igor (Leonardo Nigro), his best friend.

1977. Sixteen-year-old Mario lives in a small village in Ticino, Italian-speaking Switzerland. While society around him is shifting in many ways, he experiences his first awkward sentimental approaches, has trouble in school, and constantly clashes with a father who doesn’t seem to get him.

Daniel Kemény returns twenty years later to the place of his childhood, the village of Pietrapaola in Calabria. In search of lost time, the filmmaker collects musical accounts, brings together their protagonists and gives these memories a new life, thus playing the generous transmitter who helps keep alive the oral history of a world whose popular traditions are dying off.

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.

The sun rises over a quiet residential neighborhood. Three gunshots shatter the peace and quiet of the residents. Who fired the shots? And why was an African man targeted? The search for the culprit gradually reveals the dark side of a community where integration seemed to be working perfectly. Misunderstanding turns into xenophobia and rejection, indifference into hatred and violence. The darkest traits of each individual come to the surface. With the balance broken, will this community be able to hold on until sunset?