Esther Gaspart Michels

A young filmmaker is researching the subject of paid sex. In a café in Zurich, she meets a woman her age who tells her about everyday life in the apartment brothels. Undistorted realities from Swiss online sex forums echo like a shiver across the building facades and seep into the waters of the city.

Sofia, a reserved and bookish 18 year old, is on the cusp of graduating high school when her free-spirited sister Joan dies in a tragic accident. Wracked with guilt, Sofia decides to take the European adventure that Joan had planned but would never complete. She sets out with Joan’s backpack and itinerary, drifting from city to city, encountering strangers and unfamiliar experiences, in search of something she cannot yet name

While volcanic eruptions shake Iceland, a young volcanologist stranded in Zurich drifts between memories of fire and the stillness of home, torn between belonging and escape.

A vacation guesthouse on the outskirts of town: Cora's longing and summer heat weigh on her, seeking expression in color. When the Frenchwoman Emma moves in, the lines of Cora's portrait blur, like the boundary between You and I.

The body of a teenage girl is found in the forest near the rural village of Manscheid, deep in the North of Luxembourg. Luc Capitani, a gruff detective from the South of the country, is put in charge of the case. Having trouble navigating the closed, communal and protective mentality of the northerners, Capitani finds himself unwillingly dependent on the help of Elsa Ley, a young and intrepid local policewoman. The officers quickly find themselves entangled in a web of secrets and lies.